Aleksander Hemon is a writer and journalist from Sarajevo. He was visiting the United States at the outbreak of war in 1992 and was stranded when the city came under siege. Strangely there are not too ...

April 6 marks the 20th anniversary of the start of the Bosnian war and the siege of Sarajevo. It was the longest siege of a capital city in modern history, and produced the worst atrocities in Europe ...

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-HerzegovinaSARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Twenty years ago, as mortar shells began raining down on Sarajevo, killing his friends and neighbors, Vedran Smajlovic did what he knew best ...

A commemoration was held to remember the night in 1992 when a Bosnian Serb shell hit Sarajevo’s grand Austro-Hungarian City Hall, the Vijecnica, setting on fire over two million books in the National ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — If you find yourself on Ferhadija street behind the old synagogue at noon, close your eyes and listen to the bells from the ...

The city council of the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina was expected bestow the title of “Honorary Citizen of the City of Sarajevo” to U.S. Rep. Mike Turner and Dayton City Council member Matt ...

Laying a wreath at the site where Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his pregnant wife Sophie were assassination 100 years to the day, Aleksandar Simec and Alexander Schneider explain why they feel that the ...

Its idyllic mountain setting and diverse heritage makes Sarajevo one of Europe’s most intriguing cities. Yet it is its indomitable spirit that makes it truly special If ever a greeting has momentarily ...

It was a landmark in the heart of Sarajevo that was left in ruins as Serbian shells battered the city again and again. But 22 years after the Bosnian capital's City Hall was destroyed in one of the ...

When someone comes to visit me, the first place I take them is the city’s center for a stroll down its streets. Walking and talking while sightseeing is the perfect way to experience Sarajevo in a ...