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Balkan Barbie: A Bosnian Girl makes Costumes for the Popular Dolls
A Bosnian girl is making traditional Balkan costumes with hats and decorative aprons for Barbie dolls, hoping to spark interest in her "folklore Barbie" as the new film of the same name wins fans around the world.
Sarajevo Film Festival opens
A documentary about the close ties that grew between Sarajevo rock musicians and the Irish band U2 during the Bosnian capital's 1992-1995 siege has opened the city's annual film festival, with U2 members Bono and The Edge as star guests.
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Vučić: For us, sanctions against RS are inappropriate, we will not apply them
"On behalf of our entire delegation, I want to thank the leadership of the RS for the warm welcome," Vui said.
Enjoying Impunity, Greek Pro-Serb Fighters Still Brag about Srebrenica
On July 16, 2021, a Greek man called Antonis Mitkos uploaded a photograph to his Facebook page. It shows him dressed in military uniform, arm-in-arm with Bosnian Serb wartime commander Ratko Mladic.
June Pride Parades and the Digital Ripple Effects on LGBT Rights
Digital Fallout of June Prides: Unveiling Violations of Digital Rights
In June, Pride Parades were held, among others, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, and Croatia, highlighting the struggle for LGBT rights in these countries.
How Srebrenica’s Mothers Brought Their Murdered Sons Home
"First they wanted the graveyard to be located on the mountains above Srebrenica, it's called Otave Plato," Malic told BIRN at the Centre for Elderly Mothers of Srebrenica in the village of Potocari, the care home where she lives now, less than a kilometre away from the Memorial Centre.
Serbian Photographer Exhibits Frontline Images of Bosnian War
The exhibition, entitled 'My Bosnia', includes pictures that Cvetkovic took in Skelani, Bratunac, Visegrad and around Sarajevo, as well as images of people who escaped to Montenegro as refugees or ended up in Serbia as prisoners.
Cvetkovic's picture of Serbs leaving their homes in the Grbavica and Ilidza settlements of Sarajevo, March 1996. Photo: BIRN.
Sarajevo Mourns Young People Killed in Artillery Attack
People gathered to lay flowers and pay their respects on Bakarevica Street in the Bistrik neighbourhood of Sarajevo on Monday, commemorating the 30th anniversary of the deaths of seven young people and children in an artillery attack.
Mersudin Secerovic, whose older brother Sinanudin was killed on June 26, 1993, said that despite the passage of time, "the wounds stay the same".
How US Ex-Presidents Saw the War in Bosnia
While the post-presidential files in their libraries remain closed for research, it is possible to get a sense of their views from publicly accessible sources.
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Bosnians Stand ‘Proud Together’ Ahead of Pride March
Drag show at Kvirhana Queer Festival in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Photo: SOC/Asja Mustajbasic.