Bosnian villagers sift through ruined homes after devastating flash floods
Trusina, Bosnia Reuters Women sat on the ground in tears in the Bosnian village of Trusina on Sunday as an excavator dug through the remains of their homes that were destroyed in the country’s deadliest floods in years. A flash flood swept through the Jablanica area, south-west of Sarajevo on Friday, killing at least 15 […]
Postcards: Balkans’ new love for air conditioning strains grid as temperatures soar
FATOS BYTYCI and IVANA SEKULARAC, of Reuters, report…
Bosnia reburies remains of 14 Srebrenica victims on massacre anniversary
Srebrenica, Bosnia Reuters The remains of 14 victims of the 1995 massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Bosnia’s Srebrenica were reburied on Thursday, the 29th anniversary of what became Europe’s first atrocity since World War II constituting genocide. In May, the United Nations General Assembly declared 11th July an international day of remembrance […]
UN General Assembly declares Srebrenica genocide remembrance day
United Nations/Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Reuters The United Nations General Assembly declared 11th July an international day of remembrance of the Srebrenica genocide in a vote on Thursday that survivors branded as historic and Serbs as a failure, reflecting deep ethnic divisions in Bosnia. The massacre of about 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys in […]
Wow!: A 93-year-old Greek grandmother’s scarves travel to children in need
KAROLINA TAGARIS, of Reuters, meets Ioanna Matsouka…
Spring came early: February likely warmest on record amid climate change
Reuters The world likely notched its warmest February on record, as spring-like conditions caused flowers to bloom early from Japan to Mexico, left ski slopes bald of snow in Europe and pushed temperatures to 37.7 degrees Celsius in Texas. While data has not been finalised, three scientists told Reuters that February is on track to […]
Bosnia police arrest seven Serbs suspected of 1995 massacre
Sarajevo, Serbia & Herzegovina Reuters Bosnia’s state police have arrested seven former members of the Bosnian Serb wartime army suspected of taking part in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of about 8,000 Bosnian Muslims, described as genocide by two international courts. The suspects were arrested on Friday near the eastern town of Zvornik on suspicion of […]
NATO’s Stoltenberg concerned by secessionist rhetoric in Bosnia
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Reuters NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday the alliance was concerned by secessionist rhetoric in Bosnia, as well as by Russian influence in the country, after months of Serb leaders increasingly saying they want to split away. Bosnia emerged from a 1992-1995 war with a federal structure uniting a […]
StrangeSights: A Bosnian village for hobbits; dogs in Chile glow for a cause; and, meet the world’s youngest authors…
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Peace envoy steps in to try to ensure functioning government after Bosnians vote
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Reuters Bosnia’s polls closed on Sunday after voters turned out to choose the country’s new collective presidency and lawmakers at national, regional and local levels, in a contest between entrenched nationalists and economy-focused reformists. The first official results are expected at midnight, but political parties are expected to come out with […]