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'''Bosnia và Herzegovina''' ({{pron-en|ˈbɒzni.ə ænd hɜrtsɨˈɡoʊvɨnə|En-us-Bosnia.ogg}}<ref>{{USdict|bŏz′•nē•ə hûrts′•ə•gōv′•ĭn•ə}}</ref> hay {{IPA-en|ˈbɑzni.ə ænd hɛrtsəgoʊˈvinə|}}<ref>http://www.yourdictionary.com/bosnia-and-herzegovina</ref> ([[tiếng Bosnia]], [[tiếng Croatia]], [[tiếng Serbia|tiếng Serbia Latinh]]: ''Bosna i Hercegovina''; [[tiếng Serbia|tiếng Serbia Cyrillic]]: Босна и Херцеговина) là một [[quốc gia có chủ quyền|quốc gia]] tại [[Đông Nam Âu]], trên [[Balkans|Bán đảo Balkan]]. Nước này giáp biên giới với [[Croatia]] ở phía bắc, tây và nam, [[Serbia]] ở phía đông, và [[Montenegro]] ở phía nam, Bosnia và Herzegovina là một [[Nằm kín trong lục địa#Hầu như kín|quốc gia hầu như nằm kín trong lục địa]], ngoại trừ 26&nbsp;kilômét bờ [[Biển Adriatic]], tại trên thị trấn [[Neum]].<ref name="coastline">[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2060.html Field Listing - Coastline], ''[[The World Factbook]]'', 2006-08-22</ref><ref>[http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761563626/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.html Bosnia and Herzegovina: I: Introduction], ''[[Encarta]]'', 2006</ref> Vùng nội địa là núi non ở trung tâm và phía nam, đồi ở phía tây bắc và bằng phẳng ở phía đông bắc. [[Bosnia (vùng)|Bosnia]] là vùng địa lý lớn nhất của nhà nước hiện đại với [[khí hậu lục địa]] ôn hoà, với mùa hè nóng và mùa đông lạnh, có tuyết. [[Herzegovina]] nhỏ hơn ở mũi cực nam đất nước, với [[khí hậu Địa Trung Hải|khí hậu]] và địa hình Địa Trung Hải. Các nguồn [[tài nguyên thiên nhiên]] của Bosnia và Herzegovina rất phong phú.
'''Bosna và Hercegovina''' ([[tiếng Bosna]], [[tiếng Serbia]], [[tiếng Croatia]]: Босна и Херцеговина ''Bosna i Hercegovina'') là một quốc gia tại [[Đông nam châu Âu]], thuộc bán đảo [[Balkan]] với diện tích 51,129 km², giáp với [[Croatia]] ở phía Bắc, phía Tây và phía Nam, giáp với [[Serbia]] ở phía Đông và [[Montenegro]] về phía Nam. Bosna và Hercegovina là một đất nước gần như [[nằm kín trong đất liền]], ngoại trừ 26 km bờ biển ở trung tâm thị trấn [[Neum]].


Nước này là quê hương của ba sắc tộc "[[Các nhóm sắc tộc tại Bosnia và Herzegovina|hợp thành]]": [[người Bosnia]], nhóm dân số đông nhất, với [[người Serb tại Bosnia và Herzegovina|người Serb]] đứng thứ hai và [[Người Croat tại Bosnia và Herzegovina|người Croat]] đứng thứ ba. Nếu không tính đến sắc tộc, một công dân Bosnia và Herzegovina thường được gọi trong [[tiếng Việt]] là một [[người Bosnia]]. Tại Bosnia và Herzegovina, sự phân biệt giữa một người Bosnia và một người [[Herzegovina]] chỉ được duy trì như sự phân biệt theo vùng, chứ không phải theo sắc tộc. Về chính trị đây là nhà nước phi tập trung và gồm hai thực thể hành chính, [[Liên bang Bosnia và Herzegovina]] và [[Republika Srpska]], với [[Quận Brčko]] như một thực thể [[de facto]] thứ ba.
== Liên kết ngoài ==
{{Commons|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}


Trước kia là một trong sáu đơn vị liên bao tạo nên [[Liên bang Cộng hoà Xã hội chủ nghĩa Nam Tư]], Bosnia và Herzegovina đã giành được độc lập trong [[những cuộc chiến tranh Nam Tư]] hồi thập niên 1990. Bosnia và Herzegovina có thể được miêu tả như một nhà nước [[Cộng hoà Liên bang|Liên bang Dân chủ Cộng hoà]] đang chuyển tiếp nền kinh tế sang hệ thống định hướng thị trường, và là một [[Sự gia nhập Liên minh châu Âu của Bosnia và Herzegovina|ứng cử viên tiềm năng]] để trở thành [[Quốc gia thành viên Liên minh châu Âu|thành viên]] trong [[Liên minh châu Âu]] và [[NATO]]. Ngoài ra, Bosnia và Herzegovina đã là một thành viên của [[Hội đồng châu Âu]] từ ngày [[24 tháng 4]] năm [[2002]] và là một thành viên sáng lập của [[Liên minh Địa Trung Hải]] khi liên minh này được thành lập ngày [[13 tháng 7]] năm [[2008]].

==Lịch sử==
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===Thời kỳ Tiền Slavơ (đến năm 958)===
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[[File:Daorson.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Walls of ancient [[Daorson]], Ošanići near [[Stolac]], Bosnia and Herzegovina, 3rd century BC.]]

Bosnia has been inhabited at least since the [[Neolithic]] age. In the early [[Bronze Age]], the Neolithic population was replaced by more warlike people of supposed [[Proto-Indo-Europeans|Indo-European]] origin, the Illyres or [[Illyrians]]. [[Celts|Celtic]] migrations in the [[4th century BC|fourth century&nbsp;BC]] and [[3rd century BC|third century&nbsp;BC]] displaced many Illyrian peoples from their former lands,in particular the [[List of ancient tribes in Illyria#Ardiaei|Ardiaei]] and the [[Autariatae]], but some Celtic and Illyrian peoples mixed, like [[Latobici]], [[Scordisci]],and possibly the [[Iapydes|Japodes]]. Concrete historical evidence for this period is scarce, but overall it appears that the region was populated by a number of different peoples speaking distinct languages. Conflict between the Illyrians and [[Ancient Rome|Romans]] started in [[229 BC|229&nbsp;BC]], but Rome would not complete its annexation of the region until [[9|AD&nbsp;9]]. In the Roman period, Latin-speaking settlers from all over the [[Roman Empire]] settled among the Illyrians and Roman soldiers were encouraged to retire in the region.<ref name="Malcolm">Malcolm, Noel (1994). Bosnia A Short History. [[New York University]] Press. ISBN 0-8147-5520-8.</ref>

The land was originally part of the [[Illyria]] up until the Roman occupation. Following the split of the Roman Empire between 337 and 395, Dalmatia and Pannonia became parts of the [[Western Roman Empire]]. Some claim that the region was conquered by the [[Ostrogoths]] in 455. It subsequently changed hands between the [[Alans]] and [[Huns]]. By the sixth century, Emperor [[Justinian I|Justinian]] had reconquered the area for the [[Byzantine Empire]]. The [[Slavic peoples|Slavs]], a people from [[eastern Europe]] (now the territory of [[Ukraine]]), were conquered by the [[Pseudo-Avars|Avars]] in the sixth century.

===Bosnia thời Trung Cổ (958&ndash;1463)===
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[[File:Bosna.jpg|thumb|200px|left| {{legend|#EE7CA3|Bosnia in 10th century}} {{legend|#EF6E30|Bosnian state during Ban Kulin 1180–1204}} {{legend|#2859A3|Bosnian state during king Tvrtko 1353–1391}} {{legend|#FBF066|Bosnia in second part of 15th century}} {{legend|#30925F|Bosnia in second part of 19th century}}]]
[[File:Bogumili-tvrtka1.jpg|thumb|150px|right|[[Tvrtko I of Bosnia]] ruled in 1353–1366 and again in 1367–1377 as Ban and in 1377–1391 as the first Bosnian King.]]

Modern knowledge of the political situation in the west Balkans during the [[Early Middle Ages]] is patchy and confusing. Upon their arrival, the Slavs brought with them a tribal social structure, which probably fell apart and gave way to [[Feudalism]] only with [[Franks|Frankish]] penetration into the region in the late [[9th century|ninth century]]. It was also around this time that the [[South Slavs]] were [[Christianization|Christianized]]. Bosnia and Herzegovina, due to its geographic position and terrain, was probably one of the last areas to go through this process, which presumably originated from the urban centers along the [[Dalmatia]]n coast. The principalities of [[Serbia]] and [[Croatia]] split control of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the ninth and [[10th century|tenth century]], but by the [[High Middle Ages]] political circumstance led to the area being contested between the [[Kingdom of Hungary]] and the Byzantine Empire. Following another shift of power between the two in the early [[12th century|twelfth century]], Bosnia found itself outside the control of both and emerged as an independent state under the rule of local ''[[Ban (title)|bans]]''.<ref name="Malcolm"/>

The first notable Bosnian monarch, [[Ban Kulin]], presided over nearly three decades of peace and stability during which he strengthened the country's economy through treaties with [[Republic of Ragusa|Dubrovnik]] and [[Republic of Venice|Venice]]. His rule also marked the start of a controversy with the [[Bosnian Church]], an indigenous Christian sect considered heretical by both the [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] and [[Orthodox Church|Serbian Orthodox]] churches. In response to Hungarian attempts to use church politics regarding the issue as a way to reclaim sovereignty over Bosnia, Kulin held a council of local church leaders to renounce the heresy and embraced Catholicism in 1203. Despite this, Hungarian ambitions remained unchanged long after Kulin's death in 1204, waning only after an unsuccessful invasion in 1254.
[[File:Poveljakulinbana.png|thumb|right|The Charter of Kulin Ban - treaty with Dubrovnik. Now in Ermitage in [[Saint Petersburg]], Russia]]
Bosnian history from then until the early [[14th century|fourteenth century]] was marked by the power struggle between the [[Šubić]] and [[House of Kotromanić|Kotromanić]] families. This conflict came to an end in 1322, when [[Stephen II, Ban of Bosnia|Stjepan II Kotromanić]] became ''ban''. By the time of his death in 1353, he was successful in annexing territories to the north and west, as well as Zahumlje and parts of Dalmatia. He was succeeded by his nephew [[Tvrtko I of Bosnia|Tvrtko]] who, following a prolonged struggle with nobility and inter-family strife, gained full control of the country in 1367. Tvrtko crowned himself on October 26, 1377 as Stefan Tvrtko I the [[List of rulers of Bosnia|King]] of [[Raška (state)|Rascia]], [[Bosnia (region)|Bosnia]], [[Dalmatia]], [[Croatia]], the [[Adriatic Sea|Seaside]].

Historians considered that he was crowned in the [[Serbian Orthodox Church|Serbian Orthodox]] [[Mileševa monastery]].<ref name=Rastko>{{cite web|url=http://rastko.org.rs/istorija/zfajfric-kotromanici.html#_Toc486040907|title=Dr. Željko Fajfric: Kotromanići}}</ref> Another possibility, advanced by P. Anđelić and based on archeological evidence, is that he was crowned in Mile near [[Visoko during the Middle Ages|Visoko]] in the church which was built in time of [[Stephen II, Ban of Bosnia|Stephen II Kotromanić]]'s reign, where he was also buried alongside his uncle Stjepan II.<ref name=Mile>{{cite web|url=http://www.aneks8komisija.com.ba/main.php?id_struct=6&lang=1&action=view&id=1341&nbsp;Mile|title=declared as national monument|year=declared as national monument}}</ref><ref name=An>Anđelić Pavao, Krunidbena i grobna crkva bosanskih vladara u Milima (Arnautovićima) kod Visokog. Glasnik Zemaljskog muzeja XXXIV/1979., Zemaljski muzej Bosne i Hercegovine, Sarajevo, 1980,183-247</ref> Following his death in 1391 however, Bosnia fell into a long period of decline. The [[Ottoman Empire]] had already started its [[Ottoman wars in Europe|conquest of Europe]] and posed a major threat to the [[Balkans]] throughout the first half of the [[15th century|fifteenth century]]. Finally, after decades of political and social instability, Bosnia officially fell in 1463. Herzegovina would follow in 1482, with a Hungarian-backed reinstated "Bosnian Kingdom" being the last to succumb in 1527.

===Thời kỳ Ottoman (1463&ndash;1878)===
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[[File:Ottomanbosnia.PNG|thumb|left|200px|The [[Bosnia Province, Ottoman Empire|Ottoman province of Bosnia]] in the seventeenth century.]]
The Ottoman conquest of Bosnia marked a new era in the country's history and introduced drastic changes in the political and [[cultural landscape]] of the region. Although the kingdom had been crushed and its high nobility executed, the Ottomans nonetheless allowed for the preservation of Bosnia's identity by incorporating it as an integral province of the Ottoman Empire with its historical name and territorial integrity&nbsp;— a unique case among subjugated states in the Balkans.<ref name="Riedlmayer">Riedlmayer, Andras (1993). [http://www.kakarigi.net/manu/briefhis.htm A Brief History of Bosnia-Herzegovina]. The Bosnian Manuscript Ingathering Project.</ref> Within this [[Sanjak|sandžak]] (and eventual [[Wilayah|vilayet]]) of Bosnia, the Ottomans introduced a number of key changes in the territory's socio-political administration; including a new landholding system, a reorganization of administrative units, and a complex system of social differentiation by class and religious affiliation.<ref name="Malcolm"/>

The four centuries of Ottoman rule also had a drastic impact on Bosnia's population make-up, which changed several times as a result of the empire's conquests, frequent wars with European powers, migrations, and epidemics. A native Slavic-speaking Muslim community emerged and eventually became the largest of the ethno-religious groups (mainly as a result of a gradually rising number of [[Islamization of Bosnia and Herzegovina|conversions]] to [[Islam]]),<ref name="Imamovic">Imamović, Mustafa (1996). Historija Bošnjaka. Sarajevo: BZK Preporod. ISBN 9958-815-00-1</ref> while a significant number of [[Sephardi Jews]] arrived following their [[Spanish Inquisition|expulsion]] from Spain in the late fifteenth century. The Bosnian Christian communities also experienced major changes. The Bosnian [[Franciscan]]s (and the [[Catholicism|Catholic]] population as a whole) were protected by official imperial decree. The [[Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] community in Bosnia, initially confined to Herzegovina and Podrinje, spread throughout the country during this period and went on to experience relative prosperity until the nineteenth century. Meanwhile, the schismatic Bosnian Church disappeared altogether.<ref name="Malcolm"/>

As the Ottoman Empire thrived and expanded into Central Europe, Bosnia was relieved of the pressures of being a frontier province and experienced a prolonged period of general welfare and prosperity. A number of cities, such as Sarajevo and [[Mostar]], were established and grew into major regional centers of trade and [[urban culture]]. Within these cities, various Sultans and governors financed the construction of many important works of [[Architecture of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnian architecture]] (such as the [[Stari Most]] and [[Gazi Husrev-beg's Mosque]]). Furthermore, numerous Bosnians played influential roles in the Ottoman Empire's cultural and [[political history]] during this time.<ref name="Riedlmayer"/> Bosnian soldiers formed a large component of the Ottoman ranks in the battles of [[Battle of Mohács|Mohács]] and [[Battle of Krbava field|Krbava field]], two decisive military victories, while numerous other Bosnians rose through the ranks of the Ottoman military bureaucracy to occupy the highest positions of power in the Empire, including admirals, generals, and [[Vizier|grand viziers]]. Many Bosnians also made a lasting impression on Ottoman culture, emerging as mystics, scholars, and celebrated poets in the Turkish, Arabic, and [[Persian language#Dialects and closely related languages|Persian languages]].<ref name="Imamovic"/>

