The Dayton Peace Accords
There were over 30 ceasefires and agreements in Bosnia prior to the Dayton Peace Accords. All of which collapsed. The war had become the…
The EU Path To Accession
“A credible enlargement perspective for and enhanced EU engagement with the Western Balkans”. This is the name of the new strategy launched by the…
The Bosnian War – 1995
1995 saw the eventual end to the fighting of the Bosnian War, but it also saw the worst atrocities to happen in Europe since…
The Bosnian War – February 1994 to January 1995
In February 1994 mortar shell fired into a Sarajevo marketplace exploded, killing 68 people. It was a clear message that despite all the peace…
The Bosnian War – April 1993 to February 1994
The attempt to keep Bosnia intact under a federal state was finally abandoned in May 1993 when the Bosnian Serbs rejected the Vance-Owen peace…
The Bosnian War – April 1992 to April 1993
By mid-1992 the Serbs had consolidated their gains, Croats had split from the Bosnians and military intervention was more necessary than ever. Intervention at…
The Beginning of the Bosnian War
It is clear to anyone who understood the implications of the collapse of Yugoslavia, that Bosnia was by far the biggest concern. The Bosnian…
Slobodan Praljak – Did the war really end?
Over twenty years after the conflict in The Balkans, Bosnian Croat war criminal Slobodan Praljak killed himself in The Hague during an appeal hearing….
The Butcher of Bosnia
More than 20 years after the end of the Bosnian war, General Mladic, former Bosnian Serb army commander was finally sentenced to life imprisonment….
The Failure of the International Community
The leaders of the Yugoslav republics must bear the responsibility for the wars that crippled the country. But it must be noted that…