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 ...
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Jumping into Mostar: Bosnia-Herzegovina’s bridge, its divers and the city that rebuilt itself
I held my breath, anxious with excitement. Alongside a few other wide-eyed spectators, I craned my neck to get a solid view of the dizzying plunge from the Stari Most bridge’s arch into the Neretva ...
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 ...
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 ...
Thirty years after the Ottoman-era Old Bridge in the Bosnian city of Mostar was brought down by artillery fire, a soldier who captured its collapse on video looks back on the destruction and ...
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 ...
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 ...
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