Holiday Inn, Sarajevo
byThe Holiday Inn, Sarajevo is a symbol of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian capital and a heroic survivor of the Bosnian War. The historic hotel was reopened…
Radovan Karadzic
Sentence increased to life for Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic
byRadovan Karadzic was sentenced to life in prison after a UN court rejected his appeal and increased his original sentence of 40 years behind…
Ethnic Discord between Bosnian Serb Nationalists and Muslims – Riots in Trebinje and Banja Luka
byIn May 2001 Bosnian Serb nationalists were involved in rioting and violence aimed at Muslims in Trebinje, and Banja Luka in an effort to…
Radovan Karadzic – Another Butcher of Bosnia
byRadovan Karadzic, the Butcher of Bosnia, is a Bosnian Serb former politician and convicted war criminal who served as the President of Republika Srpska during the Bosnian War and sought the direct…
The Siege of Sarajevo
byThe siege of Sarajevo was the longest siege of a capital city in the history of modern warfare. It lasted from 6th April 1992…
The Siege of Mostar 1992
byThe Siege of Mostar occurred in 1992 and 1993 during the Bosnian war. Mostar was surrounded by Croat forces for nine months in the…
War Crimes
byMass violence resulted in ethnic cleansing, deportation, murders, torture, rape, concentration camps, devastation of villages, besieged cities, destruction of cultural and religious monuments and…
After Dayton – Significant Events
by1996 The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, a United Nations court of law established to handle the war crimes that took place…
Timeline – The Bosnian War
by1992 1st March Bosnia’s Muslims and Croats vote for independence from Yugoslavia in a referendum boycotted by the majority of the Serbs 3rd March…
The Bosnian War – April 1993 to February 1994
byThe attempt to keep Bosnia intact under a federal state was finally abandoned in May 1993 when the Bosnian Serbs rejected the Vance-Owen peace…