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Bosnia marks 20 years since Srebrenica massacre
Thousands of people were pouring into Srebrenica to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the massacre of thousands of Muslims in the worst mass killing in Europe since World War II.
11 July 2015
Convoy of Srebrenica victims' remains arrive in massacre site
A convoy carrying the coffins of 136 newly-identified Srebrenica victims arrived in the Bosnian town where the massacre took place, for their burial on the 20th anniversary.
10 July 2015
Merkel urges Bosnia to work for future without 'genocide'
Germany urged Bosnia to work towards a future in which a "genocide" such as the massacre of Muslims 20 years ago would no longer be possible.
10 July 2015
Pope Francis heads to Sarajevo with reconciliation message
Pope Francis flies into Sarajevo bearing a message of reconciliation 20 years after peace accords which ended Bosnia's war but left the country divided on ethnic lines
04 June 2015
Emir Baigazins Wounded Angel receives Hubert Bals Fund
Emir Baigazin, the Kazakh director of Harmony Lessons, has been chosen one of the 11 winners of the Hubert Bals Fund.
17 October 2014
Nationalists win Bosnia's elections
Nationalist candidates from Bosnia's Croat, Muslim and Serb communities won the country's three-man presidency, election results showed.
14 October 2014
Nationalists ahead in Bosnia presidency races
Nationalist candidates of Bosnia's Croats, Muslims and Serbs were ahead in the race for the country's tripartite presidency.
13 October 2014
Sarajevo Film Festival marks 20th anniversary
The Sarajevo Film Festival opens to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
16 August 2014
Sarajevo marks 100 years since killing that sparked WWI
Sarajevo on Saturday was to mark 100 years since the assassination that sparked World War I, an act that still deeply divides the people of the Balkans over the legacy of that fateful day.
28 June 2014
NATO offers Georgia closer ties
NATO head Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Wednesday the alliance will shortly offer Georgia closer ties, but made no mention of membership, amid growing concerns over Russia's intentions in Ukraine.
25 June 2014
$210 million needed now for Bosnia floods: UN
The United Nations estimates it will cost $210 million to cover immediate priority needs for the next six months in Bosnia, alone, after devastating floods hit the region, an official said.
10 June 2014
Four dead as 'catastrophic' floods hit Bosnia and Serbia
Four people in Bosnia have died in flooding from the heaviest rainfall to hit the Balkans in over a century, officials said Friday, in what Serbia's premier has called a "horrible natural catastrophe".
17 May 2014
Famed Sarajevo library reopens 22 years after destruction
Sarajevo's famed architectural jewel, "City Hall", or the National Library, reopened on Friday, 22 years after it was destroyed by Bosnian Serb forces' shelling during the 1992-1995 war.
10 May 2014
Angelina Jolie pays respect to Srebrenica victims
Hollywood star Angelina Jolie on Friday paid respect to victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre after urging the international community to stop the use of sexual violence as a war weapon.
30 March 2014
Sarajevo's legendary shoe-shiner dies
Sarajevans paid tribute Tuesday to a legendary shoe-cleaner known as "uncle" Miso, who died at the age of 83 after more than 60 years working on the streets, even during the 1992-1995 war.
08 January 2014
9 Ambassadors to Kazakhstan present credentials
Kazakhstan Secretary of State Marat Tazhin has accepted the credentials from Ambassadors of Denmark, Uruguay. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Bangladesh, Philippines, Zambia, Nigeria and Fiji.
27 November 2013
Prayers for 'Egyptian martyrs' in Bosnia's mosques
All mosques in Bosnia on Friday heeded the country's top iman's call to hold prayers for the "Egyptian martyrs" killed in a crackdown by security forces of supporters of the ousted Islamist president.
18 August 2013
Bosnia to bury hundreds at Srebrenica massacre site
Bosnia will bury 409 victims of the Srebrenica massacre, including a newborn baby, the 18th anniversary of Europe's worst post-war atrocity in which Bosnian Serb forces slaughtered some 8,000 Muslims.
11 July 2013
Bosnia youth honour victims of Prijedor camps
Hundreds of youth gathered Friday to mark the 1992 ethnic cleansing against non-Serbs in Prijedor, one of the deadliest episodes of the Bosnian war.
03 June 2013
Thousands of workers protest in Sarajevo
Several thousand workers protested in Sarajevo against the government's economic policies, demanding their back pay.
31 May 2013