The remains of 19 more victims of the Srebrenica massacre of Bosnian Muslims were laid to rest on Sunday during a commemoration marking 26 years since the genocide that still deeply divides the Balkan nation.

Srebrenica victims buried 26 years after genocide

Two key aides of Slobodan Milosevic's regime - Stanisic, 70, and Simatovic, 71 - were convicted for war crimes by a UN court on Wednesday. The two men were held responsible for financing and equipping Serb militias during the 1990s Balkan wars that tore apart Yugoslavia after the fall of communism.

UN court convicts Milosevic's key aides over war crimes

The UN tribunal at The Hague on Tuesday upheld the genocide conviction and life sentence against former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic. The former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic was held guilty for his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre during the Bosnian conflict in 1992-95.

UN tribunal upholds genocide conviction against ex-Bosnian Serb military commander Mladic

Survivors of the Srebrenica genocide hope that an Oscar-nominated Bosnian film about the massacre of mainly civilian 8,000 Muslims by Bosnian Serb forces will shed light on the atrocity and help counter denial that genocide occurred.

Oscar-nominated Bosnian film highlights Srebrenica genocide