BIRN’s series about women photographers documenting the Bosnian war profiles Isabella Balena, whose pictures captured the impact of the fighting that divided and devastated the picturesque city of ...

In the final instalment of BIRN’s war photography series, Debbi Morello recalls her year in besieged Sarajevo, where snipers were an ever-present threat and casualties were buried in the stadium where ...

MOSTAR, Bosnia, Dec 17 (Reuters) - The historic Bosnian town of Mostar, a gem of 15th century Ottoman architecture, has not held an election since 2008. On Sunday it has a chance to shake off years of ...

MOSTAR, Bosnia and Herzegovina, July 29 (Reuters) - Thousands of tourists braved extreme heat to cheer for divers plunging from the Old Bridge in Bosnia's city of Mostar, a 458-year-old tradition, ...

SARAJEVO -- Salvador Andres Pelaez is still doing his best to keep the peace. Just this month, the former Spanish peacekeeper rekindled old friendships from a foreign war that ended almost three ...

Stone-masons this week carved the first stone block to be used in rebuilding the Old Bridge in the Herzegovina capital Mostar. The bridge was destroyed by Croatian forces seven years ago. Mostar Mayor ...