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Actress Meg Ryan receives honorary award at Sarajevo Film Festival

Actress Meg Ryan, recipient of the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo at the 30th Sarajevo Film Festival, made a stunning entrance on the red carpet ahead of a special screening of 'You've Got Mail'.

21/08/2024

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo tops world's most polluted cities list

Air quality in the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina is so bad some people are wearing masks.

21/12/2023

Culture news

Charlie Kaufman receives honorary award at Sarajevo Film Festival

Kaufman, best known for his thought-provoking and surreal films, including 'Being John Malkovich' and 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind', received a special accolade in Sarajevo.

15/08/2023

Destinations

Sarajevo's tourism booms as travellers discover latest Balkan hotspot

Warm weather, low prices and fascinating history are luring tourists to Bosnia’s capital like never before.

04/08/2023

World News

Sarajevo ranked the world's most polluted city

Authorities instructed residents to wear masks outdoors, use air purifiers in homes and close windows.

29/11/2022

My Europe Series

Russia's war in Ukraine is causing concern in Bosnia. Here's why

For some Bosnians, Russia's invasion of Ukraine is a painful reminder of their war experience in the 1990s.

12/09/2022

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo Film Festival honours Ukrainian stars of the screen

Born during the siege of Sarajevo in the early 90s, festival organisers are using this year to highlight Ukraine’s own war plight

14/08/2022

Republic of North Macedonia

Sánchez encourages EU membership bids on Western Balkans tour

Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, tells North Macedonia that it did the right thing by unblocking road that will lead to European Union.

31/07/2022

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ex-party chief gets three years in prison for corruption in Bosnia

A court in Bosnia has sentenced a former top ruling Bosniak party official to three years in prison for corruption.

29/07/2022

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Former Bosniak officials charged with war crimes over 1992 attack

Bosnian prosecutors say the victims included military and civilian employees of the JNA, as well as military medical personnel.

27/04/2022

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Flash floods in Bosnia prompt fears of a repeat of 2014 disaster

Dozens of people had to be evacuated from their homes in the Sarajevo suburb of Otes and in the city of Konjic.

05/11/2021

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

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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

World

'One of the worst days in the Albanian people’s history'

The Head of News at Euronews Albania has given a personal account of the devastation in the port city of Durres after revisiting the site of damage caused by a 6.4 earthquake.

27/11/2019

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnians to march for Gay Pride - under heavy police protection

Bosnians to march for Gay Pride - under heavy police protection

07/09/2019

Europe News

The Brief: Sarajevo Film festival celebrates 25 years

The Brief: Sarajevo Film festival celebrates 25 years - remembering its roots in conflict but expanding horizons

16/08/2019

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnian ethnic leaders form government 10 months after election

Bosnia's Serb, Croat, and Bosniak leaders have reached an agreement to form a government 10 months after the vote.

05/08/2019

Cult

Stunned by war, Sarajevo's culture scene is reawakening

Sarajevo is the political, social and cultural centre of Bosnia and Herzegovina. With a long and rich history of religious and cultural diversity, the city has become a symbol of the Bosnian war. Traces can be found everywhere, but arts are bridging old grudges.

27/03/2019

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Sarajevo suffocates from air pollution

Sarajevo suffocates from air pollution

05/12/2018