Although they have encountered many difficulties throughout their life together, Danijela and Miralem have been living in a happy marriage for 27 years. They proudly point out that love is always the right value to fight for, because when there is love, there is respect among partners.
Olga and Zijad will celebrate 40 years of happy marriage this year. Despite being born in Banja Luka, their wedded bliss and commitment to bringing up two daughters have not been broken by ethnic and religious divisions; not even by the war that raged in Bosnia and Herzegovina for almost four years. The key to the success of their marriage is, as they say, love, respect and compromise, above all.
To understand mass atrocities in a global historical context, it is essential to draw connections between them. This encourages critical thinking, generates constructive knowledge, and furthers our general understanding of these events and what can be learned from them. Tali Nates, the founder and director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Center in South Africa, advocates this approach.
With bold steps forward, forever yearning to create something new, to go where no one has gone before—in striving to alter everything around them, mankind has altered itself.
Landmines and shells continue to claim lives in post-conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina. These unexploded materials are remnants of the devastating war in Bosnia, which formally ended with the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement in 1995.
Lamija Kubat, a high school student from Kakanj, has an Intelligence Quotient (IQ) of 152, according to Mensa testing, which places her among the top two percent of the world's population. Lamija's IQ is thus reportedly on par with Bill Gates.
In the Sarajevo suburbs of Hrasnica, the Bambi Zoo Center serves as a haven for nearly 150 animals that have been injured, abandoned, or otherwise abused.