RFE/RL Balkan Report
28.03.2013
A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about the countries of the western Balkans.
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Interview: Does The Legal Concept Of Genocide Exacerbate Ethnic Conflicts?
What are the differences between the legal terms “crimes against humanity” and “genocide”? And are both equally useful in punishing mass crimes and facilitating closure. RFE/RL spoke with British lawyer Philippe Sands about his forthcoming book, which explores this issue. Sands is a professor of international law at University College London who frequently works on cases before international tribunals. More 
Former Serbian Nationalist Minister, With Eye On Political Future, Acknowledges Muslim Heritage
Vuk Jeremic, Serbia's former foreign minister and the current president of the UN General Assembly, has built an ambitious political career on the strength of his image as a Serbian nationalist. But that appeared to change on March 18, when Jeremic publicly embraced his Muslim roots at a ceremony honoring his Bosniak great-grandparents. More With Bosnia caught in unemployment crisis, a group of jobless young people in Sarajevo have launched an online market for organic vegetables. Their website, Krompir.ba ("Potato"), offers locally grown produce to an increasingly Internet-savvy market. (By RFE/RL Balkan Service's Selma Boracic) More 
Croatian Serbs In Limbo
Eighteen years after the Balkan wars ended, many Croatian Serb returnees are still living in barely functional, war-damaged homes. A handful of ethnic Serbs in the southern village of Strmica and the nearby former Serb stronghold of Knin are continuing to wait for assistance to help them rebuild or relocate. More |
