Not one sniper who participated in the Siege of Sarajevo has ever been prosecuted. Three decades later, four European governments, including Bosnia and Herzegovina, are investigating an allegation that some of the snipers were not even soldiers, but foreign nationals who paid to take part in the so-called “Sarajevo Safari.”
When Bosnia and Herzegovina qualified for the 2026 World Cup in the USA, Mexico and Canada, celebrations erupted across the country and throughout Bosnian communities around the world.
Rising neo-fascist tendencies are sweeping Europe, including Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bosnian activist groups, however, are prepared to resist even the most covert forms.
In Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), post-war monuments represent the political and ethnic forces of localities, encouraging a narrative in which women often have no voice.
Last year, the sixth Sarajevo Pride March brought thousands of people to the streets of Sarajevo in support of the queer community in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Once a well-known iron ore mine, after 1992, the name Omarska became synonymous with the most notorious detention camp where Bosniaks and Croats from the Prijedor area were tortured and killed.