However, by the late [[17th century|seventeenth century]] the Empire's military misfortunes caught up with the country, and the conclusion of the [[Great Turkish War]] with the [[treaty of Karlowitz]] in 1699 once again made Bosnia the Empire's westernmost province. The following hundred years were marked by further military failures, numerous revolts within Bosnia, and several outbursts of plague. The Porte's efforts at [[Ottoman military reform efforts|modernizing]] the Ottoman state were met with great hostility in Bosnia, where local aristocrats stood to lose much through the proposed reforms. This, combined with frustrations over political concessions to nascent Christian states in the east, culminated in a famous (albeit ultimately unsuccessful) revolt by [[Husein Gradaščević]] in 1831.<ref name="Imamovic"/> Related rebellions would be extinguished by 1850, but the situation continued to deteriorate. Later agrarian unrest eventually sparked the [[Herzegovinian rebellion]], a widespread peasant uprising, in 1875. The conflict rapidly spread and came to involve several Balkan states and Great Powers, which eventually forced the Ottomans to cede administration of the country to [[Austria–Hungary|Austria-Hungary]] through the [[Treaty of Berlin (1878)|treaty of Berlin]] in 1878.<ref name="Malcolm"/>

===Cai trị Áo-Hung (1878&ndash;1918)===
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[[File:Austria hungary 1911.jpg|thumb|''"Distribution of Races in Austria–Hungary"'' from the Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd, 1911.]]
Though an Austro-Hungarian side quickly came to an agreement with Bosniaks although tensions remained in certain parts of the country (particularly Herzegovina) and a mass emigration of predominantly Slavic dissidents occurred.<ref name="Malcolm"/> However, a state of relative stability was reached soon enough and Austro-Hungarian authorities were able to embark on a number of social and administrative reforms which intended to make Bosnia and Herzegovina into a "model [[colony]]". With the aim of establishing the province as a stable [[Political spectrum|political model]] that would help dissipate rising South Slav [[nationalism]], Habsburg rule did much to codify laws, to introduce new political practices, and generally to provide for modernisation. The Austro-Hungarian Empire built the three Roman [[Catholic Church|Catholic churches]] in Sarajevo and these three churches are among the only 20 Catholic churches in the state of Bosnia.
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Although successful economically, Austro-Hungarian policy - which focused on advocating the ideal of a pluralist and multi-confessional Bosnian [[nation]] (largely favored by the Muslims) - failed to curb the rising tides of nationalism.<ref name="Malcolm"/> The concept of Croat and Serb nationhood had already spread to Bosnia and Herzegovina's Catholics and Orthodox communities from neighboring Croatia and Serbia in the mid nineteenth century, and was too well-entrenched to allow for the widespread acceptance of a parallel idea of Bosnian nationhood.<ref name="Malcolm"/> By the latter half of the 1910s, nationalism was an integral factor of Bosnian politics, with national political parties corresponding to the three groups dominating elections.
The idea of a [[Yugoslavia|unified South Slavic state]] (typically expected to be spear-headed by independent Serbia) became a popular [[List of political ideologies|political ideology]] in the region at this time, including in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Austro-Hungarian government's decision to formally annex Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1908 (see [[Bosnian crisis|Bosnian Crisis]]) added to a sense of urgency among these nationalists. Russia opposed this annexation. Eventually Russia recognised Austro-Hungary's sovereignty over Bosnia in return for Austria-Hungary's promise that it would recognise Russia's right to the [[Dardanelles]] Straits in the [[Ottoman Empire]]. Unlike Russia, Austro-Hungary did not keep their side of the bargain and did nothing to encourage Russia's recognition of the straights.<ref>M.Lynch, <u>Reaction and Revolution: Russia 1894-1924</u> ([[London]], 2005), p63, ISBN 0-340-88589-0</ref> The political tensions caused by all this culminated on June 28, 1914, when Serb nationalist youth [[Gavrilo Princip]] [[Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria|assassinated]] the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, [[Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria|Archduke Franz Ferdinand]], in Sarajevo; an event that proved to be the spark that set off [[World War I]]. Although some Bosnians died serving in the armies of the various warring states, Bosnia and Herzegovina itself managed to escape the conflict relatively unscathed.<ref name="Riedlmayer"/>

===Nam Tư đầu tiên (1918&ndash;1941)===
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Following the war, Bosnia and Herzegovina joined the South Slav [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes]] (soon renamed Yugoslavia). Political life in Bosnia at this time was marked by two major trends: social and economic unrest over [[Redistribution (economics)|property redistribution]], and formation of several political parties that frequently changed coalitions and alliances with parties in other Yugoslav regions.<ref name="Riedlmayer"/> The dominant ideological conflict of the Yugoslav state, between Croatian regionalism and Serbian centralization, was approached differently by Bosnia's major [[ethnic group]]s and was dependent on the overall political atmosphere.<ref name="Malcolm"/> Even though there were over three million Bosnians in Yugoslavia, outnumbering Slovenes and Montenegrins combined, Bosnian nationhood was denied by the new Kingdom. Although the initial split of the country into 33 [[oblast]]s erased the presence of traditional geographic entities from the map, the efforts of Bosnian politicians such as [[Mehmed Spaho]] ensured that the six oblasts carved up from Bosnia and Herzegovina corresponded to the six sanjaks from Ottoman times and, thus, matched the country's traditional boundary as a whole.<ref name="Malcolm"/>

The establishment of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929, however, brought the redrawing of administrative regions into [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia#Internal divisions|banates]] that purposely avoided all historical and ethnic lines, removing any trace of a Bosnian entity.<ref name="Malcolm"/> Serbo-Croat tensions over the structuring of the Yugoslav state continued, with the concept of a separate Bosnian division receiving little or no consideration. The famous [[Cvetković-Maček Agreement]] agreement that created the [[Banovina of Croatia|Croatian banate]] in 1939 encouraged what was essentially a partition of Bosnia between Croatia and Serbia.<ref name="Imamovic"/> However, outside political circumstances forced Yugoslav politicians to shift their attention to the rising threat posed by [[Adolf Hitler]]'s [[Nazi Germany]]. Following a period that saw attempts at [[appeasement]], the signing of the [[Tripartite Pact|Tripartite Treaty]], and a [[coup d'état]], Yugoslavia was finally invaded by Germany on April 6, 1941.<ref name="Malcolm"/>

===Thế chiến II (1941&ndash;45)===
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[[File:Neretva most.jpg|200px|thumb|left|The railway bridge over the [[Neretva|Neretva river]], was destroyed twice during the [[battle of the Neretva]].]]
[[File:Dolina heroja-Spomenik-Tjentiste2.JPG|200px|thumb|Monument commemorating the [[Battle of the Sutjeska|Battle of Sutjeska]] in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina.]]
Once the kingdom of Yugoslavia was conquered by Nazi forces in [[World War II]], all of Bosnia was ceded to the [[Independent State of Croatia]]. The Croat leaders together with domestic [[Muslim|Muslim people]] embarked on a campaign of extermination of [[Serbs]], [[Jew]]s, [[Roma (Romani subgroup)|Roma]], [[Communism|communist]] and large numbers of [[Tito]]'s [[Yugoslav Partisans|Partisans]] by setting up a number of [[Extermination camp|death camps]]. Around 80,000 were killed in Jasenovac camp including 7,000 children.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Geography of Genocide|first=Allan D.|last=Cooper|page=163|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Uyh8kdcuA1kC&lpg=PA234&dq=isbn%3A0761840974&pg=PA163|publisher=University Press of America|date=2008|ISBN=0761840974}}</ref> Many Serbs in the area took up arms and joined the [[Chetniks]]; a nationalist and royalist [[resistance movement]] that conducted [[guerrilla warfare]] against both the fascist Ustashe and the communist [[Yugoslav Partisans|Partisans]]. Though initially fighting against the Nazis, the Chetnik leadership was instructed by the exiled king to fight instead the Partisans. The Chetniks received initial support from the UK and USA.{{Citation needed|date=November 2007}} Most Chetniks were Serbs and [[Montenegrins]], although the army also included some [[Slovenes]] and [[Muslims by nationality]].

Starting in 1941, Yugoslav communists under the leadership of the Croatian [[Josip Broz Tito]] organized their own multi-ethnic resistance group, the Partisans, who fought against both Axis and Chetnik forces. On November 25, 1943 the [[AVNOJ|Anti-Fascist Council of National Liberation of Yugoslavia]] with Tito at its helm held a founding conference in [[Jajce]] where Bosnia and Herzegovina was reestablished as a republic within the Yugoslavian federation in its Habsburg borders. Military success eventually prompted the [[Allies of World War II|Allies]] to support the Partisans, but [[Josip Broz Tito]] declined their offer to help and relied on his own forces instead. All the major military offensives by the antifascist movement of Yugoslavia against Nazis and their local supporters were conducted in Bosnia-Herzegovina and its peoples bore the brunt of fighting. Eventually the end of the war resulted in the establishment of the [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]], with the [[Constitution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|constitution of 1946]] officially making Bosnia and Herzegovina one of six constituent republics in the new state.<ref name="Malcolm"/>

===Nam Tư xã hội chủ nghĩa (1945&ndash;1992)===
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Because of its central geographic position within the Yugoslavian federation, post-war Bosnia was strategically selected as a base for the development of the [[Defense (military)|military defense]] industry. This contributed to a large concentration of arms and military personnel in Bosnia; a significant factor in the [[Bosnian War|war]] that followed the break-up of Yugoslavia in the 1990s.<ref name="Malcolm"/> However, Bosnia's existence within Yugoslavia, for the large part, was peaceful and prosperous.
Though considered a political backwater of the federation for much of the 50s and 60s, the 70s saw the ascension of a strong Bosnian political elite fueled in part by Tito's leadership in the [[Non-Aligned Movement]] and Bosniacs serving in Yugoslavia's [[diplomatic corps]]. While working within the [[Communism|communist]] system, politicians such as [[Džemal Bijedić]], [[Branko Mikulić]] and [[Hamdija Pozderac]] reinforced and protected the sovereignty of Bosnia and Herzegovina<ref name="Stojic">Stojic, Mile (2005). [http://www.bosnia.org.uk/bosrep/report_format.cfm?articleid=3058&reportid=170 Branko Mikulic - socialist emperor manqué]. [[BH Dani]] </ref> Their efforts proved key during the turbulent period following Tito's death in 1980, and are today considered some of the early steps towards Bosnian independence. However, the republic hardly escaped the increasingly nationalistic climate of the time unscathed. With the fall of communism and the start of the break-up of Yugoslavia, the old communist doctrine of tolerance began to lose its potency, creating an opportunity for nationalist elements in the society to spread their influence.

===Chiến tranh Bosnia và Herzegovinia (1992&ndash;95)===
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[[File:Eth relations 1991 bih.gif|thumb|left|200px|The distribution of the three main ethnic groups in 1991 prior to the [[Bosnian War]].
{{legend|#60A040| [[Bosniaks]] }}
{{legend|#006080| [[Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Croats]] }}
{{legend|#E02000| [[Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Serbs]] }}]]
The 1990 parliamentary elections led to a [[National Assembly|national assembly]] dominated by three ethnically-based parties, which had formed a loose coalition to oust the communists from power. [[Croatia]] and [[Slovenia]]'s subsequent declarations of independence and the warfare that ensued placed Bosnia and Herzegovina and its three constituent peoples in an awkward position. A significant split soon developed on the issue of whether to stay with the [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslav federation]] (overwhelmingly favored among Serbs) or seek independence (overwhelmingly favored among Bosniaks and Croats). The [[Serbs|Serb]] [[Member of Parliament|members of parliament]], consisting mainly of the [[Serbian Democratic Party|Serb Democratic Party]] members, abandoned the central parliament in Sarajevo, and formed the [[National Assembly of the Republika Srpska|Assembly of the Serb People of Bosnia and Herzegovina]] on October 24, 1991, which marked the end of the tri-ethnic coalition that governed after the elections in 1990. This Assembly established the [[Republika Srpska|Serbian Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina]] on January 9, 1992, which became [[Republika Srpska]] in August 1992. On November 18, 1991, the party branch in Bosnia and Herzegovina of the ruling party in the [[Croatia|Republic of Croatia]], the [[Croatian Democratic Union]] (HDZ), proclaimed the existence of the [[Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia|Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia]], as a separate "political, cultural, economic and territorial whole," on the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with [[Croatian Defence Council|Croat Defence Council]] (HVO) as its military part.<ref name="ICTY: Prlić et al. (IT-04-74)">{{cite web|url=http://www.un.org/icty/indictment/english/prl-ii040304e.htm|title=ICTY: Prlić et al. (IT-04-74)}}</ref> The Bosnian government did not recognize it. The [[Constitutional court|Constitutional Court]] of Bosnia and Herzegovina declared [[Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia|Herzeg-Bosnia]] illegal, first on September 14, 1992 and again on January 20, 1994.

A declaration of Bosnia and Herzegovina sovereignty in October 1991 was followed by a referendum for independence from [[Yugoslavia]] in February and March 1992 boycotted by the great majority of the Serbs. The turnout in the independence referendum was 63.7% and 92.7% voted for independence. Bosnia and Herzegovina declared independence shortly afterwards. Following a tense period of escalating tensions and sporadic military incidents, open warfare began in Sarajevo on April 6.<ref name="Malcolm"/>
[[File:Evstafiev-sarajevo-building-burns.jpg|thumb|right|The parliament building in the centre of Sarajevo burns after being hit by tank fire during the siege in 1992.]]
[[File:Srebrenica massacre memorial gravestones 2009 1.jpg||thumb|right|Gravestones at the [[Srebrenica Genocide memorial]].]]

