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 (synecdoche), is a country in South and Southeast Europe, located within the Balkans. Sarajevo is the capital and largest city.
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Northern Ireland must forget Bosnia celebrations - EvansJonny Evans says Northern Ireland must put their full focus on Sunday's Nations League home game against Austria.BBC News - Published | |
NI beat Bosnia-Herzegovina on penalties to set up Slovakia finalNorthern Ireland beat Bosnia-Herzegovina 4-3 on penalties to go through to final of the Euro 2020 play-offs.BBC News - Published | |
World Athletics road race season, Tokyo qualification to restart in September MONACO, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- World Athletics road races will return as a Bronze Label 10km race in Brcko, Bosnia and Herzegovina kicks off the restart to the coronavirus-disrupted 2020 season, the world..WorldNews - Published | |
US Open: Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams going for history BENGALURU: It's been a busy week for . An overcrowded plate. Of his own making, though. The world No. 1 battled neck issues and stubborn opposition en route to his third title of the year in New York..WorldNews - Published | |
Former Bosnian Serb general Mladic appeals genocide conviction By Toby Sterling THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic returned to a United Nations court on Tuesday to appeal his 2017 conviction for genocide and crimes against humanity..WorldNews - Published Also reported by •BBC News | |
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 | |
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 | |
Srebrenica: Bosnia marks 25 years since massacreWorld leaders address a memorial ceremony for the atrocity that saw 8,000 Muslim men killed.BBC News - Published | |
Bosnia's Srebrenica massacre 25 years on - in picturesBosnian Serb and Serbian units systematically murdered 8,000 Muslims at Srebrenica in July 1995.BBC News - Published | |
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 | |
Slovenia imposes quarantine for people coming from Serbia, Bosnia, KosovoConcerned 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 | Bosnia's rival ethnic parties seal a deal on Mostar after a decadeBosnia'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 |
Montenegro reports first new coronavirus case since May 5Three 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 | Bosnia's security minister to resign over migrant disputeBosnia'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 |
Bosnian court rejects request to detain regional PM over ventilators dealBosnia'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 | IMF says Bosnia's failure to disburse IMF emergency aid is unprecedentedFive 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 |
Bosnia police question regional PM over import of defective ventilatorsThe 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 | U.N. court postpones Mladic appeals hearingsThe 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 |
Bosnia to re-open borders with neighbouring countries on June 1Bosnia 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 | Bosnia and Croatia arrest eight suspected migrant smugglersPolice 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 |
Bosnia's Serb Republic lifts coronavirus state of emergencyBosnia'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 | Bosnia: Protesters condemn Mass for WWII Croat Nazi collaboratorsThousands of people march in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo against a service to honour Nazi-allied Croatian soldiers.BBC News - Published |
Bosnia sets local polls for October 4, but Mostar excluded againBosnia 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 | Bosnia's coronavirus-free Adriatic resort charges disinfection entrance feeThe 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 |
Bosnia reports sharp rise in coronavirus cases after relaxing lockdownBosnia 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 | Bosnian region eases lockdown on seniors, reopens some businessesBosnia'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 |
Coronavirus movement ban for seniors, youth illegal: Bosnia's top courtBosnia'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 | Bosnians allowed to go home after coronavirus quarantine protestProtesters 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 |
Bosnian Serb region declares state of emergency over coronavirusBosnia'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 | Bosnia's health authorities report first coronavirus deathA 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 |
Bosnia charges two men with fighting for Islamic StateTwo 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 | UK's Prince Charles cancels tour of Bosnia, Cyprus and Jordan over coronavirusPrince 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 |
Bosnia ask for Northern Ireland Euro 2020 play-off to be postponedBosnia-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 | Bosnia bars entry to travelers from coronavirus-hit countriesBosnia 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 |
Migrants target Croatian gateway into EU after Turkey opens borderHisham 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 | Bosnia confirms its first two cases of coronavirus - health ministerBosnia 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 |
Bosnia war veterans become peace messengers as threats to stability riseThey 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 | EU aims to admit six Balkan states under reformed process: commissionerThe 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 |
Bosnia indicts Serb army general over Srebrenica genocideA 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 | Bosnia jails ex-Islamic State fighter for four yearsA 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 |
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