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One killed, several injured as 5.7 quake shakes Bosnia
A 5.7-magnitude earthquake rocked southern Bosnia late on April 22, killing one person and injuring several others, local media reports said.
A 28-year-old woman who was injured when a rock fell on her house in the town of Stolac, near Mostar, died in hospital, a medical source quoted by media said. Several others were lightly injured, including members of the victim's family.
Serbian Muslim Leader’s Body to be Exhumed Due to Suspected Poisoning
Muamer Zukorlic's coffin being carried to his grave. Photo: Muamer Zukorlic/Facebook
"As part of the investigation, a statement was taken from Usame Zukorlic [son of Muamer Zukorlic], and then an order was given to exhume the body of the late Muamer Zukorlic, with which the family agreed," the prosecutor's office told Radio Sto Plus on Thursday.
The ‘Awakening’: American Right-Wing Extremist Finds Allies in the Balkans
It was a week after Orthodox New Year in January 2021 and a group of Serb children in Kosovo was opening presents.
Germany states: "New era"
Olaf Scholz called for accelerating the accession of the Western Balkans to the European Union, which has been blocked for years, mentioning a "new era" in light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
At a joint press conference with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz promised to help advance the issue.
BIRN Offers Grants to Explore War Crimes Archives
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network has launched a call for proposals for small projects by journalists, artists, historians and civil society activists covering topics related to the archives of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and domestic courts in former Yugoslav countries that dealt with war crimes cases.
Serbia Again Convicts Bosnian Serb Ex-Policeman of Torturing Prisoners
Belgrade Higher Court found Milorad Jovanovic guilty on Friday of torturing non-Serb civilian prisoners, one of whom died as a consequence, who were being detained at the Simo Miljus Memorial Museum in Lusci Palanka in the Sanski Most area of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the summer of 1992. The court sentenced him to nine years in jail.