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In the aftermath of the Second World War marbles were a real rarity. I was one amongst a few who had a marble – I was a very lucky kid. Children in my neighborhood, including myself, used to play a
In the aftermath of the Second World War marbles were a real rarity. I was one amongst a few who had a marble – I was a very lucky kid. Children in my neighborhood, including myself, used to play a
The European migration crisis, which began in 2015, has had a significant impact on immigration and security policies across the region. In Europe’s smaller, more homogenous countries, rising migration and the prospect of refugees and migrants becoming people’s permanent neighbors
An international conference ‘Legal and practical tools for protecting the rivers of the Western Balkans and their people’ organized by the non-governmental organizations Arnika (Czech Republic), the Center for Environment (Bosnia and Herzegovina), and WWF Adria, financed by the European Union, the
Foto: Glauber Ramos Why EU-integration? Why should the Western Balkans, a region where criminal networks have been gaining ground and corrupt elites have systematically captured state institutions for the benefit of their own criminal business models, enter the EU? Why,
For the celebration of 20 years work of the Heinrich Boll Stiftung Organization in Bosnia and Herzegovina, that had been held in History museum in Sarajevo on September 7th 2019, Ellen Ueberschär president of the Heinrich Boll Stiftung Organization in Germany gave
„Umiješati se, jedina je mogućnost da se ostane realističan“ – Heinrich Böll Fondacija Heinrich Böll je 7. septembra 2019. obilježila 20 godina od osnivanja ureda u Sarajevu. Tim povodom je nastao film Nihada Kreševljakovića pod nazivom „Šest ljudi, jedna borba“,
Migrants in Croatia, in tents set in front of the Hungarian wall. PHOTO/ARCHIVE/ANSA/DRAGAN PETROVIC Twenty-two Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have submitted a request for a parliamentary interrogation on migrants’ living conditions in Croatia after reports from the media
foto: manuelsarrazin.de Member of the Bundestag Manuel Sarrazin, attending the celebration of 20 years work of the Heinrich Boll Stiftung Organization in Bosnia and Herzegovina, that had been held in History museum in Sarajevo, announced that Štefica Galić, a journalist and
© Carolin Holzhäuser „Menschenrechtsverteidiger und bedrohte Parlamentarier brauchen weltweit Schutz“ – das ist der Leitgedanke des Patenschaftsprogramms des Deutschen Bundestages „Parlamentarier schützen Parlamentarier“. Im Juni 2019 wurde Štefica Galić ins Patenschaftsprogramm aufgenommen und ich habe ihre Patenschaft übernommen. Štefica Galić ist eine
Of the requests put forth by the Bosniak „us“. The deconstruction. Written by: Nerzuk Ćurak Riding the wave of global antisemitism and Islamophobia, the President of the neighboring Republic of Croatia had developed an arsenal of rhetorical anti-Bosniak sentiments which
Hodan Nalayeh, a Somali-Canadian journalist, was killed in an attack at the Medina Hotel in Somalia’s port city of Kismayo, on Friday. FACEBOOK A Somali-Canadian journalist who used her platform to share “uplifting and inspiring” cultural stories with international audiences was
The coffins of the 33 Srebrenica victims who will be reburied, at a mortuary in the town of Visoko. Photo: EPA-EFE/FEHIM DEMIR. Thirty-three more victims of the 1995 mass killings of Bosniaks by Bosnian Serb forces will be buried at the annual
War is an animal feeding on human flesh, once said Krleža, being right about it. I had never, in the year and a half I had spent as a soldier, gotten to fall deep into the blind patriotism, nor any
14.011 human beings had died during the siege, 7.808 of whom died in the first year, 3.392 the year after, and 1.601 children had found themselves amongst the fallen. Around 50.000 people had suffered both critical and minor injuries. Fascists
The shutdown of the Bugojno concentration camp located on the „FC Iskra“ stadium has recently „celebrated“ its’ 25th anniversary. It was the Bosnian Government Army’s (known by its’ acronym, ARBiH) worst concentration camp and a personal hell for every single
Foto Tom Dubravec/Hanza media After it was discovered that Ruža Tomašić, the most popular Croatian Member of the European Parliament, in her youth publicly wore a fascist uniform and recited poems glorifying the Croatian fascist leader, she asserted that even