From: People & Power
From the Balkans with Guns
Weapons from the Balkans are fuelling violence on the streets of Sweden. People & Power follows their trail.
![Sinisa Karan, the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) candidate for President of Republika Srpska, speaks to the media following the announcement of the first exit poll results in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 23 November 2025. [Nidal Saljic/EPA] (EPA)](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/13529892_cropped-1764005656.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Barred Bosnian Serb leader’s ally wins snap presidential election
Sinisa Karan wins 50.89 percent while his main rival Branko Blanusa gets 47.81 percent, preliminary results show.
Voters in Republika Srpska elect new leader after separatist Dodik’s ouster
Vote occurs amid rising secessionist rhetoric in Serb-majority entity and Milorad Dodik’s defiance of the Dayton treaty.
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Bosnia’s Republika Srpska votes for Dodik’s successor: What to expect
The vote occurs at a time of rising secessionist rhetoric in the Serb-majority entity, and with Europe in wider tumult.
![A man walks past an election billboard showing Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik, and his SNSD party's candidate Sinisa Karan, for Republika Srpska's presidential election, in the town of Banja Luka, Friday, November 21, 2025 [Radivoje Pavicic/AP Photo]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/AP25325551187904-1763779374.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
From: NewsFeed
Why is Republika Srpska’s presidential vote so important?
Republika Srpska, an autonomous division of Bosnia and Herzegovina, is holding a snap presidential election.
Published On 21 Nov 2025
Why many Bosnian genocide scholars remain silent on Gaza
Their refusal to speak out undermines scholarly integrity and the field of genocide studies.
Why did US let Dodik off the hook and hand Europe’s ailing heart to Russia?
The US decision to lift sanctions on the Bosnian Serb leader effectively enabled Russia to annex half of Bosnia.
From: NewsFeed
Italian prosecutors investigate Bosnian war ‘sniper safaris’
Prosecutors in Italy are examining claims that Italians travelled to Bosnia during the war to shoot at civilians.
Published On 14 Nov 2025
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Italy probes Sarajevo ‘sniper safaris’: What were they, who was involved?
According to a lawsuit, participants would be flown from Italy to Bosnia where they would pay to shoot people.
Bosnia retirement home fire kills 11, injures dozens
Investigators are working to determine cause of the blaze that broke out at facility in Tuzla in northeastern Bosnia.
Bosnia’s top court upholds political ban on Bosnian Serb leader Dodik
Constitutional Court rejects Milorad Dodik’s appeal, saying the ex-president’s right to a fair trial was not violated.
