Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Bosnian spinning house built to change views

In Bosnia, a man built a house able to rotate on its foundation to please his wife's desire to change the view from her bedroom The builder reused electric motors and wheels of an old military transport vehicle to spin their new home.

13/10/2021

Bosnia and Herzegovina

'Kicks, beatings & mock executions': Police violence alleged in Bosnia

"While lying prone on the snowy ground with his hands cuffed behind his back, officers had fired bullets either side of his head to get him to reveal information on the location of certain smuggled merchandise."

14/09/2021

Experiences

Bridge diving in Bosnia: Brave enough to make the leap?

Cliff diving isn’t just a sport, it’s a tradition in the Bosnian city of Mostar.

08/09/2021

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Former Bosnian Serb soldier convicted of war crimes

A former Bosnian Serb soldier and police officer has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for war crimes committed during the 1995-95 conflict.

16/08/2021

Bosnia and Herzegovina

New UN envoy to Bosnia faces angry opposition from Serbs

In a speech, Schmid pledged that he will work to help Bosnia reach stability and economic prosperity nearly three decades after the war that killed over 100,000 people and left millions homeless.

02/08/2021

My Europe Series

Is Bosnia’s Milorad Dodik using genocide denial for political ends?

Attempts to play down or deny what happened at Srebrenica in 1995 prompted Bosnia's foreign peace envoy to last week pass the nation's first law prohibiting genocide denial.

28/07/2021

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnian Serbs will shut down government over genocide denial law

Bosnian Serb politicians have pledged to block decision-making in the country’s institutions in protest over a recent move by a top international envoy to outlaw genocide denial.

27/07/2021

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Senior Bosnian official bans denial of Srebrenica genocide under law

The head of Bosnia’s Office of the High Representative has imposed changes to the country’s criminal law, introducing prison sentences for anyone who denies the genocide at Srebrenica.

23/07/2021

Green News

Bosnia's billion-euro deal for China-backed coal plant under threat

Backer General Electric announced that it would stop making coal-fired power plants as the U.S. focuses more on renewable sources of power generation.

15/07/2021

My Europe Series

Not bad enough for genocide? The towns the Mladić verdict downplayed

Mladić was convicted for one count of genocide, the summary executions of over 8,000 people in Srebrenica, but not of another, killings at Vlasenica, Foča, Ključ, Kotor-Varoš, Prijedor, and Sanski Most.

11/06/2021

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Families' elation as "Butcher of Bosnia" Ratko Mladić loses appeal

UN judges upheld Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladić's life sentence for war crimes on Tuesday.

08/06/2021

Bosnia and Herzegovina

UN judges to rule on Mladic appeal against Bosnian war convictions

The verdict in Mladić's appeal case will effectively conclude UN prosecutions for crimes committed during the 1992-95 Bosnian War.

08/06/2021

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Illegal Bosnia church is torn down after decades-long legal battle

The building was put up on land belonging to a Bosniac Muslim woman without her permission, and authorities spent years ignoring her request to remove it

06/06/2021

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Illegal Serb church on Bosniak woman's land is destroyed

Bosnian authorities on Saturday demolished a Serbian Orthodox church that was illegally built on land owned by a Bosniak woman.

05/06/2021

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Bosnian authorities demolish Serbian Orthodox church

Bosnian authorities have demolished a Serbian Orthodox church after a 20-year-long legal battle that saw the case reach the European Court of Human Rights.

05/06/2021

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ahead of war crimes verdict, Mladic's legacy still divides Bosnia

Mladic is appealing his 2017 conviction for war crimes during the conflict that tore through Bosnia in the 1990s.

05/06/2021

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Why so little progress on Bosnia's bid to join the European Union?

Bosnia's foreign affairs minister Bisera Turković on why the country is moving so slowly towards EU membership.

28/05/2021

Bosnia and Herzegovina

On Bosnia's border with Croatia, migrants stranded, sick and desperate

Many families with young children are sleeping out in the open and face violence from border guards. 'People are getting sick', one warned.

24/05/2021

Sport

Former coach of Dinamo Zagreb arrested and released in Bosnia

A Croatian court had issued an international arrest warrant for Zoran Mamic, who failed to show up at a prison to serve a sentence for embezzling millions of euros.

19/05/2021

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Euroviews. Merkel's legacy in the Western Balkans will be tough to beat | View

"Despite the many misfortunes that befell the world and Europe during Merkel's term, she never turned her back on Bosnia and always kept an eye on the Western Balkans and the political processes taking place in this region."

17/05/2021

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Karadžić will serve his life sentence for genocide in a UK prison

The Bosnian Serb leader was convicted of war crimes over the Srebrenica genocide and the siege of Sarajevo.

12/05/2021

My Europe Series

Balkans rocked as leaked memo explores redrawing Bosnia’s borders

An explosive memo that advocates redrawing the borders of independent countries formed after Yugoslavia’s breakup and reducing Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to a third of its current size has sparked fears of renewed conflict in the region.

19/04/2021

My Europe Series

Bosnia and Serbia: Why are the neighbours worlds apart on vaccines?

When it comes to COVID-19 vaccines, it's difficult to think of another part of Europe where the juxtaposition is more pronounced.

22/03/2021

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Serbia sends vaccines to neighbour Bosnia, amid row over COVAX delays

The COVAX scheme has delivered millions of doses of coronavirus vaccine to African countries this week, but officials have admitted the scheme has gone slower than expected in certain areas.

02/03/2021

Bosnia and Herzegovina

What links a Bosnian village and NASA's historic bid to land on Mars?

Villagers in Bosnia will be glued to their screens on Thursday to see if NASA can land one of its rovers on Mars. Here's why.

18/02/2021

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo zoo welcomes pair of golden-cheeked gibbons

The tiny apes have their own island in the middle of an artificial lake.

15/02/2021