The Bosnian-Croatian border is one of the last gateways to northern Europe. The Croatian police are trying to seal it, often in brutal fashion.
Tag: Bosnia and Herzegovina
22 of Our Favorite Travel Photographs From 2019
Sit back, relax and enjoy a whirlwind visual tour of this year’s best travel photography.
Radovan Karadzic Sentenced to Life for Bosnian War Crimes
Mr. Karadzic led a Serb-majority region that tried to break away from Bosnia, where tens of thousands of people were killed and more were displaced by ethnic cleansing.
Bosnia Accuses Croatia of Plot to Brand It a Terrorist Haven
Bosnia and Herzegovina said its neighbor had concocted a scheme to tarnish the reputation of the Muslim-majority country, a claim Croatia dismissed.
In Bosnia, a Father’s Grief Swells Into an Antigovernment Movement
The case of David Dragicevic, who was found dead in March, has become a rallying point for people disaffected with the Bosnian Serb politician Milorad Dodik.
Croatia Dispatch: Oysters Lead Lives of Excitement and Danger. Especially in the Balkans.
Some of the world’s most delicious oysters have been farmed in the Adriatic Sea off the coast of Croatia since Roman times. They now face a deadly threat.
Lens: Beyond the Myth of the War Photographer
In “Shooting War,” the psychiatrist Anthony Feinstein explores the complexity of photographers’ day-to-day work covering conflict and human depravity.
As Winter Arrives, Thousands of Migrants Are Trapped in Bosnia
Migrants sheltering in Bosnia report widespread violence by the border police in Croatia as Europe pushes to secure its frontiers.
In a Divided Bosnia, Segregated Schools Persist
Ethnic tensions are worsening in Bosnia two decades after a bloody, bitter war. The divide is most obvious inside the country’s segregated schools.
Sarajevo Dispatch: A War Hostel? ‘It Is Insane to Want to Sleep There’
A Sarajevo hostel recreating the 1990s wartime experience falls under a growing global niche of “dark tourism,” though it does offer Wi-Fi.