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Capital

Sarajevo

Head of State

Chairman of the Presidency Denis Bećirović

Head of Government

Prime Minister Nermin Nikšić

US President Donald Trump greets Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni during a summit in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, in October 2025. Photo: AP

US, Israel war on Iran

Trump envoy seeks to replace Iran with Italy in World Cup, report says

The plan is an attempt to mend ties with Italian PM Meloni, after she and Trump fell out over his attacks against Pope Leo.

23 Apr 2026 - 6:09AM

Indonesia

Indonesia’s defence deal with Bosnia signals Asian middle power’s clout

23 Jan 2026 - 6:40PM

France

Europe paralysed by snow as brutal cold snap disrupts flights, rail services

7 Jan 2026 - 8:16PM

Serbia

Separatist candidate wins presidential vote in Bosnia’s Serb region

Snap election sees Sinisa Karan win a tight race, pledging to forcefully continue the policies of the recently banned separatist leader.

24 Nov 2025 - 11:33AM

Sinisa Karan after preliminary results indicated he won a snap presidential election. Photo: Reuters

Italy

Did ‘war tourists’ pay to kill civilians for sport in Sarajevo?

Wealthy would-be snipers are alleged to have paid six-figure sums to shoot precision rifles from Bosnian Serb army positions.

14 Nov 2025 - 11:04AM

War and conflict

UN court denies ‘Butcher of Bosnia’ Ratko Mladic early release from prison

Mladic, jailed for life in 2017 over genocide and war crimes, filed a request to be freed on June 3 saying he only had a few months to live.

30 Jul 2025 - 1:30AM

US-ally trade wars

Apparently impatient Trump slaps 25% tariffs on Japan, South Korea

Equal or higher tariffs imposed on others before Wednesday deadline.

8 Jul 2025 - 1:33PMvideocam

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt shows a letter on tariffs from US President Donald Trump to Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, during a press briefing at the White House on Monday. Photo: Reuters

Trending in China

Video | China’s ‘moving Great Wall’ basketballer makes senior team debut

The 18-year-old basketballer is 7ft 4in (2.26m) tall.

4 Jul 2025 - 6:00PMvideocam

Crime

Sweden confirms identity of gunman in nation’s worst mass shooting

Rickard Andersson, 35, killed 10 people at an education centre for young adults before apparently turning the gun on himself.

10 Feb 2025 - 8:31PMvideocam

Terrorism

Deadly attack at Bosnia police station is act of terrorism, prosecutors say

A teenager, 14, broke into a police station and stabbed officer, killing one and wounding another.

25 Oct 2024 - 6:52PM

Bosnian police officers guard the local police station after a teenager broke and killed one officer with a knife and wounded another, in the town of Bosanska Krupa. Photo: AP

Tourism

Park based on Van Gogh’s Starry Night realises a 20-year dream

A businessman in Bosnia has recreated one of Vincent van Gogh’s most famous paintings, The Starry Night, in the form of a nature park, which includes 130,000 lavender bushes in six different shades.

17 Aug 2024 - 4:15PM

A drone view of the Starry Night park in Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Photo: Reuters

Euro 2024

Moment of truth for revamped Italy as Euros title defence begins against Albania

Holders and four-time world champions are quietly confident despite missing out on the last World Cup and starting in a tough group that also includes Spain and Croatia.

15 Jun 2024 - 6:34AM

European Union

Opinion | EU elections: far-right rose on the back of centrist parties’ empty promises

Instead of offering policy solutions or addressing sceptics, traditional parties in Brussels have left a vacuum for the far-right to fill.

13 Jun 2024 - 8:30PMvideocam

Euro 2024

England boss Southgate excited by Bellingham’s rise but says collective is key

The 20-year-old star midfielder enjoyed a dream debut season with Real Madrid, but Southgate says ‘we are not putting everything on Jude’.

12 Jun 2024 - 10:57PM

England’s Jude Bellingham trains in Jena, Germany, on Tuesday. Photo: EPA-EFE

Euro 2024

Captain Kane says England have enough experience for success at Euro 2024

Gareth Southgate’s side, runners-up at the last event, are among favourites, with players who have played in two to three tournaments.

11 Jun 2024 - 3:00AM

Harry Kane says everyone in the England squad “has earned the right to be here”. Photo: EPA

Uefa

Euro 2024 blow for Italy as defender Scalvini is ruled out with torn ACL

Scalvini suffered injury in final match of campaign against Fiorentina and is the second defender after Francesco Acerbi to be ruled out of the tournament.

