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Heartbreaking Movies Of Staggering Bosnian Conflicts
Sixteen years since the end of conflicts, Bosnia is becoming the ‘promised land’ for moviemakers from Hollywood and Europe starving for a real commercial war story. Is the tragic Bosnian story finally beginning to make money?
sarajevo, penélope cruz, angelina jolie, war, hollywood, cinema, jasmila žbanič
Book trade faces bust in Balkans
‘Remaining indifferent to books means recklessly impoverishing your life,’ said Yugoslavia’s best known author, Ivo Andric. Fifty years after he won his Nobel prize, people across the former Yugoslavia are in danger of ignoring this health warning
sarajevo, economy, international book fair, war, belgrade, montenegro, books
First McDonalds in Sarajevo opens on 20 July
Sarajevo leaves the company of Tirana and Pristina to join the ranks of European capital cities with the opening of its first McDonalds on 20 July. Locals used to claim that the food here was so good that the American fast food restaurant did not dare to compete. In a world of evolving cuisine and lifestyle, how is the arrival of McDonalds in Bosnia different than that of just another restaurant?
sarajevo, america, yum nyam, gastronomy, bosnia and herzegovina
Serb general and 'Bosnia defect' Jovan Divjak under arrest since March
As Bosnia commemorates the Srebrenica massacre of 8, 000 Bosniaks in 1995, the former Serbian general Jovan Divjak is being held in Austria for crimes that he undoubtedly did not commit. He defected to the Bosnian army at the beginning of the 1992-1995 war. The president of the French association Confrontations Europe is convinced that European democracy is being tested in the Balkans right now
sarajevo, la haye, tribunal penal internacional, war, war crimes, politics, serbia
Under EU status pressure? Ratko Mladic arrested in Serbia: live from Belgrade and Sarajevo
The alleged war criminal and genocide suspect, 69, will answer international charges of genocide, extermination and murder after his arrest and extradition to the UN war crimes tribunal. As the EU parliament’s president Jerzy Buzek welcomes this ‘good news for Serbia, for the stability of the region’ and for ‘Serbia's EU accession process’, two Serbian and Bosnian twentysomethings react with relief
sarajevo, massacre, tribunal penal internacional, ratko mladić, youth, radovan karadzic, war
Wedding fever: UK royals 2011 vs fin-de-siècle Austria-Hungary
In case you haven’t heard, on 29 April Prince William is to marry Kate Middleton in a royal ceremony at Westminster Abbey. Once upon a time, on 1 July 1900, in Reichstadt, Bohemia, Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, married his lover of five years
sarajevo, prince charles, wedding, london, royal family, love, media
Just being in Bosnia: a slice of Sarajevo
It's one of the most famous countries in the world, and still one of the most mysterious. cafebabel.com visits the notorious Balkan capital at a historical time: it has been fifteen years since the end of the three-and-a-half year war in the nineties, marked by the Paris-signed Dayton treaty which split the country into two constituent Serb and Croat-Bosniak parts. The European Union has just signalled that the ethnically diverse Bosnians are welcome to travel without visas. Bosnia is clearly chugging forward. So are its young people, whether they are headscarved film directors, internet cafe owners or forward-looking, majority female students who are creating the city's first arthouses or working in a hostel in the centre, reading up on Bosnia-European history and being paid in euros. It's hard to isolate the dynamism of Sarajevo's youth when its past created this present not so long ago. The mountains of the valley capital sit on our shoulders to bring you this special edition of Orient Express Reporter
Bosnia and Herzegovina: no gas makes for cold homes in Sarajevo
The countries of the former Yugoslavia are being hit especially hard by the dispute over gas between Russia and Ukraine. Above all, residents of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia are having to wrap up warm: both countries are running short of gas supplies. Many homes in Sarajevo are still cold; electric heaters have sold out
sarajevo, gas, russian federation, serbia, winter, bosnia and herzegovina, world affairs
Italian poet Pasolini, rage and Sarajevo
Sometime between 1 - 2 November 1975, Pier Paolo Pasolini was killed. He became a vehicle for peace messages during the Poetry International Festival held in Sarajevo from 3 - 5 October 2008
'Europe's Sundance festival'
Culture crosses borders in Europe this March, as Spain visits Nantes, the Balkans accept a second invitation to Brussels and Irish beer takes over the continent
sarajevo, cinema, contemporary art, germany, nantes, hungary, budapest
From siege to silver screen
The 12th Sarajevo Film Festival, which ended on August 26, featured a packed programme of challenging films, revealing the remarkable renaissance of filmmaking in the Balkans.
sarajevo, branko schmidt, education system, danis tanović, development, jasmila žbanič, human rights
Goran Bregovic, a European tempo
With violin and accordion slung over his shoulder, Goran Bregovic, Serbo-Croatian composer and former rockstar, known for his cinematographic collaborations with Emir Kusturica, travels the four corners of Europe. A gypsy rhythm with European harmonies.
sarajevo, iggy pop, emir kusturica, goran bregovic, music, cesárea evora, politics
