Sarajevo

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.

Conflict & Justice

A journalist who covered the Bosnian war testifies in war crimes trial of a key Serb commander

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.

Lifestyle & Belief

This Bosnian War survivor has a musical interpretation of the Sarajevo Haggadah

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.

Conflict & Justice

Why Bosnians are so angry at their government

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.

Sports

See what this Olympic skier, pop star prince will be wearing to represent Mexico at Sochi

January 31, 2014

Prince Hubertus von Hohenlohe will be skiing for his birth country, Mexico, this winter in Sochi. It's his fifth Winter Olympics. His chosen ski suit resembles a mariachi singer, but the eccentric prince isn't an Olympic tourist he says.

Global Scan

A Nobel Peace Prize for Edward Snowden?

January 29, 2014

A former Norwegian minister nominates Snowden for the Nobel Peace Prize. India's highest court maintains the country's ban on gay sex. And an Iranian teacher stands up for a stricken student who is bullied. All that and more, in today's Global Scan

Conflict & Justice

'The Butcher of Bosnia' refuses to testify for a former ally at The Hague

January 28, 2014

Former Bosnian military commander Ratko Mladic came face-to-face with the former leader of the Bosnian Serbs, Radovan Karadzic, for the first time in two decades at a criminal court in the Hague. But he refused to testify for his old ally.

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The poetry of Radovan Karadzic

July 31, 2008

Anchor Lisa Mullins talks with Chris Merrill, director of the University of Iowa's International Writing Program and The World's book critic, about a poem called "A Morning Bomb;ï¿½ the writer was former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic

Geo answer - Global Hit

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.

Routine

Living on Earth

September 21, 2001

Lifestyle & Belief

The Spy Who Loved Me: A True Life Story

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.

The Siege of Sarajevo: 20 Years Later

April 05, 2012

Jonathan Safran Foer and Nathan Englander on their 'New American Haggadah'

April 05, 2012

Siege of Sarajevo: Dan Damon Looks Back

April 16, 2012

Growing Up in a War Zone

October 15, 2012

Sarajevo: Grief Over Bosnia War Anniversary

April 06, 2012

Residents of Sarajevo marked the twentieth anniversary of the start of Balkan civil war on Friday. The siege of Sarajevo was one of the most brutal episodes of the wars that accompanied the break up of Yugoslavia.