Bosnia And Herzegovina

EU denounces conditions for migrants in Bosnia

The migrants have been left homeless in freezing and rainy conditions since their camp near the northwestern town of Bihac burned down last month.

Hundreds of stranded migrants freezing in heavy snow in Bosnia camp

A fire earlier this week destroyed much of the camp near the town of Bihac that had already been harshly criticised by international officials and aid groups as inadequate for housing refugees and migrants.

EU and UK poised to announce post-Brexit trade deal

While a last-minute deal would avoid the most acrimonious ending to the Brexit saga, the UK is heading for a much more distant relationship with its biggest trade partner than with almost anyone expected at the time of the 2016 Brexit vote.

Migrant camp destroyed in fire as Bosnia struggles with influx

There were no casualties reported in the blaze that broke out at the Lipa tent camp near the Croatian border that once housed 1,200 migrants and was earlier criticised by rights groups as unsuitable due to its lack of resources.

Ethnic parties win Bosnian Mostar town's first local vote in 12 years

The coalition of multi-ethnic moderate parties BH Bloc won enough votes to act as a kingmaker in the future 35-member city council, according to unofficial preliminary results from the parties and election authorities.

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.