The Latest Breaking News from Bosnia

Bosnia's international envoy imposes decision on financing general election

Bosnia's international envoy Christian Schmidt on Tuesday imposed a decision on financing general election on Oct. 2 after the central government had failed to allocate sufficient funding for conducting the vote, he said.

Reuters · Jun 7, 2022

US slaps new sanctions on Bosnia and Herzegovina officials

Washington accuses sanctioned officials of pursuing ‘ethnonationalist and political agendas’ at expense of citizens.

Al Jazeera · Jun 6, 2022

Jim Crawford hails his U21 heroes, tips Will Smallbone for senior promotion

Ireland's 3-1 win over Montenegro pushed them closer to Euro qualification, with Southampton ace Will Smallbone once again starring

Irish Mirror · Jun 6, 2022

Divas/Brotherhood review – powerful studies examine the challenges of growing up

Máté Körösi’s documentary about a trio of troubled young women in Budapest and Francesco Montagner’s film following three sons in a Bosnian shepherd family explore the path to adulthood

The Guardian - UK · May 18, 2022

Bosnia’s Dangerous Path

How U.S. Policy Is Making a Bad Situation Worse

Foreign Affairs · May 18, 2022

Amazing heroism behind Eurovision star who dodged bullets to sing on show

Muhamed Fazlagić and his band escaped bullets on a frozen mountain to get to the Eurovision Song Contest, which Bosnia Herzegovina entered for the very first time in 1993

Daily Mirror · May 13, 2022

Serbs stage pro-Russia marches amid V-Day ceremonies

Pro-Russia marches have been staged in Serbia and the Serb-run entity in Bosnia — both traditional allies of Moscow in the Balkans — amid ceremonies to mark the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II

The Independent UK · May 9, 2022

Berlin says it will work for EUFOR Bosnia extension amid Russia concerns

Germany will work for an extension of the EU's peacekeeping mission in Bosnia as concerns mount about instability spilling over from the Ukraine war, but has not yet decided whether to provide troops, Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht said.

Reuters · May 4, 2022

Bosnia calls Oct 2 election despite rows over electoral reform, funding

Bosnia will hold presidential and parliamentary elections on Oct. 2, the electoral commission said on Wednesday, although rival ethnic leaders have failed to agree on electoral reforms and the government has still not secured funding for the vote.

Reuters · May 4, 2022

‘If you don’t have a witness, you don’t have a crime’ says French photojournalist Patrick Chauvel

French photojournalist and war photographer Patrick Chauvel has covered over thirty conflicts, from Vietnam to Bosnia and Iraq – and now Ukraine. He explains how his early appetite for adventure soon evolved into an impulse that would go on to shape his life profoundly: a desire to tell the stories…

France 24 · May 3, 2022