In 1992, due to the deteriorating security situation in the Balkans and the warlike acts perpetrated over the civilian population, the United Nations Security Council imposed an area of exclusion for non-authorized flights – commonly known as “No Fly Zone” (NFZ) – over Bosnia-Herzegovina and parts of Croatia (the Serbian Krajinas). The overall intention wasContinuar lendo “Bosnia’s No Fly Zone”
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Pig Bombs – Bosnia 1995
On the 26th of August 1995, I was driving to UNPROFOR HQ, when the Serbs attacked Sarajevo with a weapon I had never heard or seen before – “pig bombs”. Pig bombs were improvised airstrikes, made with aircraft bombs and rockets, but launched from a truck up on the hills. The precision of those bombsContinuar lendo “Pig Bombs – Bosnia 1995”
Mission Stories – Boutrus Ghali imposes respect on UN (Bosnia 1995)
One day, back in UNPROFOR 1995, we’ve learned about an awkward, but funny, story coming from another UN Military Observers’ team, stationed down in the southern part of the Krajina – Croatia. Allegedly, that town’s local police had received a formal complaint against “Boutrus Ghali” – the UN Secretary-General. According to the complainer: – “BoutrosContinuar lendo “Mission Stories – Boutrus Ghali imposes respect on UN (Bosnia 1995)”
Operação Althea da União Europeia (EUFOR)
No dia 2 de Dezembro de 2004, após negociações em Berlim, a Aliança Atlântica reduziu a sua presença na Bósnia para um contingente mínimo de um Quartel-General dedicado a tarefas de modernização das Forças Armadas da Bósnia Herzegovina, e a União Europeia passou a tomarconta das operações militares através da EUFOR. A operação EUFOR, cujoContinuar lendo “Operação Althea da União Europeia (EUFOR)”
Sarajevo’s old church
There is an Orthodox Christian Temple in town, they said it was the oldest Orthodox Temple in that region of the Balkans, and it was just one kilometer away from the UN Military Observers (UNMO) rented house, close to the historical part of Sarajevo. It was a small temple, but it had the most interestingContinuar lendo “Sarajevo’s old church”
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