Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Bosnia and Herzegovina, abbreviated BiH or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country in South and Southeast Europe, located within the Balkans. Sarajevo is the capital and largest city.

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Daredevil divers plunge from Bosnian bridge in centuries-old tradition Divers hurl themselves from a 24-metre high bridge in the Bosnian town of Mostar. Credit: Reuters - Sports Duration: 03:12Published 1 week ago

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.View on euronews Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 00:50Published 1 week ago

The big picture: Bosnia and Herzegovina's energy transition Bosnia and Herzegovina is moving towards large-scale hydroelectricity plants as it moves away from dirty coal. But how will these plans affect people on a local levelView on euronews Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 05:41Published 3 weeks ago

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 barragesView on euronews Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 08:00Published 3 weeks ago

Survivors recount Bosnia's Srebrenica genocide, 25 years on Bosnia marks the 25th anniversary of a genocide committed by Serb forces in Srebrenica where thousands perished. Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 02:59Published on July 11, 2020

Bosnia marks 25 years of Srebrenica genocide amid virus pandemic Killing of 8,000 Muslims in 1995 by Serb troops was the only genocide on European soil since the second world war. Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 03:01Published on July 11, 2020

Coronavirus: Greece shuts Serbia border amid COVID-19 spike in the Balkans Austria has also imposed a travel warning for six western Balkans countries, Bosnia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro and Serbia, in view of high COVID-19 figures.View on euronews Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 01:44Published on July 7, 2020

Concerns about environmental damage by dams in Bosnia Protesters say more power stations will force farmers from their land. Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 02:19Published on July 3, 2020

Croatia orders quarantine of arrivals from four Balkan states after COVID-19 outbreak Travellers from Serbia, Bosnia, North Macedonia and Kosovo will have to self-isolate upon arrival in the country.View on euronews Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 00:29Published on June 25, 2020

Visit the mountain village untouched by coronavirus Sitting atop a precipice at an elevation of just under 1,500 metres, Bosnia's highest village is the perfect refuge from the modern world, upended by the coronavirus pandemic, or so its residents.. Credit: PA - Press Association STUDIO Duration: 00:40Published on June 24, 2020

Heavy rain causes floods in Serbia and Bosnia & Herzegovina It's sparked memories of 2014 when both countries were badly hit by floods. View on euronews Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 01:50Published on June 23, 2020

Kobe Bryant honored in Bosnia with giant mural on school wall Massive Kobe Bryant mural unveiled at an elementary school in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Credit: Reuters - Sports Duration: 03:29Published on June 9, 2020

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Bill Clinton pushed 'appeasement' of Serbs after Srebrenica massacre When Srebrenica fell to a Serb separatist attack 25 years ago, Bosnia’s Muslim-led government was reeling from the mass killings under way in the small enclave. So Bosnian officials were stunned when.. WorldNews - Published 2 weeks ago
Leaders and survivors mark 25 years since Srebrenica massacre World leaders have joined survivors of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre to remember the victims of the only crime in Europe since the Second World War that has been declared a genocide. Most international.. WorldNews - Published on July 11, 2020
Srebrenica: Bosnia marks 25 years since massacre World leaders address a memorial ceremony for the atrocity that saw 8,000 Muslim men killed. BBC News - Published on July 11, 2020

Bosnia's Srebrenica massacre 25 years on - in pictures Bosnian Serb and Serbian units systematically murdered 8,000 Muslims at Srebrenica in July 1995. BBC News - Published on July 10, 2020
Genocide denial gains ground 25 years after Srebrenica massacre At the genocide memorial centre outside Srebrenica, thousands of simple white gravestones stretch across the gently inclined hillside for as far as the eye can see. Nearby, over a number of days in.. WorldNews - Published on July 10, 2020
Slovenia imposes quarantine for people coming from Serbia, Bosnia, Kosovo Concerned about the biggest rise in new cases of coronavirus in seven weeks, Slovenia will introduce an obligatory 14-day quarantine from Friday for most people coming from Serbia, Bosnia and Kosovo,.. Reuters - Published on June 18, 2020