3 Jun 2024 - 6:17PM

United Nations

UN creates Srebrenica genocide memorial day over furious Serb opposition

Vote in the 193-member General Assembly was 84-19 with 68 nations abstaining, a reflection of concerns among many countries about the impact of the vote on reconciliation efforts in deeply divided Bosnia.

24 May 2024 - 3:36PM

Trending in China

Fearless Chinese girl treks global trail on US$1,600, faces sex-sale taunts

An intrepid young woman from China, who achieved the remarkable feat of travelling to several countries unaccompanied and on a tiny budget, has been forced to shut down online critics who accused her of funding her trip by selling sex.

19 May 2024 - 11:00AM

A young woman from China who travelled around the world on shoestring budget has faced online bullying from people who accused her of paying for her travels by selling sex. Photo: SCMP composite/Xiaohongshu

Ukraine war

As West wobbles on Ukraine war, China’s envoy kicks off European tour

Trip comes as there are signs Ukraine is taking China’s possible role more seriously than officials elsewhere in Europe, analysts say.

5 Mar 2024 - 2:00PMvideocam

AFC Asian Cup 2023

Andersen set for striking riches, Hong Kong receive latest positive bulletin

Hong Kong could have two fresh striking faces for January’s AFC Asian Cup finals after Stefan Pereira followed Juninho in revealing his optimism over receiving a passport before a pre-tournament camp.

28 Nov 2023 - 1:27PM

Ukraine war

Ukraine takes ‘historic step’ towards EU membership amid war with Russia

Ukraine has hailed its “historic step” towards European Union membership amid its ongoing war against Russia.

9 Nov 2023 - 12:27AM

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at a press conference in Kyiv last Saturday. Photo: AP

Belt and Road Initiative

China makes strides on Xi’s pledge to stop backing coal power abroad: report

China cancelled a third of its overseas coal projects in the last two years, avoiding 6.2 billion tonnes of emissions, but Chinese companies are testing the ambiguity of the pledge, according to researchers.

16 Oct 2023 - 7:30PMvideocam

Smoke rises from chimneys at the Suralaya coal-fired power plant in Cilegon, Indonesia, on September 14, 2023. Photo: AFP

Ukraine war

Opinion | Ukraine war: how China can stop nuclear Armageddon

Hope lies in getting nuclear powers to agree to a ‘no first use’ policy. If China can persuade the US, then Britain and France are likely to fall in line. The challenge is getting Russia on board.

4 Sep 2023 - 1:00AMvideocam

Tourism

Balkan bliss: history, stunning scenery, and you have it almost to yourself

Taking a scenic route from Romania to Albania shows how far some European countries, their medieval highlights intact or painstakingly restored, have moved on from devastating wars, even as one rages nearby.

30 Jul 2023 - 9:37AM

FIBA

Hong Kong Eastern looking for beauty in simplicity ahead of new season

City’s only professional basketball side has a new coach and a new approach, but dominance of local game underpins it all.

19 Jul 2023 - 10:12AM

Dominic Gilbert (left) and Hong Kong Eastern coach Mensur Bajramovic at a training session in Yuen Long. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

FIBA

Eastern hire former rival Bajramovic as new basketball head coach

Hong Kong franchise tie up their replacement just days after announcing departure of former boss Zeljko Pavlicevic.

6 Jul 2023 - 9:48PM

Hong Kong Eastern lift the 2023 Asean Basketball League trophy. Photo: Handout

China trade

Have China’s central, eastern European trade dreams reached the end of the line?

Lack of enthusiasm by central and eastern European governments for trade expo in Ningbo reflected their low expectations of gaining a foothold in the Chinese consumer market.

10 Jun 2023 - 6:52AMvideocam

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong top sports body to issue written reprimand to ice hockey association

‘After discussion, the board came to the conclusion that the punishment for the association should be relevant to the severity of the incident,’ top sports body says.

18 May 2023 - 7:58PM

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Trump envoy seeks to replace Iran with Italy in World Cup, report says

The plan is an attempt to mend ties with Italian PM Meloni, after she and Trump fell out over his attacks against Pope Leo.

Indonesia’s defence deal with Bosnia signals Asian middle power’s clout

Europe paralysed by snow as brutal cold snap disrupts flights, rail services

Separatist candidate wins presidential vote in Bosnia’s Serb region

Snap election sees Sinisa Karan win a tight race, pledging to forcefully continue the policies of the recently banned separatist leader.

Did ‘war tourists’ pay to kill civilians for sport in Sarajevo?

Wealthy would-be snipers are alleged to have paid six-figure sums to shoot precision rifles from Bosnian Serb army positions.

UN court denies ‘Butcher of Bosnia’ Ratko Mladic early release from prison

Mladic, jailed for life in 2017 over genocide and war crimes, filed a request to be freed on June 3 saying he only had a few months to live.

