Latest News from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbian film wins three awards in Venice
Serbian film wins three awards in Venice
VENICE -- "No One's Child", a debut movie by Serbian screenwriter and director Vuk Rsumovic, scooped three awards at the 71st Venice International Film Festival.
Vucic sends condolences and offers Serbia's help
BELGRADE - Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic sent on Friday a telegram of condolences to head of the Bosnia-Herzegovina Presidency Vjekoslav Bevanda and the families of the miners killed in the Zenica coal mine, and he also offered Serbia's assistance in repairing the damage.
14th Festival of Street Musicians opens in Novi Sad
NOVI SAD - The 14th annual Festival of Street Musicians has begun in Novi Sad with a performance by the world-famous Harlem Gospel Choir.
The festival, which opened late Thursday, ends on September 6 and will feature more than 200 participants - soloists, bands and troupes from the United States, Ireland, Italy, Israel, Mexico, Moldova, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia.
Sleeping with the enemy
Women on TV are glorifying men with criminal tendencies against their spouses or girlfriends, on one popular talk show after the other. Is there a hidden message behind all this, or is it just a simple âratingsâ game? Do we really love men who beat us? Do we really fall in love with the tough guy who hits us? Get real.
Bosnian Croat Fighters Deny Rape and Torture
Four former Croatian Defence Council fighters pleaded not guilty to the multiple rapes, torture and sexual abuse of Serb women in Odzak in northern Bosnia in 1992.
Deloitte: Ten companies from Serbia among CE Top 500
BELGRADE - Ten companies from Serbia appeared on this year's list of Top 500 companies from Central Europe (CE), based on their sales revenues in 2013, the best ranked companies being the Petroleum Industry of Serbia (NIS), Electric Power Industry of Serbia (EPS) and Fiat Automobiles of Serbia, the audit and consulting company Deloitte announced on Wednesday.
See You In Montevideo producers making basketball film
BELGRADE - The production company behind See You in Montevideo, Serbia's nominee for the 2014 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, has started shooting another sports film based on a true story - this time about basketball.
Bosnia: Arrests of suspected Muslim extremists
Bosnia: Arrests of suspected Muslim extremists
SARAJEVO -- Bosnia's State Investigation and Protection Agency early on Wednesday arrested 17 people suspected of having links with the Wahhabi movement.
The operation, codenamed "Damascus," was conducted in 15 cities in Bosnia-Herzegovina, it was announced.
Bosnia Arrests 16 Suspected Jihad Recruiters
Officers from the Bosnian State Investigative and Protection Agency, SIPA arrested the alleged jihad recruiters during raids in Sarajevo, Kiseljak, Zenica, Magaj, Srebrenik, Zvornik, Buzim and Teslic on Wednesday in an operation codenamed Damask.
Bosnia Mufti Wants Ottoman-Era Hero’s Remains Returned
"We in the Islamic Community would welcome moving his bones from Istanbul," the Grand Mufti of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Husein Kavazovic, told daily newspaper Oslobodjenje.
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Vucic, Dodik on realization of infrastructure projects
BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic talked in Belgrade on Tuesday with President of Republika Srpska (RS) Milorad Dodik about the conclusions of the Berlin conference dedicated to Western Balkan countries.
Thunderstorms, Heavy Rains Hit Balkan States in Early September
Torrential rains and gale force winds, thunderstorms and in some places hail, have hit the Balkans in the beginning of September, local media outlets reported, Tuesday.
Code Orange and Code Red warnings have been issued in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Croatia due to the potentially dangerous weather.
MICT Prosecutor Jallow to arrive in Serbia on Sunday
THE HAGUE - Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) Prosecutor Hassan Bubacar Jallow will arrive in Serbia on Sunday on an official visit, and then proceed to Sarajevo and Zagreb.
On September 9, Jallow will travel from Belgrade to Sarajevo, and then to Zagreb on September 12, the MICT's press office stated in a release on Tuesday.
President receives ambassadors in farewell visits
President receives ambassadors in farewell visits
BELGRADE -- President Tomislav Nikolić held separate meetings on Tuesday with outgoing ambassadors of France and Hungary, Francois-Xavier Deniau and Oszkar Nikowitz.
"Smugglers charge Kurdish migrants up to EUR 4,000"
"Smugglers charge Kurdish migrants up to EUR 4,000"
PODGORICA -- Turkish citizens are enlisting the help of transportation firms and taxi drivers from Montenegro to smuggle illegal migrants, mostly Kurds.