The capital is thronged with people wearing replica shirts in tribute to national football team captain Edin Dzeko, who plays his final international match for Bosnia and Herzegovina against Sweden on Friday.

As the LGBTQ+ Pride marching season ends for the year, we can continue to draw inspiration from the classics of Balkan queer literature – so here’s a reading list of some of most interesting titles available in English.

As the LGBTQ+ Pride marching season ends for the year, we can continue to draw inspiration from the classics of Balkan queer literature – so here’s a reading list of some of most interesting titles available in English.

The siege of Sarajevo, and artists’ role in it, lives on through Milomir Kovacevic's photographs. To coincide with a new exhibition of his pictures, Bosnian writer Semezdin Mehmedinovic sets the scene.

MTV is shutting down its European music video channels, which were once symbols of freedom for many young people in the Balkans and the former Eastern Bloc. Lida Hujic had a front-row seat when the channel was at its peak.