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Bosnian capital sees first spring snow in 50 years

The Bosnian capital and its surroundings were covered by snow on Monday, the first time in half a century snow has settled in Sarajevo at this time of year, as temperatures plunged to just above freezing. “The snow was nine centimetres (over three inches) high at 0500 GMT. It is…

Bosnia marks 20 years since war

Thousands of red chairs stood empty along Sarajevo’s main avenue on Friday as Bosnia commemorated the 20th anniversary of the bloodiest conflict in Europe since World War II. A classical orchestra was to play a concert for the 11,541 empty seats, one for each civilian killed in the city in…