Foca

Damir Imamovic

The popular vocalist-guitarist from Sarajevo was born into a family of musicians including his grandfather, Zaim Imamovic, a sevdah legend from the mid-20th century.

The award-winning musician is also a researcher into sevdah, a musical form whose roots date back as far back as the 15th century.

The Turkish army has deployed specially trained military forces in the southeastern town of Cizre, which has been under curfew for more than two weeks, to deactivate improvised explosive devices that cannot be seen to the naked eye.

The 16th century Emperor’s Mosque in the town of Foca, which was badly damaged by Bosnian Serb forces during the war in 1992, is to be reconstructed.

Danka Tesic from the regional East Sarajevo police force told Balkan Insight on Monday that rescue teams were still struggling to remove the bodies of the three dead people from under the bus after the crash, which was probably caused by bad weather conditions. 
 

A doctor testified in Ratko Mladic’s defence at the Hague Tribunal that the hospital in the Serb-run town of Foca did not turn away Bosniaks who needed treatment during wartime.

Bosniaks refused a peace deal that could have averted fighting in the city of Foca in 1992 and began military operations first, a former Bosnian Serb official told Ratko Mladic’s war crimes trial.

Bosnia's Council of Ministers - the government - was due to ratify a draft agreement on the border with Montenegro on Thursday.

Bosnia's Minister of Civil Affairs, Sredoje Novic, confirmed that all activities towards reaching an agreement on the border between the two neighbours were now finished.

Former Bosnian Serb Army troops testified at the trial of Ratko Mladic that volunteer fighters from Serbia and Montenegro were to blame for wartime crimes in the town of Foca.

BiH's monuments from Ottoman era returning to their old glow

With assistance from Turkey, the reconstruction of historic and religious landmarks is under way in BiH.

With the placement of the first cornerstone on June 1st, the reconstruction of the Aladza Mosque in Foca, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) took on significance, both symbolic and tangible.