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Bosnia and Herzegovina's declaration of sovereignty in October 1991, was followed by a declaration of independence from the former Yugoslavia on 3 March 1992 after a referendum boycotted by ethnic Serbs. The Bosnian Serbs - supported by neighboring Serbia and Montenegro - responded with armed resistance aimed at partitioning the republic along ethnic lines and joining Serb-held areas to form a "Greater Serbia." In March 1994, Bosniaks and Croats reduced the number of warring factions from three to two by signing an agreement creating a joint Bosniak/Croat Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. On 21 November 1995, in Dayton, Ohio, the warring parties initialed a peace agreement that brought to a halt three years of interethnic civil strife (the final agreement was signed in Paris on 14 December 1995). The Dayton Agreement retained Bosnia and Herzegovina's international boundaries and created a joint multi-ethnic and democratic government. This national government was charged with conducting foreign, diplomatic, and fiscal policy. Also recognized was a second tier of government comprised of two entities roughly equal in size: the Bosniak/Croat Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Bosnian Serb-led Republika Srpska (RS). The Federation and RS governments were charged with overseeing most government functions. The Office of the High Representative (OHR) was established to oversee the implementation of the civilian aspects of the agreement. In 1995-96, a NATO-led international peacekeeping force (IFOR) of 60,000 troops served in Bosnia to implement and monitor the military aspects of the agreement. IFOR was succeeded by a smaller, NATO-led Stabilization Force (SFOR) whose mission was to deter renewed hostilities. European Union peacekeeping troops (EUFOR) replaced SFOR in December 2004; their mission was to maintain peace and stability throughout the country.To be updated

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By TomandKat
September 12th 2008

A little trip round the Balkans

Europe » Bosnia & Herzegovina » East » Sarajevo

Split

We've been on our hols round a few of the Balkan countries for almost a week now although it feels like much longer. We started by flying into Split where we got a bus to the centre from airport and met the girl whose apartment we were staying in, which was really nice, a tiny little thing which we had to ourselves with kitchen and everything you'd need for much longer than the one night we were staying. We took in the small town with it's nice waterfront, old Roman palace and random 'beach' (more like a bit of concrete with [View Full Entry]

By Janey Matt
August 31st 2008

Eastern Europe and beyond

Europe » Bosnia & Herzegovina

Parliament, Budapest
A little better than the Beehive

Driving south of Croatia took us into the world’s newest country (and maybe one of the smallest) - Montenegro. Montenegro became independent from Serbia two years ago, and is (slowly) finding its place in the world of tourism. We drove to Budva, the largest coastal town, which is a very busy summer holiday destination (and not much else). This is the type of beach you imagine when you think of Europe; very overcrowded, hot, polluted water, umbrellas and chaos! Budva’s new claim to fame is that it is hosting Madonna next month on one of her European tours; although we don’t [View Full Entry]

By Alard
August 26th 2008

Groeten uit Jajce

Europe » Bosnia & Herzegovina » West » Jezero

Groeten uit Jajce! Waar? Jajce, klein plaatsje in Bosnie-Hercegovina :) Mooi gelegen in de bergen, bekend van een waterval naast het centrum. Wat hebben jullie gemist in het verhaal van Simone? Misschien de verhalen over eten? :) Laat ik dan eens beginnen met een uit-ge-brei-de beschrijving van wat we allemaal gegeten hebben... of niet, gewoon lekker gegeten, veel vis en pizza en pasta en vlees en salades en ijsjes. Jummie! In Mostar (waar we de vorige blog-entry schreven) hebben we van alles gezien in de oude stad: natuurlijk de Oude Brug diverse keren; een moskee met een minaret die we [View Full Entry]

By Alard
August 21st 2008

Groeten uit Mostar

Europe » Bosnia & Herzegovina » South » Mostar

Groeten uit Mostar! Bekend van die brug die 't bijna 500 jaar heeft volgehouden, tot hij in de Joegoslavië-oorlog werd stukgeschoten... maar inmiddels is herbouwd. Het is hier errug warm! De man in ons hotel vertelde dat het laatst 45 graden was... Maar, vandaag zal Simone jullie vertellen wat we allemaal gedaan hebben de afgelopen 9 dagen! Take it away... Simone! ;-) Op woensdag de 13e hebben we vanuit Split met de bus naar Solin en Trogir gereisd. Solin (Salona) is een oude hoofdstad van Dalma [View Full Entry]

By ChristopherL
August 18th 2008

Beer and meat for cheap, cant be beaten..

Europe » Bosnia & Herzegovina » East » Sarajevo

Sarajevo

A little update since we only had two days in this place before we moved onto Belgrade.. Well we wish we had stayed longer in Sarajevo even though it is only a tiny city for the capital of a country. The bus trip from Dubrovnik was spectular going over mountains, along cliffs and into deep valleys but the best part of the trip was the stop over we made along the way. We have not really been eating any meat when travelling since it is eith to expensive or to hard to find a place to cook but in Bosnia it [View Full Entry]

By Foster77
August 6th 2008

Mostar

Europe » Bosnia & Herzegovina » South » Mostar

Mostar 2

I wasn't intending on going to Mostar but it seemed like every other backpacker in Europe was making the point of visiting the rebuilt Stari Most or Old Bridge. It also meant I wouldn't have to go through Zagreb twice to visit Split. I was picked up by the hostel owner from the train station and she gave me the potted history of the region during the war. Originally no one in Mostar thought they would be brought into the troubles even when all the Serbians in the area mysteriously left one day but when the war did break out she [View Full Entry]

By Foster77
August 5th 2008

Sarajevo

Europe » Bosnia & Herzegovina » East » Sarajevo

Sarajevo 1

After the longest train journey since the creation of trains and a 3 hour delay in Croatia where the local shop decided a good exchange rate was 1 euro to 1 kuna (it should be 10) I finally made it in to Sarajevo just as they were locking up the station. Sarajevo is very different to the countries Ive been to so far due to its massively Turkish influence. The old town is a maze of cobbled streets lined with souvenir shops with hundreds of minarets overlooking them. Its only when you take a second look that you see that almost [View Full Entry]

By Clive Rob and Meredith
August 2nd 2008

InterRail Global Pass

Europe » Bosnia & Herzegovina » East » Sarajevo

Hostel City Center, Sarajevo

Had fun in Sarajevo, didn't tread on a landmine [View Full Entry]

By James and Tija
July 31st 2008

62 hours and Tata!!!!!

Europe » Bosnia & Herzegovina

July 22, We boarded the ferry and secured some pretty sweet seats on the deck in the shade. We had plenty of goodies to make this trip a success, we just had no idea where we would go once we arrived at the port in Athens. About ten minutes from departure a young man asked James, "Did you learn any Greek while you were on the island?" James said "no" and they began conversing. Five minutes into the conversation we discovered he speaks Tija's language and he's from Serbia. He, in fact, was making a portion of the trip we were [View Full Entry]

By girlontherailway
July 26th 2008

WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOUR TRAIN JOURNEY IS 50 HOURS LONG????

Europe » Bosnia & Herzegovina

26//07//08 WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOUR TRAIN JOURNEY IS 50 HOURS LONG???? I left Berlin bright and early. Pack and ready to go for '44 hour trip', I had bought lots of test cheap organic food from the local discount supermarket, so common in Germany, and the left overs from the amazing vegetarian fear Wenke and I had had the night before. But the rest of the next two days would not be that simple... The first day was fine. Only twelve hours to Budapest and again I meet a friend of a friend, a Kenyan Indian lady from Morden [View Full Entry]

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