Bosnia's rival ethnic parties seal a deal on Mostar after a decade Bosnia's largest Croat and Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) parties agreed on Wednesday, under international mediation, on the way the southern town of Mostar should be governed, paving the way for the first.. Reuters - Published on June 17, 2020
Montenegro reports first new coronavirus case since May 5 Three weeks after declaring it was free of the coronavirus, Montenegro has reported a new COVID-19 case -- a person who arrived from neighbouring Bosnia. Reuters - Published on June 15, 2020
Bosnia's security minister to resign over migrant dispute Bosnia's security minister announced his resignation on Tuesday over what he called a lack of support in handling a migrant crisis from a government plagued by infighting. Reuters - Published on June 2, 2020
Bosnian court rejects request to detain regional PM over ventilators deal Bosnia's state court ordered the release on Sunday of a regional prime minister and two other men suspected of corruption in connection with the import of defective ventilators for coronavirus.. Reuters - Published on May 31, 2020

IMF says Bosnia's failure to disburse IMF emergency aid is unprecedented Five weeks after the International Monetary Fund gave Bosnia $370.46 million in emergency aid to help combat the coronavirus crisis, the funds have still not been disbursed due to a disagreement.. Reuters - Published on May 29, 2020
Bosnia police question regional PM over import of defective ventilators The prime minister of Bosnia's autonomous Bosniak-Croat Federation Fadil Novalic has been quizzed by police about the import by a fruit processing firm of ventilators for COVID-19 patients that proved.. Reuters - Published on May 29, 2020
U.N. court postpones Mladic appeals hearings The U.N. court for the former Yugoslavia on Thursday postponed until further notice the appeals hearings of former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic, citing concerns about his health and travel.. Reuters - Published on May 28, 2020	Bosnia to re-open borders with neighbouring countries on June 1 Bosnia will re-open borders closed by the coronavirus pandemic with neighbouring Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia on June 1 and lift restrictions for commercial flights, Prime Minister Zoran Tegeltija.. Reuters - Published on May 28, 2020
Bosnia and Croatia arrest eight suspected migrant smugglers Police from Bosnia, Croatia and regional agency Europol caught eight suspected traffickers on Wednesday and blocked the smuggling of 45 migrants into the European Union (EU), Bosnian authorities said. Reuters - Published on May 27, 2020	Bosnia's Serb Republic lifts coronavirus state of emergency Bosnia's autonomous Serb Republic on Thursday lifted a state of emergency introduced in March over the coronavirus epidemic, returning legislative powers to the parliament from the region's president. Reuters - Published on May 21, 2020
Bosnia: Protesters condemn Mass for WWII Croat Nazi collaborators Thousands of people march in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo against a service to honour Nazi-allied Croatian soldiers. BBC News - Published on May 16, 2020	Bosnia sets local polls for October 4, but Mostar excluded again Bosnia will hold local elections on Oct. 4 but Mostar, an ethnically divided town in the south of the Balkan country where no vote has been held since 2008, will be exempted again, the state election.. Reuters - Published on May 7, 2020
Bosnia's coronavirus-free Adriatic resort charges disinfection entrance fee The authorities in Bosnia's sole Adriatic resort Neum have begun charging an entrance fee for the disinfection of vehicles as a measure to keep the town coronavirus free with the Labour Day holidays.. Reuters - Published on April 30, 2020	Bosnia reports sharp rise in coronavirus cases after relaxing lockdown Bosnia reported on Wednesday its sharpest daily rise in new coronavirus infections this month after its two autonomous regions had gradually begun to ease lockdowns. Reuters - Published on April 29, 2020
Bosnian region eases lockdown on seniors, reopens some businesses Bosnia's autonomous Serb Republic on Monday loosened restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, allowing seniors to leave homes for three hours each workday and some businesses to.. Reuters - Published on April 27, 2020	Coronavirus movement ban for seniors, youth illegal: Bosnia's top court Bosnia's top court ruled on Wednesday that a measure curtailing freedom of movement for people older than 65 and younger than 18 to try and halt the spread of the coronavirus is not in line with the.. Reuters - Published on April 22, 2020
Bosnians allowed to go home after coronavirus quarantine protest Protesters in Sarajevo who staged a hunger strike over their treatment in coronavirus quarantine were on Tuesday allowed to go home by Bosnian authorities. Reuters - Published on April 21, 2020	Bosnian Serb region declares state of emergency over coronavirus Bosnia's autonomous Serb Republic declared a state of emergency on Saturday, handing legislative powers to the region's president to expedite the passage of laws to ease the impact of the coronavirus.. Reuters - Published on March 28, 2020
Bosnia's health authorities report first coronavirus death A Bosnian man became the first to die of the coronavirus in the Balkan country, the manager of a hospital in the northwestern town of Bihac said on Saturday. Reuters - Published on March 21, 2020	Bosnia charges two men with fighting for Islamic State Two Bosnian Muslim men were charged with terrorism offences on Friday, over accusations they fought for Islamic State in Syria, the Bosnian state prosecutor's office said. Reuters - Published on March 13, 2020
