Bosnia and Herzegovina
The spectacular European rail trail with a chilling past
Legacies of the Balkan conflict of the early 1990s linger like scars in the landscape. But behind it all, there’s great beauty.
- Andrew Bain
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This beautiful, wild nation showed me a Europe I didn’t know existed
Croatia’s coast might be the summer siren, but we’re here to see another side of The Continent that most don’t bother to see.
- Natasha Bazika
Wealthy foreigners ‘paid for weekend safaris to kill civilians’ during siege of Sarajevo
An investigation has been launched into claims that gun enthusiasts and far-right extremists travelled to the war-torn city in the 1990s with sniper rifles to pick off terrified Bosnians “for fun”.
- Nick Squires
How my summer at The Hague shaped a lifetime
Thirty years on from the Bosnian genocide, I still think of the witnesses who gave testimony.
- Gretchen Shirm
This region offers the joys of Europe, without the crowds
My journey begins in one of the continent’s infamously overrun tourist cities but it quickly moves on to places as yet undiscovered by the hordes.
- Brian Johnston
This place challenges every notion of what a European city feels like
If you had to guess where in the world you were by looking at a single street, you’d have little chance of identifying Sarajevo.
- Brian Johnston
- Opinion
- Genocide
A generation after the Bosnian genocide, we still haven’t broken the cycle of hate
On this day – July 11 – 28 years ago, Bosnian Serb forces murdered thousands of Bosniak boys and men in Srebrenica. That slaughter should continue to inspire us to fight extremism wherever we find it.
- Amra Sabic-El-Rayess
Russia spent $US300 million to covertly influence world politics, says US
The release of the State Department cable is the latest effort by the Biden administration to declassify intelligence about Moscow’s military and political aims.
- Nomaan Merchant
‘I did what she wanted’: spinning shack a farmer’s tribute to restless wife
Using electric motors and the wheels of an old military transport vehicle, the Bosnian home can turn a full circle in 22 seconds.
- Sabina Niksic
In the Herald: September 21, 1991
Gai Waterhouse left the Supreme Court yesterday with renewed hope of obtaining her training licence.
- Harry Hollinsworth