Nezavisne novine is a daily newspaper

Newspaper

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 based in Banja Luka

Banja Luka

-History:The name "Banja Luka" was first mentioned in a document dated February 6, 1494, but Banja Luka's history dates back to ancient times. There is a substantial evidence of the Roman presence in the region during the first few centuries A.D., including an old fort "Kastel" in the centre of...

, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

. The Prime Minister of the Republika Srpska

Republika Srpska

Republika Srpska is one of two main political entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina...

 entity, Milorad Dodik

Milorad Dodik

Milorad Dodik , is the President of Republika Srpska, and the president of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats political party. He graduated from the Belgrade University of Political Sciences .-Political career:...

, provided some of funding for the launch of the newspaper. It was the first newspaper in Republika Srpska

Republika Srpska

Republika Srpska is one of two main political entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina...

 to publish articles about Serb war crimes. The paper also focuses on corruption and embezzlement. This may have led to the founder and owner, Željko Kopanja

Željko Kopanja

Željko Kopanja is a Bosnian Serb newspaper editor and director of Nezavisne Novine, one of Bosnia's main paper published in Banja Luka.Kopanja holds a degree in economics from University of Banja Luka...

, being targeted by a car bomb which took his legs.

Željko Kopanja in an interview following the attack :

I think that the Serbian people do not deserve to carry this burden because of the individuals who committed crimes in the name of the people. I do not allow anyone to commit war crimes in my name or in the name of my people, nor does anyone have the right to do that. Therefore, we opened the "Koricani" case in our newspaper, about the crimes of individuals from the Serbian police who killed 250 Bosniaks

Bosniaks

The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...

.

We believed and we still believe that Bosnia-Herzegovina can be a happy country with three constituent nations where people will live for life, not for death.