Apparently impatient Trump slaps 25% tariffs on Japan, South Korea

Equal or higher tariffs imposed on others before Wednesday deadline.

.css-19im5qg{color:#c79a00;}Video | China’s ‘moving Great Wall’ basketballer makes senior team debut

The 18-year-old basketballer is 7ft 4in (2.26m) tall.

Sweden confirms identity of gunman in nation’s worst mass shooting

Rickard Andersson, 35, killed 10 people at an education centre for young adults before apparently turning the gun on himself.

Deadly attack at Bosnia police station is act of terrorism, prosecutors say

A teenager, 14, broke into a police station and stabbed officer, killing one and wounding another.

Park based on Van Gogh’s Starry Night realises a 20-year dream

A businessman in Bosnia has recreated one of Vincent van Gogh’s most famous paintings, The Starry Night, in the form of a nature park, which includes 130,000 lavender bushes in six different shades.

Moment of truth for revamped Italy as Euros title defence begins against Albania

Holders and four-time world champions are quietly confident despite missing out on the last World Cup and starting in a tough group that also includes Spain and Croatia.

.css-1pcrwvc{color:#2aa191;}Opinion | EU elections: far-right rose on the back of centrist parties’ empty promises

Instead of offering policy solutions or addressing sceptics, traditional parties in Brussels have left a vacuum for the far-right to fill.

England boss Southgate excited by Bellingham’s rise but says collective is key

The 20-year-old star midfielder enjoyed a dream debut season with Real Madrid, but Southgate says ‘we are not putting everything on Jude’.

Captain Kane says England have enough experience for success at Euro 2024

Gareth Southgate’s side, runners-up at the last event, are among favourites, with players who have played in two to three tournaments.

Euro 2024 blow for Italy as defender Scalvini is ruled out with torn ACL

Scalvini suffered injury in final match of campaign against Fiorentina and is the second defender after Francesco Acerbi to be ruled out of the tournament.

UN creates Srebrenica genocide memorial day over furious Serb opposition

Vote in the 193-member General Assembly was 84-19 with 68 nations abstaining, a reflection of concerns among many countries about the impact of the vote on reconciliation efforts in deeply divided Bosnia.

Fearless Chinese girl treks global trail on US$1,600, faces sex-sale taunts

An intrepid young woman from China, who achieved the remarkable feat of travelling to several countries unaccompanied and on a tiny budget, has been forced to shut down online critics who accused her of funding her trip by selling sex.

As West wobbles on Ukraine war, China’s envoy kicks off European tour

Trip comes as there are signs Ukraine is taking China’s possible role more seriously than officials elsewhere in Europe, analysts say.

Andersen set for striking riches, Hong Kong receive latest positive bulletin

Hong Kong could have two fresh striking faces for January’s AFC Asian Cup finals after Stefan Pereira followed Juninho in revealing his optimism over receiving a passport before a pre-tournament camp.

Ukraine takes ‘historic step’ towards EU membership amid war with Russia

Ukraine has hailed its “historic step” towards European Union membership amid its ongoing war against Russia.

China makes strides on Xi’s pledge to stop backing coal power abroad: report

China cancelled a third of its overseas coal projects in the last two years, avoiding 6.2 billion tonnes of emissions, but Chinese companies are testing the ambiguity of the pledge, according to researchers.

Opinion | Ukraine war: how China can stop nuclear Armageddon

Hope lies in getting nuclear powers to agree to a ‘no first use’ policy. If China can persuade the US, then Britain and France are likely to fall in line. The challenge is getting Russia on board.

Balkan bliss: history, stunning scenery, and you have it almost to yourself

Taking a scenic route from Romania to Albania shows how far some European countries, their medieval highlights intact or painstakingly restored, have moved on from devastating wars, even as one rages nearby.

Hong Kong Eastern looking for beauty in simplicity ahead of new season

City’s only professional basketball side has a new coach and a new approach, but dominance of local game underpins it all.

Eastern hire former rival Bajramovic as new basketball head coach

Hong Kong franchise tie up their replacement just days after announcing departure of former boss Zeljko Pavlicevic.

Have China’s central, eastern European trade dreams reached the end of the line?

Lack of enthusiasm by central and eastern European governments for trade expo in Ningbo reflected their low expectations of gaining a foothold in the Chinese consumer market.

Hong Kong top sports body to issue written reprimand to ice hockey association

‘After discussion, the board came to the conclusion that the punishment for the association should be relevant to the severity of the incident,’ top sports body says.

Video | China’s ‘moving Great Wall’ basketballer makes senior team debut

Opinion | EU elections: far-right rose on the back of centrist parties’ empty promises