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Sarajevo Film Fest Premieres Bosnian Detention Camp Survivor’s Tragic Story
Balkan Insight
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August 18, 2025
Still from the film ‘None Will Speak the Truth’. Photo: BIRN. None Will Speak the Truth, a documentary about “grief and coping” directed by BIRN journalist Azra Husaric Omerovic, premiered at the Sarajevo Film Festival on Monday. The film tells...
Bosnian Women Fight Back Against Culture of Violence
Transitions
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August 14, 2025
How dedicated volunteers are helping women seek protection from abusive partners. Selma didn’t even know that there were organizations in Bosnia and Herzegovina to help women who suffered from violence. So when a police officer told her she had...
Hrvoje Klasić: “We will never agree on who is more to blame.”
Serbian Monitor
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August 18, 2025
It seems that the narrative claiming Croatian interests are behind the organisation of protests in Serbia has taken root only within the leadership of the ruling party and, perhaps, within part of its core electorate. Yet it persists, although,...
Bosnia museum's Palestine donation hailed as strong move against cultural erasure
Middle East Eye
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August 12, 2025
The National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s announcement that it would donate the proceeds of sales linked to a famous Jewish medieval manuscript towards “helping Palestine” in the face of Israel’s “genocide” in Gaza has been seen as a...
National Air & Space Museum Welcomes Legendary US Air Force F-15C Eagle
Simple Flying
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August 19, 2025
A few days ago, the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum welcomed a McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle. Once it is fully prepared for exhibition, the jet will be the first of its kind to be displayed in the collection. Aircraft 85-0114, the...
From Gaming to AI to IP: Why Sarajevo’s Industry Event Is Doubling Down to Ensure Balkan Filmmakers ‘Are Part of the Conversation’
Variety
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August 14, 2025
In the more than two decades since it launched as the parallel industry arm of the Sarajevo Film Festival, CineLink Industry Days has established itself as the premier showcase and breeding ground for talent from the former Yugoslavia, growing its...
Eugene Doyle: Saving Palestine’s Marwan Barghouti is our duty
Asia Pacific Report
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August 19, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Seeing video evidence this week of the physical and psychological mistreatment of the great Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti sickened me. I have written a number of articles about Marwan. Researching and writing...
The quiet return of the diaspora – why more and more Bosnians are moving back home
New Eastern Europe
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August 13, 2025
Bosnia and its neighbours have traditionally faced issues with large segments of their populations moving abroad. However, this could well be changing. Attracted by improvements in quality of life, many diaspora members are thinking of returning...
Scott Hamilton Fast Facts
KRDO - Colorado
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August 18, 2025
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Olympic and world champion figure skater Scott Hamilton. Personal Birth date: August 28, 1958 Birth place: Toledo, Ohio Full name: Scott Scovell Hamilton Father: Ernest Hamilton, college...
Nela Porobić Isaković – Neoliberal Peace-Building: Profiting From Destruction and Reconstruction
Brave New Europe
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August 18, 2025
From Bosnia to Afghanistan, the neoliberal peace-building model has compounded conflicts and inequalities by eroding the core function of states and subordinating people’s needs to the interests of capital. But in Ukraine, the co-optation of the...
"Don't let Draymond Green see this": Fans mercilessly clown Jusuf Nurkic as Bosnia coach unloads brutal truth about his conditioning before EuroBasket
Sportskeeda
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August 11, 2025
NBA center Jusuf Nurkic did his best to lead Bosnia and Herzegovina past Montenegro on Monday. Sadly for them, Montenegro dominated the entire game and won 102-90 in their exhibition match. After the game, head coach Adis Beciragic didn't hold...
Convicted Bosnian Serb Leader Looks for Friends
CEPA
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August 11, 2025
Political turmoil has reached new levels in Bosnia and Herzegovina with the second consecutive court verdict against Milorad Dodik. The Bosnian Serb leader, known for his secessionist tendencies and affection for Vladimir Putin, was convicted on...
Fear Endures in Women Exposed to Bosnia Livestreamed Femicide
Balkan Insight
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August 11, 2025
A total of 71 people responded to the BIRN questionnaire. Over 60 per cent said they had not seen the video, just under a third of whom said they hadn’t come across it at all while the rest had actively avoided it. “It’s disturbing content that...
From Bosnia To Balochistan, Violence Against Women Goes Viral
Radio Free Europe - Radio Liberty
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August 10, 2025
Nizama Hecimovic: It was a name that many Bosnians would come to know. On August 11, 2023, Hecimovic was killed in a small town in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The killer was her ex-partner, who then went on to murder two more, wound another, and then kill...
Bosnia votes to remove Dodik after court ban
Gazeta Tema
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August 6, 2025
Bosnia’s election commission has voted to remove Milorad Dodik from his role as president of Republika Srpska, following a final court ruling that sentenced him to one year in prison and barred him from public office for six years. The charges...
Growth in the Number of Tourists in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo Times
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August 9, 2025
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, 855,727 tourist visits were recorded in the six months of 2025, which represents a growth of 2.8 percent compared to the same period last year. In that period, domestic tourists achieved 261,168 arrivals, which is a drop...
Talents Sarajevo 2025 Announces Full Programme and Key Guests
Sarajevo Times
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August 9, 2025
The Sarajevo Film Festival is proud to unveil the full programme for the nineteenth edition of Talents Sarajevo, taking place from August 16th to 21st. As one of the leading development platforms for emerging filmmakers and critics from Southeast...
Raising the bar in global academic enrichment
The Tribune (Bahamas)
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August 18, 2025
In today’s dynamic global society, where colleagues and collaborators are often separated by continents, University of The Bahamas (UB) is equipping its students with the skills, exposure, and networks to thrive anywhere in the world. More and...
The Eight Biggest Acquisitions in BiH
Sarajevo Times
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August 18, 2025
This year, there was an unusually high number of acquisitions, that is, takeovers of large companies in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Some of these acquisitions mean the entry of major global players into our market, while in other cases, it is...
From Sarajevo to the South Pole: A solo traveller’s extraordinary life of discovery
TravelDailyNews Asia-Pacific
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August 7, 2025
From Sarajevo to the sea, Aida Karamesic redefines freedom through solo travel, scuba diving, and radical, intentional living. In a world increasingly defined by borders, both physical and psychological, Aida Karamesic is tearing them down one...