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The Latest Breaking News from Sarajevo

Bosnian Series 'I Know Your Soul' Sweeps Sarajevo Film Festival

I Know Your Soul, a drama series by Jasmila Žbanic, sweeps Sarajevo Film Festival with top honors and critical acclaim.

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Why Gen Z love city breaks in Sarajevo

Between the cuisine, museums and great humoured locals, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capital is a place full of stories, says Suzanne Moore

Evening Standard

The 10 Strangest Cities Ever to Bid on the Olympic Games

From countries with no Olympic medalists to nonexistent cities, here are the oddest locales to go for gold.

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New on Paramount Plus in May 2024 — all the new shows and movies to watch

Everything coming to Paramount Plus in May, plus our recommendations of what to watch.

Tom’s Guide

Choking smog lands Sarajevo at top of Swiss index of most polluted cities for 2nd straight day

The Bosnian capital of Sarajevo has been intermittently engulfed in a toxic haze since the start of December, with air quality so bad it was placed first on a list of the world’s most polluted cities for a second straight day

The Independent UK

‘I took my Brompton on the train to Armenia’: readers’ favourite European rail journeys

Whether you’re after mountainous scenery, coastal views or historic gems, our tipsters will set you on the right track

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Winning the war, winning the peace in Ukraine

Why do wars end? Historians can often pinpoint the reasons they begin – the absence of a male heir, an archduke taking the wrong turn down a Sarajevo side street or simple territorial ambition. But endings – from Afghanistan to Game of Thrones – can be tricky.

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Thousands in Bosnia protest against violence after man livestreamed killing of ex-wife on Instagram

Thousands of Bosnians took to the streets to demand authorities act to curb violence against women after a man last week killed his ex-wife while streaming the slaying live on Instagram

The Independent UK

‘Carlsberg discriminated against us on a national basis’: Bosniak staffer

In 2014, a staffer asked that a photo of a convicted war criminal was removed from the premises. The legal saga goes on.

Al Jazeera

Hundreds gather in Sarajevo to pay their respects to Srebrenica massacre victims

Hundreds have lined Sarajevo’s main street Sunday as a truck carrying 30 coffins passed on its way to Srebrenica, where newly identified victims of Europe’s only acknowledged genocide since World War II will be buried on the 28th anniversary of the crime

The Independent UK

Linthoi confident to repeat past performance in new category

KOLKATA: Linthoi Chanambam made the country proud last year when she beat Brazil's Bianca Reis to clinch the gold at World Cadet Judo Championship in Sarajevo, Bosnia, and became the first Indian to win a medal in the tournament across any age group.

The Times of India

US bombers fly over Bosnia in sign of support amid continued secessionist threats

A pair of U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers has flown low over Sarajevo and several other Bosnian cities as a sign of support amid continued secessionist threats by the staunchly pro-Russian Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik

The Independent UK

Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson reveals engagement to Leana Dolci

Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson refers to "fiancée" Leana Dolci in TV interview

Metal Hammer

‘Punk was my weapon’: the rebel power of culture in siege of Sarajevo

Underground community of Sarajevans recall in new documentary the almost four years they spent trapped in their city

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‘You don’t need to know the history of Sarajevo to see symbiosis’: Magdalena Szurek’s best phone picture

For the photographer, these women embody the harmonious life of her ‘dream destination’

The Guardian - UK

‘Tourism can offer us hope’: Bosnia and Herzegovina’s staggering scenery and beautiful towns

With its wild horses, varied activities and rich history, the small Balkan country embraces a bright new future of sustainable travel

Reuters

Another war: how Sarajevo's musicians sang through a siege

Setting out to tell the story of Sarajevo's four-year siege in the 1990s, Nenad Sicin-Sain thought he was documenting Europe's last big war - only for Russia to invade Ukraine during filming, heightening the emotions of an already fraught project.

The Guardian - UK

Kiss the Future review – Bono and U2 keep hope alive in Sarajevo

Nenad Cicin-Sain’s documentary tells the story of a maverick film-maker who, with extraordinary persistence, induced the Irish rockers to keep the spotlight firmly on the Bosnian war

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The World and All That It Holds by Aleksandar Hemon review – an engrossing epic

Opening in Sarajevo as the first world war is triggered, this magnificent globe‑trotting, century-spanning novel mingles fact with the fabulous

The Guardian - UK

Aleksandar Hemon: ‘A book isn’t a car – not everything has to work’

The Sarajevo-born author on his new historical novel’s multilingual sensibility, screenwriting for The Matrix sequel and pretending to be Kevin Keegan

The Independent UK

A thought-provoking rail odyssey through the Balkans

Travelling overland is great way to minimise the impact of an international flight – but it also means local encounters and time to soak in the scenery. Lynn Houghton tackles seven countries on one whirlwind rail adventure

The Independent UK

Bosnian Serbs celebrate banned holiday, praise Putin

Thousands of flag-waving Bosnian Serbs have gathered on the outskirts of the capital Sarajevo to celebrate an outlawed holiday associated with Bosnia’s brutal inter-ethnic war in the 1990s

Reuters

Bosnian Serbs celebrate holiday banned by court

Bosnian Serbs celebrated their autonomous republic's statehood day on Monday with a parade of armed police, special forces and armoured vehicles in a town adjoining Sarajevo, despite the holiday being banned and legal complaints by Muslim Bosniaks.

Reuters

Warm weather leaves Balkan ski centres empty

Bajazit Alomerovic saw in the New Year in 2022 skiing down the Bjelasnica slopes into the fireworks, an adrenaline boost that made him return this year to the mountain above the Bosnian capital Sarajevo.

Reuters

'Feels like summer': Warm winter breaks temperature records in Europe

Record-high winter temperatures swept across parts of Europe over the new year, bringing calls from activists for faster action against climate change while offering short-term respite to governments struggling with high gas prices.

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