bosnia and herzegovina

In pictures: the siege of Sarajevo 20th anniversary

A Bosnian woman does her laundry in Dobrinja River in the Sarajevo front-line district of Dobrinja, in this picture taken August 2, 1993 (top), and the same river is seen April 1, 2012. Twenty years ago this Friday, April 6, 2012, the West recognised the Yugoslav republic as independent and Serb gunmen fired on peace demonstrators in Sarajevo, the opening salvo of a siege on the capital that would last for 43 months. Photo: REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh and Dado Ruvic

Twenty years ago this Friday, April 6, 2012, the West recognised the Yugoslav republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina as independent and Serb gunmen fired on peace demonstrators in Sarajevo, the opening salvo of a siege on the capital that would

Exotic paradigms: Ibro Hasanovic’s “Stories” at Venice, Italy

Ibro Hasanovic: Conditioned Air

A+A | Centro Espositivo Sloveno in Venice, Italy welcomes Bosnian artist Ibro Hasanović’s solo exhibition Stories, open until 20 November. The curator Claudia Zini sits down for an espresso with the artist Ibro Hasanović is the winner of the Special

Reverse patriotism: the artist who occupied the Art Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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One month before the “Occupy” protests began in New York, artist Damir Niksic decided to occupy the Art Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo, pissed because the authorities announced its closing. We decided to contact Damir to see how

Sarajevo Green Design Festival @Sarajevo (B&H)

Photo by designeast.eu

Sep 9-17 2011 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina The second edition of Sarajevo Green Design Festival continues its mission in broadening the awareness of the global environmental issues, focusing on the role that creative industry can play in solving them, along