ARTICLES BY SABINA NIKSIC
Balkans feel abandoned as vaccinations kick off in Europe
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — When thousands of people across the European Union began rolling up their sleeves last month to get a coronavirus vaccination shot, one corner of the continent was left behind, feeling isolated and abandoned: the Balkans.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
'Big win for democracy': Bosnian city of Mostar gets a vote
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Irma Baralija is looking forward to Sunday, when she intends to vote and hopes to win her race as the southern Bosnian city of Mostar holds its first local election in 12 years.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
'Big win for democracy': Bosnian city of Mostar gets a vote
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Irma Baralija is looking forward to Sunday, when she intends to vote and hopes to win her race as the southern Bosnian city of Mostar holds its first local election in 12 years.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Romania: Election expected to usher in 'European' generation
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanians will vote Sunday in a legislative election expected to restore some measure of stability in a country with one of the European Union's highest emigration rates, and bring to power a generation that came of age in a time of national turmoil and strongly identifies …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Bosnia marks 25 years since inking of US-brokered peace deal
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — As their ethnic leaders gathered around a table outside Dayton, Ohio, to initial a U.S.-brokered peace deal a quarter-century ago, Edisa Sehic and Janko Samoukovic still were enemies in a war in Bosnia that killed over 100,000 people.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Bosnians vote in local elections overshadowed by pandemic
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnians voted Sunday in nationwide municipal elections amid concerns that the turnout will be hurt by a major surge in coronavirus infections and deaths.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Romania: Fire in COVID-19 intensive care unit kills 10
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A fire at a hospital treating COVID-19 patients in northeastern Romania killed 10 people Saturday and injured 10 others, seven of them critically, officials said.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Pandemic heaps new fears and trauma on war-scarred Bosnians
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Memories of the Bosnian War are shaping Zdenka Sutalo's perception of the coronavirus.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Croatia accused of brutality, sexual abuse against migrants
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Danish aid workers stationed in the Balkans say dozens of migrants have alleged they were brutalized by Croatian law-enforcement officers when they tried to cross into the European Union nation, before being summarily expelled back to Bosnia.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
New Bosnian film on Srebrenica screened at place of massacre
SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — After premiering her latest feature at the Venice Film Festival last month and sending it off to the international festival circuit, acclaimed Bosnian filmmaker Jasmila Zbanic returned home to Bosnia to host what she described as the film’s “most emotional” screening.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
New Bosnian film on Srebrenica screened at place of massacre
SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — After premiering her latest feature at the Venice Film Festival last month and sending it off to the international festival circuit, acclaimed Bosnian filmmaker Jasmila Zbanic returned home to Bosnia to host what she described as the film’s “most emotional” screening.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
New Bosnian film on Srebrenica screened at place of massacre
SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — After premiering her latest feature at the Venice Film Festival last month and sending it off to the international festival circuit, acclaimed Bosnian filmmaker Jasmila Zbanic returned home to Bosnia to host what she described as the film’s “most emotional” screening.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
New Bosnian film on Srebrenica screened at place of massacre
SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — After premiering her latest feature at the Venice Film Festival last month and sending it off to the international festival circuit, acclaimed Bosnian filmmaker Jasmila Zbanic returned home to Bosnia to host what she described as the film’s “most emotional” screening.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
