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Sarajevo is the capital and largest city of Bosnia-Herzegovina. It lies on the Miljacka River, surrounded by the Dinaric Alps, in the heart of the Balkans.

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Ivo Josipovic

Presidential apology

Croatia's president on Wednesday apologized to Bosnia for his country's role in the 1990s war.
April 14, 2010
Ejup Ganic

Ganic arrested

Bosnia and Serbia have both sought the extradition of suspected war criminal Ejup Ganic.
March 2, 2010
A veterans protest in Sarajevo

Bosnian divisions

As Bosnia-Herzegovina's international overseeing body meets, its future is uncertain.
February 24, 2010
Milorad Dodik

Referendum law

The Bosnian Serb parliament paves the way for a referendum on the Dayton peace accords.
February 11, 2010
Radovan Karadzic

Bosnian war

War crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic says he will appear at a UN court hearing to discuss his trial.
November 2, 2009
Bosnian security

Secret meeting

US and EU officials meet in secret with feuding Bosnian leaders to try to end political paralysis.
October 9, 2009
Aleksandar Hemon

Interview

In Berlin, author Aleksandar Hemon says he takes his inspiration from his birth city - Sarajevo.
September 18, 2009
A view of Sarajevo

Bosnia's Peace

More than 13 years since the end of the Bosnian war the country remains very divided.
July 3, 2009
Bosnian Muslim man Huseinovic Hamdija says prayer near grave stones at the memorial center of Potocari, near Srebrenica,

War Crimes

Meet the people who carry out police forensics work in places like Darfur and Srebrenica.
July 2, 2009
Joe Biden arrives in Sarajevo

Biden in the Balkans

US Vice President Joe Biden warns Balkan leaders not to ignore the threat of ethnic violence.
May 20, 2009
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic stands in the courtroom during his initial appearance at the U.N.'s Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague,

Horribly Familiar?

War crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic will defend himself in The Hague -- like Slobodan Milosevic.
July 31, 2008
Karadzic with white hair and a long white beard

Karadzic Arrested

Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic has been arrested in Serbia late Monday.
July 22, 2008
A German soldier applies the letters EUFOR to a military vehicle

Peacekeeping in Bosnia

Germany on Tuesday handed command of the EU mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina over to Spain.
December 5, 2007

EUFOR Sarajevo

The command of the European peacekeeping force for Bosnia has been handed over to Germany today in a ceremony in Sarajevo. Key European Union political figures, including the German defense minister, attend the event.
December 5, 2006

pod1703 Sarajevo Milosevic

It's been a decade since the Dayton Accord ended the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina but Bosnians are still recovering from the destruction of the Milosevic era.
March 17, 2006

Opinion: 10 Years After Dayton, an Unfair Peace

On Nov. 21, 2005, the Dayton Agreement ended the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina that left 250,000 people dead and 2 million displaced. But the treaty didn't create a fair peace, according to DW's Fabian Schmidt.
November 21, 2005

Serbian President Apologizes in Sarajevo

In a visit to Bosnia, Serbian President Boris Tadic has asked for forgiveness for war crimes committed in the name of Serbia.
December 7, 2004

EU to Head Peacekeeping in Bosnia

The European Union announced Friday it plans to replace NATO's peacekeeping troops with its own in Bosnia-Herzegovina at the end of the year, as part of a new EU paramilitary force.
September 17, 2004

Historians Split on German WWI Role

Aug. 1 marks the 90th anniversary of Kaiser Wilhelm II's declaration of war against Russia. But the role of imperial Germany in unleashing the horrors of World War I continues to divide historians nearly a century later.
July 29, 2004

UN Mission Running Out of Time

The US is standing firm on its promise to veto the United Nations mission in Bosnia Thursday if American soldiers don't get immunity from the new International Criminal Court.
July 2, 2002

Hunting the Milosevic Trial's Missing Link

When Bosnian Serb warrior and alleged war criminal Radovan Karadzic escaped arrest last week, a big sigh of relief was likely breathed in a Hague prison cell – by Slobodan Milosevic.
March 6, 2002

Bosnian Cops, European Feel

Police forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina, up-ended by a war that ended in 1995 and scattered by ethnic strife, have been monitored by the United Nations for seven years. Now, the European Union will take on the job.
February 19, 2002

Holding What's Left of Yugoslavia Together

EU officials take Serbia's side, pressuring Montenegrin leaders to abandon their drive for independence.
December 20, 2001