SARAJEVO—One person was killed and several injured after a magnitude 5.6 quake hit southern Bosnia on Friday night followed by a series of smaller aftershocks, officials and media reported on Saturday. A 27-year-old woman was killed and others were injured when a boulder crashed down a hill and struck a house in Stolac. A hospital…
Bosnian Makes Rotating House a Monument of Love for His Wife
SRBAC, Bosnia-Herzegovina—It’s not exactly on par with India’s Taj Mahal, but a family house in a small town in northern Bosnia is in its own way a monument to love. The house in Srbac was designed and built by 72-year-old Vojin Kusic. With a green facade and red metal roof, it can rotate a full…
Bosnia’s Peace Envoy Imposes Jail Terms for Genocide Denial
BELGRADE—Bosnia’s outgoing international peace overseer decreed amendments to its criminal code on Friday to allow jail terms for the denial of the 1995 Srebrenica genocide, a frequently expressed view among nationalist Serbs. The decree by High Representative Valentin Inzko sets jail terms of up to five years for anyone who “publicly condones, denies, grossly trivializes…
Ex-Bosnian Serb Leader Radovan Karadzic To Be Transferred to UK Prison
Radovan Karadzic, the former Bosnian Serb leader convicted of the massacre in Srebrenica, will be transferred to a UK prison to serve the rest of his sentence, the UK government announced on Wednesday. In a statement, UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said: “Radovan Karadzic is one of the few people to have been found guilty…
Fire Breaks Out at Squalid Migrant Camp in Bosnia
BIHAC, Bosnia-Herzegovina—A huge fire broke out Wednesday at a temporary migrant camp in northwestern Bosnia that has been strongly criticized by rights groups as unsuitable due to its lack of resources. Thick black smoke could be seen rising from the Lipa tent camp near the Croatian border that currently houses 1,200 migrants. Residents were seen…
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