Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia detains Serb ex-policeman over wartime killing of 51 civilians

The suspect is accused of involvement in the killing of 44 Bosniak and Croat civilians, who were held prisoner at the Omarska camp in northwestern Bosnia.

17/11/2020

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Nationalist parties lose key cities in Bosnia's municipal elections

Opposition candidates have won council seats and mayoral posts in two of Bosnia's largest cities in nationwide municipal elections, a major blow to the country's long-entrenched Bosnian and Serb nationalist parties.

16/11/2020

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Two suspects detained over wartime killing of 78 civilians in Bosnia

Authorities in Bosnia have detained two people suspected of taking part in the killing of at least 78 civilians during the 1992-95 war, according to the prosecutor's office.

27/10/2020

Smart Regions

Smart Schools - a cross-border project making schools greener

In partnership with the European Commission

In the former enemy nations of Bosnia-Herzogovina and Croatia, a new European cross-border project is promoting greener, cleaner schools and eco-friendly innovation - as well as better relations.

26/10/2020

Bosnia and Herzegovina

COVID-19 deniers emboldened in Bosnia even as nation counts its dead

Family members of victims have found themselves targetted on social media and even in public by those who think the virus is a hoax.

03/10/2020

My Europe Series

Mostar hasn't had a functioning government in 12 years. Here's why.

A spat between the city's two ethno-nationalist parties - one Croat, one Bosniak - has created a political stalemate since 2008. The city's residents are paying the price.

02/10/2020

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Hundreds of migrants evicted from UN-run camps in Bosnia

On Wednesday, local authorities in the northwestern Krajina region sent police to evict several hundred people from the Bira camp in the town of Bihac.

01/10/2020

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Makeshift migrant camps grow outside Bosnian towns

The migrants have built tents in the forests after local authorities in the northwestern Krajina region decided last month to start pushing them away from urban areas, even kicking them out of the existing UN-run reception centers there

30/09/2020

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia arrests seven former military officers over wartime killings

A total of nine people are suspected of the September 1992 crime in Sokolac, according to Bosnia's prosecutor's office.

16/09/2020

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Extreme bridge diving goes ahead in Bosnia despite COVID-19 pandemic

Organisers stressed it was important that the tradition, whose origins date back to 1664, was not put on hold.

27/07/2020

My Europe Series

Hydro power to the people: the fight against Bosnia and Herzegovina's hydroelectric dams

Bosnia and Herzegovina depends on dirty coal. Hydroelectricity generation is a cleaner, greener alternative. So why are locals protesting against the building of dams and barrages

17/07/2020

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Srebrenica: World leaders urged to counter Serbian genocide denial

In the 25 years since the Srebrenica massacre, some Serb leaders haven't fully accepted responsibility and deny that genocide took place in Bosnia in 1995.

11/07/2020

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Euroviews. Denying and glorifying the Srebrenica genocide is inspiring extremists around the world ǀ View

25 years on from the massacre at Srebrenica, revisionism and glorification of the ethnic cleansing committed during the Bosnian War are giving impetus to extremists around the world to act with impunity.

11/07/2020

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Euroviews. 25 years after Srebrenica, genocide denial is pervasive. It can no longer go unchallenged ǀ View

As the world begins to grapple with the legacy of its darkest episodes, the way in which the history of what happened in Bosnia and Herzegovina over 20 years ago is told is should now be challenged before it poisons another generation.

11/07/2020

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Srebrenica victim DNA experts sequence genetic code of COVID-19

One of the greatest ICMP's achievements was identifying nearly 7,000 of more than 8,000 Bosniak Muslim men and boys who perished in 10 days of slaughter around Srebrenica.

10/07/2020

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Srebrenica: Commemorations to mark 25 years since massacre

Between 7,000 and 8,000 Muslim men and boys were killed by Bosnian Serb forces over a week starting on July 11, 1995. The massacre has been ruled a genocide.

09/07/2020

Bosnia and Herzegovina

'Lessons learned' after Srebrenica massacre, former UN judge says

Judge Carmel Agius, the last president of the UN court examining atrocities in the former Yugoslavia, says justice is only a partial solution to war crimes.

09/07/2020

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Cafes reopen in Sarajevo after weeks of COVID-19 lockdown

So far, Bosnia, a country of 3.5 million people, has had 2,171 virus cases, with 120 -COVID-19 deaths.

13/05/2020

Bosnia and Herzegovina

In pictures: The biggest and brightest 'supermoon' of the year

Missed it from your balcony? Check out photographs of the biggest and brightest 'supermoon' of the year.

08/04/2020

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Tough border control awaits migrants attempting to reach EU

Migrants attempting to reach the European Union through Bosnia and Herzegovina have a dangerous journey ahead of them.

22/02/2020

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Break-up Bosnia to solve political crisis, says Bosnian Serb leader

Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik said the political crisis in the country “will disappear only when Bosnia disappears"

20/02/2020

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ethnic division still present in Mostar 25 years after Bosnian War

The city of Mostar remains divided along ethnic lines - West Mostar is where a majority of Bosnian Croats live and work; and East Mostar is where Bosniak Muslims reside.

17/02/2020

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Islamic State fighters and their families return to Bosnia

12 of those returned were children who had been living under ISIS rule in Syria.

19/12/2019

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Premature deaths expose Bosnia's toxic relationship with coal

Despite their detrimental impact on environment and health, this post-Yugoslav republic is not gearing up for decarbonisation. The reason? Money.

06/12/2019

Bosnia and Herzegovina

'Ashamed' European rights chief demands closure of Bosnia camp

“This is not a place for human beings,” said Dunja Mijatovic, Council of Europe rights commissioner as she visited the Vucjak camp. “It should be closed."

03/12/2019

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Aid workers fear winter 'catastrophe' at Bosnia migrant camp

Hundreds of migrants are living in a freezing camp near the Croatian border with almost no food, water, and no electricity.

10/11/2019