The Latest Breaking News from Yugoslavia

Biljana Plavšić obituary

Bosnian Serb politician indicted by the international criminal tribunal for the former Yugoslavia for crimes against humanity

The Guardian - UK · Oct 18

Ratko Mladić is still viewed as a hero by many Bosnian Serbs. It’s a reminder how divided my country remains today

I was a 19-year-old living in Banja Luka, the second-largest city in Bosnia, when Yugoslavia began falling apart. What I remember most is the shock and speed with which my normal life and those of my friends abruptly ended.

The Conversation · Aug 28

Ratko Mladić obituary

Bosnian Serb general convicted of genocide for the Srebrenica slaughter and other crimes against humanity

The Guardian - UK · Aug 27

Final case at UN tribunals for Yugoslavia and Rwanda atrocities comes to an end

The U.N. courts set up to prosecute the atrocities committed during the violent disintegration of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s and the 1994 Rwandan genocide have held their final session

The Independent UK · May 20

Canada should be wary of embracing ‘total national defence’ to ward off an American invasion

As the Donald Trump administration in the United States continues to threaten Canadian sovereignty — including a recent suggestion that Alberta could secede from Canada and join the U.S. — Canadians, like many others in the world, finds themselves in a period of extreme uncertainty.

The Conversation · Feb 2

Dushan Chimbur obituary

Other lives: Supporter of the Lifeline Humanitarian Organisation who arrived in the UK soon after the second world war as a displaced person

The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2025

Fiume o Morte! review – darkly comic reconstruction of D’Annunzio’s Yugoslavian coup

Igor Bezinović uses local residents of what is now Rijeka in Croatia to re-stage the vainglorious Italian protofascist’s ragtag takeover of the Adriatic port city

The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2025

‘It’s not in our genes to give up’: Veljko Paunovic on coaching Serbia and how England changed him

Serbia coach faces England with a tough battle to qualify for the World Cup on his hands but he still believes football owes his country, he tells Sid Lowe

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2025

A voice that broke down barriers: Crowds fill Sarajevo to mourn beloved folk singer

Tens of thousands of people have gathered in Sarajevo to honor Halid Beslic, a beloved Bosnian folk singer

The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2025

Niki Pilić obituary

Croatian tennis player who found himself at the centre of the 1973 player boycott of the Wimbledon Championships

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2025