Belgrade - The trial of six Serbs accused of committing war crimes during vicious fighting for the Croatian town of Vukovar in 1991 has opened in a special court. It is the first major war crimes ...

Vukovar was a modestly prosperous, sleepy, provincial town in eastern Croatia, near the border with Serbia, noted for its picturesque baroque architecture. That was before the war for Croatia's ...

In WWII-era camps in Jajinci, Sajmiste, Jadovno, Prebilovci, Stara Gradiska and Jasenovac, people were killed just because they were Serbs, Jews, Roma and anti-fascists, because of their religion and ...

The activists prevented construction work at the Staro Sajmiste (Lager Semlin) WW 2 Nazi death camp where a memorial center was supposed to be built. The activists have been preventing the demolition ...

The trial of Jovan Radan, former member of the Serb-led Territorial Defense force accused of wartime rape in the Vukovar area of Croatia in 1991, started at the Belgrade High Court in July.

During Wedensday’s event at the Sukkat Shalom Synagogue, Tadić promised to build a Holocaust memorial at Staro Sajmiste, the site of a former concentration camp. The memorial will honor ...

In the Republic of Croatia, today, November 18, 2024, is observed as the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Homeland War and the Sacrifice of Vukovar and Škabrnja. It is a national holiday ...

The former camp, known as Staro Sajmiste, sits on prime real estate in the Serbian capital, flanking the left bank of the Sava river across from the city's historic heart. Yet few visitors -- or ...

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The Croatian city of Vukovar, on the banks of the Danube, has a painful past. Located on the border with Serbia, it was the scene of the first major battle in the 1990s Balkan wars. Four years ...

She stated that Serbia cherishes the memory of the suffering of the Serbian and Jewish people during the Second World War and through the construction of the "Staro Sajmiste" Memorial Centre, a place ...

November 15, 2023 – The Committee for the Commemoration of the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Vukovar 1991-2023, whose president is the Mayor of Vukovar Ivan Penava, adopted the Program of this ...