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11 unusual facts about Bosnia and Herzegovina


1976 Zagreb mid-air collision

Pelin then pointed to a blip on the screen approaching Kostajnica.

Arbanaška

:for the village in Bosnia and Herzegovina see Arbanaška, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Danko Grlić

He was born in Gračanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina,but in 1931 together with his family he has moved to Zagreb.

Gradiška

Gradiška, Bosnia and Herzegovina, a town in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Hedum Kastelum

Hedum Kastelum was an ancient city located in central Bosnia, in the modern-day town of Breza, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Stig'o ćumur

"Listen to folk, dance, house, and the rest of the scene. No one is forcing you to listen to me," Edo says in the first track of his third album, in which he dedicates the album to Breza's coal miners and the hard life of coal mining.

Struge

Struge, Bosnia and Herzegovina, a town in Čapljina municipality, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Vahid Halilhodžić

Born in Jablanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Halilhodžić started playing football in his early teens at the local minnows' ground Turbina Jablanica, as it was located some 100 meters from his family home.

Visoko

Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina, a city and municipality in central Bosnia and Herzegovina

Vjetrenica

Located in Popovo Polje in Ravno municipality, village Zavala with its old architecture and stone masonry, together with Vjetrenica cave, constitute the natural and architectural ensemble, which is in the process of being protected as National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and as such it is already placed on UNESCO Tentative List.

Žilavka

Production is generally focused in the area south of Mostar around the villages of Čitluk, Međugorje, Ljubuški, and Čapljina with notable producers such as Nuić, Škegro, Brkić, Vinarija Čitluk, and Vitai/Gangaš.


Blaž Kraljević

During his return to Yugoslavia in January 1992 he was appointed by Dobroslav Paraga, leader of the Croatian Party of Rights (HSP), as leader of the HOS in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

It was revealed on 19 February 2010 that Bosnia and Herzegovina's participation in the Contest may be put in danger due to substantial debts owed to the EBU nearing 2.9 million Swiss francs (close to 2 million), with the EBU requesting a payment of 250,000CHF (€170,000) to be paid by 30 April or BHRT will not be allowed to take part at the contest.

Bosnian National Theatre Zenica

Bosnian National Theater Zenica is a theater institution in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina and it was founded in 1950.

Colt Canada C7 rifle

The C7A1 was first issued to field units of Logcoy/Danbn/Dancon of the Danish International Brigade, in October–November 1995 shortly before the transition from UNPROFOR to IFOR in Bosnia.

Danubian endemic familial nephropathy

It was first identified in the 1920s among several small, discrete communities along the Danube River and its major tributaries, in the modern countries of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria.

Darko Martinović

Darko Martinović (born September 18, 1982 in Mostar) is a Bosnian professional handballer, playing as right back.

Dianella White Eagles

In recent times, the club has seen a major influx of players and personnel who were refugees of the Yugoslav War, mainly from the Krajina region in Croatia, and from Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Dinaric

The term Dinaric comes from the name of a mountain called Dinara, on the border of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Dinaric race

According to the Dinaric model, Dinarics were to be found in the mountainous areas of Southeast Europe: Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Slovenia, Austria, part of northwestern Bulgaria, and northwestern Republic of Macedonia.

Dinko Mulić

Dinko Mulić (born 8 September 1983 in Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a Bosnian-born Croatian slalom canoer who has competed since the late 1990s.

Džemal Hadžiabdić

Džemaludin "Džemal" Hadžiabdić, commonly known as Jamal Haji (born July 25, 1953 in Mostar), is a Bosnian left back who represented SFR Yugoslavia.

Elvir Laković Laka

Elvir Laković, also known as Laka, (born 15 March 1969) is a Bosnian rock singer-songwriter, born in Goražde, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

FIBA EuroBasket 2013 Group B

The group composed of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.

Franciscan monastery in Fojnica

Franciscan monastery of the Holy Spirit is a Bosnian Franciscan monastery in Fojnica, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Gordan Vidović

Gordan Vidović (born 23 June 1968 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a former football player who played for the Belgium national team.

Hadi Norouzi

He started his International Career under Afshin Ghotbi in August 2009 against Bosnia and Herzegovina.

HKK Čapljina Lasta

Hrvatski košarkaški klub Čapljina is a professional basketball club from Čapljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

International Radio of Serbia

In 1992, due to war operations in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina, two transmitters were moved from Bijeljina center to the short-wave center in Stubline.

IrfanView

--spelling & no accents per author's webpage-->, from Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina, living in Vienna.

Ivan Fijolić

He has three realized public sculptures: Foundation Batta, Zlín, the Czech Republic, Black Foot,in the Park of Sculptures, Vrsar, Croatia, and the Mostar Bruce Lee statue, in the town of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

İzmir Clock Tower

In the former Balkan provinces of the Ottoman Empire, particularly in present-day Serbian, Bosnian and Montenegrin towns such as Belgrade, Prijepolje, Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Gradačac and Stara Varoš, similar Ottoman era clock towers still exist and are called Sahat Kula (derived from the Turkish words Saat Kulesi, meaning Clock Tower.)

Jasmin Džeko

Jasmin Džeko (born November 15, 1958 in Doboj, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian defender who played for SFR Yugoslavia.

