{"id":182215,"date":"2025-07-11T15:03:36","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T13:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=182215"},"modified":"2025-07-11T15:03:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T13:03:37","slug":"three-decades-since-srebrenica-potocari-commemoration-underway-aleksandar-vucic-and-council-of-europe-speak-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/three-decades-since-srebrenica-potocari-commemoration-underway-aleksandar-vucic-and-council-of-europe-speak-out\/","title":{"rendered":"THREE DECADES SINCE SREBRENICA: Poto\u010dari Commemoration Underway, Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 and Council of Europe Speak Out!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Citizens, as well as domestic and international officials, have been arriving at the <strong>Poto\u010dari Memorial Center<\/strong> since early morning. They will attend today&#8217;s commemoration marking the <strong>30th anniversary<\/strong> of the alleged genocide against Bosniaks in Srebrenica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among those who arrived in Poto\u010dari this morning are Chief Hague Prosecutor <strong>Serge Brammertz<\/strong> and Japan&#8217;s Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, <strong>Tashihiro Aiki<\/strong>, along with numerous officials from the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 12:00 PM, officials will lay flowers at the memorial site to pay respects to the Srebrenica victims, followed by a religious ceremony. Today, <strong>seven identified victims from July 1995<\/strong> will be buried at the Memorial Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, today has been declared a <strong>Day of Mourning<\/strong> in remembrance of the Srebrenica genocide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The commemorative gathering in Poto\u010dari is secured by the <strong>Police of Republika Srpska<\/strong>, with support from other security structures in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Zvornik Police Administration announced that all measures are being taken to ensure the event in Srebrenica proceeds peacefully, and for the safety of all participants, the use of drones is prohibited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today marks thirty years since the terrible crime in Srebrenica was committed. We cannot change the past, but we must change the future. Once again, on behalf of the citizens of Serbia, I express my condolences to the families of the Bosniak victims, confident that a similar\u2026<\/p>&mdash; \u0410\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0430\u0440 \u0412\u0443\u0447\u0438\u045b (@predsednikrs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/predsednikrs\/status\/1943561115574690097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 11, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vu\u010di\u0107 on the Anniversary<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107<\/strong>, the President of Serbia, has issued a statement regarding the anniversary of the crime in Srebrenica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He reminded on the social network X that today marks 30 years since the horrific crime was committed in Srebrenica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We cannot change the past, but we must change the future. Once again, on behalf of the citizens of Serbia, I express my condolences to the families of the Bosniak victims, with the conviction that a similar crime will never happen again,&#8221; Vu\u010di\u0107 wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is worth noting that Vu\u010di\u0107, speaking on Pink television last night, recalled the ten years since the attack on him in Poto\u010dari and stated that he went there to bow his head before the victims and that he is proud of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Once again, I express my condolences to the families of the fallen Bosniaks. That relationship will never change. This is how we differ from others. For me, the hardest battle was a year and something ago at the UN. I am proud of that fight by the entire team,&#8221; stated the Serbian President, noting that he aged the most then, and that &#8220;even Lagumd\u017eija and Konakovi\u0107 said it was incredible how Serbia fought.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Srebrenica genocide is one of the darkest pages of European history.<br><br>In July 1995, 30 years ago, thousands of men and boys were murdered solely because of their ethnicity and religion.<br><br>Let us remember and learn from it.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NeverForget?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NeverForget<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y4ETZzsbdb\">pic.twitter.com\/y4ETZzsbdb<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Council of Europe (@coe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/coe\/status\/1943548728180380089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 11, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Council of Europe on Srebrenica: One of the Darkest Pages of European History<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The Srebrenica genocide is one of the darkest pages of European history,&#8221; states the <strong>Council of Europe<\/strong> on the occasion of the 30th anniversary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In July 1995, 30 years ago, thousands of men and boys were killed solely because of their ethnicity and religion. We remember this and learn from it,&#8221; the Council of Europe conveyed via social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#c42929\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>VU\u010cI\u0106 ON STUDENTS: \u201cTimes come when all the social dregs, the sludge, all the worst in a society surfaces\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/texas-on-edge-these-are-the-girls-missing-from-the-camp-during-floods-search-continues-photos\/\">TEXAS ON EDGE: These are the Girls Missing from the Camp During Floods, Search Continues! (PHOTOS)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/interview-father-sasa-petrovic-the-patriarch-and-synod-do-not-constitute-the-fullness-of-the-church-but-rather-the-350000-spc-faithful-who-were-in-belgrade-on-march-15th-the-student-battle-is-our\/\">INTERVIEW, FATHER SA\u0160A PETROVI\u0106: The Patriarch and Synod do not constitute the fullness of the church, but rather the 350,000 SPC faithful who were in Belgrade on March 15th! The student battle is our last one\u2026<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/zorana-mihajlovic-accuses-dokovic-of-treason-hes-siding-with-those-who-commit-violence-and-want-independent-kosovo-video\/\">ZORANA MIHAJLOVI\u0106 ACCUSES \u0110OKOVI\u0106 OF TREASON: \u201cHe\u2019s siding with those who commit violence and want independent Kosovo\u201d (VIDEO)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/remembering-michael-madsen-one-of-us-i-am-also-an-immigrant-serbia-welcomed-me-and-my-heart-now-belongs-here-2\/\">REMEMBERING MICHAEL MADSEN, ONE OF US: \u201cI am also an immigrant \u2013 Serbia welcomed me, and my heart now belongs here\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/vucics-word-stronger-than-experts-highway-opens-even-though-experts-havent-signed-all-tunnel-safety-reports\/\">VU\u010cI\u0106\u2019S WORD STRONGER THAN EXPERTS: Highway Opens Even Though Experts Haven\u2019t Signed All Tunnel Safety Reports!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: Mediji; <strong>Foto<\/strong>: Pexels<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citizens, as well as domestic and international officials, have been arriving at the Poto\u010dari Memorial Center since early morning. They will attend today&#8217;s commemoration marking the 30th anniversary of the alleged genocide against Bosniaks in Srebrenica. Among those who arrived in Poto\u010dari this morning are Chief Hague Prosecutor Serge Brammertz and Japan&#8217;s Ambassador to Bosnia [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2169,"featured_media":182216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,309,7523,592,113,7524],"class_list":["post-182215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-balkan","tag-balkan","tag-bih","tag-potocari","tag-republika-srpska","tag-srbija","tag-srebrenica","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Serbiantimes.info EN","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182215"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182242,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182215\/revisions\/182242"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}