Secret discussions between [[Franjo Tuđman]] and [[Slobodan Milošević]] on the division of Bosnia and Herzegovina between [[Serbia]] and [[Croatia]] were held as early as March 1991 known as [[Karađorđevo agreement]]. Following the declaration of [[independence]] of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbs attacked different parts of the country. The state administration of Bosnia and Herzegovina effectively ceased to function having lost control over the entire territory. The Serbs wanted all lands where Serbs had a majority, eastern and [[western Bosnia]]. The Croats and their leader [[Franjo Tuđman]] also aimed at securing parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina as Croatian. The policies of the Republic of Croatia and its leader Franjo Tuđman towards Bosnia and Herzegovina were never totally transparent and always included Franjo Tuđman’s ultimate aim of expanding Croatia’s borders. Bosnian Muslims, the only ethnic group loyal to the Bosnian government, were an easy target, because the Bosnian government forces were poorly equipped and unprepared for the war.{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}}<ref name="ICTY: Naletilić and Martinović verdict - A. Historical background">{{cite web|url=http://www.un.org/icty/naletilic/trialc/judgement/nal-tj030331-1.htm#IIA|title=ICTY: Naletilić and Martinović verdict - A. Historical background}}</ref>

International recognition of Bosnia and Herzegovina increased diplomatic pressure for the [[Yugoslav People's Army]] (JNA) to withdraw from the republic's territory which they officially did. However, in fact, the Bosnian Serb members of JNA simply changed insignia, formed the [[Army of the Republika Srpska|Army of Republika Srpska]], and continued fighting. Armed and equipped from JNA stockpiles in Bosnia, supported by volunteers and various [[Paramilitary|paramilitary forces]] from Serbia, and receiving extensive humanitarian, logistical and financial support from the [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]], Republika Srpska's offensives in 1992 managed to place much of the country under its control.<ref name="Malcolm"/>

Initially, the Serb forces attacked the non-Serb civilian population in Eastern Bosnia. Once [[town]]s and villages were securely in their hands, the Serb forces – military, police, the paramilitaries and, sometimes, even Serb villagers – applied the same pattern: Bosniak houses and apartments were systematically ransacked or burnt down, Bosniak civilians were rounded up or captured, and sometimes beaten or killed in the process. 2.2 million refugees were displaced by the end of the war (of all three nationalities).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unhcr.org/research/RESEARCH/3ae6a0c58.pdf|title= The humanitarian operation in Bosnia, 1992-95: the dilemmas of negotiating humanitarian access|month=May | year=1999|author=United Nations High Commission for Refugees|accessdate=2008-06-24|format=PDF}}</ref> Men and women were separated, with many of the men detained in the camps. The women were kept in various detention centres where they had to live in intolerably unhygienic conditions, where they were mistreated in many ways including being raped repeatedly. Serb soldiers or policemen would come to these detention centres, select one or more women, take them out and rape them.<ref name="ICTY: Kunarac, Kovač and Vuković judgement - Foča">{{cite web|url=http://www.un.org/icty/kunarac/trialc2/judgement/kun-tj010222e-5.htm#VC|title=ICTY: The attack against the civilian population and related requirements}}</ref>

In June 1992 the focus switched to [[Novi Travnik]] and [[Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje|Gornji Vakuf]] where the Croat Defence Council (HVO) efforts to gain control were resisted. On June 18, 1992 the Bosnian Territorial Defence in Novi Travnik received an [[ultimatum]] from the HVO which included demands to abolish existing Bosnia and Herzegovina institutions, establish the authority of the Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia and pledge allegiance to it, subordinate the Territorial Defense to the HVO and expel Muslim refugees, all within 24 hours. The attack was launched on June 19. The elementary school and the [[Post office|Post Office]] were attacked and damaged.<ref>ICTY - Kordic and Cerkez judgment - II. PERSECUTION: THE HVO TAKE-OVERS B. Novi Travnik - [http://www.un.org/icty/kordic/trialc/judgement/kor-tj010226e-4.htm#IIB]</ref> Gornji Vakuf was initially attacked by Croats on June 20, 1992, but the attack failed. The [[Graz agreement]] caused deep division inside the Croat community and strengthened the separation group, which led to the conflict with Bosniaks. One of the primary pro-union Croat leaders, [[Blaž Kraljević]] (leader of the [[Croatian Defence Forces|HOS]] armed group) was killed by HVO soldiers in August 1992, which severely weakened the moderate group who hoped to keep the Bosnian Croat alliance alive.<ref>''Sarajevo, i poslije'', Erich Rathfelder, [[Munich|München]] 1998 [http://www.hsp1861.hr/vijesti/201129erra.htm]</ref> The situation became more serious in October 1992 when Croat forces attacked Bosniak population in [[Prozor-Rama|Prozor]].According to ''[[Jadranko Prlić]] indictment'', HVO forces cleansed most of the Muslims from the town of Prozor and several surrounding villages.<ref name="ICTY: Prlić et al. (IT-04-74)" /> In the same time, Croats from the towns of Konjic and Bugojno were forced to abandon their homes, while many of them were killed or held in [[Internment|concentration camps]]. Alliance between Croats and Muslims broke and most of the Croats were forced to abandon cities with Muslim majority (Sarajevo, Zenica).

By 1993, when an armed conflict erupted between the predominantly Bosniak government in Sarajevo and the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, about 70% of the country was controlled by Republika Srpska. [[Ethnic cleansing]] and [[Civil and political rights|civil rights]] violations against non-Serbs were rampant in these areas. DNA teams have been used to collect evidence of the atrocities committed by Serbian forces during these campaigns.<ref>"Court wants exemplary Karadzic trial", [[BBC News]], 24 July 2008, retrieve 12 July 2009[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7522908.stm]</ref> One single most prominent example is the [[Srebrenica massacre|Srebrenica Massacre]], ruled [[genocide]] by the [[International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia]]. An estimated 200,000 Bosnians were killed by the Serbian [[political authorities]].<ref>"''The Geography of Genocide''", Allan D. Cooper, p. 178, University Press of America, 2008, ISBN 0761840974</ref>
In March 1994, the signing of the Washington Accords between the leaders of the republican government and Herzeg-Bosnia led to the creation of a joint Bosniak-Croat [[Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina]], which absorbed the territory of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia and that held by the [[Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]. [[Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina|The Federation]] soon conquered the small [[Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia]].

A [[1995 NATO bombing campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina|NATO bombing campaign]] began in August, 1995, against the Army of Republika Srpska, after the [[Srebrenica massacre]].
In December 1995, the signing of the [[Dayton Agreement]] in [[Dayton, Ohio]] by the presidents of Bosnia and Herzegovina ([[Alija Izetbegović]]), Croatia ([[Franjo Tuđman]]), and Serbia ([[Slobodan Milošević]]) brought a halt to the fighting, roughly establishing the basic structure of the present-day state. The number of identified victims is currently at 97,207, and the recent research estimates the total number to be less than 110,000 killed (civilians and military),<ref name="hundred thousand">{{cite news |url=http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/klu/eujp/2005/00000021/F0020002/00006852 |publisher=European Journal of Population |title=War-related Deaths in the 1992–1995 Armed Conflicts in Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Critique of Previous Estimates and Recent Results |date=June, 2005}}</ref><ref name="hundredthousand">{{cite news |url=http://today.reuters.com/News/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=L23677389 |publisher=Reuters |title=Research halves Bosnia war death toll to 100,000 |date=November 23, 2005}}</ref><ref name="hundredthousandplus">{{cite news |url=http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2006&m=April&x=20060428134331MVyelwarC0.9095423&t=is/is-latest.html |publisher=U.S. Department of State |title=Review of European Security Issues |date=April 28, 2006}}</ref> and 1.8 million displaced. This is being addressed by the [[International Commission on Missing Persons]].

According to numerous [[International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia|ICTY]] judgments the conflict involved Bosnia and the [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]] (later [[Serbia and Montenegro]])<ref>{{cite web|year=|url=http://hrw.org/reports/2004/ij/icty/2.htm#_Toc62882595|title=ICTY: Conflict between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia}}</ref> as well as [[Croatia]].<ref>{{cite web|year=|url=http://hrw.org/reports/2004/ij/icty/2.htm#_Toc62882594|title=ICTY: Conflict between Bosnia and Croatia}}</ref>

The Bosnian government charged Serbia of complicity in genocide in Bosnia during the war at the [[International Court of Justice]] (ICJ). The [[International Court of Justice]] (ICJ) ruling of February 26, 2007 effectively determined the war's nature to be international, though exonerating Serbia of direct responsibility for the genocide committed by Serb forces of [[Republika Srpska]]. The ICJ concluded, however, that Serbia failed to prevent genocide committed by Serb forces and failed to punish those who carried out the genocide, especially general [[Ratko Mladić]], and bring them to justice.<ref>{{cite web|year=|url=http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/91/13685.pdf|title=ICJ: The genocide case: Bosnia v. Serbia|format=PDF}}</ref>

The judges ruled that the criteria for genocide with the specific intent (''[[List of Latin phrases: D#dolus specialis|dolus specialis]]'') to destroy Bosnian Muslims were met [[Srebrenica massacre|only in Srebrenica]] or Eastern Bosnia in 1995.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/02/26/international/i033600S38.DTL&type=politics|title=Courte: Serbia failed to prevent genocide, UN court rules|date=2007-02-26|agency=Associated Press}}</ref>
The court concluded that the crimes committed during the 1992–1995 war, may amount to [[Crime against humanity|crimes against humanity]] according to the [[international law]], but that these acts did not, in themselves, constitute genocide.<ref>{{cite web|year=|url=http://www.sense-agency.com/en/stream.php?sta=3&pid=9273&kat=3|title=Sense Tribunal: SERBIA FOUND GUILTY OF FAILURE TO PREVENT AND PUNISH GENOCIDE}}</ref> The Court further decided that, following [[Montenegro]]'s [[declaration of independence]] in May 2006, Serbia was the only respondent party in the case, but that "any responsibility for ''past'' events involved at the relevant time the composite State of Serbia and Montenegro".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icj-cij.org/icjwww/ipresscom/SPEECHES/ispeech_president_higgins_bhy_20070226.htm|title=Statement of the President of the Court}}</ref>

== Địa lý ==
{{Main|Geography of Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
{{further|[[List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina]]}}
[[File:General Map of BiH.jpg|thumb|300px|left|General map of BiH]]
[[File:NeumCoastBH.jpg|thumb|220px|[[Neum]]]]

Bosnia is located in the western [[Balkans]], bordering [[Croatia]] (932&nbsp;km) to the north and south-west, [[Serbia]] (302&nbsp;km) to the east, and [[Montenegro]] (225&nbsp;km) to the southeast. The country is mostly mountainous, encompassing the central [[Dinaric Alps]]. The northeastern parts reach into the [[Pannonian Plain|Pannonian basin]], while in the south it borders the [[Adriatic Sea|Adriatic]]. The country has only 20 kilometers (12&nbsp;mi) of coastline,<ref name="coastline"/> around the town of [[Neum]] in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton. Although the city is surrounded by Croatian peninsulas, by United Nations law, Bosnia has a right of passage to the outer sea. Neum has many hotels and is an important tourism destination.

The country's name comes from the two regions [[Bosnia (region)|Bosnia]] and [[Herzegovina]], which have a very vaguely defined border between them. Bosnia occupies the northern areas which are roughly four fifths of the entire country, while Herzegovina occupies the rest in the south part of the country.

The major cities are the capital [[Sarajevo]], [[Banja Luka]] in the northwest region known as [[Bosanska Krajina]], [[Bijeljina]] and [[Tuzla]] in the northeast, [[Zenica]] and [[Doboj]] in the central part of Bosnia and [[Mostar]], the capital of [[Herzegovina]].

The south part of Bosnia has Mediterranean climate and a great deal of agriculture. Central Bosnia is the most mountainous part of Bosnia featuring predominate mountains [[Vlašić (mountain)|Vlašić]], [[Čvrsnica Mountain|Čvrsnica]], and [[Prenj]]. Eastern Bosnia also features mountains like [[Trebević]], [[Jahorina]], [[Igman]], [[Bjelašnica Mountain|Bjelašnica]] and [[Treskavica]]. It was here that the [[1984 Winter Olympics]] were held.

Eastern Bosnia is heavily forested along the river [[Drina]], and overall close to 50% of Bosnia and Herzegovina is forested. Most forest areas are in Central, Eastern and Western parts of Bosnia. Northern Bosnia contains very fertile agricultural land along the river Sava and the corresponding area is heavily farmed. This farmland is a part of the Parapannonian Plain stretching into neighboring Croatia and Serbia. The river Sava and corresponding [[Posavina]] [[Drainage basin|river basin]] hold the cities of Brčko, [[Šamac|Bosanski Šamac]], [[Bosanski Brod]] and [[Bosanska Gradiška]].

[[File:IMG 0899.jpg|thumb|220px| Scenery in [[Herzegovina-Neretva Canton]].]]
The northwest part of Bosnia is called Bosanska Krajina and holds the cities of [[Banja Luka]], [[Prijedor]], [[Sanski Most]], [[Cazin]], [[Velika Kladuša]] and [[Bihać]]. Kozara [[National park|National Park]] is in this forested region.

There are seven major rivers in Bosnia and Herzegovina<ref name=fao>{{cite web|title=Watershed Management in Mountain Regions in Bosnia and Herzegovina|url=ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/009/a0269e/A0269E05.pdf|publisher=FAO|page=113|author=Izet Čengić, Azra Čabaravdić}}</ref>
*[[Sava River|Sava]] is the largest river of the country, but it only forms its northern [[natural border]] with Croatia. It drains 76%<ref name=fao/> of the country's territory into the Danube and the Black Sea.
*[[Una (Sava)|Una]], [[Sana River|Sana]] and [[Vrbas River|Vrbas]] are right tributaries of Sava river. They are located in the northwestern region of Bosanska Krajina.
*[[Bosna (river)|Bosna]] river gave its name to the country, and is the longest river fully contained within it. It stretches through central Bosnia, from its source near [[Sarajevo]] to Sava in the north.
*[[Drina]] flows through the eastern part of Bosnia, and for the most part it forms a natural border with Serbia.
*[[Neretva]] is the major river of Herzegovina and the only major river that flows south, into the Adriatic Sea.

[[Phytogeography|Phytogeographically]], Bosnia and Herzegovina belongs to the [[Boreal Kingdom]] and is shared between the Illyrian province of the [[Circumboreal Region]] and Adriatic province of the [[Mediterranean Basin|Mediterranean Region]]. According to the [[World Wide Fund for Nature|WWF]], the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina can be subdivided into three [[ecoregion]]s: the Pannonian [[Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests|mixed forests]], Dinaric Mountains mixed forests and Illyrian [[Deciduous|deciduous forests]].

== Chính phủ và chính trị ==
{{Main|Politics of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
[[File:Bk-map.png|thumb|Bosnia and Herzegovina consists of [[Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina]] (FBiH), [[Republika Srpska]] (RS), and [[Brčko District]] (BD).]]
Bosnia and Herzegovina has several levels of political structuring under the federal government level. Most important of these levels is the division of the country into two entities: [[Republika Srpska]] and the [[Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]. The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina covers some 51% of Bosnia and Herzegovina's total area, while Republika Srpska covers around 49%. The entities, based largely on the territories held by the two warring sides at the time, were formally established by the Dayton peace agreement in 1995 due to the tremendous changes in Bosnia and Herzegovina's ethnic structure. Since 1996 the power of the entities relative to the federal government has decreased significantly. Nonetheless, entities still have numerous powers to themselves. The Brcko district in the north of the country was created in 2000 out of land from both entities. It officially belongs to both, but is governed by neither, and functions under a decentralized system of [[local government]]. The Brčko district has been praised for maintaining a multiethnic population and a level of prosperity significantly above the national average.<ref name="OHR">OHR Bulletin 66 (February 3, 1998). [http://www.ohr.int/ohr-dept/presso/chronology/bulletins/default.asp?content_id=4991#8 - Final hearing of the Arbitration Tribunal in Vienna]. OHR.</ref>

The third level of Bosnia and Herzegovina's political subdivision is manifested in [[Cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina|cantons]]. They are unique to the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity, which consists of ten of them. All of them have their own cantonal government, which is under the law of the Federation as a whole. Some cantons are ethnically mixed and have special laws implemented to ensure the equality of all constituent peoples.

