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Bulgarian Producer Contributes to Cannes Palme d'Or Winner
The Palme d'Or for Best Short Film at the Cannes Film Festival was awarded to "The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent," directed and written by Croatian filmmaker Nebojsa Slijepcevic. Notably, Bulgarian producer Katya Trichkova was part of the production team.
Max Launches in Bulgaria: Double the Content of HBO Max and More
Subscribers in Bulgaria now have access to Max, Warner Bros. Discovery's enhanced streaming service, which boasts a multi-genre library. Max offers double the content compared to the previous platform, including "Dune: Part Two." The service is available on leading devices and platforms.
Bosnia Mourns Documentary Filmmaker Dinno Kasalo
Dinno Kasalo, documentary filmmaker and master of photography from Bosnia and Herzegovina, has died aged 71.
Bosnians Mourn Journalist Whose War Reports ‘Promoted the Truth’
Salih Brkic, a doyen of journalism in Bosnia and Herzegovina who was known for his coverage of the 1992-95 war, died on Friday in the city of Tuzla after a short illness.
BIRN Journalists Threatened by Turkish Far-Right ‘Wolves’
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The threats were sent from Bosnia and Herzegovina, and from Turkey, on June 28, and since then, after BIRN published an investigation into the Grey Wolves organisation's branch and its activities in Bosnia.
Kuloglija and Buyuk continued to receive messages on their phones with intimidating content after the publication of the article.
Albanian MPs Approve Resolution Honouring Srebrenica Victims
MPs in the Albanian parliament voted unanimously on Thursday to support a resolution honouring the victims of the Srebrenica genocide, ahead of the anniversary next week of the July 1995 massacres of some 8,000 Bosniak men and boys by Bosnian Serb forces.
The resolution also declares July 11, when annual commemorations are held in Bosnia, as a day of remembrance in Albania.
Award-Winning Srebrenica Film Barred from Serbs’ Screens
The director of 'Quo Vadis, Aida?', Jasmila Zbanic, has seen her award-winning film and its cast targeted with threats, insults and hate speech over the past year, but she has not given up on her quest to get it shown in Serbia and Bosnia's Serb-dominated Republika Srpska entity.
Bosnian Eurovision Songwriter Joins Ukraine Peace Song Project
Adi Mulahalilovic, the former pianist of the popular Yugoslav-era band Hari Mata Hari, has joined an initiative bringing together musicians from 50 countries to record an original composition in support of Ukraine.
2Cellos concert marks 30 years of Slovenia, Croatia UN membership
New York – Slovenia and Croatia marked the 30th anniversary of their UN membership in New York on Sunday with a concert by world-renowned Slovenian-Croatian duo 2Cellos, who thus started their farewell world tour.
The concert at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn was also marked by expressions of solidarity with Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression.
Serbian President Gives Medal to Hollywood Star Johnny Depp
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Tuesday gave Hollywood star Johnny Depp a gold medal for "outstanding merits in public and cultural activities, especially in the field of film art and the promotion of the Republic of Serbia in the world".
BIRN Presents Interactive Publication Within Local Journalism – European Perspectives Project
At one of the series of Platform B events, on Friday, BIRN presented its interactive publication produced within the project Local Journalism - European Perspectives.
The publication was created in collaboration with nine local media outlets from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia.
"They chose me to defend the Serbs, not to show cowardice; Many find this irritating"
"I protect the interests of those who elected me, and the interest of the Republika Srpska and Serbian people is to implement the Dayton Peace Agreement and the letter of the Constitution of Annex 4 of the Dayton Agreement. I think that is legitimate," Dodik said being hosted on our television show Drugi ugao ("From another angle").
Sarajevo Exhibition Documents Perils of Wartime ‘Sniper Alley’
'Watch Out, Sniper', a multimedia exhibition documenting the wartime siege of the Bosnian capital through photographs, research into Hague Tribunal archive material, witness testimonies and 3D modelling, opens at the Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo on Thursday evening.
Belgrade’s ‘Serbian World’ Fantasies Jeopardise Balkan Cooperation
For their part, Marusic and Haddad are decidedly optimistic about the project's significance, writing: "Coming on the heels of the breakthrough Prespa agreement between North Macedonia and Greece, initiatives like Open Balkan signal that something important, and indeed healthy, is happening on the ground: Local leaders are taking ownership of their fate and showing creativity."
Wartime Tragedy and COVID-Era Comedy at Sarajevo Film Fest
Director Jasmila Zbanic's Oscar-nominated 'Quo Vadis, Aida?', about a Bosnian translator for the United Nations trying to save her family amid the violence and chaos of the Srebrenica genocide, is one of several films focusing on armed conflict that will be screened at the 27th Sarajevo Film Festival, which opens on Friday.