Despite the political division, economic problems or corruption in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the destruction of Old Bridge in Mostar revives heartbreaking memories every year at the beginning of ...

Thousands of tourists braved extreme heat to cheer for divers jumping off the historic Ottoman-era Old Bridge in Bosnia's city of Mostar. The 458-year-old tradition coincides with the 20th anniversary ...

Historic Mostar Bridge, destroyed during the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina by Croat forces and rebuilt after the war, continues its mission to unite people from different races. Unable to ...

For more than four centuries, the Old Bridge in Mostar reigned as the Bosnian city's defining landmark. A masterpiece of Ottoman architecture commissioned in 1566 by Suleiman the Magnificent, the ...

MOSTAR, Bosnia (Reuters) – Lorens Listo’s name may not headline the world’s sports pages, but on the streets of his native Mostar he is hailed as a champion among champions in a sport that is central ...

The regional press and officials alike have expressed hope that the reopening of the Old Bridge in Mostar would herald a new chapter of hope and better understanding between the city's divided ...

The famous 16th-century bridge of Mostar, a historical heritage site blown up by Bosnian Croat forces in November 1993, is being reconstructed. Eleven other historical buildings surrounding the ...

After the passage of so many years it is not the sight of Mostar's Old Bridge that I remember so much as the touch of it. In the summer of 1988 I was in Mostar on holiday with my mother. "Feel the ...

On November 9, 1993, one of Bosnia-Herzegovina's cultural treasures became a casualty of war. The Old Bridge in Mostar, built in 1566 during the Ottoman Empire, was destroyed by shells fired by ...

The scars of war remain around every corner in this tranquil river valley town, though they can be easy to miss amid the sea of camera-carrying tourists. The European waiter who says he hasn't been on ...

A team of high divers and dancers in traditional dress joined celebrations to mark the reopening of the historic bridge at Mostar in Bosnia-Hercegovina. The 16th-Century bridge was blown up during the ...