Meliha Kesmer is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Balkan Service.
Mustafa Ceric, the former grand mufti of Bosnia-Herzegovina, has sparked controversy at home for being part of an organized tour of Xinjiang that activists say is part of a Chinese effort to silence criticism over its abuses against Uyghurs and other Muslim groups in the western province.
Survivors of a Balkan conflict notorious for ethnic cleansing, rape, and other atrocities offer Ukrainian women hope for the future and their best advice for right now amid horrific reports coming from the current war.
Dozens of newcomers believed to be members of the radical Lev Tahor group, which is hounded by controversy and allegations of child abuse, arrived recently in East Sarajevo. The group isn't accused of any local wrongdoing, but officials now say its members need to leave.
As the leaders of Republika Srpska pursue division, other Bosnians take to the walls to remind the country that they are "for peace."
Serbian actress Jasna Djuricic plays the lead in the Bosnian film Quo Vadis, Aida?, the story about the Srebrenica genocide that's been nominated for an Academy Award.
A chronology of the diplomatic, cultural, and legal tug-of-war over a 300-year-old Orthodox artifact at the center of an international scandal.
"When they admit that genocide was committed in Srebrenica...and apologize to the victims, ask for forgiveness, then we can build a monument to peace."
A hotel owner in Bosnia-Herzegovina removed three figures that were "urinating" into a Bosnia-shaped pool in an art installation inspired by a postmodern Czech bad boy.
