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Bosnia heads to polls as ethnic tensions dominate vote
Oct 02, 2022 09:23Bosnians go to the polls on Sunday to choose the country's new collective presidency and lawmakers at national, regional and local levels, deciding between long-entrenched nationalist parties and reformists focused on the economy.
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Mourning rituals for Imam Hussein's (PBUH) martyrdom held in Bosnia
Aug 07, 2022 09:14The mourning rituals commemorating Imam Hussein's (PBUH) martyrdom were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina while being observed in other parts of the world.
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27 years on, Bosnians mark anniversary of Srebrenica massacre, bury more victims
Jul 11, 2022 09:09Thousands of people in Bosnia and Herzegovina have gathered to commemorate the 27th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, the worst act of mass killing on European soil since World War II, and attend the funeral of 50 newly identified victims.
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Dutch PM apologizes to troops involved in Srebrenica massacre, rubbing salt into wounds
Jun 20, 2022 07:07The Dutch government has formally apologized to hundreds of former soldiers who were sent to defend the Bosnian enclave of Srebrenica, rubbing salt into the wound of Muslims in Europe.
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Top international official in Bosnia bans denial of genocide
Jul 24, 2021 10:26The top international official in Bosnia on Friday outlawed denial of genocide in the Balkan country to counter attempts by Bosnia’s Serbs to deny the scope of the 1995 massacre in Srebrenica, Europe's only post-World War II genocide.
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Zarif commemorates Srebrenica massacre victims, renews Iran’s support for Bosnia
Jul 12, 2021 01:07Iran’s foreign minister has marked the 26th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, saying the Islamic Republic of Iran is proud to have stood by the oppressed people of Bosnia and Herzegovina since their independence.
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UN court upholds Bosnian Serb military chief’s war crimes, genocide convictions
Jun 09, 2021 00:16United Nations (UN) war crimes judges have upheld a genocide conviction and life sentence against former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic, known as the “Butcher of Bosnia.”
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Hundreds of migrants stranded in freezing weather in Bosnia
Jan 05, 2021 06:52According to humanitarian groups, hundreds of migrants stranded at an abandoned camp in Bosnia and Herzegovina were spending New Year’s Eve in freezing temperatures.
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‘Catastrophic’: Balkan health care overwhelmed by virus surge
Dec 02, 2020 07:43The Western Balkans, one of Europe’s poorest corners, has for weeks been battling an explosive coronavirus spike, its death toll doubling in the last month alone to reach nearly 10,000. The crisis is exposing gaps in health care systems that have long suffered from low funding and a brain drain crisis, with an exodus of promising young doctors and nurses leaving to seek better wages and training abroad.
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Srebrenica genocide 25 years on: Iran slams Europe's failure to uphold duties
Jul 12, 2020 03:15On the 25th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, the only declared genocide in Europe since World War II, Iran's Foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has blasted Europe for failing to meet its duties to prevent the tragedy.