The fourth level of political division in Bosnia and Herzegovina is the municipalities. The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is divided in 74 municipalities, and Republika Srpska in 63. Municipalities also have their own local government, and are typically based around the most significant city or place in their territory. As such, many municipalities have a long tradition and history with their present boundaries. Some others, however, were only created following the recent war after traditional municipalities were split by the [[Inter-Entity Boundary Line]]. Each canton in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina consists of several municipalities, which are divided into local communities.

Besides entities, cantons, and municipalities, Bosnia and Herzegovina also has four "official" cities. These are: [[Banja Luka]], [[Mostar]], [[Sarajevo]], and [[Istočno Sarajevo|East Sarajevo]]. The territory and government of the cities of Banja Luka and Mostar corresponds to the municipalities of the same name, while the cities of Sarajevo and East Sarajevo officially consist of several municipalities. Cities have their own city government whose power is in between that of the municipalities and cantons (or the entity, in the case of Republika Srpska).

As a result of the [[Dayton Agreement|Dayton Accords]], the civilian peace implementation is supervised by the [[High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina]] selected by the [[Peace Implementation Council]]. The High Representative has many governmental and legislative powers, including the dismissal of elected and non-elected officials. More recently, several central institutions have been established (such as [[Defence minister|defense ministry]], security ministry, state court, [[indirect tax]]ation service etc.) in the process of transferring part of the jurisdiction from the entities to the state.
[[File:BiHParliament.jpg|left|200px|thumb|The Bosnian Parliament building after reconstruction.]]
The representation of the government of Bosnia and Herzegovina is by elites who represent the country's three major groups, with each having a guaranteed share of power.

The Chair of the [[Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina]] rotates among three members ([[Bosniaks|Bosniak]], [[Serbs|Serb]], [[Croats|Croat]]), each elected as the Chair for an eight-month term within their four-year term as a member. The three members of the [[Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Presidency]] are elected directly by the people (Federation votes for the Bosniak/Croat, [[Republika Srpska]] for the [[Serbs|Serb]]).

The Chair of the [[Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Council of Ministers]] is nominated by the Presidency and approved by the House of Representatives. He or she is then responsible for appointing a [[Foreign minister|Foreign Minister]], Minister of [[International trade|Foreign Trade]], and others as appropriate.

The [[Parliamentary assembly|Parliamentary Assembly]] is the lawmaking body in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It consists of two houses: the House of Peoples and the House of Representatives. The House of Peoples includes 15 delegates, two-thirds of which come from the Federation (5 Croat and 5 Bosniaks) and one-third from the Republika Srpska (5 Serbs). The House of Representatives is composed of 42 Members, two-thirds elected from the Federation and one-third elected from the Republika Srpska.

The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the supreme, final arbiter of legal matters. It is composed of nine members: four members are selected by the House of Representatives of the Federation,two by the Assembly of the Republika Srpska, and three by the President of the [[European Court of Human Rights]] after consultation with the Presidency.

However, the highest political authority in the country is the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the chief [[executive officer]] for the international civilian presence in the country. Since 1995, the High Representative has been able to bypass the elected parliamentary assembly, and since 1997 has been able to remove elected officials. The methods selected by the High Representative have been criticized as undemocratic.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.law.nyu.edu/eecr/vol7num2/special/bosnia.html|title=''The Contradictions of "Democracy" without Consent'', East European Constitutional Review, New York University Law School, 1998}}</ref> International supervision is to end when the country is deemed politically and democratically stable and self-sustaining.

==Quan hệ nước ngoài==
{{Main|Foreign relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
{{See also|Accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the European Union}}
[[Accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the European Union|EU integration]] is one of the main political objectives of Bosnia and Herzegovina, it initiated the [[Stabilisation and Association Process]] in 2007. Countries participating in the SAP have been offered the possibility to become, once they fulfill the necessary conditions, Member States of the EU. Bosnia and Herzegovina is therefore a potential candidate country for EU accession.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/potential-candidate-countries/bosnia_and_herzegovina/eu_bosnia_and_herzegovina_relations_en.htm |title=European Commission - Enlargement - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Relations with the EU |publisher=Ec.europa.eu |date= |accessdate=2009-01-03}}</ref> The implementation of the [[Dayton Agreement|Dayton Accords]] of 1995 has focused the efforts of policymakers in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as the [[international community]], on regional stabilization in the countries-successors of the [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|former Yugoslavia]]. Within Bosnia and Herzegovina, relations with its neighbors of [[Croatia]], [[Serbia]] and [[Montenegro]] have been fairly stable since the signing of the [[Dayton Agreement]] in 1995.

== Nhân khẩu ==
[[File:DemoBIH2006aa.PNG|thumb|200px|Estimated ethnic map of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2006.
{{legend|#027B3F| [[Bosniaks]] }}
{{legend|#003562| [[Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Croats]] }}
{{legend|#9F0F14| [[Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Serbs]] }}]]
{{Main|Demographics of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Demographic history of Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
{{See|Ethnic groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina|Religion in Bosnia and Herzegovina}}

Bosnia is home to three ethnic "[[Ethnic groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina|constituent peoples]]": [[Bosniaks]], [[Serbs]] and [[Croats]]. Tensions between the three constitutional peoples remain high and often provoke political disagreements. A [[Y chromosome|Y-chromosome]] [[haplogroup]]s study published in 2005 found that "three main groups of Bosnia-Herzegovina, in spite of some quantitative differences, share a large fraction of the same ancient [[gene pool]] distinctive for the Balkan area".<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2005.00190.x|title=The peopling of modern Bosnia-Herzegovina: Y-chromosome haplogroups in the three main ethnic groups|last=Marjanovic|first=D|coauthors=Fornarino, S, Montagna, S, Primorac, D, Hadziselimovic, R, Vidovic, S, Pojskic, N, Battaglia, V, Achilli, A, Drobnic, K, Andjelinovic, S, Torroni, A, Santachiara-Benerecetti, AS, Semino, O|journal=Annals of Human Genetics|volume=69|issue=6|pages=757–763|year=2005|doi=10.1111/j.1529-8817.2005.00190.x}}</ref>

According to the [[1991 population census in Bosnia and Herzegovina|1991 census]], Bosnia and Herzegovina had a population of 4,377,033. Ethnically, 1,902,956 (43%) were [[Bosniaks|Bosniak]], 1,366,104 (31%) [[Serbs]], and 760,852 (17%) [[Croats]], with 242,682 (6%) [[Yugoslavs]]. The remaining 2% of the population - numbering 104,439 - consisted of various other ethnicities. According to 2000 data from the [[The World Factbook|CIA World Factbook]], Bosnia's largest ethnic groups are [[Bosniaks]] (48%), [[Serbs]] (37%) and Croats (14%).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/BK.html|title=CIA - The World Factbook - Bosnia and Herzegovina<!-- Bot generated title -->}}</ref> There is a strong correlation between ethnic identity and [[religion in Bosnia and Herzegovina]]: [[Islam|Muslims]] constitute 45% of the population, [[Serbian Orthodox Church|Serb Orthodox]] 36%, [[Catholicism|Roman Catholics]] 15%, and other groups, including [[Judaism|Jews]] and [[Protestantism|Protestants]], 4%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2008/108438.htm|title=International Religious Freedom Report 2008 - Bosnia and Herzegovina}}</ref>

Large population migrations during the Yugoslav wars in the 1990s have caused demographic shifts in the country. No census has been taken since 1991, and political disagreements have made it impossible to organize one. Nevertheless, a census has been planed for the year 2011. Since censuses are the only statistical, inclusive, and objective way to analyze demographics, almost all of the post-war data is simply an estimate. Most sources, however, estimate the population to be about four million, representing a decrease of 350,000 since 1991.

== Kinh tế ==
{{Main|Economy of Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
{{See also|Communications in Bosnia and Herzegovina}}

Bosnia faces the dual problem of rebuilding a war-torn country and introducing market reforms to its formerly centrally-planned economy. One legacy of the previous era is a greatly overstaffed military industry; under former leader [[Josip Broz Tito]], military industries were promoted in the republic, resulting in the development of a large share of Yugoslavia's defense plants but fewer commercially viable firms.

[[File:Momo i Uzeir.jpg|thumb|right|UNITIC towers (Momo and Uzeir) in Sarajevo]]
For the most of Bosnia's history, [[agriculture]] has been based on small and inefficient privately-owned farms; food has traditionally been a net import for the republic.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scc.rutgers.edu/serbian_digest/225/t225-4.htm|title=A Divided Bosnia, January 29, 1996, Aleksandar Ciric}}</ref>

The war in the 1990s caused a dramatic change in the Bosnian economy.<ref>Daclon, Corrado Maria (1997). Bosnia. Maggioli. Italy</ref> GDP fell 75% and the destruction of physical infrastructure devastated the economy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/skills/training/publ/pub12.htm |title=Post-conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina - Martha Walsh - Employment Sector |publisher=ILO |date= |accessdate=2009-05-05}}</ref> While much of the production capacity has been restored, the Bosnian economy still faces considerable difficulties. Figures show GDP and per capita income increased 10% from 2003 to 2004; this and Bosnia's shrinking [[Government debt|national debt]] being positive trends, but high unemployment and a large [[Balance of trade|trade deficit]] remain cause for concern.

The national currency is the [[Euro]]-pegged [[Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark|Convertible Mark]] (KM), controlled by a [[currency board]]. Annual inflation is the lowest relative to other countries in the region at 1.9% in 2004.<ref>{{cite book |author=[[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] |title=[[The World Factbook|World Factbook]]}}</ref> The international debt was $3.1 billion (2005 est) - the smallest amount of debt owed of all the former Yugoslav republics. [[Gross domestic product|Real GDP]] growth rate was 5% for 2004 according to the Bosnian [[Central bank|Central Bank]] of BiH and Statistical Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Bosnia and Herzegovina has one of the highest [[List of countries by income equality|income equality rankings]] in the world, ranking eighth out of 193 nations.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/pdfs/report/HDR06-complete.pdf#page=335
| title = Table 15: Inequality in income or expenditure
| accessdate = 2007-01-09
| author = [[United Nations]]
| year = 2006
| format = PDF
| work = Human Development Report 2006
| publisher = United Nations Development Programme
| pages = 335
}}</ref>

According to [[Eurostat]] data, Bosnia and Hercegovina's PPS GDP per capita stood at 30 per cent of the EU average in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/2-25062009-BP/EN/2-25062009-BP-EN.PDF|title=GDP per capita in PPS|publisher=Eurostat|accessdate=2009-06-25}}</ref>

'''Overall value of [[foreign direct investment]] (1999-2008):'''<ref name="Lemo">{{cite web|url=http://nezavisne.com/vijesti.php?vijest=17929&meni=5|title=Najveći investitor Srbija sa 707 miliona evra}}</ref>
*1999: €166 million
*2000: €159 million
*2001: €133 million
*2002: €282 million
*2003: €338 million
*2004: €534 million
*2005: €421 million
*2006: €556 million
*2007: €1.628 billion
*2008: €1.083 billion

From 1994 to 2008, €5.3 billion were invested in the country.<ref>{{cite web|author=Dejan Šajinović |url=http://www.nezavisne.com/dogadjaji/vijesti/36423/Ulozeno-53-milijarde-evra-u-BiH.html |title=Uloženo 5,3 milijarde evra u BiH - Događaji |publisher=Nezavisne |date= |accessdate=2009-05-05}}</ref>

'''The top investor countries (1994 - 2007)''':<ref name="Lemo" />
*[[Austria]] (€1,294 million)
*[[Serbia]] (€773 million)
*[[Croatia]] (€434 million)
*[[Slovenia]] (€427 million)
*[[Switzerland]] (€337 million)
*[[Germany]] (€270 million)
*[[Italy]] (€94.29 million)
*[[Netherlands]] (€63.52 million)
*[[United Arab Emirates]] (€56.70 million)
*[[Turkey]] (€54.81 million)
*[[World|All Other Countries]] (€892.54 million)

'''Foreign investments by sector for (1994-2007):'''<ref name="Lemo" />
*37.7% [[Manufacturing]]
*21% [[Bank]]ing
*4.9% [[Service (economics)|Services]]
*9.6% [[Trade]]
*0.30% [[Transport]]
*1% [[Tourism]]

=== Viễn thông ===
The Bosnian [[communication]]s market was fully liberalised in January 2006. There are three [[landline]] telephone providers, although each one predominantly serves a particular region. Internet penetration is rising, with [[Broadband Internet access|broadband]] services including [[Cable Internet access|cable]] and [[Asymmetric digital subscriber line|ADSL]] increasing in popularity. [[Mobile phone|Mobile]] services are provided by three operators, which nationwide services. Mobile data services are also available, including high-speed [[Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution|EDGE]] and [[3G]] services.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20081008005553&newsLang=en |title=Bosnia-Herzegovina - Telecoms Market Overview & Statistics Report Covers the Regulatory Environment, Major Players and Market Developments |publisher=Businesswire.com |date=2008-10-08 |accessdate=2009-01-03}}</ref>

===Du lịch===
{{Main|Tourism in Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
{{See also|Sites of interest in Sarajevo}}
[[File:Sarajevopurple.jpg|thumb|right|[[Sarajevo]], the capital and the largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina.]]
[[File:Stari Most22.jpg|thumb|[[Stari Most]] in [[Mostar]].]]
[[File:Waterfall in Jajce Bosnia.JPG|right|thumb|The waterfall in Jajce]]
[[File:Boeing 734 BH Birlines.jpg|thumb|B&H Airlines Boeing 737-400]]
According to an estimation of the [[World Tourism Organization]], Bosnia and Herzegovina will have the third highest tourism growth rate in the world between 1995 and 2020.<ref
name="Newfound">[http://features.us.reuters.com/destinations/news/L20239376.html Bosnia's newfound tourism], [[Reuters]].</ref>

[[Lonely Planet]], in ranking the best cities in the world, ranked [[Sarajevo]], the [[Capital (political)|national capital]] and host of the [[1984 Winter Olympics|1984 Winter Olympic Games]], as #43, ahead of [[Dubrovnik]] at #59, [[Ljubljana]] at #84, [[Bled]] at #90, [[Belgrade]] at #113, and [[Zagreb]] at #135.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bosniatravel.net/news/2006/lonely-planet-on-sarajevo.html|title=Bosnia Travel}}</ref> [[Tourism]] in [[Sarajevo]] is chiefly focused on historical, religious, and cultural aspects. Bosnia has also become an increasingly popular skiing and [[Ecotourism]] destination.
Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the last undiscovered regions of the [[southern Alps]], with vast tracks of wild and untouched nature attracting adventurers and nature lovers. The central [[Dinaric Alps]] are favored by hikers & walkers, containing both Mediterreanean & Alpine climates. [[Rafting|Whitewater rafting]] is something akin to a [[National sport|national pastime]], with 3 rivers including the deepest [[Canyon|river canyon]] in Europe, Tara River.
<ref name="Newfound" />

====Hấp dẫn du lịch====
Some of the tourist attractions in Bosnia and Herzegovina include:
* [[Sarajevo]] "Olympic City" a Science, Space City;
* [[Banja Luka]], the "Green City"; art city, sport city, city 3 nations and culture, capitol city of Republic of Srpska.
* [[Bihać]] and the river [[Una (Sava)|Una]] with its waterfalls and the [[Una River]], within Una National Park;
* [[Doboj]] and its [[13th century]] fortress;
* [[Jajce]] and its waterfall;
* The [[Neretva]] river and the [[Rakitnica]] river canyons in [[Neretva|Upper Neretva]];
* The [[Trebižat]] river and its waterfalls [[Trebižat|Kravice]] and [[Trebižat|Kočuša]];
* The [[Buna (Neretva)|Buna]] and its spring [[Vrelo Bune]] with the historical town of [[Vrelo Bune|Blagaj]];
* The [[Tara (Drina)|Lower Tara]] river canyon;
* The [[Perućica]] [[Old-growth forest|ancient forest]], one of the last two remaining primeval forests in [[Europe]], and the [[Sutjeska National Park|Sutjeska]] river canyon, both within [[Sutjeska National Park]];
* [[Počitelj]] historical village;
* [[Mostar]], the site of [[Stari most|Stari Most]];
* Shrine of [[Međugorje]], the site of a famous [[Marian apparition]];
* Mount [[Bjelašnica Mountain|Bjelašnica]] and [[Jahorina]], sites of the [[1984 Winter Olympics|XIV Olympic Winter Games]];
* [[Neum]] on the coast;
* [[Stolac Municipality|Stolac]], the [[Begovina]] neighborhood and [[Radimlja]] tombstones;
* [[Višegrad]], the site of the [[Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge]];
* [[Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina|Visoko]], site of the alleged [[Bosnian pyramids]];
* [[Tešanj]], one of the [[List of cities by time of continuous habitation|oldest cities]] in Bosnia with its old town;
* [[Tuzla]], Salt city, the city of Love.

