SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Flights were grounded and people were told to stay indoors as a thick blanket of smog Thursday engulfed Bosnia’s capital of Sarajevo as residents tried to cope with toxic air. The Swiss air quality technology company IQAir, which assesses air quality in real time, put Sarajevo’s air quality index, or AQI, at a “very unhealthy” 225, ranking …
Russian meddling in the Western Balkans risks tipping the region back into war, the Foreign Secretary warned on Thursday on a visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Liz Truss accused Moscow of exerting a “malign” influence in the countries that once made up Yugoslavia as she called on the West to stand up to Vladimir Putin in the Western Balkans, as …
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — With the arrival of cold and foggy winter weather amid the pandemic, eastern Europe is facing an extra respiratory health hazard — air pollution. “We have this pressure from two sides now, one and another from polluted air,” said Igor Spaic, a resident of Bosnia’s capital Sarajevo, which is one of the most polluted cities in Europe. …
