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The long-bearded man burst into the mosque’s yard and pinned Selvedin Beganovic to the ground. Shouting “Now I will slaughter you!” he plunged a knife three times into the imam’s chest and fled. It was no random attack: Beganovic has suffered seven assaults blamed on Muslim extremists in the past... -
Srebrenica victims’ families are awaiting a landmark judgement in their lawsuit against the Netherlands over accusations that Dutch peacekeepers failed to prevent their relatives’ deaths in 1995. A few days after the 19th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacres, the district court in The Hague will deliver its verdict in... -
For years the best description of the political situation in Bosnia-Hercegovina has been “stagnant but stable”. Now, with astonishing speed, analysts are already talking about a “Bosnian Spring”. In Tuzla, Mostar, Zenica and Sarajevo, government buildings have been set on fire and there have been demonstrations across much of the rest...