Siege of Srebrenica

In a rare interview, former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic, who was convicted of genocide in Srebrenica, said that the crimes were actually committed by “traitors to the Serb people”.

The Hague Prosecution is seeking life sentence for the former commander of the Army of the Serb Republic (VRS) Ratko Mladic.

The 74-year old is charged with two counts of genocide, "part of the attempt to carve an ethnically pure Serb state out of multiethnic Bosnia, alongside political leader Radovan Karadzic, who was sentenced in March to 40 years' prison," Reuters said.

On the second day of closing statements at Ratko Mladic’s trial, the prosecution said the former Bosnian Serb military chief praised and promoted officers involved in ethnic cleansing and murder.

Saudi Arabia's donation of a million euros to fund the return of displaced people to Srebrenica in eastern Bosnia will go ahead, it was announced Thursday.

“The police guarding the voting slips” is in the building in Srebrenica where the ballots from the recent local elections are stored.

The Central Election Commission first stated that the special forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Srpska entered the building in Srebrenica in which the ballots are placed.

The US deported a former Bosnian Serb military officer and his wife to Serbia after they were convicted of lying about the man’s activities in the 1992-95 war to gain immigration benefits.

Bosnia’s local elections delivered a surprise in Srebrenica, where a Serb is expected to replace a Bosniak as mayor for the first time since the 1995 massacres, if confirmed by final results.

Six former members of Bosnian Serb wartime military and police forces have been arrested on suspicion that they committed war crimes in eastern Bosnia.

Tanjug reported on Tuesday that they were arrested for the killing of at least 60 civilians, at least 11 of whom were children.

In order to prevent potential unrest, the trial of a Serb victims’ association leader for inciting hatred by describing the Srebrenica genocide as “God’s justice” will be held behind closed doors.

The president of the Serb Association of the Missing of the Sarajevo Region, Milan Mandic, was charged with inciting hatred for a statement describing the Srebrenica genocide as “God’s justice”.