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Putin proving his ambitions don't stop at Ukraine

The day before Vladimir Putin’s long yearly address to parliament, politicians from Transnistria, a pro-Kremlin breakaway region of Moldova, asked Putin to “protect” it against Moldova.

Putin is already proving he won't stop at Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Plan B in the Ukraine war is to create a disruption to take the world’s eyes off his disastrous invasion.

Woman murdered by Bosnian bodybuilder ex-husband shared daughter's photo in her final Instagram post: report

Nizama Hećimović shared a final photo of their daughter on Instagram before her bodybuilder ex-husband Nermin Sulejmanovic fatally shot her on Friday.

Bodybuilder livestreams execution of ex-wife before going on shooting rampage: 'Are you watching?'

"Here, watch the murder live now, nice and easy ... Are you watching?" Nermin Sulejmanovic said in the livestream.

Accused Bosnian war criminal arrested after living in Boston suburb for 25 years

Kemal Mrndzic, 50, allegedly committed and oversaw numerous war crimes while serving as a supervisor at a notorious Bosnian prison camp.

'RHOBH' star Sanela Diana Jenkins listing $20.5M LA home

A Bosnian war refugee, Jenkins is looking to part ways with this dazzling spread in Hidden Hills, which she bought for $13 million.

Madeleine Albright's historic career in photos

A look into the first female Secretary of State's historic and monumental career in government.

Man builds rotating house so that his wife has changing view

Situated on a fertile plain in northern Bosnia near the town of Srbac, the house spins around a 22-feet axis.

Top international official in Bosnia bans denial of genocide

The top international official in Bosnia on Friday banned denial of genocide in the Balkan country to counter attempts by Bosnia’s Serbs to deny the scope of the 1995 massacre...

Bosnia village with link to Mars enthralled by rover landing

JEZERO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Bosnian villagers are preparing to gather in front of a video screen in the yard of their community’s only school to watch NASA’s Mars rover attempt a...

Meet Robby Megabyte, Bosnia's first robot rock musician

SARAJEVO - Bosnia’s most popular rock band, Dubioza Kolektiv, has a new recruit who sings and plays musical instruments - a humanoid robot called Robby Megabyte. Students from Sarajevo University’s...

Vaccine skepticism hurts East European anti-virus efforts

BELGRADE, Serbia — Vaccines from the West, Russia or China? Or none at all? That dilemma faces nations in southeastern Europe, where coronavirus vaccination campaigns are off to a slow...

Thousands of migrants left without shelter after Bosnia camp burns down

BIHAC, Bosnia -- More than a thousand migrants from Asia, the Middle East and North Africa were left to sleep in the cold after their camp in northwestern Bosnia burned...

Bosnia's 'Oxygen Man' brings cheer, and supplies, to COVID-19 patients

KONJIC, Bosnia - Miralem Sabic Mika, known as the “Oxygen Man” in his native town of Konjic, has become a local hero for helping coronavirus patients breathe easier and comforting...

Divers plunge from 79-foot Bosnian bridge in centuries-old tradition

MOSTAR, Bosnia - Divers hurled themselves from a 79-foot high Ottoman-era bridge in the Bosnian town of Mostar on Sunday, staging a centuries-old contest even though the COVID-19 pandemic prevented...

Amazing rare salamander hasn't moved from same spot in 7 years

This salamander is a real sloth. A rare cave olm has been standing completely still in the same spot for more than seven years, surprising scientists in a new study....

Bosnian war survivors protest Austrian writer's Nobel prize win

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Bosnian war survivors, including mothers who lost husbands and sons in the Srebrenica massacre, protested Tuesday in Sarajevo, urging the Nobel Committee to reverse its decision to...

Bosnia's 'lady in red' has already planned her red afterlife

The retired schoolteacher lives in a red house, where she and her husband eat from red plates, drink from red glasses and sleep in red bedding. Now she's had special...

Trash piles up as residents in this city protest 'hazardous' landfill

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Uncollected trash is piling up on the streets of the southern Bosnian city of Mostar — one of the Balkan nation’s main tourist destinations — since residents...

Balkans face alarming levels of air pollution from coal plants: UN

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — People in all major cities across the western Balkans face alarming levels of air pollution that are reducing their life expectancies because the underdeveloped, politically fragile region...