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CDs of the week: Noel Gallagher, Jane's Addiction and Real Estate

14.10.11
Our critics round-up this week's biggest music releases...... more

Yugoslav army commander jailed

06.09.11
The war crimes tribunal in The Hague today jailed the former chief of the Yugoslav army for 27 years... more

As If I Am Not There - review

01.07.11
As If I'm Not There describes in frighteningly simple realist detail what happens when a young teacher from Sarajevo takes a job in a remote village and is captured and tormented by marauding Serbian soldiers... more

Mladic arrest 'met with relief' by victims, says survivor

06.06.11
A Bosnian woman who helps survivors of atrocities carried out by Ratko Mladic's forces in the former Yugoslavia has said his arrest was a 'symbol of justice'... more

Mladic will answer charges of genocide in war crimes court

01.06.11
Ratko Mladic will stand in the dock of the war crimes tribunal in the Hague to answer 11 charges, including genocide... more

Fugitive general who led massacre is seized: Mladic 'must face justice'

26.05.11
The Bosnian Serb general accused of leading the massacre of more than 7,500 people in one of the world's most notorious war crimes has been arrested after 16 years on the run... more

Former Defence Minister performs Flanders & Swann for charity

08.11.10
Former Defence Minister and spy watchdog is recreating the comic songs of Flanders & Swann to raise money for orphaned children... more

Angelina Jolie banned from Bosnia

14.10.10
Sarajevo in uproar as Oscar-winning actress banned from shooting her new film in Bosnia for 'misleading history'... more

CDs of the week: Iron Maiden, David Gray and The Hoosiers

13.08.10
Say what you like about Iron Maiden, but they’re nothing if not consistent. The hulking beast that is their 15th album features all their trademarks in excelsis... more

The Dispossessed: Bosnian who fled civil war gives £50,000

12.08.10
Entrepreneur and philanthropist Diana Jenkins backs the Evening Standard's Dispossessed campaign with a £50,000 donation that puts the fund on the brink of reaching its £1million target... more

Decision due over extraditing former Bosnian leader

27.07.10
Judge is expected to decide today whether to extradite a former Bosnian leader to Serbia over alleged war crimes... more

CDs of the week: Kylie and Big Boi

02.07.10
The fact that Kylie doesn’t appear to age is reason enough to suspect her of being some sort of immortal.... more

CDs of the week: Jack Johnson, B.O.B and Teenage Fanclub

28.05.10
Like World Cups and hotpants, Jack Johnson albums only really work in the summer. ... more

Only Fools and Horses tower block to be torn down

21.12.09
The sink estate made famous as the home of Del Boy, Rodney and Uncle Albert in Only Fools and Horses is being torn down... more

This economic earthquake isn't nearly over yet

11.09.09
The collapse of Lehman Brothers, a year ago next week, symbolised the global financial crisis. But did it cause it?... more

Smoking ban from Emir Kusturica Orchestra

11.05.09
Emir Kusturica's audience was asked to clap hands, yell obscenities and watch the guitarist spin his illuminated instrument on his groin. ... more

Euro-satire with no real vision

10.09.08
Eurobeat's clap-along audience kept succumbing to flag-waving ecstasy, revelled in light shows and remained stuck on a jubilant high.... more

Eurobeat is popfest parody par excellence

04.09.08
Whether you are a Eurovision fan, you will love this spoof: Eurobeat, coming to the West End after being a huge hit at last year's Edinburgh Fringe.... more

My five-year battle to exorcise the ghosts of Sarajevo

29.07.08
The recent arrest of Radovan Karadzic has brought back painful memories for former war correspondent Charlotte Eagar... more

Let Bosnia rejoice again in its heady ethnic mix

23.07.08
With the arrest of the fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, one of the world's greatest war criminals is at last behind bars.... more

Secret life of Serb butcher

22.07.08
The man hunted for 12 years over the deaths of 20,000 victims of Europe's worst conflict since the Second World War lived in disguise in Belgrade... more

CDs of the week

28.03.08
Quality time with REM, an impressive follow-up from Gnarls Barkley and a record to boost Snoop Dogg's ego.... more

Comical explorers desperately seeking Djibouti

25.09.07
The duo in World in One City want to meet someone from all 192 UN-recognised countries. It's not so much a comedy show, more an exercise in listmaking anal retentiveness.... more

A gloriously camp celebration of cheesy pop

14.08.07
An affectionate send-up of the Eurovision Song Contest, Eurobeat is a celebration of cheesy pop as gloriously camp as the original.... more

Eurovision tribute is a winner

07.08.07
Eurobeat, a musical tribute to Eurovision, is about as camp as Graham Norton listening to Bucks Fizz in a camper van.... more

CDs of the week

20.07.07
Irish pop from The Thrills, love songs from Sarajevo and Prince officially releases Planet Earth in the week's top CDs.... more

Eastern promises

11.07.07
Nigel Osborne's opera Differences in Demolition is the latest result of his ongoing collaboration with Bosnian artists... more

Postwar secrets and lies

14.12.06
The surprise winner of the Berlin Festival's Golden Bear last year, Esma's Secret examines the effect of the Bosnian conflict on a mother and daughter living in Sarajevo. ... more


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