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Review: A besieged Sarajevo turns to music in ‘Kiss the Future’ — and one band hears the call
10 months ago

Review: A besieged Sarajevo turns to music in ‘Kiss the Future’ — and one band hears the call

LA Times  

During the years of relentless attacks on Sarajevo in the early 1990s, residents tried to turn off the sounds of the siege all around them by turning on music — as a release, but also as a bid to feel normal amid Serbian bombs and sniper fire. What happened when this underground scene’s defiance reached U2 frontman Bono’s ears is …

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NATO chief commits to Bosnia’s territorial integrity and condemns ‘malign’ Russian influence
1 year, 1 month ago

NATO chief commits to Bosnia’s territorial integrity and condemns ‘malign’ Russian influence

Associated Press  

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — NATO supports Bosnia’s territorial integrity and is concerned by “malign foreign interference,” including by Russia, in the volatile Balkans region that went through a devastating war in the 1990s, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday. This is crucial for the stability and the security of the country.” NATO played a major role in ending the 1992-95 …

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Bosnian Serbs stage protests in support of their separatist leader
1 year, 3 months ago

Bosnian Serbs stage protests in support of their separatist leader

Associated Press  

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Hundreds of Bosnian Serbs waved flags of Serbia and Russia and banners of Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday as they staged a protest in support of their separatist leader who seeks union with neighboring Serbia. The protests were held at the unmarked internal border in Bosnia that separates the country into two entities — the Bosnian …

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Hungary’s Orbán to host Turkish, Serbian and other leaders alongside world track championships
1 year, 4 months ago

Hungary’s Orbán to host Turkish, Serbian and other leaders alongside world track championships

Associated Press  

BUDAPEST, Hungary — As millions of viewers around the world focus on Hungary while it hosts the year’s largest international sporting event, its nationalist prime minister will receive the leaders of Turkey, Serbia, Qatar and a host of Central Asian nations in a sign of the European country’s continuing drift toward the Eastern sphere of influence. In an interview Friday …

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Thousands march in Bosnia to mark 1995 Srebrenica genocide as ethnic tensions linger on
1 year, 5 months ago

Thousands march in Bosnia to mark 1995 Srebrenica genocide as ethnic tensions linger on

Associated Press  

NEZUK, Bosnia-Herzegovina — A solemn peace march started on Saturday through the forests in eastern Bosnia in memory of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, Europe’s only acknowledged genocide since World War II. The annual 100-kilometer march retraces a route taken by thousands of men and boys from the Bosniak ethnic group, made up primarily of Muslims, who were slaughtered as they …

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Bosnian Serbs award Putin with medal of honor
1 year, 11 months ago

Bosnian Serbs award Putin with medal of honor

Associated Press  

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — The Bosnian Serb separatist leader on Sunday awarded Russian President Vladimir Putin with the highest medal of honor for his “patriotic concern and love” for the Serb-controlled half of Bosnia. “Putin is responsible for developing and strengthening cooperation and political and friendly relations between RS and Russia,” the Bosnian Serb president, Milorad Dodik, said at the awards …

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Bosnian Serbs award Putin with medal of honor
1 year, 11 months ago

Bosnian Serbs award Putin with medal of honor

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Bosnian Serb separatist leader on Sunday awarded Russian President …

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As millions of Ukrainians brace for a dark winter amid continuing Russian missile strikes, Bosnians remember old agonies
1 year, 11 months ago

As millions of Ukrainians brace for a dark winter amid continuing Russian missile strikes, Bosnians remember old agonies

ABC  

Vildana Mutevelić huddled in her apartment with her two young children and elderly cousins. Russia accused of 'weaponising winter' to gain upper hand Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who has accused Russia of "energy terrorism", said this week that about 9 million people were without electricity. Dozens of attacks on Ukraine's energy system The Associated Press and the PBS series "Frontline," …

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Bosnia recounts Serb president race after reports of fraud
2 years, 2 months ago

Bosnia recounts Serb president race after reports of fraud

Associated Press  

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Amid widespread reports of fraud in Bosnia’s general election, the ethnically divided country’s top electoral body announced Monday it will conduct a recount in the race to become the next Bosnian Serb president, a ballot that was allegedly rigged by a staunchly pro-Russian leader. Bosnia’s central election commission on Monday ordered all ballots cast in the race …

