World news about “Bosnia and Herzegovina” published by euronews.
Bosnian Federation President detained for bribery Bosnia’s autonomous Muslim-Croat federation president, Zivko Budimir, has been sentenced by a court for taking bribes to arrange pardons for convicts. He… 29/04/2013
President of Bosnia’s Muslim-Croat federation arrested for corruption The president of Bosnia’s autonomous Muslim-Croat federation, Zivko Budimir, has been arrested with 19 others in the most high-profile anti-corruption… 27/04/2013
Bosnia: regional president arrested in anti-corruption operation The president of Bosnia’s Muslim-Croat federation has been arrested in an anti-corruption probe, according to a spokesman for the state prosecutor. The… 26/04/2013
Dodik angers Bosnia war victims by defending Karadzic The President of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, has angered Bosnian war victims during his appearance as a defence witness in the genocide trial of former… 10/04/2013
Bosnian Serb commander handed a 45 year jail term The Bosnian War Crimes Court has sentenced a former Serb paramilitary commander to 45 years in prison. Vesslin Vlahovic was found guilty on more than 60… 29/03/2013
Bosnia’s National Museum shuts its doors after 124 years – nocomment Bosnia’s 124-year-old national museum closed its doors on Thursday in Sarajevo after disputes among politicians and dwindling state funding. 05/10/2012
Zdravko Tolimir, active participant in ethnic cleansing When he was arrested in 2007, Zdravko Tolimir was considered the third most-wanted indictee of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia… 22/08/2012
Srebrenica’s yearly burial of atrocity victims Seventeen years after the Srebrenica massacre, trucks are still carrying remains through Sarajevo, on the way to the Potocari memorial cemetery, for mass… 11/07/2012
New burial of Srebrenica victims – nocomment The remains of 520 newly identified victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, most of them exhumed from dozens of remote unmarked mass graves, will be reburied… 10/07/2012
Life after war in Bosnia The movie Uspomene 677 explores the issues facing those living in contemporary Bosnia; people who either lived through the war or grew up in its shadow. It… 14/05/2012
Siege of Sarajevo commemorated at museum More than 11,000 people lost their lives during the notorious siege of Sarajevo, which began 20 years ago. A museum in the Bosnian capital has the only… 05/04/2012
Sarajevo’s tunnel of life This tunnel in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo is a museum and a tribute to the city which was under siege for three and a half years. When the wars erupted… 04/04/2012
Sarajevo and Bosnia-Herzegovina live legacy of pain In the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, April 6 marks 20 years since the beginning of the siege of Sarajevo in 1992. It was the longest siege in the history… 02/04/2012
Sarajevo – a city under siege from its past? Sarajevo is a city which over the centuries has been called the Jerusalem of Europe – a symbol of multi-cultural and ethnic unity where those of Muslim… 23/03/2012
Carrying their future in Bosnia in bags of coal Each day Esed and over 400 others picks through the rubbish that trucks dump from a mine in Bosnia. They are looking for coal and it is their livelihood… 16/03/2012
Belgium grievesA woman and child look at condoleance notes and drawings posted on a wall outside the Sint Lambertus school in Belgium after a deadly school trip bus crash in… 14/03/2012
International justice – is it working? I-talk host Alex Taylor asks: “Since the Second World War, justice has become an international affair, war criminals are tried for crimes not only against… 05/03/2012
No end to big freeze in Europe The big freeze continues throughout many parts of Europe with at least 79 deaths since Saturday. Emergency airlifts are being organised in Bosnia and Serbia… 02/02/2012
Balkan tales at Sarajevo This year’s Sarajevo Film Festival, from 22-30 July, projects southeastern Europe. This year’s entries include ‘Orchestra’, by Bosnian director Pjer Žalica… 25/07/2011
