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Genocide still haunts Srebrenica women as they bury loved ones
Sabah
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July 8, 2025
Thirty years after losing their fathers, husbands and sons in the Srebrenica genocide, surviving women find a measure of peace in having recovered their loved ones from distant mass graves and laid them to rest at the town's memorial cemetery. The...
Egypt Celebrates National Day in Sarajevo, Reaffirming Strong Ties with BiH
Sarajevo Times
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July 4, 2025
SARAJEVO, July 4, 2025 – The Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt in Bosnia and Herzegovina hosted a solemn and festive celebration in Sarajevo to mark Egypt’s National Day, commemorating the July 1952 Revolution – a defining moment in the...
Culture as a Bridge of Cooperation between Sarajevo and Sofia
Sarajevo Times
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July 2, 2025
The Prime Minister of Sarajevo Canton, Nihad Uk, met with the Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Valeri Ivanov Yotov. During the meeting, they discussed strengthening bilateral cooperation with a special focus on...
Bosnian Serb Commander’s Srebrenica Acquittal Decried as ‘Dangerous Precedent’
Balkan Insight
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July 2, 2025
Humanitarian Law Centre slates Serbian acquittal of former Drina Corps Commander as a 'revisionist attempt to reinterpret judicially established facts' about the 1995 Srebrenica genocide. This post is also available in this language: Shqip Bosnian...
Bosnia and Herzegovina, following the Drina
Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa
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The Drina River, near Brod, view from the bridge connecting the M18 and M20 roads (photo G. Vale) Our reportage along the Drina continues, following one of the most important and celebrated rivers in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In this episode we...
No Longer Invisible: In Bosnia, a Child of Wartime Rape Writes His Story
Balkan Insight
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July 4, 2025
Muhic was ten years old when he discovered who his biological parents were, after a playground fight at school in which he was called an adopted “Chetnik bastard” by a fellow pupil. ‘Chetnik’ is a derogatory term for a Serb, a reference to the...
Bosnian journalists face rising threats amid legal gaps and institutional inaction, EU-backed report warns
N1 Info - Bosnia & Herzegovina
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Journalists in Bosnia and Herzegovina are increasingly exposed to violence, online harassment, SLAPP lawsuits, intimidation, and institutional neglect, according to a new report released as part of the EU-supported project Effective Protection and...
Top 5 Balkan Countries to Visit: Where to Go for Culture, Nature & History
Go World Travel Magazine - Colorado
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July 3, 2025
Where ancient cobblestones meet Adriatic dreams—the Balkans serve up Europe's most authentic adventures without the tourist crowds. Photo by Canva Diverse cultures, turbulent history and breathtaking hidden gems: welcome to the Balkan Peninsula,...
Former Iowa legislator writes children’s book on fleeing war in Bosnia
Iowa Starting Line
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July 3, 2025
Several times during our interview, Anesa Kajtazović’s voice breaks. More than 30 years later, the memories of fleeing her childhood home—the sound of gunfire, packing her life into a backpack, and leaving her grandparents and beloved dog Bobi...
First the 'magic potion', now the 'miracle pills'! Novak Djokovic drinks 'pyramid water' from Bosnia and travels with his own electromagnetic field: Inside the tennis icon's weird ways after his first-round recovery at Wimbledon
Daily Mail
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July 3, 2025
Novak Djokovic may have been down against Alexandre Muller after the second set of his first-round Wimbledon match, but he was not out. 'I went from feeling my absolutely best for a set and a half to my absolute worst for about 45 minutes,'...
When the monument came down after 28 years
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Georgia
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“I think it’s the right thing to do, I really do,” Runnels said. Gwinnett County commissioners last month agreed to put the monument into storage for the duration of a legal challenge. While state law prohibits the removal or relocation of...
BRICS gives Serbia real alternative to EU without blackmail or humiliation — lawmaker
TASS
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July 8, 2025
BELGRADE, July 8. /TASS/. Shifting focus to BRICS is becoming the most significant alternative to Euro-integration for Serbian society and political movements, Chairman of Serbia’s Parliamentary Committee on the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region...
From Srebrenica to Gaza: Have we learned anything?
Telegraph & Argus
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It’s a day marked by silence, prayers, and the solemn promise: “Never Again.” I visited Srebrenica some years ago. I walked among the white gravestones that seemed to stretch endlessly. I saw mothers laying flowers at the graves of their sons. The...
Srebrenica, 30 Years On: Some Mourn Loved Ones, Others Persist in Denial
Balkan Insight
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July 8, 2025
Just a whisper away from the Srebrenica Memorial Centre, where the victims of the 1995 genocide lie buried, some of the “Mothers of Srebrenica” have found a semblance of peace in a newly opened home for the elderly. Sitting in a circle outside and...
Toxic fire at illegal Sarajevo landfill raises health concerns
Euronews
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The fire, burning from within layers of plastic and medical waste, is proving nearly impossible to extinguish quickly. Authorities say it could take several days to put out. Air pollution levels have surged, with PM10 and PM2.5 particles far above...
Srebrenica women bury loved ones but remain haunted by memories of 1995 massacre
The Independent
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July 8, 2025
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Heavy air pollution in Sarajevo after landfill fire, health warnings issued
N1 Info - Bosnia & Herzegovina
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Health warnings have been issued, particularly for people with chronic respiratory or cardiovascular conditions, those prone to severe allergic reactions, the elderly, pregnant women, and young children. These vulnerable groups are strongly...
European Parliament commemorates Srebrenica Genocide
N1 Info - Bosnia & Herzegovina
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"Thank you for being here. On Friday, we will mark three decades since the massacre committed by Bosnian Serb forces. The year before, ethnic cleansing had already taken place, and the world failed to act."
Bosnian genocide remembered as council urges support for Srebrenica Day
Times & Star
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The day, marked on July 11, honours the victims of the 1995 genocide in Bosnia. The 2025 theme, ‘Remember Yesterday, Act Today,’ calls for both remembrance and 'proactive action to safeguard against intolerance and hatred'. Councillor Elaine...
Religion news 26 June 2025
Religion Media Centre
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June 25, 2025
Amol Rajan on his spiritual journey at the Kumbh Mela BBC One showed a film last night with the journalist and presenter, Amol Rajan, on a pilgrimage to the largest religious festival in history, the Kumbh Mela, held at the Sangam, the confluence...