Željko Kopanja is a Bosnian Serb newspaper editor and director of Nezavisne Novine

Nezavisne Novine

Nezavisne novine is a daily newspaper based in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Prime Minister of the Republika Srpska entity, Milorad Dodik, provided some of funding for the launch of the newspaper. It was the first newspaper in Republika Srpska to publish articles about Serb war crimes....

, one of Bosnia's

Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina are people of Serb ethnicity inhabiting the Balkan regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, or, since the establishment of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a state in the 1990s, the Serbs who have its citizenship. The Serbs are one of the three constitutive nations of this...

 main paper published 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...

.

Kopanja holds a degree in economics

Economics

Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...

 from University of Banja Luka

University of Banja Luka

The University of Banja Luka is a public university located in Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina...

. He began his journalist career with the Banja Luka's daily newspaper Glas

Glas

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before the Bosnian War

Bosnian War

The Bosnian War or the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between April 1992 and December 1995. The war involved several sides...

 and then reported about criminal doings of 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...

 during the war for Belgrade

Belgrade

Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...

's weekly newspaper Telegraf.

He is known for giving detailed accounts of war crimes committed by the Serb forces in Bosnia for which he received numerous complaints and death threats.

Assassination attempt

On October 22, 1999, he was seriously wounded after a bomb was set in his car and exploded as he opened his car door. He lost both of his legs in that incident. The perpetrators have not been found. Kopanja continues to write for Nezavisne Novine.http://www.hrw.org/wr2k1/appendix/index.html
An FBI investigation supported Kopanjas claim that Serb security forces planted the bomb.

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  The Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily...