Slobodan Praljak – Did the war really end?
byOver twenty years after the conflict in The Balkans, Bosnian Croat war criminal Slobodan Praljak killed himself in The Hague during an appeal hearing….
Yugoslavia
The Butcher of Bosnia
byMore than 20 years after the end of the Bosnian war, General Mladic, former Bosnian Serb army commander was finally sentenced to life imprisonment….
The Failure of the International Community
byThe leaders of the Yugoslav republics must bear the responsibility for the wars that crippled the country. But it must be noted that…
Croatian War of Independence
byThe Croatian war of independence differed massively from the Slovenian War of Independence. In nature; resident Croatian Serb forces playing a huge role in…
Rise of Nationalism – Franjo Tudjman
byNationalism has been prevalent in Croatia since before World War II. Ante Pavelic, a military dictator and Croatian fascist, founded the ultranationalist movement known…
Slovenian Independence
byAfter World War II the Slovenian Republic had all the makings of a state except independence. Milosevic became the leader of Serbia in 1989,…
Slobodan Milosevic: The Rise of Nationalism – Part 1
byTo truly understand the conflict in Bosnia and the history of the Balkans following World War II, it is important to analyse the unique…
The Bosnian War – How it all began
byIn the aftermath of the Second World War, the Balkan states of Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia, and Macedonia became better known as the…