Bosnia

Israir awaits final approval for Tokyo, Miami flights, adds new European destinations for 2027

The announcement came following an earlier announcement by Israir on Sunday that it will expand its operations in Morocco to two weekly flights starting in November.

Israir Airlines Airbus A330.
People pass near a banner depicting former Kosovo's President Hashim Thaci and former parliament speaker Kadri Veseli, in Skenderaj, Kosovo September 15, 2026.

Hashim Thaci convicted of murder, torture, and detention in Kosovo war crimes trial

GROWING TIES: Outgoing Israeli Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina Galit Peleg, Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli, and Republika Srpska president Milorad Dodik attend the inauguration of the Israel Chamber of Commerce representative office in Banja Luka, Republika Srpska, last week.

Israel’s survival story inspires vision for Republika Srpska’s future, Milorad Dodik tells 'Post'

 1: Outgoing Israeli Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina Galit Peleg, Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli and Milorad Dodik attend the inauguration of the Israel Chamber of Commerce representative office in Banja Luka, Republika Srpska, September 3, 2026.

Israel opens first Chamber of Commerce office in Republika Srpska, Bosnia


Sarajevo Jews celebrate a second Purim. For centuries, they weren’t alone.

Purim is a story repeated all over the world. Not just the texts, but the reality of a powerful person trying to end Jews and Jews constant survival.

 EXPLAINING THE Sarajevo Haggadah in the Sarajevo Museum.

Bosnia’s Jewish community putting together archive for eventual museum

“Our idea is to write the history of the Jewish people in Bosnia and Herzegovina,” said Eli Tauber, who authored several books on Bosnian Jewish culture and history.

Eli Tauber walks through a Jewish cemetery in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, November 6, 2019.

EU member states agree to give Bosnia EU candidate status -diplomats

Bosnia will join the ranks of other nations seeking EU entry.

 A member of European Forces (EUFOR) stands in front of the Bosnia and Herzegovina and European Union flags during Change of Command Ceremony in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina March 28, 2017.

Bosnian Jews mourn Moris Albahari, one of Sarajevo’s last Ladino speakers

Moris Albahari, a Holocaust survivor, former partisan fighter and one of the last Ladino speakers in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s dwindling Jewish community, passed away at the age of 93 last month.

 Moris Albahari, shown in a documentary about his story called “Saved by Language,” was a pillar of Sarajevo's Jewish community.

Bosnian Serb pro-Russian leader renews secession threat

Pro-Russian Milorad Dodik triggered the gravest political crisis in postwar Bosnia last December when he tried to pull the Serb Republic out of key state institutions.

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Serb member of the tripartite Bosnian Presidency Milorad Dodik during a meeting in Moscow, Russia, September 20, 2022.

Serbian president reveals grandfather was murdered in Holocaust - exclusive

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said he felt as if this part of history is almost buried and not discussed.

 Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic speaks during an interview with Reuters in Belgrade, Serbia August 29, 2022.

Leaked memo shows Israeli support for far-right law in Bosnia

While most ethnonationalist parties support the proposition, many prominent Bosnian politicians do not, and the leak created a political storm.

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Genocide denial must be unacceptable to Jewish leaders - opinion

On July 11, world leaders joined survivors in commemorating the Srebrenica Genocide, the worst atrocity to occur on European soil since the Holocaust.

 RESAD GOGALIJA, an employee of the Bosnian Ministry of Culture, displays the famed Sarajevo Haggadah at a Passover dinner in the city’s synagogue, in 1995.

New Bosnian political law may deepen divide between Jews, public

Bosnia's Jewish community leaders have been fighting against inequality in the country’s electoral system for over a decade.

 Protesters gather outside the Office of the High Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in Sarajevo, July 25, 2022.

Bosnia & Herzegovina's parliament adopts IHRA definition of antisemitism

This important decision is due to the the leadership of Dargan Čović and Milorad Dodik, who visited Israel last month.

 The Bosnia & Herzegovina parliament approving the IHRA definition of antisemitism