Tag Archives: Bosnia

‘That was never happening’ Harry Kane’s cheeky touchline request that made Gareth Southgate smile as England dispatched Bosnia in their penultimate Euro 2024 friendly

England Manager Gareth Southgate with Harry Kane after the international friendly match between England and Bosnia & Herzegovina at St James

Harry Kane is itching to get his summer England campaign going. While he impatiently waited to enter the Three Lion’s first Euro 2024 warm-up game as a substitute, just after the hour mark, the referee was instructed to check with the VAR for a penalty.  “Kane was trying to get …

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‘Tourism can offer us hope’: Bosnia and Herzegovina’s staggering scenery and beautiful towns

As our Jeep crests the hill we see them, gathering around a nearby waterhole, drinking, grazing, play-fighting. The vast Kruzi plateau stretches before us, edged by the foothills of Mount Cincar, an untamed landscape of scrub and limestone karst in south-west Bosnia and Herzegovina. “Look, here come more,” says Matej, …

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Another European war ‘not an impossibility’; Unity crucial in Bosnia and Herzegovina

High Representative Christian Schmidt said that more than 26 years after the signing of the General Framework Agreement for Peace – known as the Dayton Accords – citizens are once again talking about the possibility of another conflict, posing the risk of inflammatory incidents.  “The conflict in Ukraine, not so …

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