“Feels like summer”: Warm winter breaks temperature records in Europe
London, UK/Brussels, Belgium Reuters Record-high winter temperatures swept across parts of Europe over the new year, bringing calls from activists for faster action against climate change while offering short-term respite to governments struggling with high gas prices. Hundreds of sites have seen temperature records smashed in the past days, from Switzerland to Poland to Hungary, […]
Thousands march in Bosnia in memory of Srebrenica massacre
Nezuk, Bosnia-Herzegovina AP Thousands of people joined a peace march on Friday through forests in eastern Bosnia in memory of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, Europe’s only acknowledged genocide since World War II. The 100-kilometre march traces a route taken by men and boys from the Bosniak ethnic group, which is made up primarily of Muslims, […]
Bosnia commemorates 26th anniversary of Srebrenica massacre
Srebrenica, Bosnia-HerzegovinaAP Nineteen newly identified victims were honoured and buried Sunday in Bosnia as thousands gathered to commemorate the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, Europe’s only acknowledged genocide since World War II. The slaughter of more than 8,000 Muslim Bosniaks, most of them men and boys, by Bosnian Serb forces was commemorated in speeches, prayers and song, […]
Bosnian Serbs say icon given to Russian minister not stolen
Sarajevo, Bosnia-HerzegovinaAP An Orthodox icon presented to Russia’s foreign minister had not been stolen from the Ukraine, the office of Bosnia’s Serb leader said Tuesday, amid an international diplomatic spat over its origins. The presiding Serb member of Bosnia’s three-member presidency, Milorad Dodik, gifted the gilded icon to Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov when he […]
An elusive peace: Bosnia marks 25 years since inking of US-brokered deal
SABINA NIKSIC, of the Associated Press, reports on the challenges still facing Bosnia, 25 years after a peace deal brought an end to a war in which more than 100,000 died…