==Giáo dục==
{{Main|Education in Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
[[Primary education]] lasts for nine years. [[Secondary education]] is provided by general and technical secondary schools where studies last for four years. All forms of secondary schooling include an element of [[Vocational education|vocational training]]. Pupils graduating from general secondary schools obtain the Matura and can enroll in any faculty or academy by passing a qualification examination prescribed by the institution. Students graduating technical subjects obtain a Diploma.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.euroeducation.net/prof/boherco.htm|title=EuroEduction.net - The European Education Directory}}</ref>

==Văn hoá==
{{Main|Văn hoá Bosnia và Herzegovina}}

===Kiến trúc===
{{Main|Architecture of Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
The architecture of Bosnia and Herzegovina is largely influenced by four major periods where political and social changes influenced the creation of distinct cultural and architectural habits of the population. Each period made its influence felt and contributed to a greater diversity of cultures and architectural language in this region.

=== Văn học ===
{{Main|Literature of Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
[[File:Andric Ivo.jpg|thumb|right|120px|[[Ivo Andrić]], the 1961 winner of the [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize for Literature]].]]
Bosnia and Herzegovina has a rich literature, including poets such as [[Antun Branko Šimić]], [[Aleksa Šantić]], [[Jovan Dučić]] and [[Mak Dizdar]] and writers such as [[Ivo Andrić]], [[Meša Selimović]], [[Branko Ćopić]], [[Miljenko Jergović]], [[Isak Samokovlija]], [[Abdulah Sidran]], [[Petar Kočić]] and Nedžad Ibrišimović. The National Theater was founded 1919 in Sarajevo and its first director was famous drama-play writer [[Branislav Nušić]].
Magazines such as ''[[Novi Plamen]]'', ''[[Most]]'' and ''Sarajevske biljeznice'' are some of the more prominent publications covering cultural and literary themes.

=== Nghệ thuật ===
{{main|Art of Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
The art of Bosnia and Herzegovina was always evolving and ranged from the original medieval tombstones called [[Stećci]] to paintings in [[House of Kotromanić|Kotromanić]] court. However, only with the arrival of Austro-Hungarians did the painting renaissance in Bosnia really begin to flourish. The first educated artists from European academies appeared with the beginning of 20th century. Among those are: [[Gabrijel Jurkić]], Petar Tiješić, Karlo Mijić, Špiro Bocarić, Petar Šain, Đoko Mazalić, Roman Petrović and Lazar Drljača. Later, artists such as: Ismet Mujezinović, Vojo Dimitrijević, Ivo Šeremet, and Mica Todorović amongst others came to rise. After World War II artists like: Virgilije Nevjestić, Bekir Misirlić, Ljubo Lah, Meha Sefić, Franjo Likar, [[Mersad Berber]], Ibrahim Ljubović, Dževad Hozo, Affan Ramić, Safet Zec, Ismar Mujezinović, and Mehmed Zaimović rose in popularity. [[Ars Aevi]] a museum of contemporary art that includes works by renowned world artists was founded in Sarajevo.

=== Âm nhạc ===
{{Main|Music of Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
[[File:Evstafiev-vedran-smailovic-sarajevo1992w.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Vedran Smailović]], the cellist of Sarajevo.]]
Traditional Bosnian and Herzogovinian [[song]]s are ''ganga, rera'', and from Ottoman era the most popular is [[sevdalinka]]. Pop and [[Rock music]] has a tradition here as well, with the more famous [[music]]ians including [[Goran Bregović]], Davorin Popović, [[Kemal Monteno]], [[Zdravko Čolić]], [[Edo Maajka]], [[Dino Merlin]] and [[30 Seconds to Mars|Tomo Miličević]]. Also, it would be unfair not to mention some of the talented composers such as [[Đorđe Novković]], Esad Arnautalić, [[Kornelije Kovač]], and many pop and [[rock band]]s, e.g. [[Bijelo dugme|Bijelo Dugme]], [[Indexi]], [[Plavi orkestar|Plavi Orkestar]], [[Zabranjeno Pušenje]], who were among the leading ones in the former Yugoslavia. Bosnia is home to the composer [[Dušan Šestić]], the creator of the current [[national anthem]] of Bosnia and Herzegovina and father of singer [[Marija Šestić]], composer [[Saša Lošić|Sasa Losic]] and pianist [[Saša Toperić|Sasha Toperich]].

Due to it being one of the few countries to air the [[Eurovision Dance Contest 2008|2008 Eurovision Dance Contest]], it is thought that Bosnia and Herzegovina will be one of the countries taking part in the [[Eurovision Dance Contest 2010|first competition held outside of the UK]] in 2010.

=== Điện ảnh ===
{{Main|List of Bosnia-Herzegovina films}}
Notable Bosnian [[film]]-makers are Mirza Idrizović, Aleksandar Jevđević, Ivica Matić, [[Danis Tanović]] (known for the Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning [[No Man's Land (2001 film)|No Man's Land]], [[Ademir Kenović]], [[Benjamin Filipović]], [[Jasmin Dizdar]], [[Pjer Žalica]], [[Jasmila Žbanić]], Dino Mustafić, [[Srđan Vuletić]], among many others.

=== Thể thao ===
The most important international [[Sport|sporting event]] in the [[history of Bosnia and Herzegovina]] was the hosting of the '''[[1984 Winter Olympics|14th Winter Olympics]]''', held in [[Sarajevo]] from the 7th to February 19, 1984.

Bosnia and Herzegovina has produced many athletes. Many of them were famous in the Yugoslav national teams before Bosnia and Herzegovina's independence.

Some notable local [[Olympic Games|Olympians]] were:
*[[1960 Summer Olympics|Rome]], 1960: [[Tomislav Knez]] and Velimir Sombolac (football),
*[[1964 Summer Olympics|Tokyo]], 1964: [[Mirsad Fazlagić]] (football),
*[[1972 Summer Olympics|Munich]], 1972: [[Abaz Arslanagić]], [[Milorad Karalić]], [[Nebojša Popović]], Đorđe Lavrinić, Dobrivoje Seleć (handball)
*[[1980 Summer Olympics|Moscow]], 1980: [[Mirza Delibašić]] and Ratko Radovanović (basketball)
*[[1984 Summer Olympics|Los Angeles]], 1984: [[Zdravko Rađenović]], [[Zlatan Arnautović]] (handball) and Anto Josipović (boxing).

The Borac [[team handball|handball]] club has won seven Yugoslav National Championships, as well as the European Championship Cup in 1976 and the International Handball Federation Cup in 1991.

The [[KK Bosna|Bosna]] [[basketball]] club from Sarajevo were European Champions in 1979. The [[Yugoslavia national basketball team|Yugoslav national basketball team]], which medaled in every world championship from 1963 through 1990, included Bosnian players such as [[Dražen Dalipagić]] and [[Mirza Delibašić]]. Bosnia and Herzegovina regularly qualifies for the [[EuroBasket|European Championship in Basketball]]. Jedinstvo [[Women's basketball]] club, based in Tuzla, has won the 1989 European Championships in Florence.

The Tuzla-Sinalco [[karate]] club from Tuzla has won the most Yugoslav championships, as well as four European Championships and one World Championship.

The Bosnian [[chess]] team has been Champion of Yugoslavia seven times, in addition to winning four European championships: 1994 in Lyon, 1999 in Bugojno, 2000 in Neum, and 2001 in Kalitea. Borki Predojević (from [[Teslić]]) chess club has also won two European Championships: Litohoreu (Greece) in 1999, and Kalitei (Greece) in 2001.

Middle-weight [[boxing|boxer]] [[Marijan Beneš|Marjan Beneš]] has won several B&H Championships, Yugoslavian Championships and the European Championship. In 1978 he won the World Title against Elish Obeda from Bahamas. Another middle-weight boxer, [[Anton Josipović]] won the Olympic Gold in Los Angeles, 1984. He also won Yugoslavian Championship in 1982, the Championship of the Balkans in 1983, and the Beograd Trophy in 1985.

[[Association football]] is the most popular sport in B&H. It dates from 1903, but its popularity grew significantly after the World War II. At local level, [[Sarajevo]] (1967 and 1984), [[FK Željezničar Sarajevo|Željezničar]] (1972) have both won the Yugoslavian Championship. The former [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslav national football team]] has included a number of Bosnian players, such as [[Josip Katalinski]], [[Dušan Bajević]], [[Miroslav Blažević]], [[Ivica Osim]], [[Safet Sušić]], and [[Mirsad Fazlagić]].

In football, the independent [[Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team]] has not qualified for a European or World Championship. Bosnian national teams have struggled to draft the best national players. Many players born in Bosnia and Herzegovina choose to play for other countries due to their ethnic identification and because of higher salaries offered by other teams. For example [[Mario Stanić]] and Mile Mitić were both born in Bosnia, but play for Croatia and Serbia respectively. Other internationally famous players from Bosnia and Herzegovina, who have made similar choices, are: [[Zoran Savić]], [[Vladimir Radmanović]], [[Zoran Planinić]], [[Aleksandar Nikolić]], [[Savo Milošević]], [[Darijo Srna]], [[Vedran Ćorluka]].

Bosnia and Herzegovina was the world champion of [[volleyball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics]]. Many among those on the team lost their legs in the Bosnian War.

=== Ẩm thực ===
{{Main|Cuisine of Bosnia and Herzegovina}}

[[Bosnian cuisine]] uses many [[spice]]s, but usually in moderate quantities. Most dishes are light, as they are cooked in lots of water; the sauces are fully natural, consisting of little more than the natural juices of the vegetables in the dish. Typical ingredients include [[tomato]]es, [[potato]]es, [[onion]]s, [[garlic]], [[capsicum|peppers]], [[cucumber]]s, [[carrot]]s, [[cabbage]], [[mushroom]]s, [[spinach]], [[zucchini]], [[Bean|dried beans]], fresh beans, [[plum]]s, [[milk]], [[paprika]] and cream called [[Smetana (dairy product)|Pavlaka]]. Bosnian cuisine is balanced between [[Western culture|Western]] and [[Eastern world|Eastern]] influences. As a result of the [[Turkish cuisine|Ottoman]] administration for almost 500 years, Bosnian food is closely related to [[Turkish cuisine|Turkish]], [[Greek cuisine|Greek]], and other former [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] and [[Mediterranean cuisine|Mediterranean]] cuisines. However, due to years of [[Austria]]n rule, there are many influences from [[Central Europe]]. Typical meat dishes include primarily [[beef]] and [[Lamb and mutton|lamb]]. Some local specialties are [[Ćevapčići|ćevapi]], [[burek]], [[dolma]], [[sarma (food)|sarma]], [[pilaf]], [[goulash]], [[ajvar]] and a whole range of Eastern sweets. The best local wines come from [[Herzegovina]] where the climate is suitable for growing grapes. Herzegovinian loza (similar to Italian Grappa but less sweet) is very popular. Plum (sljiva/rakija) or apple (jabukovaca (jabuka = apple)) is produced in [[Bosnia (region)|Bosnia]]. Herzegovinian distilleries used to produce vast quantities of brandy and supply all of ex Yugoslavian alcohol factories (brandy is the base of most [[Alcoholic beverage|alcoholic drinks]]).

== Xem thêm ==
{{portal|Bosnia and Herzegovina|Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg}}
{{Main|Outline of Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
*[[List of Bosnia and Herzegovina-related articles|Index of Bosnia and Herzegovina-related articles]]
*[[List of people from Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
*[[List of settlements in Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
*[[Oriental Institute in Sarajevo]]

==Gallery==
<center>
<gallery perrow="5">
File:Countryside.jpg|Countryside near Tarčin, south of Sarajevo
File:Trebinje_River.jpg|[[Trebinje]]
File:Una(Bih).jpg|[[Una (Sava)|Una River]]
File:Church in Međugorje, B-H, June 4th 2007 (2).jpg|[[Our Lady of Međugorje]] statue and her Shrine
</gallery>
</center>

==Tham khảo==
{{reflist|2}}

==Đọc thêm==
*''Phillips, Douglas A''. ''Bosnia and Herzegovina''. ''Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 2004''. ''ISBN 0-7910-7911-2''
*''Norway'' - ''A Triumph in Bigotry'' ''by Frederick Delaware which compares the bigotry and hatred of establishment Norway towards Muslims with that of Serbia and Croatia in 1990's Yugoslavia''.

==Liên kết ngoài==
{{sisterlinks}}
*[http://www.fbihvlada.gov.ba Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina]
*[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/world-leaders-b/bosnia-and-herzegovina.html Chief of State and Cabinet Members]
*{{CIA World Factbook link|bk|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
*[http://report.globalintegrity.org/Bosnia%20and%20Herzegovina/2008 Global Integrity Report: BiH] has details of anti-corruption efforts
*[http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/govpubs/for/bosniaherzegovina.htm Bosnia and Herzegovina] from ''UCB Libraries GovPubs''
*{{dmoz|Regional/Europe/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina}}
*{{wikiatlas|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
*[http://www.fao.org/countryprofiles/index.asp?lang=en&ISO3=BIH FAO Country Profiles: Bosnia and Herzegovina]
*{{wikitravel}}
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Bosnia và Herzegovina (phát âm /ˈbɒzni.ə ænd hɜrtsɨˈɡoʊvɨnə/ ( phát)[1] hay /ˈbɑzni.ə ænd hɛrtsəgoʊˈvinə/[2] (tiếng Bosnia, tiếng Croatia, tiếng Serbia Latinh: Bosna i Hercegovina; tiếng Serbia Cyrillic: Босна и Херцеговина) là một quốc gia tại Đông Nam Âu, trên Bán đảo Balkan. Nước này giáp biên giới với Croatia ở phía bắc, tây và nam, Serbia ở phía đông, và Montenegro ở phía nam, Bosnia và Herzegovina là một quốc gia hầu như nằm kín trong lục địa, ngoại trừ 26 kilômét bờ Biển Adriatic, tại trên thị trấn Neum.[3][4] Vùng nội địa là núi non ở trung tâm và phía nam, đồi ở phía tây bắc và bằng phẳng ở phía đông bắc. Bosnia là vùng địa lý lớn nhất của nhà nước hiện đại với khí hậu lục địa ôn hoà, với mùa hè nóng và mùa đông lạnh, có tuyết. Herzegovina nhỏ hơn ở mũi cực nam đất nước, với khí hậu và địa hình Địa Trung Hải. Các nguồn tài nguyên thiên nhiên của Bosnia và Herzegovina rất phong phú.

