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Expansion: Von Der Leyen Tells Bosnia Your Future is in the European Union
November 2nd, 2023 
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No Comments »Thousands march in Bosnia to mark 1995 Srebrenica genocide as ethnic tensions linger on
July 8th, 2023 Awake Goy The faultlines of old conflicts in the former Yugoslavia are the most active they have been in years A solemn peace march started on Saturday through forests in eastern Bosnia in memory of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, Europe’s only acknowledged genocide since World War II. The annual 100-kilometre march retraces a route taken by thousands […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: bosnia, ethnic, Genocide, march, srebrenica, tensions, thousands No Comments »EU is committed to Bosnia and Herzegovina’s European future, mission head declares
October 26th, 2022 Awake Goy EUFOR’s Deputy Head Aurelie Valtat said that the military exercises in Bosnia and Herzegovina show the European Union’s commitment to the country’s European future. She made the comment as thousands of troops from 20 different countries take part in drills. Source Views: 0
Posted in Jewish News Tags: bosnia, committed, declares, european, future, herzegovina, mission No Comments »Bosnia arrests five former Muslim soldiers for war crimes against Serbs
December 8th, 2021 Awake Goy Five former Bosnian Muslim soldiers have been charged with war crimes against Serb civilians during the 1990s war. The suspects are accused of killing at least eight civilians in Sarajevo, the country’s prosecutor’s office said. The group is also suspected of crimes against at least 100 victims, including unlawful imprisonment, torture, abuse, forced labour, and […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: against, arrests, bosnia, Crimes, former, muslim, soldiers No Comments »Bosnia’s presidency has pledged there will be no war, says senior US diplomat
November 9th, 2021 Awake Goy Bosnian officials have ruled out the possibility of a new ethnic war, a senior US envoy has said, despite deep tensions triggered by Bosnian Serb separatist moves. Gabriel Escobar, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, stressed that talks with the Bosniak, Serb and Croat presidency members were constructive. “The most important thing … that we […]
Afghan migrants in Bosnia still hope to reach EU despite violent pushback
October 15th, 2021 Awake Goy Several hundred Afghan migrants including women, children and a seven-day-old baby have settled in a makeshift tent camp near the border with Croatia, determined to continue their journey to the European Union despite pushback and deportations, Reuter’s reports. “I don’t want to go back to my country ever again,” said a man who identified himself […]
Alleged police brutality in Bosnia and Herzegovina could be torture, says Council of Europe
September 14th, 2021 Awake Goy The Council of Europe’s anti-torture committee has published a damning report on alleged police brutality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The committee said it unearthed serious allegations of physical and psychological ill-treatment by law enforcement officials. In a final report published on Tuesday, it said the claims were so serious they could amount to torture. They […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: alleged, bosnia, brutality, could, herzegovina, police, Torture No Comments »Bosnia Intelligence Chief Detained in Money Laundering Probe
July 14th, 2021 Awake Goy A money laundering exhibit is displayed at Target America: Drug Traffickers, Terrorists and You, a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) traveling museum exhibit in Times Square, New York City, on Sep. 16, 2004. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina—Bosnian authorities have detained the head of the Balkan country’s state security agency in a probe that includes money […]
Posted in money laundering Tags: bosnia, Chief, detained, INTELLIGENCE, laundering, money, probe No Comments »Why so little progress on Bosnia’s bid to join the European Union?
May 29th, 2021 Awake Goy Bosnia and Herzegovina was a country born out of war – the breakup of the former Yugoslavia left the region deeply scarred. More than 100,000 people were killed and two million displaced during the conflict. After the end of the violence, Sarajevo had aspirations of joining the EU. But a quarter of a century later, […]
On Bosnia’s border with Croatia, migrants stranded, sick and desperate
May 24th, 2021 Awake Goy Dozens of migrant families with small children have been sleeping rough in a village by Bosnia’s border with Croatia while looking for a chance to cross and move on toward Western Europe. People fleeing war and poverty in their countries in the Middle East, Africa or Asia are staying in small tents and abandoned houses […]
What are the real reasons behind Bosnia’s migrant crisis?
