Mostar is not what I expected. Bosnia is not what I expected. After several weeks travelling through Slovenia and Croatia, I found the people of Bosnia to be the friendliest, and the food to be the ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. THERE ARE TWO strategies for staying alive if you're a Muslim in Mostar. Hunker down in the basement all day and come out ...

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 ...

A spat between the city's two ethno-nationalist parties - one Croat, one Bosniak - has created a political stalemate since 2008. The city's residents are paying the price. Mostar is the town everyone ...

During his election campaign, President Bush said that U.S. troops would not be used for what he called "nation building." Despite that, the U.S. military continues to be the premiere nation builder ...

In the eight years since the Dayton peace agreement put an end to a three-sided war in Bosnia, the country has become a kind of laboratory for nation building. Americans and Europeans have tried to ...

The historic town of Mostar, spanning a deep valley of the Neretva River, developed in the 15th and 16th centuries as an Ottoman frontier town and during the Austro-Hungarian period in the 19th and ...

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 ...

The Orthodox cathedral of the Holy Trinity is still not ready for Christmas mass. But its story and the quest to bring it back is one of resilience. Mostar’s rich skyline, with mosques and Catholic ...

Mostar, the heart of Herzegovina, offers far more than a quick stop on a Balkan trip. Staying overnight reveals its magic—Stari Most glowing at sunset, quiet cobbled lanes, and nearby natural wonders ...

In a city long an emblem for the bigotry and apartheid blighting Bosnia, Milan Milesovic this week struck a small blow for decency and common sense. On Sunday evening, the ambulance driver from the ...

The Mostar Bridge was more than a structure for us, said Eldin Palata, who recorded the historic footage of its collapse from artillery shells fired by Croatian troops in 1993. Bosnia-Herzegovina on ...