Balkans justice: The road to the EU The arrest of Goran Hadzic marks the home straight for a difficult Balkan justice process led by the EU and the Hague War Crimes Tribunal. It has taken 18… 20/07/2011
Srebrenica victims buried in Bosnia – nocomment Thousands of Bosnian people gathered at the Potocari memorial centre near Srebrenica to mark the 16th anniversary of the massacre of Muslims in Srebrenica in… 11/07/2011
Srebrenica victims bodies leave morgue – nocomment Relatives gathered in Visoko to see off the remains of their loved ones killed in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre but only recently discovered in mass graves and… 10/07/2011
Bosnia: recently found remains of war victims buried – nocomment A mass grave site, believed to contain non-Serb civilians killed by Serb forces led by Ratko Mladic during the Bosnian war, has recently been discovered in… 02/06/2011
Thousands rally in Bosnia supporting Ratko Mladic – nocomment Thousands gathered in Banja Luka on Tuesday for a massive support rally for Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb military leader arrested over genocide and war… 31/05/2011
Flowers thrown in memory of Mladic’s victims – nocomment Thousands of Bosnian Muslims gather on Otoman-era Bridge in Visegrad to throw 3,000 roses into the river in memory of those killed by general Ratko Mladic’s… 29/05/2011
“Dayton is still the root of what is wrong with Bosnia.” - Muhamed Sacirbey, Dayton Accords Signatory Fifteen years ago, on the 21st of November 1995, in the relatively unknown American city of Dayton, in… 19/11/2010
Clinton starts Balkans tourUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday started a four-day trip of the Balkans with a visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina. She will tell Sarajevo to speed… 30/10/2012
Perisic due to launch appeal at the HagueThe first official from Belgrade to be convicted of war crimes in Bosnia will begin an appeal against his sentence on Tuesday. Former Yugoslav army chief… 30/10/2012
Bosnian Muslims: Karadzic is mocking usThose who lost family and friends at the hands of Bosnian Serb forces watched the events in The Hague closely. Kada Hotic, whose husband and son were killed… 16/10/2012
Srebrenica controversy during Bosnian electionThe spotlight has been shining on the Bosnian town of Shrebrenitza during municipal elections on Sunday. Religious tensions have risen as the rules… 07/10/2012
Bosnia’s national museum closes due to lack of fundingThe end of an era – Bosnia’s National Museum, a cultural symbol of the divided nation’s centuries-old heritage, has closed its doors due to lack of… 05/10/2012
Wildfires rage in southern BosniaIn southern Bosnia, military helicopters have been sent in to help villagers and firefighters battling devastating wildfires.The most critical situation is… 29/08/2012
Hague prosecutors call for life term for Srebrenica suspectProsecutors have called for a life sentence to be handed down to former Bosnian Serb general Zdravko Tolimir, on trial in the Hague for war crimes. He is… 22/08/2012
More bodies of Srebenica victims on 17 year anniversaryFive hundred and twenty newly-identified victims of the Srebenica massacre are being buried on the 17th anniversary of the atrocity. During the Bosnian… 11/07/2012
Annual Srebrenica massacre march draws thousandsSurvivors of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre have marched through the hills of eastern Bosnia to re-enact their escape from Serb forces. Around 4,000 relatives… 08/07/2012
Karadzic acquitted of one count of genocideRadovan Karadzic, the former leader of the Bosnian Serb government has been acquitted of one count of genocide. Judges in the Hague ruled there was not… 28/06/2012
Serbia president denies Srebrenica genocideAfter barely a day in office, Serbia’s new president Tomislav Nikolic has threatened renewed tension in the Balkans by saying that the 1995 Srebrenica… 02/06/2012
Bosnian couple accused of enslavementPolice in north east Bosnia have detained a couple on suspicion of beating and starving a German teenager for years. The 19-year-old girl had allegedly been… 28/05/2012
