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Matt Damon says U2 was 'reluctant at first' to be involved in his Bosnian War documentary Kiss the Future: 'They didn't want the movie to be about them'

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SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Dozens of journalists and rights activists protested Tuesday outside parliament in Bosnia’s Serb-run part as lawmakers debated whether to advance a contested law which critics say would restrict freedom of expression and silence critical media. The head of a Bosnian Serb journalists’ association, Sinisa Vukelic, said during the protest that, if the law were approved, “news reporting …

Bosnian ski resorts suffer as Europe sees record warm winter

Infographic: 30 years since the Bosnian War

The international armed conflict that lasted from 1992 to 1995 led to a genocide that killed more than 100,000 people. Following Bosnia’s recognition as an independent state in 1992, Bosnian Serbs backed by Serbia’s president, Slobodan Milosevic, began a campaign to ethnically cleanse the Bosnian territory. During World War II, the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was founded – a …

Bosnians relive past war trauma as Russia invades Ukraine

For those who survived the Bosnian war of 1992-1995, the war in Ukraine feels too familiar. “When a child goes through a war trauma, they experience things in a different manner,” explains Selma Bacevac, a psychotherapist focusing on the Balkans who is based in Florida in the United States. child doesn’t remember the time when things were peaceful, nor does …

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Bosnian officials and religious leaders on Wednesday denounced suggestions voiced by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his spokesman that the integration of Bosnia into the European Union will be challenging because of its large Muslim population. Orban’s spokesman Zoltan Kovacs has tweeted that “the challenge with Bosnia is how to integrate a country with 2 million …

Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic loses genocide appeal

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Ratko Mladic, the military chief known as the “Butcher of Bosnia” for orchestrating genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Balkan nation’s 1992-95 war, lost his final legal battle Tuesday when U.N. judges rejected his appeals and affirmed his life sentence. As commander of the Bosnian Serb Army, the once-swaggering Mladic led troops responsible …

The final verdict means the Bosnian Serb military leader, 78, will see out his life sentence over his role in the siege of Sarajevo and the Srebrenica massacre. UN appeals judges have upheld the convictions of former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic for genocide and other offences during Bosnia’s 1992-95 war, and confirmed his life sentence. Mladic joins his …

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Bosnian Serbs honour Nobel Laureate Peter Handke amidst controversy over author's views on war crimes

While Handke is adored by Serbs for his support of their nationalist policies, he is considered persona non grata in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, which is dominated by mostly Muslim Bosniaks. Banja Luka: Bosnian Serbs on 7 May honored the controversial 2019 Nobel Literature Prize winner Peter Handke, who is known for his apologist views over Serb war crimes …

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‘Growing up during the Bosnian War made me a journalist’

Al Jazeera journalist Alma Milisic was born months before the conflict began; one of the first words she learned was ‘siege’. A personal essay by Al Jazeera journalist Alma Milisic, reflecting on 25 years since the Bosnian War ended: One of the first words I learned as a child was “opsada” – Bosnian for siege. Sarajevo had already been occupied …

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