Bosnia and Herzegovina

The city of Mostar will build a solar power plant for its own needs to reduce electricity prices; it will be the first of its kind in the country, which was granted EU candidate status in December

Bosnian actor Aleksandar Sasa Petrović has died at the age of 61, winner of several awards such as the 'Heart of Sarajevo' for best actor at the Sarajevo Film Festival in 2007

Courts across the country have issued at least 172 arrest warrants for suspects, accused and convicted war criminals who cannot be brought to justice because they are no longer in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The unusually high temperatures for this time of year have caused a lot of problems for farmers, particularly beekeepers: there is a risk that bees will freeze as the warmer weather will drive them out of their hives

According to measurements taken on Christmas Day, the city of Banja Luka was the most polluted city in the country, with the air quality index in the city area of 279, or 'very unhealthy for the population'

Bosnia and Herzegovina was granted candidate status for EU membership

About two million Bosnian citizens live outside Bosnia and Herzegovina, according to data from the World Federation of BiH Diaspora; the largest number of them left the country during the war in the early 1990s

During the two-day meeting of the Subcommittee on Economic and Financial Issues and Statistics between BiH and the EU, predictions were made that BiH's economic growth in the period from 2023 to 2025 will be reduced

75,9% of households in BiH have access to the Internet, 23,9% do not; of those, 18,5% of households have never used the Internet according to data published by the Statistical Agency of BiH

Bosnian Serb secessionist leader Milorad Dodik will be the new president of the Serbian half of Bosnia and Herzegovina, after a recount of votes following the messy 2 October elections confirmed his victory despite continued opposition protests

Tuzla International Airport is preparing for the arrival of Europe's largest low-cost airline, RyanAir, which will start flyghts from the beginning of November, boosting the scarce links of the country