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"There is absolutely no acceptable reason for glorifying convicted war criminals," the new High Representative to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany's Christian Schmidt, said.

He explained that many things needed to be understood when looking at the past.

Held hostage to ethnic vetoes

Signing of Dayton Peace Agreement. Photo: Wikipedia/U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Brian Schlumbohm 

A three-sided war pitching Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats against each other from 1992 to 1995 forced hundreds of thousands of people in Bosnia to leave their homes.

Elmedin Skrebo, vice-director of IFS EMMAUS in Bosnia and Herzegovina, has helped organise several aid convoys from Bosnia to the refugee camps in Turkey.

From 1996 to 2018, a total of 86,755 people renounced their Bosnian citizenship - more than the population of the town of Brcko in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina - according to data that BIRN has obtained from the country's annual migration profile.

About 86 per cent of Bosnians believe the country is heading in the wrong direction while only 9 per cent believe it is moving in the right direction, a new poll suggests.

The data come from the International Republican Institute, IRI, which released the new poll on Tuesday.

Bosnians gathered in the villages of Ahmici and Trusina to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the war crimes committed there against Bosniaks and Bosnian Croats.

After the qualifying match between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Greece, which ended in a scoreless draw (0-0), a mass fight brawl erupted with assistant coach of Bosnia Stephan Gilli punching Greek sub Giannis Gianniotas in the face and knocking out a tooth.

A broad-reaching new project to bring Bosnia into line with European anti-discrimination norms launches on Wednesday.

"Various forms of discrimination remain one of the most serious human rights issues in Bosnia and Herzegovina," said a statement by the Council of Europe, which launched the project in partnership with the European Union.

Bosnian Croats are abandoning the Herzegovina region, largely because of the poor job situation and low wages - and the better opportunities on offer in the EU.

The Prosecution of Bosnia-Herzegovina has raised indictments against three persons in a case known as "Benelux".

The three - Bosnian citizens Adis Ramic and Amar Sljivo, and Swedish citizen Osman Abdel Salam - are accused of smuggling an explosive device meant to be used in a terrorist attack in Sweden.