Burials for 66 Muslims killed during Bosnian warThe bodies of 66 Bosnian Muslims, murdered and dumped in the Drina river 20 years ago, have finally been buried in eastern Bosnia. Several thousand people… 27/05/2012
Workers demonstrate in SarajevoThousands of workers have taken to the streets of the Bosnian capital Sarajevo, calling on the government to do more to turn around the country’s economic… 26/05/2012
Mladic war crimes trial adjourned over ‘irregularities’The trial of the former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic has been adjourned in The Hague until further notice. The court said the prosecution… 17/05/2012
Public trial on the big screens in SarajevoIn Sarejevo, in the central square a giant screen showed events from the Hague. Over 11,000 were killed here during the siege, the city pounded daily with… 16/05/2012
Bosnia marks 20 years since deadly Sarajevo siegeIt is being called the ‘River of Blood’. The 11,541 red chairs symbolise every person killed during the siege of Sarajevo 20 years ago. The row of chairs… 06/04/2012
Remembering 11,500 victims of the Siege of SarajevoCommemorations are taking place on Friday to mark the beginning of the Siege of Sarajevo and the start of the Bosnian War exactly twenty years ago. The… 06/04/2012
Sarajevo remembers first Bosnian war victims, 20 years onPeople in Sarajevo are commemorating the 20th anniversary of the start of the Bosnian war – and in particular remembering the two young women who became the… 05/04/2012
Bosnia, 20 bitter yearsIndependent Bosnia Herzegovina marks its 20th anniversary still haunted. You would not know it to look at Sarajevo today that it suffered under modern… 01/03/2012
Cold weather claims more victims in EuropeMuch of Europe remains in the grip of freezing weather with plunging temperatures claiming more victims and causing widespread disruption. An estimated 300… 06/02/2012
Bosnia’s wartime veterans beat the ethnic divideA bailout is bridging Bosnia’s ethnic divide as 17 years after the end of its conflict, former frontline foes have been digging deep into their pockets in a… 31/01/2012
Bosnia’s national treasures on their kneesBosnia’s National Museum in Sarajevo is almost a miracle in itself, outlasting the Habsburg empire, and emerging bloodied but unbowed from two World Wars and… 10/01/2012
Residents of Bosnian town trapped by air pollutionResidents of a central Bosnian town have been told to not to go outside because of a dangerously high level of air pollution. The sulphur dioxide in Zenica… 30/12/2011
Bosnia breakthrough on central government dealLeaders of Bosnia’s main Muslim, Croatian and Serbian parties have agreed to form a central government, ending 14 months of political stalemate. Under the… 29/12/2011
Divided Bosnia finally unites in new governmentLeaders of Bosnia’s main Serbian, Croatian and Muslim parties have agreed to form a national government, ending a 14-month political stalemate. There has… 28/12/2011
Balkans seek over 500 million euros for refugeesForeign ministers from western Balkan countries have signed a declaration of intent to solve the long running problem of war refugees. Tens of thousands of… 08/11/2011
Raids in Bosnia and Serbia after US embassy shootingA series of raids have been carried out targeting people suspected of being radical islamists in Serbia and Bosnia. Seventeen people were arrested and… 30/10/2011
Gunman opens fire on US embassy in BosniaIn extraordinary scenes on the streets of Sarajevo, a suspected Islamist gunman opened fire on the US embassy before being shot and wounded by police. The… 28/10/2011
Abbas seeks Bosnian support in Palestinian UN bidPalestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is in Bosnia, seeking support as he tries to upgrade the Palestinians’ status at the United Nations. The Bosnians’ three… 15/08/2011
Srebrenica marks massacre anniversaryHundreds of Bosnian Muslims killed during the Srebrenica Massacre 16 years ago were reburied on Monday with thousands of mourners looking on. The killing… 11/07/2011
Marching in memory of Srebrenica victimsMore than 6,000 people have begun a march to remember the victims of the Srebrenica massacre during the Bosnian war. They set off from Nezuk on the route… 08/07/2011
