Bosnia and Herzegovina

Migrants from the Middle East and elsewhere rest on the ground as they gather at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus

Polish border police push back migrants at Belarus border

November 9, 2021Top of The World

Polish riot police push back hundreds of migrants at the border with Belarus. Also, rich and poor nations try to resolve differences at the COP 26 climate conference in Glasgow. And, Malawi elects its first MP with albinism.

Bosnian Serb member of the tripartite Presidency of Bosnia Milorad Dodik holds a speech during the 4th Budapest Demographic Summit in Budapest, Hungary

Bosnia faces the most serious crisis since the Balkans War, analyst says

November 5, 2021Conflict

People put up a poster of Gavrilo Princip, the 19-year-old Bosnian Serb who gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 and lit the fuse for World War One. The banner says "We Are All Gavrilo."

Why are world maps being rewritten? Consult a book on World War I

June 30, 2014Conflict & Justice

Why are world maps being rewritten? Consult a book on World War I

June 30, 2014Conflict & Justice

‘The Butcher of Bosnia’ refuses to testify for a former ally at The Hague

January 28, 2014Conflict & Justice

View of Grbavica, a neighborhood of Sarajevo, Bosnia.

How wars end part V: Bosnia

January 13, 2014Conflict & Justice

Bosnia, a republic of the former Yugoslavia, was torn apart by ethnic violence in the early 1990s. A diplomatic breakthrough helped end that war in 1995.

A soccer team unites the Bosnian community in St. Louis

November 17, 2013Sports

For the first time since Bosnia gained its independence from the former Yugoslavia, the country is sending a team to the World Cup finals. And that’s got the biggest Bosnian community in the US pretty excited.

>Seni Felić took his seven-year-old son, Venice to Sarajevo, Bosnia for the first time this year. Felić says he wants Venice to learn more about his Bosnian roots. (Photo Courtesy of Seni Felić).

Bosnian Refugees Reflect on Syrian Civil War

September 21, 2013Conflict & Justice

For Bosnian refugees who have found a home in the US, the debate over Syria is very familiar. So are the stories of refugees fleeing their homes. We hear from Bosnian refugees living in California about the crisis in Syria.

Srebrenica elections lays bare old tensions between Serbs, Bosniaks

August 15, 2013Global Politics

Srebrenica was the site of one of the worst atrocities of the lengthy Serbian civil war. Thousands of Bosniaks, Bosnian Muslims, were killed there. In the aftermath of the massacre, the town is largely Serbian. But a quirk of policy has allowed Bosniaks who moved out of town to continue to vote in the city’s elections. But that’s poised to change.

In Srebrenica Election, a Horrific Past Looms Large in Vision for Future

August 15, 2013Conflict & Justice

Race could give town first Serb mayor since Ratko Mladic’s forces killed 8,000 in Bosnian town. Serb candidate says it’s time to move, but survivors say moving on, is moving backward.