On June 28, 1914, Gavrilo Princip assassinated the heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire's throne and his wife. The murders would spark the start of World War I, which began one month later. Bosnia's Muslims, Serbs, and Croats also have very different views of Princip's legacy. (Reuters)
The EU's foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton says the European Union is ready to expand its engagement in Bosnia to help it speed up economic and social reforms after mass protests last month.
As I watch the news and images from Crimea, I can’t help but feel a sense of deja vu. It's as if am reliving the 1992 break-up of Yugoslavia and the beginning of the Bosnian war.
While the widespread protests in Bosnia-Herzegovina over economic woes that demonstrators blame on government corruption and inefficiency have abated, the underlying causes have not. Mirna Sadikovic of RFE/RL's Balkan Service reports on the Bosnians who are struggling just to buy food.
By now, much of the world is watching the spiraling crisis in Ukraine, from its bloody street protests to Russia's takeover of Crimea to "protect" its ethnic Russians. But nowhere do the events have greater resonance than in the Balkans, where a similar cauldron of history, ethnicity, and the breakup of a once-great nation led to the devastating wars of the 1990s.
Bosnian Prime Minister Vjekoslav Bevanda said improving people's living standards is the only solution to the recent unrest in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
The Balkan region is facing its worst social unrest since the end of the war in 1995, as thousands of people in Bosnia-Herzegovina have taken to the streets over the past two weeks to protest against unemployment, poverty and corruption.
EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele has called on Bosnia-Herzegovina’s ethnically divided politicians to listen to the demands of ordinary people for economic change and anticorruption reforms.
Inspired by an online meme titled "Welcome to Bosnia," RFE/RL's Naida Skrbic takes a look at the numbers behind Bosnia-Herzegovina's labyrinthine bureaucracy and economic problems.
International leaders are calling on Bosnian politicians to show "leadership" and speed up reforms following the worst social unrest in the country since the 1992-95 war.
Thousands have continued protests in Bosnia-Herzegovina again against unemployment, poverty, and corruption.
Valentin Inzko, the international high representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina, has raised the prospect of sending in EU soldiers if the current unrest in the country escalates.
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