Merdijana Sadović
Senior Project Manager
Merdijana Sadović joined IWPR in 2004, originally as a reporter, and then as the Regional Director for Western Balkans. She has been working on media development, international justice and reconciliation projects in the region for more than 15 years. She was a field producer for ABC News and their Sarajevo bureau chief from 1995 till 2004, covering the war in Bosnia, the deployment of NATO troops and post-war reconstruction. Merdijana is also an experienced radio journalist, who worked for the Bosnian National Radio and various local radio stations as a producer, host and editor-in-chief.
Stories by the Author
Sarajevo Still Bears Its Scars
Twenty years on, city remembers victims of siege as ethnic divisions persist.
11 Apr 12
Angelina Jolie Film Recalls Bosnian War Horrors
Reactions to movie show that old wounds have not yet healed.
16 Feb 12
Bosnians Fear Worst After Embassy Shooting
People worry that a gun attack on the US embassy will further destabilise the divided country and do serious damage to its international reputation.
31 Oct 11
Bittersweet Return to Belgrade
Sarajevo journalist goes back for first time since the war, impressed by city’s progress but mindful of its past.
15 Aug 11
International Justice/ICTY: Apr/May ‘11
Reporters get to grips with some of the legacies of the brutal war of the early Nineties.
17 Jun 11
Bosnian Trainees Confront the Past
Reporters get to grips with some of the legacies of the brutal war of the early Nineties.
17 Jun 11
Mladic Extradition Goes Ahead
"No refuge" for war crimes suspects, Serbian justice minister says.
31 May 11
Mladic Arrest Marks Watershed for Serbia
Politicians and state broadcaster use ex-general’s capture to show Serbia has moved on and wants to deal with past.
27 May 11
Top War Crimes Suspect Mladic Faces Extradition
Interior minister urges supporters of indicted general to stay off the streets.
26 May 11
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