Nước này là quê hương của ba sắc tộc "hợp thành": người Bosnia, nhóm dân số đông nhất, với người Serb đứng thứ hai và người Croat đứng thứ ba. Nếu không tính đến sắc tộc, một công dân Bosnia và Herzegovina thường được gọi trong tiếng Việt là một người Bosnia. Tại Bosnia và Herzegovina, sự phân biệt giữa một người Bosnia và một người Herzegovina chỉ được duy trì như sự phân biệt theo vùng, chứ không phải theo sắc tộc. Về chính trị đây là nhà nước phi tập trung và gồm hai thực thể hành chính, Liên bang Bosnia và HerzegovinaRepublika Srpska, với Quận Brčko như một thực thể de facto thứ ba.

Trước kia là một trong sáu đơn vị liên bao tạo nên Liên bang Cộng hoà Xã hội chủ nghĩa Nam Tư, Bosnia và Herzegovina đã giành được độc lập trong những cuộc chiến tranh Nam Tư hồi thập niên 1990. Bosnia và Herzegovina có thể được miêu tả như một nhà nước Liên bang Dân chủ Cộng hoà đang chuyển tiếp nền kinh tế sang hệ thống định hướng thị trường, và là một ứng cử viên tiềm năng để trở thành thành viên trong Liên minh châu ÂuNATO. Ngoài ra, Bosnia và Herzegovina đã là một thành viên của Hội đồng châu Âu từ ngày 24 tháng 4 năm 2002 và là một thành viên sáng lập của Liên minh Địa Trung Hải khi liên minh này được thành lập ngày 13 tháng 7 năm 2008.

Lịch sử

Thời kỳ Tiền Slavơ (đến năm 958)

Walls of ancient Daorson, Ošanići near Stolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 3rd century BC.

Bosnia has been inhabited at least since the Neolithic age. In the early Bronze Age, the Neolithic population was replaced by more warlike people of supposed Indo-European origin, the Illyres or Illyrians. Celtic migrations in the fourth century BC and third century BC displaced many Illyrian peoples from their former lands,in particular the Ardiaei and the Autariatae, but some Celtic and Illyrian peoples mixed, like Latobici, Scordisci,and possibly the Japodes. Concrete historical evidence for this period is scarce, but overall it appears that the region was populated by a number of different peoples speaking distinct languages. Conflict between the Illyrians and Romans started in 229 BC, but Rome would not complete its annexation of the region until AD 9. In the Roman period, Latin-speaking settlers from all over the Roman Empire settled among the Illyrians and Roman soldiers were encouraged to retire in the region.[5]

The land was originally part of the Illyria up until the Roman occupation. Following the split of the Roman Empire between 337 and 395, Dalmatia and Pannonia became parts of the Western Roman Empire. Some claim that the region was conquered by the Ostrogoths in 455. It subsequently changed hands between the Alans and Huns. By the sixth century, Emperor Justinian had reconquered the area for the Byzantine Empire. The Slavs, a people from eastern Europe (now the territory of Ukraine), were conquered by the Avars in the sixth century.

Bosnia thời Trung Cổ (958–1463)

  Bosnia in 10th century
  Bosnian state during Ban Kulin 1180–1204
  Bosnian state during king Tvrtko 1353–1391
  Bosnia in second part of 15th century
  Bosnia in second part of 19th century
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Tvrtko I of Bosnia ruled in 1353–1366 and again in 1367–1377 as Ban and in 1377–1391 as the first Bosnian King.

Modern knowledge of the political situation in the west Balkans during the Early Middle Ages is patchy and confusing. Upon their arrival, the Slavs brought with them a tribal social structure, which probably fell apart and gave way to Feudalism only with Frankish penetration into the region in the late ninth century. It was also around this time that the South Slavs were Christianized. Bosnia and Herzegovina, due to its geographic position and terrain, was probably one of the last areas to go through this process, which presumably originated from the urban centers along the Dalmatian coast. The principalities of Serbia and Croatia split control of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the ninth and tenth century, but by the High Middle Ages political circumstance led to the area being contested between the Kingdom of Hungary and the Byzantine Empire. Following another shift of power between the two in the early twelfth century, Bosnia found itself outside the control of both and emerged as an independent state under the rule of local bans.[5]

The first notable Bosnian monarch, Ban Kulin, presided over nearly three decades of peace and stability during which he strengthened the country's economy through treaties with Dubrovnik and Venice. His rule also marked the start of a controversy with the Bosnian Church, an indigenous Christian sect considered heretical by both the Roman Catholic and Serbian Orthodox churches. In response to Hungarian attempts to use church politics regarding the issue as a way to reclaim sovereignty over Bosnia, Kulin held a council of local church leaders to renounce the heresy and embraced Catholicism in 1203. Despite this, Hungarian ambitions remained unchanged long after Kulin's death in 1204, waning only after an unsuccessful invasion in 1254.

The Charter of Kulin Ban - treaty with Dubrovnik. Now in Ermitage in Saint Petersburg, Russia

Bosnian history from then until the early fourteenth century was marked by the power struggle between the Šubić and Kotromanić families. This conflict came to an end in 1322, when Stjepan II Kotromanić became ban. By the time of his death in 1353, he was successful in annexing territories to the north and west, as well as Zahumlje and parts of Dalmatia. He was succeeded by his nephew Tvrtko who, following a prolonged struggle with nobility and inter-family strife, gained full control of the country in 1367. Tvrtko crowned himself on October 26, 1377 as Stefan Tvrtko I the King of Rascia, Bosnia, Dalmatia, Croatia, the Seaside.

Historians considered that he was crowned in the Serbian Orthodox Mileševa monastery.[6] Another possibility, advanced by P. Anđelić and based on archeological evidence, is that he was crowned in Mile near Visoko in the church which was built in time of Stephen II Kotromanić's reign, where he was also buried alongside his uncle Stjepan II.[7][8] Following his death in 1391 however, Bosnia fell into a long period of decline. The Ottoman Empire had already started its conquest of Europe and posed a major threat to the Balkans throughout the first half of the fifteenth century. Finally, after decades of political and social instability, Bosnia officially fell in 1463. Herzegovina would follow in 1482, with a Hungarian-backed reinstated "Bosnian Kingdom" being the last to succumb in 1527.

Thời kỳ Ottoman (1463–1878)

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The Ottoman province of Bosnia in the seventeenth century.

The Ottoman conquest of Bosnia marked a new era in the country's history and introduced drastic changes in the political and cultural landscape of the region. Although the kingdom had been crushed and its high nobility executed, the Ottomans nonetheless allowed for the preservation of Bosnia's identity by incorporating it as an integral province of the Ottoman Empire with its historical name and territorial integrity — a unique case among subjugated states in the Balkans.[9] Within this sandžak (and eventual vilayet) of Bosnia, the Ottomans introduced a number of key changes in the territory's socio-political administration; including a new landholding system, a reorganization of administrative units, and a complex system of social differentiation by class and religious affiliation.[5]

The four centuries of Ottoman rule also had a drastic impact on Bosnia's population make-up, which changed several times as a result of the empire's conquests, frequent wars with European powers, migrations, and epidemics. A native Slavic-speaking Muslim community emerged and eventually became the largest of the ethno-religious groups (mainly as a result of a gradually rising number of conversions to Islam),[10] while a significant number of Sephardi Jews arrived following their expulsion from Spain in the late fifteenth century. The Bosnian Christian communities also experienced major changes. The Bosnian Franciscans (and the Catholic population as a whole) were protected by official imperial decree. The Orthodox community in Bosnia, initially confined to Herzegovina and Podrinje, spread throughout the country during this period and went on to experience relative prosperity until the nineteenth century. Meanwhile, the schismatic Bosnian Church disappeared altogether.[5]

As the Ottoman Empire thrived and expanded into Central Europe, Bosnia was relieved of the pressures of being a frontier province and experienced a prolonged period of general welfare and prosperity. A number of cities, such as Sarajevo and Mostar, were established and grew into major regional centers of trade and urban culture. Within these cities, various Sultans and governors financed the construction of many important works of Bosnian architecture (such as the Stari Most and Gazi Husrev-beg's Mosque). Furthermore, numerous Bosnians played influential roles in the Ottoman Empire's cultural and political history during this time.[9] Bosnian soldiers formed a large component of the Ottoman ranks in the battles of Mohács and Krbava field, two decisive military victories, while numerous other Bosnians rose through the ranks of the Ottoman military bureaucracy to occupy the highest positions of power in the Empire, including admirals, generals, and grand viziers. Many Bosnians also made a lasting impression on Ottoman culture, emerging as mystics, scholars, and celebrated poets in the Turkish, Arabic, and Persian languages.[10]

However, by the late seventeenth century the Empire's military misfortunes caught up with the country, and the conclusion of the Great Turkish War with the treaty of Karlowitz in 1699 once again made Bosnia the Empire's westernmost province. The following hundred years were marked by further military failures, numerous revolts within Bosnia, and several outbursts of plague. The Porte's efforts at modernizing the Ottoman state were met with great hostility in Bosnia, where local aristocrats stood to lose much through the proposed reforms. This, combined with frustrations over political concessions to nascent Christian states in the east, culminated in a famous (albeit ultimately unsuccessful) revolt by Husein Gradaščević in 1831.[10] Related rebellions would be extinguished by 1850, but the situation continued to deteriorate. Later agrarian unrest eventually sparked the Herzegovinian rebellion, a widespread peasant uprising, in 1875. The conflict rapidly spread and came to involve several Balkan states and Great Powers, which eventually forced the Ottomans to cede administration of the country to Austria-Hungary through the treaty of Berlin in 1878.[5]

Cai trị Áo-Hung (1878–1918)

"Distribution of Races in Austria–Hungary" from the Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd, 1911.

Though an Austro-Hungarian side quickly came to an agreement with Bosniaks although tensions remained in certain parts of the country (particularly Herzegovina) and a mass emigration of predominantly Slavic dissidents occurred.[5] However, a state of relative stability was reached soon enough and Austro-Hungarian authorities were able to embark on a number of social and administrative reforms which intended to make Bosnia and Herzegovina into a "model colony". With the aim of establishing the province as a stable political model that would help dissipate rising South Slav nationalism, Habsburg rule did much to codify laws, to introduce new political practices, and generally to provide for modernisation. The Austro-Hungarian Empire built the three Roman Catholic churches in Sarajevo and these three churches are among the only 20 Catholic churches in the state of Bosnia. Although successful economically, Austro-Hungarian policy - which focused on advocating the ideal of a pluralist and multi-confessional Bosnian nation (largely favored by the Muslims) - failed to curb the rising tides of nationalism.[5] The concept of Croat and Serb nationhood had already spread to Bosnia and Herzegovina's Catholics and Orthodox communities from neighboring Croatia and Serbia in the mid nineteenth century, and was too well-entrenched to allow for the widespread acceptance of a parallel idea of Bosnian nationhood.[5] By the latter half of the 1910s, nationalism was an integral factor of Bosnian politics, with national political parties corresponding to the three groups dominating elections. The idea of a unified South Slavic state (typically expected to be spear-headed by independent Serbia) became a popular political ideology in the region at this time, including in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Austro-Hungarian government's decision to formally annex Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1908 (see Bosnian Crisis) added to a sense of urgency among these nationalists. Russia opposed this annexation. Eventually Russia recognised Austro-Hungary's sovereignty over Bosnia in return for Austria-Hungary's promise that it would recognise Russia's right to the Dardanelles Straits in the Ottoman Empire. Unlike Russia, Austro-Hungary did not keep their side of the bargain and did nothing to encourage Russia's recognition of the straights.[11] The political tensions caused by all this culminated on June 28, 1914, when Serb nationalist youth Gavrilo Princip assassinated the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, in Sarajevo; an event that proved to be the spark that set off World War I. Although some Bosnians died serving in the armies of the various warring states, Bosnia and Herzegovina itself managed to escape the conflict relatively unscathed.[9]

Nam Tư đầu tiên (1918–1941)

Bản mẫu:History of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Following the war, Bosnia and Herzegovina joined the South Slav kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (soon renamed Yugoslavia). Political life in Bosnia at this time was marked by two major trends: social and economic unrest over property redistribution, and formation of several political parties that frequently changed coalitions and alliances with parties in other Yugoslav regions.[9] The dominant ideological conflict of the Yugoslav state, between Croatian regionalism and Serbian centralization, was approached differently by Bosnia's major ethnic groups and was dependent on the overall political atmosphere.[5] Even though there were over three million Bosnians in Yugoslavia, outnumbering Slovenes and Montenegrins combined, Bosnian nationhood was denied by the new Kingdom. Although the initial split of the country into 33 oblasts erased the presence of traditional geographic entities from the map, the efforts of Bosnian politicians such as Mehmed Spaho ensured that the six oblasts carved up from Bosnia and Herzegovina corresponded to the six sanjaks from Ottoman times and, thus, matched the country's traditional boundary as a whole.[5]

The establishment of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929, however, brought the redrawing of administrative regions into banates that purposely avoided all historical and ethnic lines, removing any trace of a Bosnian entity.[5] Serbo-Croat tensions over the structuring of the Yugoslav state continued, with the concept of a separate Bosnian division receiving little or no consideration. The famous Cvetković-Maček Agreement agreement that created the Croatian banate in 1939 encouraged what was essentially a partition of Bosnia between Croatia and Serbia.[10] However, outside political circumstances forced Yugoslav politicians to shift their attention to the rising threat posed by Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany. Following a period that saw attempts at appeasement, the signing of the Tripartite Treaty, and a coup d'état, Yugoslavia was finally invaded by Germany on April 6, 1941.[5]

Thế chiến II (1941–45)

The railway bridge over the Neretva river, was destroyed twice during the battle of the Neretva.
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Monument commemorating the Battle of Sutjeska in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Once the kingdom of Yugoslavia was conquered by Nazi forces in World War II, all of Bosnia was ceded to the Independent State of Croatia. The Croat leaders together with domestic Muslim people embarked on a campaign of extermination of Serbs, Jews, Roma, communist and large numbers of Tito's Partisans by setting up a number of death camps. Around 80,000 were killed in Jasenovac camp including 7,000 children.[12] Many Serbs in the area took up arms and joined the Chetniks; a nationalist and royalist resistance movement that conducted guerrilla warfare against both the fascist Ustashe and the communist Partisans. Though initially fighting against the Nazis, the Chetnik leadership was instructed by the exiled king to fight instead the Partisans. The Chetniks received initial support from the UK and USA.[cần dẫn nguồn] Most Chetniks were Serbs and Montenegrins, although the army also included some Slovenes and Muslims by nationality.

