The GroundTruth Project
June 27, 2014
One hundred years after the First World War, boundaries established after the armistice at the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh hour" still shape many of today's conflicts. From ISIS's invasion of Mosul to Boko Haram's kidnapping of schoolgirls, GlobalPost co-founder Charles Sennott journeys from Iraq to Nigeria to the Balkans to Northern Ireland and the Holy Land to see how WWI's history lives on, the lessons learned — and far too often not learned.
Conflict & Justice
Bosnia emerges as new underground migrant route while Europe’s borders tighten
GlobalPost
July 09, 2018
Bosnia, a small mountainous country with a population of around 3.5 million, recorded only 775 migrant arrivals for the whole of 2017. The country's minister of security said that 7,128 migrants had been registered since the beginning of 2018.
Arts, Culture & Media
Geo answer - Global Hit
PRI's The World
August 04, 2008
The answer to today's Geo Quiz is the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo. It's the hometown of Bosnian musician Damir Imamovic who is trying to revive the traditional folk music known as sevdah.
Conflict & Justice
Why Bosnians are so angry at their government
PRI's The World
February 10, 2014
A week of unrest has shaken Bosnia-Hercegovina. Nearly 20 years after the end of the civil war there, people have had enough of government corruption and incompetence.
Routine
Living on Earth
September 21, 2001
Lifestyle & Belief
This Bosnian War survivor has a musical interpretation of the Sarajevo Haggadah
PRI's The World
April 14, 2014
The Sarajevo Haggadah was written in the 14th century as an illustrated guide to the Passover seder. Bosnian-born composer and concert accordionist Merima Kljuco was inspired to turn the book, and its story, into a piece of music.
Lifestyle & Belief
The Spy Who Loved Me: A True Life Story
The Takeaway
March 09, 2011
What's life really like for an undercover couple? Robert Baer and Dayna Baer know. They are two dedicated CIA agents, who had more or less given up on their personal lives, but fell in love on a mission to Sarajevo.
Conflict & Justice
A journalist who covered the Bosnian war testifies in war crimes trial of a key Serb commander
PRI's The World
May 21, 2014
The brutal war in Bosnia ended nearly 20 years ago. But at the International Criminal Tribunal in the Hague the conflict is still being dissected in detail. At the war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic, the prosecution has wrapped. Now for the defence.
The Siege of Sarajevo: 20 Years Later
The Takeaway
April 05, 2012
Sports
Even if they lose, Bosnia-Herzegovina's national team has already won
PRI's The World
June 13, 2014
This Sunday, Bosnia-Herzegovina will play its first World Cup match ever. More than two decades after the country was torn apart by ethnic violence, this national team symbolizes a new page in the country's history.
Jonathan Safran Foer and Nathan Englander on their 'New American Haggadah'
The Takeaway
April 05, 2012