bosnia-herzegovina

Fire engulfs migrant center in Bosnia, injuring 29

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Bosnian police say a fire has engulfed a migrant center in the northwest of the country, injuring at least 29 people. Police say the fire erupted early...

Overflowing rivers flood homes and roads across Bosnia, Croatia

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Overflowing rivers in Bosnia and Croatia have flooded dozens of homes and roads, putting the Balkans on high alert after 2014 floods killed dozens of people and...

Bosnia's once-famous rivers now highlight country's catastrophic garbage problem

Neglected during the wars in the 1990s, Bosnia’s waste-management problem has grown over the years, reaching alarming proportions in a region where joblessness and poverty are widespread and where corruption...

Beauty queens compete to represent country that doesn't exist

I wouldn’t normally enter a beauty pageant, but this one is special. It’s a battle for the title of Miss Ex-Yugoslavia, beauty queen of a country that no longer exists....

Playboy model jailed for being the bait in attempted hit on crime boss

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — A Bosnian court has sentenced a former Playboy model to prison for participating in an attempted murder of a local crime figure. The court ruled Wednesday that...

Visitors prove their idiocy by jumping off really high European bridge

How and when does a boy become a man? You may automatically think something traditional like a bar mitzvah, but one European country has a very unique coming-of-age custom that...

US trying to deport at least 150 Bosnians over war crimes

WASHINGTON, Feb 28 - U.S. officials have identified about 300 Bosnian immigrants who they believe concealed their involvement in wartime atrocities including the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, and are trying to...

Seven teenage girls get pregnant on school trip

Seven girls, ages 13 to 15, are pregnant after a five-day school trip to their country’s capital city and their parents are being blamed. The schoolgirls, from the city of...