Tons of waste dumped in poorly regulated riverside landfills or directly into three countries’ waterways end up accumulating behind a trash barrier in the Drina River in eastern Bosnia during the wet winter and early spring. https://twitter.com/gchahal/status/1616841244541595648 This week, the barrier was transformed into the outer edge of a massive floating waste dump crammed with plastic bottles, rusted barrels, used tires, household appliances, driftwood, and other garbage collected by the…

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Foreign Minister, BiseraTurkovic, hosted her Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, at a time when the world condemns Iran’s rigid regime. She praised Iran as a “friendly” country and blamed much of it on “media lies.” https://twitter.com/i/status/1600142577100996608 Turkovic describes Iran as a “friendly country” with which “Bosnian and Herzegovina citizens have special relations.” When a journalist inquired about the Iranian protests against the dictatorship and suppression of human rights,…

The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported about an earthquake of magnitude of 4.5 on Richter scale, hit Bosnia and Herzegovina’s southern city of Stolac, late Friday. EMSC said that, the earthquake’s epicenter was 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Stolac and it occurred at 9.05 p.m. local time (2005GMT). The tremor of this earthquake was felt in the surrounding countries and in the capital, Sarajevo. There were no immediate reports of…