Serb leader in Bosnia: war-crimes hunt continuesThe president of Serbia has made an official visit to neighbouring Bosnia Herzegovina and promised to hunt down the last remaining Bosnian war-crimes… 06/07/2011
Serb support for MladicBosnian Serbs gathered in the eastern town of Bijeljina on Thursday to voice their support for Ratko Mladic and their anger at Serbian President Boris… 03/06/2011
Bosnian war legacy is endured by survivorsMore than a decade and a half on, the remains of those killed in Bosnia during its brutal war are still being recovered. Locals from the town of Zvornik… 02/06/2011
Ashton wins concession from Bosnian SerbsThe Bosnian Serbs have stepped away from a full-on confrontation with the rest of Europe. They have dropped plans to hold a referendum on rejecting the… 13/05/2011
Bosnians furious over war crimes arrestAnger is mounting in Bosnia over the arrest of a former Bosnian general. Around 5,000 marched in Sarajevo after Jovan Divjak was detained in Vienna on a… 06/03/2011
Protests over war crimes arrestThere have been angry scenes outside the Austrian embassy in Sarajevo. The crowd was outraged by the arrest in Vienna of Jovan Divjak. The Serbian Army… 04/03/2011
Belvedere: the legacy of SrebrenicaBelvedere by Bosnian director Ahmed Imamovic deals with the legacy of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, in which some 8,000 men and boys were killed. 30/11/2010
Bosnia swears in new three member presidencyBosnia has inaugurated its new three member presidency, with the country’s leaders appearing divided over the nation’s future role in the EU and … 11/11/2010
Clinton warns Bosnia over nationalismUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, on a visit to Bosnia, has warned the country that it is lagging behind its Balkan neighbours in the drive to integrate… 12/10/2010
Bosnia set for more ethnic deadlock after electionBosnia looks set for more political deadlock drawn along ethnic lines following the weekend’s election for the tripartite presidency. The Serb Republic… 04/10/2010
Bosnia faces divided presidency post electionBakir Izetbegovic is on course to become one of Bosnia’s three presidents according to election results. The son of Bosnia’s wartime leader Alija… 04/10/2010
Polls open in BosniaVoting has started in Bosnia, in an election that will go some to deciding how quickly the country can join the EU and NATO. The main obstacle has been the… 03/10/2010
Ethnicity to dominate Bosnian elections on SundayOn Sunday, Bosnians will take part in an election that is likely to keep the country as ethnically divided as it is today. The complex political system… 02/10/2010
Bosnia Herzegovina still rife with heated nationalismThe only city in Bosnia running well multi-ethnically is Brcko. Ordinary people, politics, the police force, courts and schools… Bosnian Moslems and Croats… 01/10/2010
Sarajevo screens the Balkans’ bestStarted back in 1995, when the city was under seige, the Sarajevo Film Festival has grown to become the biggest such event in the Balkans. 04/08/2010
Serbian film wins top Sarajevo festival prizeFounded 16 years ago as an act of resistance to the Bosnian war, the Sarajevo Film Festival now has glitz, glamour and guests like Morgan Freeman. It also… 01/08/2010
Thousands mark Srebrenica massacreThousands of people have been attending a ceremony in Bosnia to mark the 15th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre – Europe’s worst atrocity since the… 11/07/2010
Mass funeral for Srebenica victims on anniversarySunday marks the culmination of a three-day march to commemorate people killed in the Srebenica massacre. On the 15 year anniversary of the slaughter… 11/07/2010
Srebrenica remembers – 15 years onThere is a sea of coffins in Srebrenica as the town that is synonymous with the Balkans War prepares to bury nearly 800 more of its victims, on the 15th… 10/07/2010
Tito’s grand-daughter Svetlana Broz on Bosnian scarsAuthor and cardiologist Svetlana Broz, grand-daughter of Marshal Josip Broz Tito, statesman of the former Yugoslavia, treated many casualties during the… 09/07/2010