UK's Prince Charles cancels tour of Bosnia, Cyprus and Jordan over coronavirus Prince Charles and his wife Camilla have canceled their tour of Bosnia, Cyprus and Jordan after being advised to do so by the British government, a spokesman for the royal couple said on Friday. Reuters - Published on March 13, 2020	Bosnia ask for Northern Ireland Euro 2020 play-off to be postponed Bosnia-Herzegovina make a request to Uefa to postpone the home Euro 2020 play-off semi-final against Northern Ireland on 26 March because of coronavirus. BBC News - Published on March 12, 2020
Bosnia bars entry to travelers from coronavirus-hit countries Bosnia on Tuesday barred entry to travelers from countries most affected by the coronavirus outbreak, while its Serb region shut all schools and universities and banned public events from March 11 to.. Reuters - Published on March 10, 2020	Migrants target Croatian gateway into EU after Turkey opens border Hisham and Said seemed close to reaching Italy, their dream destination, when Croatian authorities caught them and deported them this week back across the border to Bosnia, which is outside the.. Reuters - Published on March 5, 2020
Bosnia confirms its first two cases of coronavirus - health minister Bosnia confirmed its first two cases of the new coronavirus -a middle-aged man who recently visited Italy and his child, the health minister of Bosnia's autonomous Serb Republic said on Thursday. Reuters - Published on March 5, 2020	Bosnia war veterans become peace messengers as threats to stability rise They played football together as young men. Then they fought each other in a 1990s war in three rival Bosnian armies. Now, as the country goes from one crisis to another, the three veterans feel it is.. Reuters - Published on February 26, 2020
EU aims to admit six Balkan states under reformed process: commissioner The European Union still aims to admit the Balkan nations of Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia and North Macedonia into the bloc, new EU enlargement commissioner Oliver Varhelyi said on.. Reuters - Published on February 5, 2020	Bosnia indicts Serb army general over Srebrenica genocide A Bosnian war crimes prosecutor on Tuesday indicted a Bosnian Serb former army general for taking part in the 1995 massacre of about 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica, an atrocity described as.. Reuters - Published on December 31, 2019
Bosnia jails ex-Islamic State fighter for four years A Bosnian Muslim who pleaded guilty to terrorism charges was sentenced to four years in prison on Friday for organizing a terrorist group and fighting for Islamic State (IS) in Syria, a Bosnian court.. Reuters - Published on December 27, 2019	Nigerian table tennis players home from Bosnia camp The two Nigerians say Croatian police mistook them for illegal migrants and forced them into Bosnia. BBC News - Published on December 21, 2019
Ex-Islamic State fighters, women and children return to Bosnia from Syria A group of former Islamic State (IS) fighters, women and children, some of them orphaned, returned to Bosnia on Thursday, the prosecutor's office said. Reuters - Published on December 19, 2019	Today in History for December 14th George Washington dies at age 67; Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his group reach South Pole; Leaders of Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia sign an internationally-brokered peace treaty; Baseball's Roger.. USATODAY.com - Published on December 14, 2019
Bosnia indicts convicted war criminal Milan Lukic Bosnia's war crimes prosecutor on Friday indicted Milan Lukic, the Bosnian Serb paramilitary leader given a life sentence by a U.N. war crimes tribunal, for taking part in the kidnapping and killing of.. Reuters - Published on December 13, 2019	Nobel-winning author Handke declared 'persona non grata' in Sarajevo The Bosnian capital Sarajevo on Wednesday declared Nobel Prize-winning Austrian author Peter Handke "persona non grata" over his support for late Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic and denial of the.. Reuters - Published on December 11, 2019
Bosnia moves migrants from freezing forest camp Bosnian authorities, bowing to international pressure, begun moving migrants on Tuesday from a freezing makeshift camp in a forest to more appropriate shelter. Reuters - Published on December 10, 2019	Bosnia's 'inhumane' camp conditions put thousands of migrants at risk Migrants wanting to cross into Croatia are spending the winter in Bosnia in often insalubrious conditions. BBC News - Published on December 7, 2019
Bosnia postpones repatriation of ex-IS fighters from Syria Bosnia said on Friday that the repatriation of nine ex-Islamic State fighters, along with wives and children, from Syria that had been planned for this weekend, would be delayed until further notice. Reuters - Published on December 6, 2019	Migrants in Bosnia refuse to move from forest camp Bowing to international pressure, Bosnian authorities agreed on Friday to dismantle a makeshift refugee camp of freezing snow-covered tents, but some migrants living there have been refusing food in.. Reuters - Published on December 6, 2019
Bosnia must overhaul judiciary, end political obstruction: report Bosnia must overhaul its complex and opaque justice system and do more to protect the rule of law if it wants to press its case to join the European Union, legal experts said in an EU-commissioned.. Reuters - Published on December 5, 2019	Bosnia's parliament endorses new prime minister Zoran Tegeltija was endorsed by parliament on Thursday as Bosnia's new prime minister and said he would work to make up for lost time after a 13-month deadlock on forming a government. Reuters - Published on December 5, 2019

