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Bosnian Serb leader Dodik sentenced to jail for defying peace envoy

February 26, 2025 7:13 pm

Dodik has rejected the indictment as politically motivated. Under criminal law, Bosnians can pay a fine instead of facing jail time if the sentence is no more than one year.

Death toll in worst Bosnian floods in years rises to 16, officials say

October 05, 2024 1:22 am

Some houses had been reduced to rubble by landslides, in what appeared to be Bosnia's worst flooding since at least 2014, when more than 20 died in floods.

Watch: Fan invades pitch during Portugal's match, lifts up Cristiano Ronaldo and does his 'Siuuu' celebration

June 18, 2023 8:52 pm

Ronaldo made his 199th appearance for Portugal but didn't add to the men’s record of 122 international goals.

Serbs in Kosovo block roads, clash with police as ethnic tensions worsen

December 11, 2022 7:37 pm

In recent weeks Serbs in northern Kosovo, a hotbed of Serb nationalism, have met attempts by Pristina which they see as anti-Serb with violent resistance.

Europe's forgotten conflict that threatens the survival of Bosnia

July 29, 2022 4:17 pm

As ethnic tensions escalate in the Balkans, Bosnia is at risk of disintegrating, sparking fears that the region may once again descend into conflict, much like it did during the bloody years of the 1990s

In the tinderbox of Bosnia, a Serb nationalist lights a match

January 03, 2022 5:26 pm

Milorad Dodik, a Serb nationalist, threatens to tear apart the multiethnic fabric of the Bosnian state, a fragile union created in 1995 by US diplomacy out of the wreckage of war.

Explained: What is causing the political crisis in Bosnia?

November 05, 2021 10:42 am

With the international presence in the region waning, unresolved rivalries and opposing interests among the three ethnic groups have resurfaced.

Bosnian builds rotating house so that his wife has diversified view

October 10, 2021 4:17 pm

"The house can make a full circle for 24 hours when it's at the slowest speed, while at the fastest spinning it can make a full circle in 22 seconds," Kusic said.

Serb military chief Ratko Mladic's conviction for genocide upheld

June 08, 2021 8:24 pm

The judgment Tuesday means the 79-year-old former general who terrorized Bosnia throughout the war will spend the rest of his life in prison.

UN judges to rule on Ratko Mladic appeal against convictions

June 08, 2021 6:20 pm

Mladic, known as the Butcher of Bosnia for leading troops responsible for a string of deadly campaigns including the 1995 Srebrenica massacre and the siege of Sarajevo, was convicted in 2017 and sentenced to life imprisonment.