Sarajevo, Center of Sephardism

Forward;  August 15, 2003 ;     700+ words ......professor Muhamed Nezirovic of the University of Sarajevo. Born in Sarajevo in 1934, in the mixed Muslim and Serb mahala, or...academic ranks to a professorship at the University of Sarajevo. Though he has served as his country's ambassador...

Sarajevo Looks to The Future

The Washington Post;  February 22, 1994 ;     700+ words ......averted for the moment, U.N. officials in Sarajevo turned today to the tasks of consolidating...remained in position in the mountains around Sarajevo when the NATO deadline for the weapons...evaporate. Much remains to be done in Sarajevo for the city to resume any sense of normalcy...

In Sarajevo, Power Is On, but Not the Truce

The Washington Post;  October 11, 1995 ;     624 words ...SARAJEVO, Bosnia, Oct. 11 (Wednesday) -- It was power to the people of Sarajevo -- along with gas, and even a little water. For the first...Bosnia's Muslim-led government had made restoration of Sarajevo's utilities a condition for the signing of a cease-fire...

New Enemy Attacks Sarajevo - Winter; Besieged Bosnian Capital Is Stripped...

The Washington Post;  December 29, 1992 ;     700+ words ......to stay alive, the freezing people of Sarajevo have begun to devour what's left of their...through one of the last pine trees in Sarajevo's main cemetery. Nodding toward the frozen...like workers at a construction site. But Sarajevo, if anything, is a deconstruction site...

Sarajevo, survivor city, still bears the imprint of war

The Boston Globe;  October 6, 1997 ;     700+ words ...SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina -- Elsewhere, people may walk the...rockets, and sniper rounds stopped whipping down upon Sarajevo with a ferocity not felt in Europe since World War II...morning, the sun shines bright on the northern side of Sarajevo's main boulevard. But easily two-thirds of the strollers...

Sarajevo Reunited on the Surface

Chicago Sun-Times;  March 22, 1996 ;     665 words ...SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina Trendy boutiques filled with the latest...clogged with traffic. The tap-tap of repairmen's hammers. Sarajevo is waking to its first peaceful spring in four years...against smugglers who made money from the war. Metropolitan Sarajevo has about half of the 600,000 people who once ...

Bosnian Serbs Begin Removing Weapons From Around Sarajevo

The Washington Post;  September 17, 1995 ;     700+ words ......dozen heavy weapons from the hills around Sarajevo in the first sign of compliance with...mile weapons "exclusion zone" around Sarajevo, prompting U.S. Secretary of Defense...of Serb withdrawal or new attacks on Sarajevo "could lead to a resumption of bombing...

The spirit changes in Sarajevo, an ethnic melting pot

Philadelphia Tribune, The;  December 5, 1995 ;     700+ words ......Tribune, The 12-05-1995 The spirit changes in Sarajevo, an ethnic melting pot. By Paul Hockenos SARAJEVO -- After a four-year siege, peace may arrive...tolerance and solidarity can survive in Sarajevo, the Bosnian leadership argues, it can and...

Deal Opens Sarajevo Roads to Civilians

Chicago Sun-Times;  March 17, 1994 ;     357 words ...SARAJEVO - Bosnian Serbs and the Muslim-led government signed an...today to open roads to civilian traffic in and out of Sarajevo, effectively ending the 23-month siege of the Bosnia-Herzegovina capital. The deal, signed at Sarajevo airport under United Nations supervision, opens up a bridge...

Requiem for Sarajevo: Bosnia. (United Nations administration of Sarajevo,...

The Economist (US);  August 21, 1993 ;     660 words ......Bosnia's warring groups agreed to put Sarajevo under United Nations administration for...reality, it is likely to be the end of Sarajevo. No one has agreed how many troops will...is more than just an Israeli city, so Sarajevo is more than just Bosnia's capital. It...

In Sarajevo, separated families are the norm. (Originated from...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  February 22, 1994 ;     700+ words ...SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina _ Veronika Markovic's pink lipstick...of her things away. Veronika Markovic has not lived in Sarajevo since April 1992. When the shelling started, Miladin Markovic...she nor the couple's son, Boris, now 4, can return to Sarajevo. The airport and roads are slammed tight as the ...

JDC EVACUATES 350 FROM SARAJEVO IN A HARROWING 22-HOUR BUS TRIP

Jewish Telegraphic Agency;  November 16, 1992 ;     700+ words ......Agency 11-16-1992 JDC EVACUATES 350 FROM SARAJEVO IN A HARROWING 22-HOUR BUS TRIP. SPLIT...sitting on a crowded bus traveling from Sarajevo to this city on the Adriatic coast...numb with exhaustion. The saga began in Sarajevo at 7 a.m. Saturday morning, with the...

In Sarajevo, Dreams Become Reality -- As Big Battle Brews

Forward;  June 16, 1995 ;     700+ words ...Elizabeth Rubin Forward 06-16-1995 In Sarajevo, Dreams Become Reality -- As Big Battle Brews. SARAJEVO -- "I had a dream last night. My friend...romantic soiree, just a typical night in Sarajevo with no electricity or water. A dog barked...

Watching rights. (Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina) (Column)

The Nation;  October 25, 1993 ;     700+ words ...Sarajevo Returning to this city after an absence of nearly half...dispiriting. The exhilaration derives from the fortitude of Sarajevo's besieged inhabitants, their sense of humor, their continuing...a moment too soon for the spines of their wearers. In Sarajevo, however, the sight of a woman in heels ...

In the city of lost souls. (Sarajevo)

The Social Studies;  September 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ......so on. Belgrade is the heart. Passion, anger. But Sarajevo! Sarajevo is the soul. (Brian Hall, The Impossible Country...hard facts for you, hard facts about the history of Sarajevo, the soul of the country once known as Yugoslavia...