I am considering going to #Sarajevo #Bosnia and Herzegovina
sometime in the summer.

Best way to travel there (by car from Germany) or by plane rather?

Any nice accommodations (I like simple, simple slightly stylish places to stay at; maybe art related)

Places to go, that are not in travel guides?

We're planning to go to #Mostar and #Srebrenica too.

Il Tempo: Il “Macellaio di Bosnia” colpito da un ictus all'Aia: le sue condizioni sono delicate

Il criminale di guerra serbo-bosniaco Ratko Mladic, detenuto all'Aia dove sta scontando una condanna all'ergastolo, avrebbe avuto un ictus e le sue condizioni di salute sarebbero delicate, ha dichiarato il figlio alla televisione pubblica serbo-bosniaca. Mladic è stato condannato all'ergastolo da un tribunale delle Nazioni Unite nel 2017 per genocidio e crimini di guerra durante la guerra in Bosnia negli anni '90. Il comandante militare serbo-bosniaco in tempo di guerra, noto come il "Macellaio di Bosnia", è stato giudicato colpevole in particolare per il suo ruolo nell'assedio di Sarajevo e nel massacro di Srebrenica del 1995, in cui furono uccisi 8.000 uomini e ragazzi musulmani bosniaci, un evento che la giustizia internazionale ha riconosciuto come genocidio.

Il figlio Darko Mladic ha dichiarato alla televisione Rtrs di aver ricevuto le prime informazioni sulla salute del padre venerdì, dopo essere stato contattato da un medico autorizzato dalle Nazioni Unite che ha spiegato "che ritengono si sia trattato di un ictus silenzioso, che era stato portato in un ospedale civile e poi riportato in prigione dopo scansioni ed esami". Secondo Darko Mladic, le condizioni del padre peggiorano quotidianamente. "La situazione è molto grave." La famiglia sta ancora aspettando la documentazione medica dall'Aia affinché i medici serbi possano esaminare quanto accaduto. "Non c'è motivo per cui non ce la diano... Questi sono i suoi diritti fondamentali", ha sottolineato. La famiglia spera che a Mladic, 83 anni secondo i documenti del tribunale delle Nazioni Unite, possa essere permesso di ricevere cure in Serbia, ha aggiunto il figlio.

The “Butcher of Bosnia” struck by a stroke in The Hague: his condition is critical.

The Serbian-Bosnian war criminal Ratko Mladić, detained in The Hague where he is serving a life sentence, suffered a stroke and his health condition is critical, his son stated to the Serbian-Bosnian public television. Mladić was sentenced to life imprisonment by a United Nations tribunal in 2017 for genocide and war crimes during the Bosnian war in the 1990s. The Serbian-Bosnian military commander during wartime, known as the “Bosnian Butcher,” was found guilty in particular for his role in the siege of Sarajevo and the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, in which 8,000 Muslim Bosnian men and boys were killed, an event that the international justice system recognized as genocide.

Son Darko Mladić stated to Rtrs television that he received initial information about his father’s health on Friday, after being contacted by a United Nations-authorized doctor who explained “that they believed it was a silent stroke, that he had been taken to a civilian hospital and then returned to prison after scans and tests.” According to Darko Mladić, his father’s condition is worsening daily. “The situation is very serious.” The family is still awaiting medical documentation from The Hague so that Serbian doctors can examine what happened. “There’s no reason why they wouldn’t give it to us… These are his fundamental rights,” he emphasized. The family hopes that Mladić, 83 years old according to United Nations tribunal documents, may be allowed to receive treatment in Serbia, his son added.

#Bosnia #TheHague #Serbian #RatkoMladić #UnitedNations #theBosnianwar #the“BosnianButcher #Sarajevo #Srebrenica #Muslim #Bosnian #DarkoMladić #Serbia

https://www.iltempo.it/esteri/2026/04/16/news/ratko-mladic-ictus-aia-condizioni-salute-genocidio-srebrenica-macellaio-bosnia-carcere-47298563/

How Pakistan’s ISI Supported The Bosnian Muslims Against The Serbian Atrocities

How Pakistan’s ISI Supported The Bosnian Muslims Against The Serbian Atrocities

Pakistan ran an active military intelligence program from 1992 until 1995 while the west continued it’s appeasement of the Serbian forces.

The military support was supervised by the then DG ISI, General Javed Nasir, a die hard patriot whose vision was to support the oppressed anywhere in the world. The program distributed and coordinated the systematic supply of arms to The Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina during the war.

Nasir confesses that despite the UN ban on supplying arms to the besieged Bosnians, he successfully airlifted sophisticated antitank guided missiles which turned the tide in favour of Bosnian Muslims and forced the Serbs to lift the siege.

Pakistan declared in a meeting of Muslim countries at Geneva in July 1995 that the UN arms embargo was illegal. Farooq Leghari, then president of Pakistan, stated that ‘the Western policy of appeasement of the Serbian aggressors is not going to pay.’

Pakistan declared that it would provide weapons to the Bosnian government in spite of the UN arms embargo. Pakistan became the fourth largest contributor of troops to the 36000 UN peacekeeping forces in Bosnia and pledged to keep its soldiers there to protect Bosnian Muslims and confront the Serbs while France and other countries wanted to withdraw their troops for the safety of their soldiers. On July 26 1995, Pakistan sent another contingent of 180 troops to Bosnia for deployment under UN command.

It was the third Pakistani contingent to go to Bosnia during that month even though one Pakistani officer Capt Manzoor Ahmad of the Air Defense Command was among the more than 300 UN peacekeepers being held hostage by the Serb forces near Sarajevo.

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Cees Wiebes in his book, “Intelligence and the War in Bosnia, 1992–1995” wrote that “Pakistan definitely defied the UN ban on supply of arms to the Bosnian Muslims and sophisticated anti-tank guided missiles were airlifted by the ISI to help Bosnians fight the Serbs.”

John R. Schindler in his book ‘Unholy Terror: Bosnia, al-Qa’ida, and the Rise of Global Jihad’ wrote that ‘Pakistan’s notorious Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate violated the UN embargo and provided Bosnian Muslims with sophisticated antitank guided missiles.’

During the height of the conflict, Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry evacuated many endangered Bosnians from the conflict areas who immigrated to Pakistan. The small nature of the program was mentioned and highlighted in the Pakistani drama, Alpha Bravo Charlie in 1998.

[Research by Fidato]

From Srebrenica to Melbourne: Survivors’ Children Keep Memory of Bosnia’s Genocide Alive

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://balkaninsight.com/2026/02/25/from-srebrenica-to-melbourne-survivors-children-keep-memory-of-bosnias-genocide-alive/

Bij #PerSecondeWijzer een vraag over personen rond de val van #Srebrenica, dit jaar precies 30 jaar geleden.

En in die 30 jaar is nog steeds niet doorgedrongen hoe je de plaatsnaam uitspreekt, dus wordt er toch weer over Srebréénitsja of Srebreníétsja gepraat.

Voor eens en altijd:
SRÈ-BRÈ-NIE-TSA
(klemtoon eerste)

Als je srè lastig vindt, zeg dan sréé – ook prima. Als je de klemtoon op de eerste lettergreep legt en eindigt met ‘tsa’ ipv ‘tsja’, zeg je het al beter dan ongeveer iedereen.