Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Government of Republika Srpska has approved the decision to declare 'Vrela Sana' a natural monument, thus opening up many opportunities for the development of responsible and sustainable tourism

Pensioners are menacing street protests if pensiones aren't increased, as increase in the price of essential foodstuffs is a daily issue

Through the IT Girls Summer School, an initiative organised on digital skills to reimagine the cities of the future, 20 girls aged 13-15 approached virtual reality and 3D modeling by creating a project together with VR technology experts

Wartime Bosnian Serb Army battalion commander Srecko Acimovic was convicted of assisting the genocide of Bosniaks from Srebrenica in July 1995 and sentenced to seven years in prison

Covid-19 vaccination for migrants and refugees began at the Borici temporary reception centre in Bihac last week and this week at the Lipa reception centre

Christian Schmidt is the new International High Representative for Bosnia, in charge of ensuring the civilian implementation of the Dayton Peace Agreement and protecting the country's territorial integrity

Due to low production and stoppages in one of the mines, the management of the Kreka Brown coal mine in Tuzla will put 30% of the workers, about 600, on hold; miners are starting to organize strikes, protests and have announced legal actions

The miners of the Stara jama plant have stopped production demanding for their wages, a reduction in the monthly production plan, the payment of incentives for cave workers for June

On the 26th anniversary of the massacre in Srebrenica, when 8.000 Bosnian Muslims were killed on 11 July 1995, funerals were held with newly identified victims

There has been a big boom in births in the Republika Srpska area: in the last 24 hours, 27 babies have been born

To renovate its buildings in Sarajevo and Mostar, the federal government has earmarked BAM 12 million - around US$1.2 million - in this year's budget

Among the recipients of the Goldman Environmental Prize 2021, the world's top award for environmental activists, is Maida Bilal, leader of a women's group in a 503-day lockout of heavy equipment to cancel permits for two dams on the Kruščica River

The country is officially the 121st to ratify the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer