IN THE LATE 1980s, Yugoslavians Bosko Brckic and Admira Idmic were very much like any other teenagers in the Western world. They loved rock-and-roll music, dancing till dawn, fast cars, blue jeans, and each other. If anything might have set them apart...

Until 958 958–1463 1463–1878 1878–1918 1918–1941 1941–1945 1945–1992 1992–1995...

Capital: Sarajevo The terms of the Dayton Peace Acc0i-d (1995) set up a very complex system of sharing between the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republika Srpska, a region of mostly ethnic-Serbian people. Both entities have their-own presidents, governments, parliaments,...

Highlights and Key Issues * With an eleven-month trade deficit of more than EUR2.8bn, and monthly imports exceeding EUR0.5bn (twice the value of exports) in Q4, international aid remains essential to sustaining the present recovery. But GDP growth remains above 5%, with industrial...

The history of ethnic-inspired violence in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo. These conflicts involved peoples with conflicting political and religious view living together.