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Bosnian And French Military Leaders Discuss Western Balkans Security (PHOTO)
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 21. At the invitation of the Chief of the French Armed Forces Joint Staff, General Thierry Burkhard, the Chief of the Joint Staff of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina (AFBiH), Lieutenant...

The Gaza Tribunal in Sarajevo: Globalising Genocide Accountability and Activism
Image: Day 1, Gaza Tribunal with Penny Green, Susan Akram and Michael Lynk In late May, the Gaza Tribunal held its first public assembly in Sarajevo and online (through Zoom and Youtube livestreaming). Over the course of 4 days, its three chambers...

Water Prices in Sarajevo to Increase Starting July 1
At today’s session, the Government of the Sarajevo Canton adopted a decision to adopt a revised price list for the municipal service of drinking water supply and wastewater collection and treatment, provided by KJKP “Vodovod i kanalizacija” d.o.o....

Bosnia’s coal plants the biggest polluters in Western Balkans, CEE Bankwatch survey shows
Coal plants in Bosnia & Herzegovina were the biggest SO2 emitters in the Western Balkans in 2024, according to a survey by CEE Bankwatch, an environmental NGO. Last year, Bosnian plants emitted 212,840 tonnes of SO2 – 11.3 times higher than the...

World Premiere “The Pavilion” by Dino Mustafic opens the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival
The 31st Sarajevo Film Festival will open on August 15 with the world premiere of the Bosnian film „The Pavilion“, directed by Dino Mustafić. “There is no greater excitement or privilege for a local filmmaker than to present their film at the...

Summer Concert Series In The Heart Of Sarajevo
In the authentic setting of the national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) – Svrzo’s House, during July and August 2025, concerts of sevdah under the title “Sevdah of Damir Imamovic in Svrzo’s House” will be held every Wednesday. Within...

EU Grants €5.8 Million to Boost Energy Efficiency and Water Infrastructure in BiH
The Head of the EU Delegation and EU Special Representative in BiH, Ambassador Luigi Soreca, attended the signature of two grant agreements worth a total of €5.8 million, through which the EU is funding energy efficiency improvements in Tuzla...

Bosnia and Herzegovina Thirty Years After Dayton: Are There Prospects for National Unity?
The idea of a “civil,” that is, ethnically undivided Bosnia and Herzegovina, as the West imagines it, seems hardly viable. The only factor restraining the residents of Bosnia and Herzegovina of all nationalities from seeking an alternative to...

Sarajevo Canton Prime Minister announces New Measures to strengthen the Economy
The Government of the Sarajevo Canton has been continuously conducting an open dialogue with the Association of Employers in the Federation of BiH and the Association of Employers of Sarajevo Canton, and the Prime Minister of Sarajevo Canton,...

Hitachi Energy: Game-changing solutions for a sustainable energy future
Multinational company Hitachi Energy, a silver sponsor of the BEF 2025 conference, is present in the Southeast Europe region through its Balkan Cluster, which covers seven markets – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia, Kosovo*,...

Dino Mustafić's The Pavilion to open Sarajevo
25/06/2025 - The dark comedy about a group of residents in a retirement home who decide to stage an armed revolt features an all-star regional cast, including Rade Šerbedžija l-r: Miralem Zubčević, Rade Šerbedžija, Zijah Sokolović, Meto Jovanovski...

Genocide Unfolded: Timeline Of The Srebrenica Massacre
Srebrenica was a beleaguered small town in eastern Bosnia-Herzegovina in July 1995 brimming with some 42,000 people, more than 80 percent of them refugees, at the tail end of a vicious war. It had no idea its name, after a series of massacres...

Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina Offers Something No Other European City Can
Tuzla Bosnia-Herzegovina offers a unique getaway. Image by Wirestock from Getty Images via Canva As you probably know, Europe is culturally a very diverse continent. Whether it’s France in the West, Norway in the North, Malta in the South or...
EU guarantees to enable €60 million in loans for sustainable growth in small businesses in North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro
The EU-funded Western Balkans Guarantee 4 SME Resilience is supporting financing under favourable lending conditions, contributing to small business growth and boosting employment and competitiveness. This initiative complements the EU’s broader...

ArcelorMittal to sell Bosnian steel plant and mining business to Pavgord Group
ArcelorMittal has entered into a sale and purchase agreement to divest its operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina to Pavgord Group. The divesture will include the integrated steel plant, ArcelorMittal Zenica, and the iron ore mining business...

Chicago survivor of concentration camp wants to erect memorial to Bosnian War victims
After the deaths of two brothers and six months in a concentration camp during the Bosnian War, a Chicago man is now working to erect a monument to spread awareness of the conflict. If Mirsad “Mike” Causevic is successful, a 12-foot-tall statue on...

UNA’s Undoing: The Rise and Fall of Bosnia’s ‘Dodik TV’
According to a share purchase agreement obtained by BIRN’s reporter, Jocic sold a 50 per cent stake in the umbrella company UNA World Network to Infinity Media for 50,000 euros in October 2021, months before UNA TV even began broadcasting. Kusovac...

Netflix’s ‘Leviathan’ Recap (Episodes 1-12): Did Alek And Deryn End Up Together?
The 2025 anime series streaming on Netflix, Leviathan, is a brilliant amalgamation of stunning art styles, a moving plot, and a touching romantic story, all brought together against the backdrop of real history. Adapted from the novel series by...

Viral TikTok shows deserted construction site over fears of ICE raid
By Tori Apodaca Click here for updates on this story ELK GROVE, California (KOVR) — A TikTok post of a deserted Elk Grove construction site is going viral, after the poster said everyone left because U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was...
The Sarajevo Declaration of the Gaza Tribunal
We, the members of the Gaza Tribunal, having gathered in Sarajevo from 25 to 29 May 2025, declare our collective moral outrage at the continuing genocide in Palestine, our solidarity with the people of Palestine, and our commitment to working with...