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Country in the Balkans

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Bill Clinton pushed 'appeasement' of Serbs after Srebrenica massacre

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Bosnia's Srebrenica massacre 25 years on - in pictures

Genocide denial gains ground 25 years after Srebrenica massacre

Slovenia imposes quarantine for people coming from Serbia, Bosnia, Kosovo

Bosnia's rival ethnic parties seal a deal on Mostar after a decade

Montenegro reports first new coronavirus case since May 5

Bosnia's security minister to resign over migrant dispute

Bosnian court rejects request to detain regional PM over ventilators deal

IMF says Bosnia's failure to disburse IMF emergency aid is unprecedented

Bosnia police question regional PM over import of defective ventilators

U.N. court postpones Mladic appeals hearings

Bosnia to re-open borders with neighbouring countries on June 1

Bosnia and Croatia arrest eight suspected migrant smugglers

Bosnia's Serb Republic lifts coronavirus state of emergency

Bosnia: Protesters condemn Mass for WWII Croat Nazi collaborators

Bosnia sets local polls for October 4, but Mostar excluded again

Bosnia's coronavirus-free Adriatic resort charges disinfection entrance fee

Bosnia reports sharp rise in coronavirus cases after relaxing lockdown

Bosnian region eases lockdown on seniors, reopens some businesses

Coronavirus movement ban for seniors, youth illegal: Bosnia's top court

Bosnians allowed to go home after coronavirus quarantine protest

Bosnian Serb region declares state of emergency over coronavirus

Bosnia's health authorities report first coronavirus death

Bosnia charges two men with fighting for Islamic State

UK's Prince Charles cancels tour of Bosnia, Cyprus and Jordan over coronavirus

Bosnia ask for Northern Ireland Euro 2020 play-off to be postponed

Bosnia bars entry to travelers from coronavirus-hit countries

Migrants target Croatian gateway into EU after Turkey opens border

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Bosnia war veterans become peace messengers as threats to stability rise

EU aims to admit six Balkan states under reformed process: commissioner

Bosnia indicts Serb army general over Srebrenica genocide

Bosnia jails ex-Islamic State fighter for four years

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Ex-Islamic State fighters, women and children return to Bosnia from Syria

Today in History for December 14th

Bosnia indicts convicted war criminal Milan Lukic

Nobel-winning author Handke declared 'persona non grata' in Sarajevo

Bosnia moves migrants from freezing forest camp

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Bosnia postpones repatriation of ex-IS fighters from Syria

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