Bosnia And Herzegovina

Bosnia's Mostar city holds first local election in over a decade

Sunday's election came after the country’s main Bosniak and Croat parties reached an agreement in June this year to hold the first local elections in the ethnically divided city since 2008.

Bosnia: Did the Dayton Accords reward genocide?

The Bosnian war ended. But the peace agreement left behind a cold and fragile peace.

Croatian police accused of brutally assaulting, sexually abusing refugees

Refugees reported brutal and prolonged beatings, of some being stripped naked and forced to lie like logs stacked on top of each other and two cases of severe sexual abuse.

Fear grows among Bosnia's Muslims: 'We will be the victims again'

The recent vandalism of a historic mosque in Bosnia and Herzegovina is the latest in a series of disturbing developments evoking the worst fears in the country's Muslim population.

Sarajevo's Olympic Museum reopens 25 years after war

The 20th-century structure was among the first city symbols to be demolished by Serb forces during the siege of the Bosnian city from 1992 to 1995.

Bosnia police arrest Serbs over wartime killings

The seven former Bosnian Serb military officers and soldiers are suspects in the killing of 44 Muslims during the 1992-95 Bosnian War that claimed some 100,000 lives.

Mladic lawyers urge UN court to overturn his genocide conviction

Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic returned to a United Nations court to appeal his 2017 conviction for genocide and crimes against humanity during the Yugoslav Wars.

Daredevil divers plunge from Bosnian bridge in centuries-old tradition

For the residents of Mostar, Covid-19 wasn't enough to stop the 454th traditional diving competition.

A story of forgiveness emerges 25 years after the Srebrenica genocide

Edin Trklja had everything going for him when the Bosnian War broke out and shattered his dreams. He was critically wounded and gasped for life - many years later, he found the opportunity to confront his attacker. Here is his story.

Srebrenica Genocide 25 Years On: Lessons for European Muslims

If genocide denial is not confronted in Bosnia, it is possible the country could see a return to war in the near future

In pictures: 25th anniversary of Srebrenica genocide

Funerals have been held at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial in Bosnia and Herzegovina's Potocari for nine newly-identified victims of the July 1995 massacre.

Serb authorities want tourists to stay in a hotel that was once a rape camp

Serb authorities in Bosnia are trying to erase the history of a rape camp by maintaining it as a hotel with a functioning spa, but some still want the world to remember.