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Bosnians warn Ukrainians: It's a long journey to justice

Survivors of war crimes committed during Bosnia’s 1992-95 war say the victims of ongoing human rights abuses in Ukraine should learn from their experience of fighting for justice, but that they must first make peace with the fact that reaching it will inevitably be a lengthy and painful process

The Independent UK

Commentary: Putin may not worry he will ever face justice, but recent history shows he should

The grotesque images of civilians being slaughtered in Ukraine echo the horrors I witnessed covering the war in Bosnia three decades ago, and President Joe Biden was right to use the word “genocide” to describe the mass murder Russia is committing in Ukraine.

Chicago Tribune

Bosnia-Herzegovina could be the next site of Russian-fuelled conflict

International politics is usually discussed in terms of historical periods associated with specific characteristics — think Cold War adversaries, wars fought for ostensibly humanitarian reasons in the 1990s or the focus on terrorism and state-building during the War on Terror.

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Civilian Executions Are Not the Only Layer of Hell

Though confronted with the depth of human depravity, I never felt true desperation during my time in Bosnia. It is the wanton destruction in Ukraine that is impossible to stomach.

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Sarajevo siege survivor: War in Ukraine has 'revived trauma from the past'

An author who escaped the siege of Sarajevo in Bosnia in the mid-1990s has told FRANCE 24 how the war in Ukraine has brought many of his terrible memories back. Semezdin Mehmedinovic made it out of Sarajevo to the US, arriving there as a refugee in 1996. He then wrote…

France 24

UK sanctions 2 Bosnian-Serb leader for undermining peace

Britain has sanctioned two leading Bosnian-Serb politicians

The Independent UK

UK announces sanctions against Bosnian-Serb politicians for ‘undermining peace’

Liz Truss said that with these ‘tough sanctions we are showing that the enemies of peace will be held to account’.

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Infographic: 30 years since the Bosnian War

The international armed conflict that lasted from 1992 to 1995 led to a genocide that killed more than 100,000 people.

Al Jazeera

Kosovo, Bosnia call for NATO membership as war rages in Ukraine

Kosovo’s president and Bosnia’s defence minister share their concerns about regional security and Moscow ally Serbia.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine matters, but so did Bosnia 30 years ago. Where was the outcry then?

Echoes of conflict are loud in Sarajevo on this poignant anniversary, yet there is one key difference

The Guardian - UK

A key reason Putin’s bloody invasion is faltering? He’s no match for Zelenskiy’s iPhone

The leader’s messages to his people – and the west - have been central to the heroic fightback. But now more than ever, we must stay engaged, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK

Balkans split over Madeleine Albright's wartime legacy

A monument in Kosovo, a snake named after her in Serbia

The Independent UK

Fleeing Ukrainian athletes welcomed by clubs in Bosnia, Bulgaria

Sports clubs in Bulgaria and Bosnia are providing refuge, training and competition for athletes escaping war in another show of global solidarity for Ukraine.

Reuters

Russian ambassador in chilling warning about 'plans' for NATO after Ukraine invasion

Russian ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Igor Kalabukhov, has threatened countries considering joining NATO, warning its 30 current members Moscow "has plans" for them all

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Al Jazeera

Can Bosnia’s Dayton Peace Agreement be reformed?

While many Bosnians are calling for a new civic constitution, some political elites seek more division, analysts say.

Reuters

Bosnia asks to speed up start of EU membership talks

(Amends dateline to SARAJEVO from BELGRADE)

The Independent UK

After Ukraine, Europe wonders who's next Russian target

Some European countries watching Russia’s brutal war in Ukraine fear they could be next

Reuters

Ukraine war fuels Bosnian businesses' growth, instability fears

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The Independent UK

Watching Ukraine, Bosnians relive the trauma of their war

Survivors of the 1992-95 siege of Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia, cannot look away from what they say is a very similar tragedy now unfolding in Ukraine

Reuters

France to conduct fast-jet training flights over Bosnia

The European Union peacekeeping force in Bosnia (EUFOR) said on Saturday that France would conduct fast-jet training flights over Bosnia in light of the deteriorating security situation internationally.

The Guardian - AU

The International Monetary Fund announced it could approve $1.4b emergency funding – as it happened

Biden says US and allies have ‘raised the costs’ on Russia over its aggression, as credit card giants Visa and Mastercard halt Russian business operations

Al Jazeera

Bosnians relive past war trauma as Russia invades Ukraine

For those who survived the Bosnian war of 1992-1995, the war in Ukraine feels too familiar.

Reuters

Bosnia's pro-Russian Serb leader tried to stop country's UN vote -report

Bosnian Serb separatist leader Milorad Dodik tried to prevent Bosnia from condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine in Wednesday's United Nations' vote, web portal Klix reported.

The Guardian - UK

Interpol arrest warrant allegedly targeting Kuwaiti princess and partner ‘on political grounds’

Dissident couple say their lives would be under threat if returned from Bosnia to Kuwait, as rights groups claim notice undermines refugee law

Reuters

Shelling of Kharkiv resembles 1990s atrocities in Bosnia - UK PM Johnson

The shelling of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv by Russian forces is an atrocity reminiscent of the attacks on Sarajevo by the Serbs in the 1990s, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said, adding such attacks were uniting the world against Russia.

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