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Fractured state: why old tensions die hard in Bosnia and Herzegovina?

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30 years after war ravaged Bosnia and Herzegovina, secessionist threats by the country’s Serbian entity have raised fears of renewed violence. Euronews’ Valérie Gauriat travelled to the country to see how serious the current tensions actually are.

A few weeks after returning from Ukraine, with most foreign media having scaled down their presence in the war-torn country, I was asked to dig into the conflict’s potential knock-on effects in other parts of Europe.

There were fears that inter-ethnic violence could spill over into the Western Balkans, most likely igniting first in Bosnia and Herzegovina. These concerns had been fuelled by repeated threats by the political leadership of the country’s Serbian entity to separate from the rest of the nation’s state institutions. Ambitions which have been repeatedly met with Russia’s support.

As I landed in Sarajevo, the country’s capital, I warmed at the thought of once again encountering communities that I had seen go through many changes and challenges during my reports over the years, following the end of the three-year war there in 1995.

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  1. @bowlampar

    April 22, 2024 at 3:31 pm

    Outside bigger powers brokers want to reignite aged old of hatred among local multi-ethnic population, hoping to incite more domestic unrest in order to reach their personal goal of expanding influence beyond their own border into neighboring countries. Heighten ethnic and religious tension is one way of reaching their nefarious political goal at the end. 🤥

  2. @ciprianvirjan

    April 22, 2024 at 3:31 pm

    People need enemy's to stay together … in peaceful time they war each others … something like the autoimmune diseases: immune systems without enough enemies to keep them busy… due to a good hygiene conditions maybe … end up in attacking it's own body… Sad sad sad
    Despite claiming a Slavic origins the Balkan population has a serious heritage of Illyrians related with the Thracians mentioned by Herodotus:

    “The father of history” , greek Herodotus (484 a.C.- 426 a.C.) he also wrote about the Thracians: “The nation of the Thracians is the largest in the world, and the Indian nation is the only one that resembles it in population. If the Thracians were ruled by a single sovereign and were united, They would be, In my opinion, inconquistables, invincible and much stronger than other nations….”

    As then and today … they can not be united under one local leader … it is in their blood to keep fighting ones with another's … since antic times … only a foreign leader can unite them … only by force

  3. @haristhebosniaklion8584

    April 22, 2024 at 3:31 pm

    Very sad ,unfair and disgusting what was done to my brothers and sisters in Iraq. I am a Bosniak ( Bosnian Muslim ) so i know what aggression is. I hope Iraq recovers. We as Muslims need to unite and learn to love as we are one. (☝️ ) I might add,I don’t hate on Serbian and American women/girls at all.(❤️) Yes,many of our women and young girls in Bosnia,during the aggression,got raped ( Stretched Out ) by force,and it hurts,it also hurts that many of my own kind,Bosniak girls,,called me ugly when its not my fault and played me, lied to me,and that really hurts . So umm, a BIG 👎.

  4. @takeiteasy2305

    April 22, 2024 at 3:31 pm

    I don’t really trust the France they have no morals if the war will benefit them the have no problem to fuel it as they are doing across Africa.

  5. @takeiteasy2305

    April 22, 2024 at 3:31 pm

    I don’t really trust the France they have no morals if the war will benefit them the have no problem to fuel it as they are doing across Africa.

  6. @euronews

    April 22, 2024 at 3:31 pm

    A few weeks after returning from Ukraine, with most foreign media having scaled down their presence in the war-torn country, I was asked to dig into the conflict's potential knock-on effects in other parts of Europe.

    There were fears that inter-ethnic violence could spill over into the Western Balkans, most likely igniting first in Bosnia and Herzegovina. These concerns had been fuelled by repeated threats by the political leadership of the country’s Serbian entity to separate from the rest of the nation’s state institutions. Ambitions which have been repeatedly met with Russia's support.

    As I landed in Sarajevo, the country’s capital, I warmed at the thought of once again encountering communities that I had seen go through many changes and challenges during my reports over the years, following the end of the three-year war there in 1995.

  7. @Ok....-

    April 22, 2024 at 3:31 pm

    May god help u ameen

  8. @JazzyGinger1

    April 22, 2024 at 3:31 pm

    Hello, May I share an Old Testament Verse with you from Daniel 7:14 "And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a Kingdom, that all people, nations, & languages, should SERVE Him; his dominion is an Everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom shall not pass away, and His Kingdom that which shall not be destroyed." Also, can I share Isaiah 53:5 " But HE was WOUNDED For our TRANSGRESSIONS, he was BRUISED for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon Him, and with His STRIPES we are HEALED."

    God the Father loves you so much that He sent Holy Sinless Jesus (His Holy Son) to earth to be born of a virgin.Then, to grow up and die on a cross for our sins. He was in the tomb for 3 days, then Father God raised Holy and Sinless Jesus Christ (Y'shua) to Life! He appeared to people and went back to Heaven. We must receive Sinless Jesus sincerely to be God's child(John 1:12).After we get saved by grace through faith in Christ, if we truly love the Lord Jesus Christ, then we will obey Jesus(John 14:15). Mark 1:15 "And saying, the time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: Repent ye, and believe the gospel." Jesus said in John 14:15 "If you love Me, keep My commandments. "There's a real hell. It says in Revelation 21:8 "But for the cowardly, & unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, & immoral persons sorcerers & idolaters & all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire & brimstone…" Please sincerely receive Holy Jesus and put your true faith and trust in Him today and please repent. Will you have a Real encounter with Holy Lord Jesus (Y'shua is His Hebrew Name) and stay in a Genuine relationship with Him daily please?

  9. @3hunnaballoutaimedatyou385

    April 22, 2024 at 3:31 pm

    Bosnia & Herzegovina is a impossible "country". It will never be stable or unified.

  10. @Untrus

    April 22, 2024 at 3:31 pm

    Only way forward is a united BiH for all its citizens Serbs Muslims croats and others

  11. @northernstar4811

    April 22, 2024 at 3:31 pm

    Bosnia and Herzegovina is suffering from multiple problems.
    The Dayton peace agreement brought in a end to the Bosnian war but introduced a complicated political system.
    All three sides have different ideas how Bosnia should be run and in what direction.
    The Serb entity wants closer ties to Russia. The Bosniak muslims want closer ties to Turkey while the Bosnian Croats want closer ties to NATO & the E.U.
    Other issues are the political problems in the "Bosnian Federation" where the Bosniak muslims and the Bosnian Croats are having major election reform disagreements.

  12. @mabdks9

    April 22, 2024 at 3:31 pm

    Who imposed the war ?
    Serbia

    What was committed ?
    Muslim genocide

    Who is suffering ?
    Muslims

    Almighty will keep punishing those committed war crimes against innocent humans just because they have their religion, totally unarmed, peacefully living their life.

    May Almighty ALLAH punishes Serbs, those involved killing peaceful & beautiful so innocent Bosnians Muslims 💔

  13. @tarik6990

    April 22, 2024 at 3:31 pm

    Nationalist parties which most people gladly vote for exploit old (new) tensions for political votes and to keep themselves in power while proposing no real solutions for the good of the people. That's why old (new) tensions die hard in Bosnia-Herzegovina in a nutshell.

  14. @DashaFedorovich

    April 22, 2024 at 3:31 pm

    Because the West create tensions with intetntion. Just like the goal was with Trianon and Dayton.

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