How can you go home when you have lost everything?The Bosnian conflict claimed at least 100,000 lives. But it also created 2.2 million refugees and displaced people, that is half the pre-war population. … 09/07/2010
A Bosnian refugee’s storyAt the age of 24 Almir Mustafic decided to leave everything behind him. He is a skilled worker, a plasterer. He works in the building trade – as do 90 per… 09/07/2010
Life after the Dayton Peace AccordIn November 1995, on a US military base near Dayton, Ohio, negotiations brought an end to Bosnia’s devastating three-year-war. The following month in Paris… 09/07/2010
Bosnia: The missing billionsValerie Zabriskie: “Joining me now from Sarajevo is Sanel Huskic, President of the ACIPS think tank which focuses on EU integration and current political… 09/07/2010
A daughter remembers the father she lost in Srebrenicaeuronews journalist Laurence Alexandrowicz interviewed Meliha Bosnjak in Lyon. Meliha Bosnjak: “It was the 11 July. It had been a very emotional day. I was… 09/07/2010
Remembering SrebrenicaBosnia will mark the bloodiest anniversary in its history on Sunday: the massacre of 8,000 Muslims on July 11th in Srebrenica fifteen years ago. Bosnian… 09/07/2010
First genocide convictions over Srebrenica at ICTYTwo Bosnian Serb army officers have been jailed for life for committing genocide at Srebrenica in 1995. A third was convicted of aiding and abetting… 10/06/2010
Bosnians a step closer to visa-free EU travelQueueing for Bosnians seeking travel permission at an EU embassy could soon end. A European proposal would allow them visa-free travel across the borders of… 27/05/2010
Karadzic trial: Sarajevo waits for justiceIn Sarajevo, there are those who are relieved to see Karadzic in the dock and those who believe a fair trial is too good for him. For three and a half years… 01/03/2010
Karadzic war crime trial resumes todayThe war crimes trial of the former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic resumes in The Hague today after his request for a further postponement was… 01/03/2010
Karadzic trial casts shadow over BosniaSrebrenica, in Bosnia, is the site of Europe’s worst atrocity since WWII. Today one of the men allegedly behind this ethnic cleansing, Bosnian Serb leader… 25/02/2010
Serbs raid Mladic house in BelgradeA heavily armed Serbian special forces police unit has raided the family home of genocide suspect Ratko Mladic in Belgrade. Several dozen anti-terrorist… 23/02/2010
Ashton in Bosnia, viability doubts lingerNew EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, on a first visit to Bosnia, has said her top priorities will include integration with Europe of the countries of… 18/02/2010
Rail link reunites Serbia and BosniaNearly 18 years after war stopped it in its tracks, the train service between Belgrade and Sarajevo has resumed. It was one of the victims of the wars that… 13/12/2009
Karadzic to appear in Hague courtThe former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic will at last appear at his trial today, three day after proceedings opened against him on 11 war crimes… 03/11/2009
Ex-Bosnian Serb leader released from jailFormer Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plavsic has been released from jail in Sweden, after serving six years of an 11-year sentence for war crimes. The… 27/10/2009
Karadzic trial to go aheadThe trial in The Hague of wartime Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic goes ahead today despite his boycott of the proceedings. He stayed away on Monday… 27/10/2009
Ethnic lines drawn as Karadzic trial opensWomen who lost their menfolk in the massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica watched the events unfold in the Dutch capital and aired their… 26/10/2009
Victim families fume as start of Karadzic trial delayedRelatives of the alleged victims of Radovan Karadzic were there for the opening of his war crimes trial, but the former Bosnian Serb leader himself was not… 26/10/2009
Karadzic indicted on war crimes and genocideWith or without his presence in court, according to the 40 page indictment, Radovan Karadzic was one of the authors of a plan to ‘permanently remove’ Bosnian… 26/10/2009
