Grbavica
Serbian Photographer Exhibits Frontline Images of Bosnian War
The exhibition, entitled 'My Bosnia', includes pictures that Cvetkovic took in Skelani, Bratunac, Visegrad and around Sarajevo, as well as images of people who escaped to Montenegro as refugees or ended up in Serbia as prisoners.
Cvetkovic's picture of Serbs leaving their homes in the Grbavica and Ilidza settlements of Sarajevo, March 1996. Photo: BIRN.
Sarajevo Siege: The Long, Desperate Wait for News of the Missing
"He was a nice and gentle soul. I think he was the best father ever," Djulepa recalled. "He fulfilled all the wishes that he could fulfil for me and my sister."
According to Djulepa, two drunken men came and seized her father on August 2, 1992, saying that they were taking him for questioning.
Sarajevo Belatedly Honours Sportsman Who Sacrificed Life for Neighbour
"To me, he [Cengic] represents one of the greatest heroes," Halilovic said, adding he had long wondered why no tribute had been paid to the great sportsman who perished saving a neighbour in the building where he lived.
Bosnia Jails Fighters for Using Father and Son as Human Shields
The Supreme Court in Bosnia's Federation entity upheld a verdict finding wartime Serb fighters Slobodan Bogdanovic and Goran Sladoje guilty of committing crimes against civilians in Sarajevo's Grbavica neighbourhood in 1992, and sentencing them to two years in prison each.
Aida, Bosnian War’s First Child Casualty, Remembered on Screen
"From that moment on, and for a long time after that, I did not know what was light or what was dark, with whom I was speaking or what I was doing, it was all mechanical," says Fahrudin Kucuk in the documentary film 'Lakonoga' ('Light-Footed'), which is dedicated to his daughter, Aida, the first child to be killed in Sarajevo at the beginning of 1992-95 Bosnian war.
Old route, new dreams: Bosnia-Herzegovina
Authored by Gordan Paunovic, Executive Director of the Belgrade refugee and migrant relief organization Info Park, the article deals with a new phenomenon on the "closed" Balkan route that is drawing attention - a corridor across Bosnia used by thousands of migrants from Greece and Serbia trying to reach the West.
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Turkey extradites Serb war crime suspect
Dusko Dabetic, a Serb sought by officials in Bosnia and Herzegovina for alleged war crimes committed during the Bosnian War, has been extradited by Turkey.
Dabetic arrived in Sarajevo at 7:31 p.n. local time on April 17 aboard a Turkish Airlines scheduled flight accompanied by two Bosnian police officers.
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Bosnia Arrests Sarajevo War Rape Suspect
Former Serb paramilitary fighter Milkan Gojkovic was arrested on suspicion that he raped a woman in the Grbavica district of Sarajevo in 1992.
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Mladic Knew of Batko's Crimes in Grbavica
The trial of Ratko Mladic continued with testimony by Defence witness Branko Radan, who admitted that crimes were committed against Bosniaks and Croats in the Grbavica neighbourhood of Sarajevo, but denied that Serbian authorities deported them.
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