When it was announced that Bishop Bertram Meier of Augsburg was visiting Sarajevo, it was immediately clear that I would like to meet him for an interview. After all, what connects two cities more than a common soul? Augsburg and Sarajevo are both cities of peace – with very different histories and backgrounds, but with…
I am often asked what it is like to travel to Sarajevo during Ramadan or Bayram. Many people are unsure and wonder whether life in the city is restricted or whether tourists might even feel uncomfortable. That’s exactly why I decided to write this little report. Much has already been reported about Ramadan in Sarajevo….
Rafting on the Neretva, competitions in five sports and friendships across borders – Around 250 police officers from eight different countries meet for the eleventh IPA meeting in Sarajevo at the invitation of Muamer Klino, President of IPA Sarajevo Sarajevo to host the IPA Meeting 2025 From August 14 to 17, 2025, Sarajevo once again…
Sarajevo – a city that connects East and West like no other place in Europe. Anyone who travels here is immersed in a mixture of history, cultures and cuisine. You don’t have to travel all the way to Istanbul to experience this symbiosis – Sarajevo offers it up close. What’s more, the city is surrounded…
Sarajevo – a city with history, diversity and now international recognition. Under the leadership of the IPA President of Sarajevo, Muamer Klino, an important international security conference was recently held, which not only brought together experts from various countries, but also focused on the tourism potential of the Bosnian capital. At a time when travelers…
The young Sevdah singer Božo Vrećo not only sings old Sevdalinke, but also writes and composes new ones. And quite successfully at that. In this interview, he explains why he is so successful. Božo Vrećo enters the stage in flowing dresses and high-heeled shoes. The fashions he wears flatter his petite and slender figure. His…
“… In you are many old songs / about love, about which one must not sing / all your children will be silent / sad days, hours and minutes / they will hate and poison them / teach them to dream about the far distance …” Listening to the words of the current Sevdah song“Sarajevo”…
On the centenary of the Sarajevo assassination, participants at the international conference “The long shots of Sarajevo 1914 – 2014” are attempting to reinterpret the events. The results are surprising. South African author Tim Butcher stands in front of a rock in Obljaj in north-western Bosnia-Herzegovina. The assassin Gavrilo Princip carved his initials into this…
It has been 22 years since the war in Bosnia began with the first casualties in Sarajevo. In the 1425 days that followed, life in the besieged city was dominated by death and survival. I was 16 years old at the time. The years of war in my home country were characterized by hope and…
A tank drives through Sarajevo and people run away – this was the first image I saw on television when the siege of the city began on April 5, 1992. I was 16 years old at the time and didn’t understand what it meant at first. Until then, Sarajevo had been my other home, where…
