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Five hundred pigeons of peace released in front of Sarajevo City Hall

On the occasion of the anniversary of the beginning of the siege of Sarajevo, a total of 500 pigeons were released into the sky Wednesday in front of the City Hall. April 6 is the most significant date in the history of Sarajevo. It is the day when Sarajevo was liberated from fascist occupation in the Second World War, but also the day that symbolizes … Continue reading Five hundred pigeons of peace released in front of Sarajevo City Hall

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Sarajevo Survivors Relive The Siege Through The War In Ukraine

Thirty years ago, their city was surrounded by Bosnian Serb forces and kept under siege for nearly four years. Now, Bosnians tell RFE/RL’s Balkan Service that they see the same evil repeating itself in Ukraine and want Europe and the world to do more to put a stop to it. Continue reading Sarajevo Survivors Relive The Siege Through The War In Ukraine

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The biggest security threat to the EU right now is Hungary

Through the Republic of Srpska Aid Fund, Hungary is reportedly planning to strengthen dedicated production in the RS, and together with Serbia plans to establish a humanitarian center in the Brcko District. Such a “humanitarian” center in Brcko would be of great geostrategic importance for Dodik and Vučić: the unification of the territory of the Republic of Srpska, which the district now intersects, and its … Continue reading The biggest security threat to the EU right now is Hungary

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The Birth of IFOR (TO END A WAR – part from book by Richard Holbrooke)

The Birth of IFOR. On the same day that the President announced thecease-fire and we met in Rome, Secretary of Defense Perry concluded a special two-day session of the sixteen NATO Defense Ministers in Williamsburg,Virginia. The announcement of the cease-fire gave added urgency to his effort to forge a consensus on the first peacekeeping force in NATO’s storied history.With surprisingly little difficulty, the ministers gave … Continue reading The Birth of IFOR (TO END A WAR – part from book by Richard Holbrooke)

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Choosing Dayton, Getting Ready (TO END A WAR – part from book by Richard Holbrooke)

How did a snake get in the tower?Delayed in the democraciesBy departmental vanities,The rival sergeants run aboutBut more to squabble than find out. —W.H.AUDEN , New Year Letter we kept the cease-fire secret long enough for President Clinton to break the news. At 1 1:00 a.m. on October 5, he announced “an important moment in the painful history” of the former Yugoslavia. A general cease-firewould … Continue reading Choosing Dayton, Getting Ready (TO END A WAR – part from book by Richard Holbrooke)

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THE SERBIAN REPUBLIC IN BOSNIA AND HERCEGOVINA (SO-BIH)

As a reaction, on 27 March 1992 Radovan Karadzic, leader ofthe SOS, proclaimed at a ceremony in Sarajevo ‘the SerbianRepublic in Bosnia-Hercegovina’ (Srpska Oemokratske Bosnei-Hercegovine, SO-BiH), with Banja Luka as its temporary capital, and declared that the loyalty of the SO-BiH was to the ‘all-Serbian State of Yugoslavia’. A constitution was issued.Karadzic, a Serbian nationalist and poet, declared he was ‘laying the foundation of the … Continue reading THE SERBIAN REPUBLIC IN BOSNIA AND HERCEGOVINA (SO-BIH)

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Book Review: Rose of Sarajevo by Ayse Kulin

There are 200 roses in Sarajevo, each are memorials made from concrete scars caused by mortar explosions and filled with red resin. Each rose on the pavement of the city marks where at least three people were killed during the siege of Sarajevo between 1992 and 1996. My knowledge of the Balkans war in the […] Book Review: Rose of Sarajevo by Ayse Kulin Continue reading Book Review: Rose of Sarajevo by Ayse Kulin

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