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006

The show was broadcast live in the competing countries, as well as Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Australian television channel Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) that acquired the rights for broadcasting the show, which was broadcast on 1 January 2007.

Korana

Downstream from Plitvice Lakes the Korana river forms a 25 kilometers long border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina near Cazin.

Kosovo Campaign Medal

The Air Campaign refers to any flight operations which are performed in the land area and air space of Serbia (including Kosovo), Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia, Bosnia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Greece, Bulgaria, Italy, and Slovenia, as well as the waters and air space of the Adriatic and Ionian Sea, provided such flight operations are in direct support of Kosovo peacekeeping actions.

Márcio Sousa

In 2004 Sousa played for the under-19s in the 2005 European Championship qualifiers, netting against Bosnia and Herzegovina, but the country failed to ensure a place in the finals in Northern Ireland.

Marko Bruerović

In 1793 he was engaged for 4 years in diplomatic work in Travnik (Bosnia and Herzegovina) as merchant attaché, where he also helped the Jewish merchants (based in Sarajevo).

Memorandum of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts

The memo was denounced by the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, including future president of Serbia, Slobodan Milošević, who publicly called the memo "nothing else but the darkest nationalism", and future president of the Republika Srpska entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Radovan Karadžić, who stated "Bolshevism is bad, but nationalism is even worse".

Mirza Kapetanović

Mirza Kapetanović (born June 30, 1959 in Sarajevo) is a Bosnian defender who played for SFR Yugoslavia.

Muamer Svraka

He got his international debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina on 31 May 2012 in a friendly match against Mexico on Soldier Field in Chicago which Bosnia and Herzegovina lost 2–1 in the dying minutes of the match due to a catastrophic mistake by Stojan Vranješ.

Mustafa Hajrulahović Talijan

Mustafa Hajrulahović Talijan (22 January 1957, Banja Luka, Bosnia - 8 March 1998, Hamburg, Germany) was a general of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Nataša Ninković

Ninković was born on 22 July 1972 in Trebinje (SFR Yugoslavia then, Bosnia and Herzegovina now) to father Branko and mother Milena.

Nehemiah Hayyun

His parents, of Sephardic descent, lived in Sarajevo, Bosnia (then a part of the Ottoman Empire), where probably he was born, although in later life he pretended that he was a Palestinian emissary born in Safed.

Neum Agreement

The Neum Agreement is an unimplemented treaty between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina granting free passage of transit traffic between the territory of Dubrovnik-Neretva County around the city of Dubrovnik and forming a pene-exclave of Croatia and the remaining Croatian territory through the municipality of Neum.

Nikola Špirić

Dr. Nikola Špirić (Никола Шпирић) born September 4, 1956 in Drvar, Bosnia and Herzegovina (then a part of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian Serb politician and the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2007 until 2012.

Obećana Riječ

"Obećana Riječ" (English: Promised Word) is a song by Bosnian rapper Edo Maajka, which details the life of Alan, an ex-soldier, who became an hitman after the war in Bosnia.

Obudovac

Obudovac is a village in the municipality of Šamac, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Right of asylum

The first list, enacted in July 2005, included as "safe countries" Benin, Cape Verde, Ghana, Mali, Mauritius Island, India, Senegal, Mongolia, Georgia, Ukraine, Bosnia and Croatia.

Risto Vidaković

Risto Vidaković Savić (Serbian Cyrillic: Pиcтo Bидaкoвић; born 5 January 1969 in Šekovići, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia), known as Vidaković, is a Serbian retired footballer who played as a central defender; he most recently coached C.D. Motagua.

Skakavac Waterfall, Perućica

Perućica primeval forest is situated underneath of the highest peak in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Maglić (2386 m), and separated from the Zelengora mountain with the Sutjeska river and its impressive, deep and rugged canyon.

Srebrenik Fortress

Srebrenik Fortress (Bosnian: Utvrda Srebrenik) is a fortress located near the town of Srebrenik in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Strip Art Features

SAF was founded by comic book author and publisher Ervin Rustemagić in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1972.

Suada Dilberović

Serb snipers in a Holiday Inn hotel under the control of the Serbian Democratic Party in the heart of Sarajevo opened fire on the crowd killing six people and wounding several more.

Sulejman Medenčević

Sulejman "Suki" Medenčević (born 29 October 1963, Derventa, Yugoslavia, presently in Bosnia and Herzegovina) is an internationally recognized cinematographer and producer, winner of Best Cinematography Award at 2005 Valencia Festival of Mediterranean Cinema.

Sulejman Smajić

Sulejman Smajić (born 25 June 1984 in Jajce, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian footballer who plays as a winger for FK Željezničar Sarajevo and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Tolj

Tolj is a Serbo-Croatian surname of a family originating from a small town called Greda in the district of Ljubuški in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Triplex Confinium

There was an actual place named the Triplex Confinium after the treaty of peace of Karlowitz (Sremski Karlovci) in 1699 and today it is a territory belonging to the Republics of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (the very point where empires met was Medveđak, today Medveđa Glavica, at the top of Debelo Brdo, a mountain northeast of Knin).

TVSA

TV shows promote multiculturalism and specific culture, tradition and customs characteristic for the Sarajevo area and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Vlado Zadro

Vlado Zadro (born 17 March 1987 in Mostar) is a professional Bosnian football player currently playing in Premier League club Široki Brijeg.