January 20th, 2021 Awake Goy On the face of it, the pictures before Christmas of people freezing in snow-covered makeshift tents near the Bosnia-Croatia border was, for many, just another all-too-familiar tale of woe for EU-bound migrants. But, delve a little deeper, and what emerges is a far more complex story. It’s a tale that highlights the dysfunctional nature of […]
Bosnia: Hundreds of migrants grappling with freezing temperatures in makeshift shelters
January 17th, 2021 Awake Goy Hundreds of migrants in northwest Bosnia still sleeping rough in freezing temperatures that forecasters say could fall as low as -15C. Individuals and families, some with small children, are stranded near the border to Croatia, often used as the gateway to Europe. “The situation is very bad,” explained Muhammad Khan from Afghanistan. “The weather is […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: bosnia, freezing, grappling, hundreds, makeshift, migrants, temperatures No Comments »Bosnia migrants: Around 850 being moved to heated tents amid freezing conditions in Lipa camp
January 10th, 2021 Awake Goy An estimated 850 people were set to be moved into temporary heated tents at Lipa migrant camp by Saturday evening. “The authorities have taken charge, which is a really good thing, and are now in charge of running these new temporary locations,” Peter Van der Auweraert, the UN’s Western Balkans Coordinator told Euronews. “The key […]
Bosnia migrants ‘moved into heated tents’ amid more snowy weather
January 9th, 2021 Awake Goy Bosnian authorities have started moving some migrants and refugees stuck at a burnt out camp into heated tents, the United Nations said, as fresh snow and freezing weather added to the misery of people stranded in the Balkan country while trying to reach Western Europe. Many migrants at the Lipa camp site were trying to […]
Fire engulfs controversial migrant camp near Bosnia-Croatia border
December 24th, 2020 Awake Goy A huge fire hit a much-criticised migrant camp in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday. People were seen running away from the Lipa facility near the border with Croatia. No injuries were immediately reported. It was home to around 1,200 migrants, the majority hoping to make it to the European Union. “As far as we […]
Film about Bosnia takes top prize at El Gouna Film Festival in Middle East
November 1st, 2020 Awake Goy The El Gouna Film Festival was determined to nurture a culture that makes it possible for filmmakers to transform their visions into reality despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The nine-day event is the first film festival to take place in the Middle East in 2020. There were 63 feature films, 18 short films, and 10 documentaries […]
COVID-19 deniers grow more vocal in Bosnia even as nation counts its dead
October 3rd, 2020 Awake Goy Denis Zekic was on his daily video call with his parents in Bosnia in early August when his father said he might be coming down with a fever. Less than a month later, both of Zekic’s parents were dead, joining the people who would be counted as the coronavirus pandemic’s global toll climbed toward 1 […]
Israel’s IAI to help Bosnia boost cybersecurity via online training program
September 30th, 2020 Awake Goy Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), the nation’s largest aerospace and defense company, said Wednesday it will collaborate with Bosnia and Herzegovina to open an “online cyber academy” that will train local students on one of the cybersecurity simulators of the Israeli firm. As part of the agreement, the cybersecurity professionals of IAI’s ELTA Group and IAI’s […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: boost, bosnia, cybersecurity, israel, online, program, training No Comments »Migrants Are Taking a New Route Through Bosnia
March 28th, 2018 Awake Goy Borna, Defend Europa, 27 March 2018 A new Balkan route through Bosnia has opened up for migrants: from Greece to Albania, then on to Montenegro and Herzegovina. This route, according to a western diplomatic source, matches the one taken by weapon and drug traffickers, which reveals that human smuggling networks have also been established. Paying […]
US Government Report Admits Poisoning Drinking Water Of Millions
April 18th, 2016 Awake Goy The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued a shocking report that says drinking water across the United States is being knowingly contaminated with dangerous poisons by the federal government. According to the GAO, the Environmental Protection Agency has failed to protect underground drinking water supplies from oilfield contamination, and been grossly negligent in allowing […]
