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A security guard's kiosk burns next to the building of the Sarajevo Canton government. February 7, 2014. (Photo: Jim Marshall)

Sarajevo State Buildings Torched in Riots

Protests escalated into clashes with police and attacks on government offices.

Fire takes hold in the building of the Centar Municipality in Sarajevo, February 7, 2014. (Photo: Jim Marshall)

Editorial Comment

Could Sarajevo Protests Herald "Bosnian Spring"?

Amid the worst violence to hit country since the end of the war, some are hoping the unrest will prompt real political change.

Mirzabey Mirzayev says his land was seized to build a holiday resort. (Photo: Gular Mehdizade)

Azeri Farmers Say Land Seized for Ski Resort

Progress slow in legal challenge to state takeover of farms to build prestige project.

Defence witness Mico Stanisic in the ICTY courtroom. (Photo: ICTY)

Courtside

Bosnian Serb Police Minister Says He Acted Within Law

Karadzic defence witness says there was no joint plan for the wartime expulsion of Bosniaks and Croats.

Briefly Noted

Hague Prosecutor Wants Perisic Acquittal Reconsidered

Convictions for aiding and abetting crimes in Sarajevo and Srebrenica were overturned in March 2013.

Tbilisi city council chairman Irakli Shikhiashvili. (Photo: Tbilisi assembly website)

Budget Battles in Georgian Capital

Ruling party using its control of Tbilisi’s elected assembly to pressure mayoral office.

View of Mt. Igman, the venue for ski jumping and cross-country skiing in the 1984 Winter Olympics. (Photo: Dražen Huterer)

Sarajevans Mourn Lost Legacy of 1984 Olympics

Multimillion dollar investment in winter sports was wrecked in the war that followed.

Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan. (Photo: Photolur agency)

Armenia: Presidential Health Story "Leaked"

Serzh Sargsyan’s private trip to South Korea becomes news story.

One of the protesting parents, Muhizin Omerovic, holds up a school timetable based on the Serb curriculum. (Photo: Ajdin Kamber)

Bosniak Parents Pledge to Continue Schooling Battle

Children stay off school for months in dispute over language, history and other subjects.

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A woman reacts over the body of her daughter, next to a clinic that was damaged during a Russian missile attack, on June 1, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine. At least three were killed, including a child, and others were injured by falling debris from intercepted missiles. © Roman Pilipey/Getty Images

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An AFPTV cameraman films while smoke plumes billow during Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on October 12, 2023 as raging battles between Israel and the Hamas movement continue for the sixth consecutive day. Thousands of people, both Israeli and Palestinians have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip, entered southern Israel in a surprise attack leading Israel to declare war on Hamas in Gaza on October 8. © Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images

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