Starting in 1941, Yugoslav communists under the leadership of the Croatian Josip Broz Tito organized their own multi-ethnic resistance group, the Partisans, who fought against both Axis and Chetnik forces. On November 25, 1943 the Anti-Fascist Council of National Liberation of Yugoslavia with Tito at its helm held a founding conference in Jajce where Bosnia and Herzegovina was reestablished as a republic within the Yugoslavian federation in its Habsburg borders. Military success eventually prompted the Allies to support the Partisans, but Josip Broz Tito declined their offer to help and relied on his own forces instead. All the major military offensives by the antifascist movement of Yugoslavia against Nazis and their local supporters were conducted in Bosnia-Herzegovina and its peoples bore the brunt of fighting. Eventually the end of the war resulted in the establishment of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, with the constitution of 1946 officially making Bosnia and Herzegovina one of six constituent republics in the new state.[5]

Nam Tư xã hội chủ nghĩa (1945–1992)

Because of its central geographic position within the Yugoslavian federation, post-war Bosnia was strategically selected as a base for the development of the military defense industry. This contributed to a large concentration of arms and military personnel in Bosnia; a significant factor in the war that followed the break-up of Yugoslavia in the 1990s.[5] However, Bosnia's existence within Yugoslavia, for the large part, was peaceful and prosperous. Though considered a political backwater of the federation for much of the 50s and 60s, the 70s saw the ascension of a strong Bosnian political elite fueled in part by Tito's leadership in the Non-Aligned Movement and Bosniacs serving in Yugoslavia's diplomatic corps. While working within the communist system, politicians such as Džemal Bijedić, Branko Mikulić and Hamdija Pozderac reinforced and protected the sovereignty of Bosnia and Herzegovina[13] Their efforts proved key during the turbulent period following Tito's death in 1980, and are today considered some of the early steps towards Bosnian independence. However, the republic hardly escaped the increasingly nationalistic climate of the time unscathed. With the fall of communism and the start of the break-up of Yugoslavia, the old communist doctrine of tolerance began to lose its potency, creating an opportunity for nationalist elements in the society to spread their influence.

Chiến tranh Bosnia và Herzegovinia (1992–95)

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The distribution of the three main ethnic groups in 1991 prior to the Bosnian War.
   Bosniaks
   Croats
   Serbs

The 1990 parliamentary elections led to a national assembly dominated by three ethnically-based parties, which had formed a loose coalition to oust the communists from power. Croatia and Slovenia's subsequent declarations of independence and the warfare that ensued placed Bosnia and Herzegovina and its three constituent peoples in an awkward position. A significant split soon developed on the issue of whether to stay with the Yugoslav federation (overwhelmingly favored among Serbs) or seek independence (overwhelmingly favored among Bosniaks and Croats). The Serb members of parliament, consisting mainly of the Serb Democratic Party members, abandoned the central parliament in Sarajevo, and formed the Assembly of the Serb People of Bosnia and Herzegovina on October 24, 1991, which marked the end of the tri-ethnic coalition that governed after the elections in 1990. This Assembly established the Serbian Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina on January 9, 1992, which became Republika Srpska in August 1992. On November 18, 1991, the party branch in Bosnia and Herzegovina of the ruling party in the Republic of Croatia, the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), proclaimed the existence of the Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia, as a separate "political, cultural, economic and territorial whole," on the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with Croat Defence Council (HVO) as its military part.[14] The Bosnian government did not recognize it. The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declared Herzeg-Bosnia illegal, first on September 14, 1992 and again on January 20, 1994.

A declaration of Bosnia and Herzegovina sovereignty in October 1991 was followed by a referendum for independence from Yugoslavia in February and March 1992 boycotted by the great majority of the Serbs. The turnout in the independence referendum was 63.7% and 92.7% voted for independence. Bosnia and Herzegovina declared independence shortly afterwards. Following a tense period of escalating tensions and sporadic military incidents, open warfare began in Sarajevo on April 6.[5]

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The parliament building in the centre of Sarajevo burns after being hit by tank fire during the siege in 1992.
Gravestones at the Srebrenica Genocide memorial.

Secret discussions between Franjo Tuđman and Slobodan Milošević on the division of Bosnia and Herzegovina between Serbia and Croatia were held as early as March 1991 known as Karađorđevo agreement. Following the declaration of independence of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbs attacked different parts of the country. The state administration of Bosnia and Herzegovina effectively ceased to function having lost control over the entire territory. The Serbs wanted all lands where Serbs had a majority, eastern and western Bosnia. The Croats and their leader Franjo Tuđman also aimed at securing parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina as Croatian. The policies of the Republic of Croatia and its leader Franjo Tuđman towards Bosnia and Herzegovina were never totally transparent and always included Franjo Tuđman’s ultimate aim of expanding Croatia’s borders. Bosnian Muslims, the only ethnic group loyal to the Bosnian government, were an easy target, because the Bosnian government forces were poorly equipped and unprepared for the war.[cần dẫn nguồn][15]

International recognition of Bosnia and Herzegovina increased diplomatic pressure for the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) to withdraw from the republic's territory which they officially did. However, in fact, the Bosnian Serb members of JNA simply changed insignia, formed the Army of Republika Srpska, and continued fighting. Armed and equipped from JNA stockpiles in Bosnia, supported by volunteers and various paramilitary forces from Serbia, and receiving extensive humanitarian, logistical and financial support from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Republika Srpska's offensives in 1992 managed to place much of the country under its control.[5]

Initially, the Serb forces attacked the non-Serb civilian population in Eastern Bosnia. Once towns and villages were securely in their hands, the Serb forces – military, police, the paramilitaries and, sometimes, even Serb villagers – applied the same pattern: Bosniak houses and apartments were systematically ransacked or burnt down, Bosniak civilians were rounded up or captured, and sometimes beaten or killed in the process. 2.2 million refugees were displaced by the end of the war (of all three nationalities).[16] Men and women were separated, with many of the men detained in the camps. The women were kept in various detention centres where they had to live in intolerably unhygienic conditions, where they were mistreated in many ways including being raped repeatedly. Serb soldiers or policemen would come to these detention centres, select one or more women, take them out and rape them.[17]

In June 1992 the focus switched to Novi Travnik and Gornji Vakuf where the Croat Defence Council (HVO) efforts to gain control were resisted. On June 18, 1992 the Bosnian Territorial Defence in Novi Travnik received an ultimatum from the HVO which included demands to abolish existing Bosnia and Herzegovina institutions, establish the authority of the Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia and pledge allegiance to it, subordinate the Territorial Defense to the HVO and expel Muslim refugees, all within 24 hours. The attack was launched on June 19. The elementary school and the Post Office were attacked and damaged.[18] Gornji Vakuf was initially attacked by Croats on June 20, 1992, but the attack failed. The Graz agreement caused deep division inside the Croat community and strengthened the separation group, which led to the conflict with Bosniaks. One of the primary pro-union Croat leaders, Blaž Kraljević (leader of the HOS armed group) was killed by HVO soldiers in August 1992, which severely weakened the moderate group who hoped to keep the Bosnian Croat alliance alive.[19] The situation became more serious in October 1992 when Croat forces attacked Bosniak population in Prozor.According to Jadranko Prlić indictment, HVO forces cleansed most of the Muslims from the town of Prozor and several surrounding villages.[14] In the same time, Croats from the towns of Konjic and Bugojno were forced to abandon their homes, while many of them were killed or held in concentration camps. Alliance between Croats and Muslims broke and most of the Croats were forced to abandon cities with Muslim majority (Sarajevo, Zenica).

By 1993, when an armed conflict erupted between the predominantly Bosniak government in Sarajevo and the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, about 70% of the country was controlled by Republika Srpska. Ethnic cleansing and civil rights violations against non-Serbs were rampant in these areas. DNA teams have been used to collect evidence of the atrocities committed by Serbian forces during these campaigns.[20] One single most prominent example is the Srebrenica Massacre, ruled genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. An estimated 200,000 Bosnians were killed by the Serbian political authorities.[21] In March 1994, the signing of the Washington Accords between the leaders of the republican government and Herzeg-Bosnia led to the creation of a joint Bosniak-Croat Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which absorbed the territory of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia and that held by the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Federation soon conquered the small Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia.

A NATO bombing campaign began in August, 1995, against the Army of Republika Srpska, after the Srebrenica massacre. In December 1995, the signing of the Dayton Agreement in Dayton, Ohio by the presidents of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Alija Izetbegović), Croatia (Franjo Tuđman), and Serbia (Slobodan Milošević) brought a halt to the fighting, roughly establishing the basic structure of the present-day state. The number of identified victims is currently at 97,207, and the recent research estimates the total number to be less than 110,000 killed (civilians and military),[22][23][24] and 1.8 million displaced. This is being addressed by the International Commission on Missing Persons.

According to numerous ICTY judgments the conflict involved Bosnia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (later Serbia and Montenegro)[25] as well as Croatia.[26]

The Bosnian government charged Serbia of complicity in genocide in Bosnia during the war at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling of February 26, 2007 effectively determined the war's nature to be international, though exonerating Serbia of direct responsibility for the genocide committed by Serb forces of Republika Srpska. The ICJ concluded, however, that Serbia failed to prevent genocide committed by Serb forces and failed to punish those who carried out the genocide, especially general Ratko Mladić, and bring them to justice.[27]

The judges ruled that the criteria for genocide with the specific intent (dolus specialis) to destroy Bosnian Muslims were met only in Srebrenica or Eastern Bosnia in 1995.[28] The court concluded that the crimes committed during the 1992–1995 war, may amount to crimes against humanity according to the international law, but that these acts did not, in themselves, constitute genocide.[29] The Court further decided that, following Montenegro's declaration of independence in May 2006, Serbia was the only respondent party in the case, but that "any responsibility for past events involved at the relevant time the composite State of Serbia and Montenegro".[30]

Địa lý

General map of BiH
Neum

Bosnia is located in the western Balkans, bordering Croatia (932 km) to the north and south-west, Serbia (302 km) to the east, and Montenegro (225 km) to the southeast. The country is mostly mountainous, encompassing the central Dinaric Alps. The northeastern parts reach into the Pannonian basin, while in the south it borders the Adriatic. The country has only 20 kilometers (12 mi) of coastline,[3] around the town of Neum in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton. Although the city is surrounded by Croatian peninsulas, by United Nations law, Bosnia has a right of passage to the outer sea. Neum has many hotels and is an important tourism destination.

The country's name comes from the two regions Bosnia and Herzegovina, which have a very vaguely defined border between them. Bosnia occupies the northern areas which are roughly four fifths of the entire country, while Herzegovina occupies the rest in the south part of the country.

The major cities are the capital Sarajevo, Banja Luka in the northwest region known as Bosanska Krajina, Bijeljina and Tuzla in the northeast, Zenica and Doboj in the central part of Bosnia and Mostar, the capital of Herzegovina.

The south part of Bosnia has Mediterranean climate and a great deal of agriculture. Central Bosnia is the most mountainous part of Bosnia featuring predominate mountains Vlašić, Čvrsnica, and Prenj. Eastern Bosnia also features mountains like Trebević, Jahorina, Igman, Bjelašnica and Treskavica. It was here that the 1984 Winter Olympics were held.

Eastern Bosnia is heavily forested along the river Drina, and overall close to 50% of Bosnia and Herzegovina is forested. Most forest areas are in Central, Eastern and Western parts of Bosnia. Northern Bosnia contains very fertile agricultural land along the river Sava and the corresponding area is heavily farmed. This farmland is a part of the Parapannonian Plain stretching into neighboring Croatia and Serbia. The river Sava and corresponding Posavina river basin hold the cities of Brčko, Bosanski Šamac, Bosanski Brod and Bosanska Gradiška.

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Scenery in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton.

The northwest part of Bosnia is called Bosanska Krajina and holds the cities of Banja Luka, Prijedor, Sanski Most, Cazin, Velika Kladuša and Bihać. Kozara National Park is in this forested region.

There are seven major rivers in Bosnia and Herzegovina[31]

  • Sava is the largest river of the country, but it only forms its northern natural border with Croatia. It drains 76%[31] of the country's territory into the Danube and the Black Sea.
  • Una, Sana and Vrbas are right tributaries of Sava river. They are located in the northwestern region of Bosanska Krajina.
  • Bosna river gave its name to the country, and is the longest river fully contained within it. It stretches through central Bosnia, from its source near Sarajevo to Sava in the north.
  • Drina flows through the eastern part of Bosnia, and for the most part it forms a natural border with Serbia.
  • Neretva is the major river of Herzegovina and the only major river that flows south, into the Adriatic Sea.

Phytogeographically, Bosnia and Herzegovina belongs to the Boreal Kingdom and is shared between the Illyrian province of the Circumboreal Region and Adriatic province of the Mediterranean Region. According to the WWF, the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina can be subdivided into three ecoregions: the Pannonian mixed forests, Dinaric Mountains mixed forests and Illyrian deciduous forests.

Chính phủ và chính trị

Bosnia and Herzegovina consists of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH), Republika Srpska (RS), and Brčko District (BD).

Bosnia and Herzegovina has several levels of political structuring under the federal government level. Most important of these levels is the division of the country into two entities: Republika Srpska and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina covers some 51% of Bosnia and Herzegovina's total area, while Republika Srpska covers around 49%. The entities, based largely on the territories held by the two warring sides at the time, were formally established by the Dayton peace agreement in 1995 due to the tremendous changes in Bosnia and Herzegovina's ethnic structure. Since 1996 the power of the entities relative to the federal government has decreased significantly. Nonetheless, entities still have numerous powers to themselves. The Brcko district in the north of the country was created in 2000 out of land from both entities. It officially belongs to both, but is governed by neither, and functions under a decentralized system of local government. The Brčko district has been praised for maintaining a multiethnic population and a level of prosperity significantly above the national average.[32]

The third level of Bosnia and Herzegovina's political subdivision is manifested in cantons. They are unique to the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity, which consists of ten of them. All of them have their own cantonal government, which is under the law of the Federation as a whole. Some cantons are ethnically mixed and have special laws implemented to ensure the equality of all constituent peoples.

The fourth level of political division in Bosnia and Herzegovina is the municipalities. The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is divided in 74 municipalities, and Republika Srpska in 63. Municipalities also have their own local government, and are typically based around the most significant city or place in their territory. As such, many municipalities have a long tradition and history with their present boundaries. Some others, however, were only created following the recent war after traditional municipalities were split by the Inter-Entity Boundary Line. Each canton in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina consists of several municipalities, which are divided into local communities.

Besides entities, cantons, and municipalities, Bosnia and Herzegovina also has four "official" cities. These are: Banja Luka, Mostar, Sarajevo, and East Sarajevo. The territory and government of the cities of Banja Luka and Mostar corresponds to the municipalities of the same name, while the cities of Sarajevo and East Sarajevo officially consist of several municipalities. Cities have their own city government whose power is in between that of the municipalities and cantons (or the entity, in the case of Republika Srpska).

As a result of the Dayton Accords, the civilian peace implementation is supervised by the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina selected by the Peace Implementation Council. The High Representative has many governmental and legislative powers, including the dismissal of elected and non-elected officials. More recently, several central institutions have been established (such as defense ministry, security ministry, state court, indirect taxation service etc.) in the process of transferring part of the jurisdiction from the entities to the state.

