Dzenana Karabegovic is the Sarajevo bureau chief for RFE/RL's Balkan Service.
One of the independent members of the recently established UN Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine says investigators have found evidence of war crimes, including sexual abuse of children, during Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, with the "vast majority" of offenses having been committed by Russian troops.
Salvador Pelaez recently shared pictures from his tour protecting civilians caught in the cross fire of an iconic Balkan battle and asked if anyone knew what became of the children. Then the text messages started pouring in.
Sarajevo's Holiday Inn became an iconic landmark and symbol of survival during the 1992-95 siege. Now it faces another existential crisis -- COVID-19.
Twenty years after the Dayton accords ended the deadliest war spawned by the breakup of Yugoslavia, divisions drawn by the deal are etched deep in Bosnia-Herzegovina's landscape.
A Wahhabi Muslim organization has launched a campaign in Bosnia calling on non-Muslims to convert to Islam. The group's tactics, which include posting leaflets at Christian churches, have offended non-Muslims.
A move by the government of Bosnia-Herzegovina's Serbian entity to approve a draft law on referendums has drawn international criticism.
Fourteen years after the signing of the Dayton accords ending the Bosnian war, peace in the multiethnic country remains fragile. Now, Milorad Dodik, the leader of Bosnia's Serbian entity, is threatening to hold two referendums he says will put Bosnia's loyalty to the international community to the test.
