Bosnia

Hashim Thaci convicted of murder, torture, and detention in Kosovo war crimes trial

Thaci was convicted over the killing of 96 people, as well as the illegal detention of 385 people and torture of 303 during Kosovo’s 1990s conflict with Serbia.

People pass near a banner depicting former Kosovo's President Hashim Thaci and former parliament speaker Kadri Veseli, in Skenderaj, Kosovo September 15, 2026.
GROWING TIES: Outgoing Israeli Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina Galit Peleg, Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli, and Republika Srpska president Milorad Dodik attend the inauguration of the Israel Chamber of Commerce representative office in Banja Luka, Republika Srpska, last week.

Israel’s survival story inspires vision for Republika Srpska’s future, Milorad Dodik tells 'Post'

 1: Outgoing Israeli Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina Galit Peleg, Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli and Milorad Dodik attend the inauguration of the Israel Chamber of Commerce representative office in Banja Luka, Republika Srpska, September 3, 2026.

Israel opens first Chamber of Commerce office in Republika Srpska, Bosnia

Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic leaves a meeting at the airport in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina April 13, 1993.

Ratko Mladic, Bosnian Serb general convicted of genocide, dies in Hague detention


How American Jewish legislators supported Bosnian Muslims

The story of the American Jewish support for Bosnia is a fascinating but understudied aspect of the international response to the war.

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Rivlin makes ‘official request’ for Sarajevo Haggada

President Rivlin received diplomatic credentials from the new ambassadors of the UK, Ireland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Equatorial Guinea and Bulgaria.

President Rivlin with Ambassador Dusko Kovacevic of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia brings back, detains Islamic fighter from Syria

Bosnia's state court has tried and convicted 46 people who have returned from Syria or Iraq in the past few years.

 Kurdish-led militiamen ride atop military vehicles as they celebrate victory over Islamic State in Raqqa, Syria, October 17, 2017

EU calls on Bosnia to address property restitution for Holocaust victims

No communal Jewish property has ever been restored to the community following the Holocaust or the Communist regime.

Jewish cemetary in Sarajevo 370

Antisemitic graffiti found in two Bosnian cities

The graffiti included swastikas and the word Juden, the Inside Sarajevo news website reported.

A couple enters a chapel at Sarajevo's Jewish cemetery, outside the capital

Bosnian Croat general dies after drinking poison in courtroom

Praljak drank poison seconds after United Nations judges turned down his appeal against a 20-year sentence for war crimes against Bosnian Muslims.

A wartime commander of Bosnian Croat forces, Slobodan Praljak, is seen during a hearing at the U.N. war crimes tribunal in the Hague, Netherlands, November 29, 2017.

Bosnian school named for pro-Nazi Muslim thinker stirs Israeli protest

Citing anti-Semitic writings by Busuladzic, the Israeli Embassy expressed its disapproval of the honor in a letter to the regional government

Group of students raising hands during a lesson in the classroom. [Illustrative]

Bosnian president: Don’t expect compensation for Jewish property

The total value of the property today is estimated at 3 billion euros.

Mladen Ivanic, the chairman of the rotating presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina, spoke to the Israel Council on Foreign Relations

‘We cannot accept Iran on our borders.’ Rivlin says to Bosnia Herzegovina

“We would like Bosnia-Herzegovina to understand our worries.”

Reuven Rivlin

Analysis: Empty American promises and the lives they can cost

The story of Radovan Karadzic, a psychiatrist turned genocidal mini-state leader, provides lessons for Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

A Muslim woman cries near the coffin of her relative among the 136 newly identified victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in Potocari, Bosnia and Herzegovina