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The Bosnian Parliament building after reconstruction.

The representation of the government of Bosnia and Herzegovina is by elites who represent the country's three major groups, with each having a guaranteed share of power.

The Chair of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina rotates among three members (Bosniak, Serb, Croat), each elected as the Chair for an eight-month term within their four-year term as a member. The three members of the Presidency are elected directly by the people (Federation votes for the Bosniak/Croat, Republika Srpska for the Serb).

The Chair of the Council of Ministers is nominated by the Presidency and approved by the House of Representatives. He or she is then responsible for appointing a Foreign Minister, Minister of Foreign Trade, and others as appropriate.

The Parliamentary Assembly is the lawmaking body in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It consists of two houses: the House of Peoples and the House of Representatives. The House of Peoples includes 15 delegates, two-thirds of which come from the Federation (5 Croat and 5 Bosniaks) and one-third from the Republika Srpska (5 Serbs). The House of Representatives is composed of 42 Members, two-thirds elected from the Federation and one-third elected from the Republika Srpska.

The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the supreme, final arbiter of legal matters. It is composed of nine members: four members are selected by the House of Representatives of the Federation,two by the Assembly of the Republika Srpska, and three by the President of the European Court of Human Rights after consultation with the Presidency.

However, the highest political authority in the country is the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the chief executive officer for the international civilian presence in the country. Since 1995, the High Representative has been able to bypass the elected parliamentary assembly, and since 1997 has been able to remove elected officials. The methods selected by the High Representative have been criticized as undemocratic.[33] International supervision is to end when the country is deemed politically and democratically stable and self-sustaining.

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EU integration is one of the main political objectives of Bosnia and Herzegovina, it initiated the Stabilisation and Association Process in 2007. Countries participating in the SAP have been offered the possibility to become, once they fulfill the necessary conditions, Member States of the EU. Bosnia and Herzegovina is therefore a potential candidate country for EU accession.[34] The implementation of the Dayton Accords of 1995 has focused the efforts of policymakers in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as the international community, on regional stabilization in the countries-successors of the former Yugoslavia. Within Bosnia and Herzegovina, relations with its neighbors of Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro have been fairly stable since the signing of the Dayton Agreement in 1995.

Nhân khẩu

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Estimated ethnic map of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2006.
   Bosniaks
   Croats
   Serbs

Bosnia is home to three ethnic "constituent peoples": Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats. Tensions between the three constitutional peoples remain high and often provoke political disagreements. A Y-chromosome haplogroups study published in 2005 found that "three main groups of Bosnia-Herzegovina, in spite of some quantitative differences, share a large fraction of the same ancient gene pool distinctive for the Balkan area".[35]

According to the 1991 census, Bosnia and Herzegovina had a population of 4,377,033. Ethnically, 1,902,956 (43%) were Bosniak, 1,366,104 (31%) Serbs, and 760,852 (17%) Croats, with 242,682 (6%) Yugoslavs. The remaining 2% of the population - numbering 104,439 - consisted of various other ethnicities. According to 2000 data from the CIA World Factbook, Bosnia's largest ethnic groups are Bosniaks (48%), Serbs (37%) and Croats (14%).[36] There is a strong correlation between ethnic identity and religion in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Muslims constitute 45% of the population, Serb Orthodox 36%, Roman Catholics 15%, and other groups, including Jews and Protestants, 4%.[37]

Large population migrations during the Yugoslav wars in the 1990s have caused demographic shifts in the country. No census has been taken since 1991, and political disagreements have made it impossible to organize one. Nevertheless, a census has been planed for the year 2011. Since censuses are the only statistical, inclusive, and objective way to analyze demographics, almost all of the post-war data is simply an estimate. Most sources, however, estimate the population to be about four million, representing a decrease of 350,000 since 1991.

Kinh tế

Bosnia faces the dual problem of rebuilding a war-torn country and introducing market reforms to its formerly centrally-planned economy. One legacy of the previous era is a greatly overstaffed military industry; under former leader Josip Broz Tito, military industries were promoted in the republic, resulting in the development of a large share of Yugoslavia's defense plants but fewer commercially viable firms.

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UNITIC towers (Momo and Uzeir) in Sarajevo

For the most of Bosnia's history, agriculture has been based on small and inefficient privately-owned farms; food has traditionally been a net import for the republic.[38]

The war in the 1990s caused a dramatic change in the Bosnian economy.[39] GDP fell 75% and the destruction of physical infrastructure devastated the economy.[40] While much of the production capacity has been restored, the Bosnian economy still faces considerable difficulties. Figures show GDP and per capita income increased 10% from 2003 to 2004; this and Bosnia's shrinking national debt being positive trends, but high unemployment and a large trade deficit remain cause for concern.

The national currency is the Euro-pegged Convertible Mark (KM), controlled by a currency board. Annual inflation is the lowest relative to other countries in the region at 1.9% in 2004.[41] The international debt was $3.1 billion (2005 est) - the smallest amount of debt owed of all the former Yugoslav republics. Real GDP growth rate was 5% for 2004 according to the Bosnian Central Bank of BiH and Statistical Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Bosnia and Herzegovina has one of the highest income equality rankings in the world, ranking eighth out of 193 nations.[42]

According to Eurostat data, Bosnia and Hercegovina's PPS GDP per capita stood at 30 per cent of the EU average in 2008.[43]

Overall value of foreign direct investment (1999-2008):[44]

  • 1999: €166 million
  • 2000: €159 million
  • 2001: €133 million
  • 2002: €282 million
  • 2003: €338 million
  • 2004: €534 million
  • 2005: €421 million
  • 2006: €556 million
  • 2007: €1.628 billion
  • 2008: €1.083 billion

From 1994 to 2008, €5.3 billion were invested in the country.[45]

The top investor countries (1994 - 2007):[44]

Foreign investments by sector for (1994-2007):[44]

Viễn thông

The Bosnian communications market was fully liberalised in January 2006. There are three landline telephone providers, although each one predominantly serves a particular region. Internet penetration is rising, with broadband services including cable and ADSL increasing in popularity. Mobile services are provided by three operators, which nationwide services. Mobile data services are also available, including high-speed EDGE and 3G services.[46]

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Sarajevo, the capital and the largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Stari Most in Mostar.
The waterfall in Jajce
B&H Airlines Boeing 737-400

According to an estimation of the World Tourism Organization, Bosnia and Herzegovina will have the third highest tourism growth rate in the world between 1995 and 2020.[47]

Lonely Planet, in ranking the best cities in the world, ranked Sarajevo, the national capital and host of the 1984 Winter Olympic Games, as #43, ahead of Dubrovnik at #59, Ljubljana at #84, Bled at #90, Belgrade at #113, and Zagreb at #135.[48] Tourism in Sarajevo is chiefly focused on historical, religious, and cultural aspects. Bosnia has also become an increasingly popular skiing and Ecotourism destination. Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the last undiscovered regions of the southern Alps, with vast tracks of wild and untouched nature attracting adventurers and nature lovers. The central Dinaric Alps are favored by hikers & walkers, containing both Mediterreanean & Alpine climates. Whitewater rafting is something akin to a national pastime, with 3 rivers including the deepest river canyon in Europe, Tara River. [47]

Hấp dẫn du lịch

Some of the tourist attractions in Bosnia and Herzegovina include:

Giáo dục

Primary education lasts for nine years. Secondary education is provided by general and technical secondary schools where studies last for four years. All forms of secondary schooling include an element of vocational training. Pupils graduating from general secondary schools obtain the Matura and can enroll in any faculty or academy by passing a qualification examination prescribed by the institution. Students graduating technical subjects obtain a Diploma.[49]

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Kiến trúc

The architecture of Bosnia and Herzegovina is largely influenced by four major periods where political and social changes influenced the creation of distinct cultural and architectural habits of the population. Each period made its influence felt and contributed to a greater diversity of cultures and architectural language in this region.

Văn học

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Ivo Andrić, the 1961 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Bosnia and Herzegovina has a rich literature, including poets such as Antun Branko Šimić, Aleksa Šantić, Jovan Dučić and Mak Dizdar and writers such as Ivo Andrić, Meša Selimović, Branko Ćopić, Miljenko Jergović, Isak Samokovlija, Abdulah Sidran, Petar Kočić and Nedžad Ibrišimović. The National Theater was founded 1919 in Sarajevo and its first director was famous drama-play writer Branislav Nušić. Magazines such as Novi Plamen, Most and Sarajevske biljeznice are some of the more prominent publications covering cultural and literary themes.

Nghệ thuật

The art of Bosnia and Herzegovina was always evolving and ranged from the original medieval tombstones called Stećci to paintings in Kotromanić court. However, only with the arrival of Austro-Hungarians did the painting renaissance in Bosnia really begin to flourish. The first educated artists from European academies appeared with the beginning of 20th century. Among those are: Gabrijel Jurkić, Petar Tiješić, Karlo Mijić, Špiro Bocarić, Petar Šain, Đoko Mazalić, Roman Petrović and Lazar Drljača. Later, artists such as: Ismet Mujezinović, Vojo Dimitrijević, Ivo Šeremet, and Mica Todorović amongst others came to rise. After World War II artists like: Virgilije Nevjestić, Bekir Misirlić, Ljubo Lah, Meha Sefić, Franjo Likar, Mersad Berber, Ibrahim Ljubović, Dževad Hozo, Affan Ramić, Safet Zec, Ismar Mujezinović, and Mehmed Zaimović rose in popularity. Ars Aevi a museum of contemporary art that includes works by renowned world artists was founded in Sarajevo.

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Vedran Smailović, the cellist of Sarajevo.

Traditional Bosnian and Herzogovinian songs are ganga, rera, and from Ottoman era the most popular is sevdalinka. Pop and Rock music has a tradition here as well, with the more famous musicians including Goran Bregović, Davorin Popović, Kemal Monteno, Zdravko Čolić, Edo Maajka, Dino Merlin and Tomo Miličević. Also, it would be unfair not to mention some of the talented composers such as Đorđe Novković, Esad Arnautalić, Kornelije Kovač, and many pop and rock bands, e.g. Bijelo Dugme, Indexi, Plavi Orkestar, Zabranjeno Pušenje, who were among the leading ones in the former Yugoslavia. Bosnia is home to the composer Dušan Šestić, the creator of the current national anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina and father of singer Marija Šestić, composer Sasa Losic and pianist Sasha Toperich.

Due to it being one of the few countries to air the 2008 Eurovision Dance Contest, it is thought that Bosnia and Herzegovina will be one of the countries taking part in the first competition held outside of the UK in 2010.

Điện ảnh

Notable Bosnian film-makers are Mirza Idrizović, Aleksandar Jevđević, Ivica Matić, Danis Tanović (known for the Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning No Man's Land, Ademir Kenović, Benjamin Filipović, Jasmin Dizdar, Pjer Žalica, Jasmila Žbanić, Dino Mustafić, Srđan Vuletić, among many others.

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The most important international sporting event in the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina was the hosting of the 14th Winter Olympics, held in Sarajevo from the 7th to February 19, 1984.

Bosnia and Herzegovina has produced many athletes. Many of them were famous in the Yugoslav national teams before Bosnia and Herzegovina's independence.

Some notable local Olympians were:

The Borac handball club has won seven Yugoslav National Championships, as well as the European Championship Cup in 1976 and the International Handball Federation Cup in 1991.

The Bosna basketball club from Sarajevo were European Champions in 1979. The Yugoslav national basketball team, which medaled in every world championship from 1963 through 1990, included Bosnian players such as Dražen Dalipagić and Mirza Delibašić. Bosnia and Herzegovina regularly qualifies for the European Championship in Basketball. Jedinstvo Women's basketball club, based in Tuzla, has won the 1989 European Championships in Florence.

The Tuzla-Sinalco karate club from Tuzla has won the most Yugoslav championships, as well as four European Championships and one World Championship.

The Bosnian chess team has been Champion of Yugoslavia seven times, in addition to winning four European championships: 1994 in Lyon, 1999 in Bugojno, 2000 in Neum, and 2001 in Kalitea. Borki Predojević (from Teslić) chess club has also won two European Championships: Litohoreu (Greece) in 1999, and Kalitei (Greece) in 2001.

Middle-weight boxer Marjan Beneš has won several B&H Championships, Yugoslavian Championships and the European Championship. In 1978 he won the World Title against Elish Obeda from Bahamas. Another middle-weight boxer, Anton Josipović won the Olympic Gold in Los Angeles, 1984. He also won Yugoslavian Championship in 1982, the Championship of the Balkans in 1983, and the Beograd Trophy in 1985.

Association football is the most popular sport in B&H. It dates from 1903, but its popularity grew significantly after the World War II. At local level, Sarajevo (1967 and 1984), Željezničar (1972) have both won the Yugoslavian Championship. The former Yugoslav national football team has included a number of Bosnian players, such as Josip Katalinski, Dušan Bajević, Miroslav Blažević, Ivica Osim, Safet Sušić, and Mirsad Fazlagić.

In football, the independent Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team has not qualified for a European or World Championship. Bosnian national teams have struggled to draft the best national players. Many players born in Bosnia and Herzegovina choose to play for other countries due to their ethnic identification and because of higher salaries offered by other teams. For example Mario Stanić and Mile Mitić were both born in Bosnia, but play for Croatia and Serbia respectively. Other internationally famous players from Bosnia and Herzegovina, who have made similar choices, are: Zoran Savić, Vladimir Radmanović, Zoran Planinić, Aleksandar Nikolić, Savo Milošević, Darijo Srna, Vedran Ćorluka.

Bosnia and Herzegovina was the world champion of volleyball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. Many among those on the team lost their legs in the Bosnian War.

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Bosnian cuisine uses many spices, but usually in moderate quantities. Most dishes are light, as they are cooked in lots of water; the sauces are fully natural, consisting of little more than the natural juices of the vegetables in the dish. Typical ingredients include tomatoes, potatoes, onions, garlic, peppers, cucumbers, carrots, cabbage, mushrooms, spinach, zucchini, dried beans, fresh beans, plums, milk, paprika and cream called Pavlaka. Bosnian cuisine is balanced between Western and Eastern influences. As a result of the Ottoman administration for almost 500 years, Bosnian food is closely related to Turkish, Greek, and other former Ottoman and Mediterranean cuisines. However, due to years of Austrian rule, there are many influences from Central Europe. Typical meat dishes include primarily beef and lamb. Some local specialties are ćevapi, burek, dolma, sarma, pilaf, goulash, ajvar and a whole range of Eastern sweets. The best local wines come from Herzegovina where the climate is suitable for growing grapes. Herzegovinian loza (similar to Italian Grappa but less sweet) is very popular. Plum (sljiva/rakija) or apple (jabukovaca (jabuka = apple)) is produced in Bosnia. Herzegovinian distilleries used to produce vast quantities of brandy and supply all of ex Yugoslavian alcohol factories (brandy is the base of most alcoholic drinks).

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  • Phillips, Douglas A. Bosnia and Herzegovina. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 2004. ISBN 0-7910-7911-2
  • Norway - A Triumph in Bigotry by Frederick Delaware which compares the bigotry and hatred of establishment Norway towards Muslims with that of Serbia and Croatia in 1990's Yugoslavia.

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