Germany to redeploy troops to Bosnia over ‘stability’ concerns ‘We together with our European and NATO partners will not allow a security vacuum in our immediate neighbourhood.’ Al Jazeera · Jun 15, 2022
Bosnia's international envoy imposes decision on financing general election Bosnia's international envoy Christian Schmidt on Tuesday imposed a decision on financing general election on Oct. 2 after the central government had failed to allocate sufficient funding for conducting the vote, he said. Reuters · Jun 7, 2022
US slaps new sanctions on Bosnia and Herzegovina officials Washington accuses sanctioned officials of pursuing ‘ethnonationalist and political agendas’ at expense of citizens. Al Jazeera · Jun 6, 2022
Jim Crawford hails his U21 heroes, tips Will Smallbone for senior promotion Ireland's 3-1 win over Montenegro pushed them closer to Euro qualification, with Southampton ace Will Smallbone once again starring Irish Mirror · Jun 6, 2022
Bosnian Serb leader Dodik says Ukraine war has delayed secession plan The war in Ukraine and its knock-on effects have forced Bosnian Serb nationalists to delay plans to pull their region out of Bosnia's national institutions, their leader Milorad Dodik said on Monday. Reuters · Jun 6, 2022
Ireland U21s 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0: Brace for imperious Will Smallbone while Mipo Odubeko also nets It was a perfectly satisfactory evening's work for Jim Crawford's side Irish Mirror · Jun 3, 2022
UK foreign secretary visits Bosnia to pledge support British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is visiting Sarajevo to reaffirm the U.K.’s commitment to peace and stability in Bosnia amid growing fears of malign influence from Russia in the ethnically-divided Balkan country The Independent UK · May 26, 2022
Serb leader tells EU Bosnia cannot join sanctions against Russia Bosnian Serb nationalist leader Milorad Dodik told European Council President Charles Michel on Friday that Bosnia needs to maintain neutrality and not join EU sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. Reuters · May 20, 2022
Divas/Brotherhood review – powerful studies examine the challenges of growing up Máté Körösi’s documentary about a trio of troubled young women in Budapest and Francesco Montagner’s film following three sons in a Bosnian shepherd family explore the path to adulthood The Guardian - UK · May 18, 2022
Bosnia’s Dangerous Path How U.S. Policy Is Making a Bad Situation Worse Foreign Affairs · May 18, 2022
Amazing heroism behind Eurovision star who dodged bullets to sing on show Muhamed Fazlagić and his band escaped bullets on a frozen mountain to get to the Eurovision Song Contest, which Bosnia Herzegovina entered for the very first time in 1993 Daily Mirror · May 13, 2022
Serbs stage pro-Russia marches amid V-Day ceremonies Pro-Russia marches have been staged in Serbia and the Serb-run entity in Bosnia — both traditional allies of Moscow in the Balkans — amid ceremonies to mark the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II The Independent UK · May 9, 2022
Berlin says it will work for EUFOR Bosnia extension amid Russia concerns Germany will work for an extension of the EU's peacekeeping mission in Bosnia as concerns mount about instability spilling over from the Ukraine war, but has not yet decided whether to provide troops, Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht said. Reuters · May 4, 2022
Bosnia calls Oct 2 election despite rows over electoral reform, funding Bosnia will hold presidential and parliamentary elections on Oct. 2, the electoral commission said on Wednesday, although rival ethnic leaders have failed to agree on electoral reforms and the government has still not secured funding for the vote. Reuters · May 4, 2022
France 24 · May 3, 2022 ‘If you don’t have a witness, you don’t have a crime’ says French photojournalist Patrick Chauvel French photojournalist and war photographer Patrick Chauvel has covered over thirty conflicts, from Vietnam to Bosnia and Iraq – and now Ukraine. He explains how his early appetite for adventure soon evolved into an impulse that would go on to shape his life profoundly: a desire to tell the stories…
Al Jazeera · Apr 27, 2022 Sarajevo court charges Bosniak ex-leaders with war crimes Ten people have been charged for their alleged role in the killing of retreating Yugoslav army soldiers in 1992.
Reuters · Apr 23, 2022 One killed, several injured in Bosnia quake One person was killed and several injured after a magnitude 5.6 quake hit southern Bosnia on Friday night followed by a series of smaller aftershocks, officials and media reported on Saturday.
Evening Standard · Apr 23, 2022 Deadly earthquake hits Bosnia causing hundreds to flee homes The magnitude 5.7 earthquake hit 26 miles south-east of the city of Mostar
Al Jazeera · Apr 21, 2022 Novak Djokovic condemns Wimbledon’s ban on Russian tennis players London-based tennis tournament announced the player ban in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Reuters · Apr 19, 2022 Russia suspends financing of Bosnia peace envoy's office Russia said on Tuesday it has suspended its financing of the Office of the High Representative to Bosnia, a body set up to help the war-ravaged Balkan country establish political stability, because Moscow regards the current envoy to be illegally appointed.
The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2022 Bosnians warn Ukrainians: It's a long journey to justice Survivors of war crimes committed during Bosnia’s 1992-95 war say the victims of ongoing human rights abuses in Ukraine should learn from their experience of fighting for justice, but that they must first make peace with the fact that reaching it will inevitably be a lengthy and painful process
Chicago Tribune · Apr 18, 2022 Commentary: Putin may not worry he will ever face justice, but recent history shows he should The grotesque images of civilians being slaughtered in Ukraine echo the horrors I witnessed covering the war in Bosnia three decades ago, and President Joe Biden was right to use the word “genocide” to describe the mass murder Russia is committing in Ukraine.
The Conversation · Apr 13, 2022 Bosnia-Herzegovina could be the next site of Russian-fuelled conflict International politics is usually discussed in terms of historical periods associated with specific characteristics — think Cold War adversaries, wars fought for ostensibly humanitarian reasons in the 1990s or the focus on terrorism and state-building during the War on Terror.
The News Lens · Apr 13, 2022 Civilian Executions Are Not the Only Layer of Hell Though confronted with the depth of human depravity, I never felt true desperation during my time in Bosnia. It is the wanton destruction in Ukraine that is impossible to stomach.
France 24 · Apr 12, 2022 Sarajevo siege survivor: War in Ukraine has 'revived trauma from the past' An author who escaped the siege of Sarajevo in Bosnia in the mid-1990s has told FRANCE 24 how the war in Ukraine has brought many of his terrible memories back. Semezdin Mehmedinovic made it out of Sarajevo to the US, arriving there as a refugee in 1996. He then wrote…