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Bosnia recounts Serb president race after reports of fraud
2 years, 2 months ago

Bosnia recounts Serb president race after reports of fraud

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Amid widespread reports of fraud …

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Shaped by war, Bosnian leader chides UN inaction on Ukraine
2 years, 3 months ago

Shaped by war, Bosnian leader chides UN inaction on Ukraine

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Bosnia’s leader decried the failure of the United Nations to prevent the war in Ukraine, saying Wednesday it was a chilling repeat of his country’s own brutal conflict three decades ago. The Security Council, he said, “is evidently unable to fulfill its obligations.” The Security Council’s post-World War II structure gives veto powers to five nations — …

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Putin meets Bosnian Serb separatist leader, praises Serbia
2 years, 3 months ago

Putin meets Bosnian Serb separatist leader, praises Serbia

Associated Press  

BELGRADE, Serbia — Bosnian Serb separatist leader Milorad Dodik met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday days after he endorsed Moscow’s aggression against Ukraine, Russian and Serbian media reported. Dodik, a Serb member of Bosnia’s tripartite presidency, has frequently met with Putin, especially ahead of elections when he wants to show to the highly pro-Russian Bosnian Serb …

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Bosnian Serb leader Mladic's family complains about his treatment, health
2 years, 6 months ago

Bosnian Serb leader Mladic's family complains about his treatment, health

NL Times  

The health of the former commander of the Bosnian Serb army, Ratko Mladic, is rapidly deteriorating and authorities are giving virtually no information about his treatment at the international detention center at the Scheveningen prison, his son Darko Mladic told the Russian news agency RIA-Novosti. Mladic, 80, is serving a life sentence for genocide and war crimes committed during the …

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Bosnians warn Ukrainians: It’s a long journey to justice
2 years, 8 months ago

Bosnians warn Ukrainians: It’s a long journey to justice

Associated Press  

SARAJEVO, Bosnia — Regardless of how the Russian war in Ukraine ends, getting justice for human rights abuses suffered during the conflict will inevitably be a long and painful process for those who survive to tell of the atrocities they witnessed. Subasic, along with dozens of others, testified before the U.N. war crimes tribunal for former Yugoslavia, helping put behind …

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Bosnians warn Ukrainians: It’s a long journey to justice
2 years, 8 months ago

Bosnians warn Ukrainians: It’s a long journey to justice

LA Times  

A gravestone in memory of victims of the Srebrenica massacre is seen at the Potocari memorial center near Srebrenica, Bosnia in 2011. Subasic, along with dozens of others, testified before the U.N. war crimes tribunal for former Yugoslavia, helping put behind bars close to 50 Bosnian Serb wartime officials, collectively sentenced to over 700 years in prison. “It is very …

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Russian embassy in Bosnia warns of destabilisation
2 years, 8 months ago

Russian embassy in Bosnia warns of destabilisation

Al Jazeera  

Tensions are rising over a property law seen as part of a Serb independence drive in Bosnia. The Russian embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina has criticised the suspension of a Bosnian Serb property law and warned of potential destabilisation in the tense Balkan country unless the decision by the top UN representative is revoked. German diplomat Christian Schmidt, head of …

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UK sanctions 2 Bosnian-Serb leader for undermining peace
2 years, 8 months ago

UK sanctions 2 Bosnian-Serb leader for undermining peace

Associated Press  

LONDON — Britain sanctioned two leading Bosnian-Serb politicians Monday, accusing them of encouraging ethnic hatred and jeopardizing the peace accord that ended the civil war in Bosnia-Herzegovina more than 25 years ago. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine had emboldened the pair to further erode the international rules based system in the Western Balkans. …

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Bosniak, Croat presidents snub Russia’s Sergey Lavrov
4 years ago

Bosniak, Croat presidents snub Russia’s Sergey Lavrov

Al Jazeera  

Officials said they boycotted the meeting because of the Russian foreign minister’s ‘disrespect’ of the Bosnian state. Bosniak and Croat representatives in the country’s three-member presidency on Tuesday boycotted a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, a major snub to Moscow’s top diplomat. Dzaferovic and Komsic said they boycotted the meeting because of what they said is Lavrov’s “disrespect” …

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