Imagine being in between sniper crossfire. Republic of Srpska and Bosnian Serbs were at war‚ because of the land. The republic of from the Sarajevo 1993‚ in the spring‚ people being shot at every turn. There are people who are 35‚ but look 50. The people are terrible‚ when somebody gets shot most just the keep walking and don’t stop to help. Kenan is a good man‚ but is scared out of his mind when it comes to the war. His two biggest fears are being killed or killing someone else. He’s a family
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rarely mentioned. The Bosnian genocide took place between 1992 and 1995‚ around the time my generation was beginning. It was a result of the war between Bosnia and the Serbians (and a number of Croatians). In 1946‚ Yugoslavia was divided into six federated republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina‚ Croatia‚ Macedonia‚ Montenegro‚ Serbia‚ and Slovenia. Bosnia passed a referendum for independence that was supported by the country’s Muslims and Croats‚ but rejected by representatives of the Serb population‚ who
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mid 1900’s so that no one was able to see a disaster such as the Holocaust coming. Many things led to the weakening of Europe at the time. The Ottoman Empire was breaking up plus they were still trying to get over the devastation of WW I. Bosnia and Herzegovina had been having many problems as well. They were a witness to much change and devastation ever since the early 1900’s when they became merged as Yugoslavia with three distinct ethnic groups. In the middle of WW II the axis powers split Yugoslavia
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legal state which ruled Bosnia and which guaranteed basic religious-spiritual‚ physical‚ biological and material-property rights‚ to all the citizens. Muslims initially resisted by all available means to the Austro-Hungarian occupation. Immediately after‚ but during the occupation‚ the Muslims began emigrating to Turkey‚ Sandžak‚ Kosovo and Macedonia‚ the states which where still under Turkish authorities. Thus comes to radical reduction in the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to the census
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Justice and Individualism In “Vermeer in Bosnia‚” Lawrence Weschler challenges us to consider the prosecution of war criminals in unusual ways. He describes his observation of the preliminary hearings of The Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal and‚ at the same time‚ discusses many of Vermeer’s paintings. The concept of intersubjectivity is emphasized throughout the essay. The term “intersubjectivity” generally means a condition somewhere between subjectivity and objectivity‚ one in which a phenomenon
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The Impact of Religion on Ethno-Religious Conflicts: in Israel and Palestine‚ and Bosnia and Herzegovina Abstract Religion is supposed to be a positive factor in solving problems and disputes not only between individuals‚ but also between nations. Unfortunately‚ throughout history we have seen that religion was and still is used primarily by radicals to achieve their political‚ social‚ or religious agenda. This negative exploitation of religion by people of interest and radicals has distorted
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1.1 Economic background of Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H) Bosnia and Herzegovina was among the poorer areas of the old Yugoslav Federation and remains one of the poorer countries in Europe. Agriculture remains in private hands‚ but farms have been small and inefficient‚ and net food imports increased dramatically in the aftermath of the 1992-1995 war. Many industries are still overstaffed‚ reflecting the legacy of the centrally-planned economy‚ though limited privatization has improved efficiency
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References: Page Bosnia and Herzegovina: Tourism. (2007). Bosnia & Herzegovina ’s Business Environment (pp. 71-77). Blue Ibex Ltd. Business Source Complete‚ EBSCOhost‚ Retrieved June 16‚ 2013. Gilmore‚ A.‚ Carson‚ D.‚ Fawcett‚ L.‚ & Ascenção‚ M. (2007). Sustainable marketing -- the case of Northern
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indicators and trade balance of each country of the region with the EU. 2. WESTERN BALKANS IN GENERAL Western Balkans is a region in Europe which includes Albania and states of Former Yugoslavia without Slovenia. Those countries are Croatia‚ Bosnia and Herzegovina‚ Montenegro‚ Serbia‚ Kosovo (as defined as UNMIK 1244)‚ Republic of Macedonia and Albania. The surface of this region is approximately 265.000 square kilometers and total population within is 24 million inhabitants. Historical background
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met and formed two more countries‚ Montenegro and Serbia‚ and gave Austria the control of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Serbia still wanted to form a new nation‚ Yugoslavia that would be comprised of Serbia‚ Montenegro and Bosnia (Etty 42). Austria opposed this due the amount of Russian influence in Serbia. In 1908 Austria made a political maneuver that would prove costly by deciding it wanted to own Bosnia-Herzegovina to prevent an invasion from Serbia‚ so they annexed it‚ making it part of their own empire
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