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The city of Mostar is worldwide known for the many bridges and its name derives from the bridge keepers (mostari) who in the medieval times guarded the Stari Most (Old Bridge) over the Neretva.
Continue reading “Overlooking the Old Bridge in Mostar, the Tara and Halebija towers”
The name Bosnia comes from the Indo-European word which means water. Bosnia is full of beautiful rivers, lakes, and waterfalls. Continue reading “10 interesting facts about Bosnia and Herzegovina you need to know”
Politicians in Bosnia and Herzegovina have not been able to make an agreement on which important event from the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina should be chosen for commemoration.
How to celebrate than?
In the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 25 November is celebrated as Statehood Day but not all people of the same state would agree on that date. This date in history is seen by many politicians and people of Bosnia and Herzegovina as essential because on this day in 1943, the Anti-Fascist Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ZAVNOBiH) adopted a resolution declaring Bosnia and Herzegovina an equal community of Serbs, Muslims and Croats(what this country is like).
On the other side, the Bosnian Serbs deny the historical importance of resolution from 1943 and believe that this day should be celebrated on November 21st because the Dayton Peace Agreement was signed on November 21, 1995.
Many people of Bosnia and Herzegovina do not consider the Dayton Agreement as an ideal solution because a separate entity was created under the name Republika Srpska.
The leaders of Republika Srpska, who advocate the commemoration of 21 November, are not in favor of a united BiH, and they see 25 November as a symbol of state unity that undermines their vision of the state.
On the occasion of 25 November 2008, Milorad Dodik, prime minister of Republika Srpska, stated: “The celebration of 25 November is an artificial imposing of a story of an alleged continuity of statehood, which did not exist.”
On the other side, the Bosnian Croat Željko Komšić, one of the three members of the State Presidency, stated in 2008, arguing against the Serbs: “The date of signing the Dayton Peace Agreement I consider an important date in the recent history of Bosnia, which should be celebrated in a dignified manner, but 25 November, the date of celebration of ZAVNOBiH, and the decisions reached there, I personally find sacrosanct, inviolable, and the sole National Day of Bosnia.”
In January 2009, the Bosnia and Herzegovina Ministry of Civil Affairs proposed a common law on holidays that would abolish commemorative days specific to either the Federation or Republika Srpska.
None of the proposed holidays (New Year, May Day, Anti-Fascist Day, International Day Against Violence) would have any connection to specific national affairs within Bosnia.
This proposal, however, met resistance from Bosniak parliamentarians. On 17 July 2009, the Council of Ministers nevertheless made their final decision: Bosnia and Herzegovina shall have only the “international” holidays proposed earlier.
No national day in the real sense was included in their proposal. This decision was again met with criticism from the Bosniaks, since “their” dates were not included either. This proposal has yet to be discussed in Parliament, and it is not likely to be adopted.
So, Bosnia and Herzegovina is still a country without a national day, or, more precisely, with several competing ones.
In front of the Tour Guide Mostar, we can proudly say that no matter the outcome and the historical events we celebrate the sole National Day of Bosnia and Herzegovina when the stability of all people was considered equal.
The great Exit Festival family will get another member next year! After in 2014, they started Sea Dance at Jaz Beach, a year later Revolution in Timisoara, and Sea Star in Umag this year, EXIT team are starting a new festival which will take place from March 15 to 18 next year at the Olympic Jahorina mountain!
The festival is designed to have both daytime and night events, but following the 2+2 formula which was used for the extremely successful Sea Star Festival in Istria. On the first day, the festival will have an evening warm-up party; in the next two days, it will be open at full capacity during both day and night, while the fourth day is reserved for the ending party during the day. More information about the new festival, its name and the names of its first performers will be available soon, and the first tickets for the most affordable, promotional prices will be available before starting the winter season.
Music festivals in mountain resorts are on the rise all over the world, and in Europe alone demand has already surpassed the offer of such events. EXIT team, in cooperation with the Jahorina Olympic Center, plans to position the new festival among the most important winter music festivals on the continent in a relatively short period of time.
This will place Jahorina among the attractive destinations in the regional festival network organized by the EXIT team, continuing the trend of connecting the region as the foundation of EXIT’s social mission, but also further positioning of the South Eastern Europe region as one of the most attractive destinations for youth and festival tourism which are on the big rise worldwide. Just like EXIT 2001 was the first mass gathering of young people after the wars of the nineties, all the events produced by EXIT team today gather people from all over the region, which creates a special atmosphere for the visitors from the rest of the world, named “EXIT magic” by some international media.
Furthermore, aside from new regional countries and promotion of the local destinations in the world, EXIT team continues to develop an all-year-long, 365 days a year experience, each year offering more and more events and festival days. This year as well, in the first, promotional wave of EXIT Festival ticket sales, tickets for other festivals will also be available, for the first, promotional prices, both individually and in a package, with savings going up to 80%!
Source:exitfest.org
Numerous efforts of Mostar Airport to expand their offer with flights of a low-cost company over the years just got a new plot. It is even more interesting that this time it is not about negotiations between management or local authorities with airline companies, but the online survey of the company Eurowings from Germany.
The well-known German Eurowings published a list of ten European destinations and invited all of their visitors to vote which city will enter their flight schedule for the next summer season. The competition is serious because other airports included are: Podgorica, Shannon, Brac, Trieste, Castellon, Trapani, Bergen, Belfast, and Biarritz.
To recall, the management of the airport has been trying to arrange flights of some low-cost airline company for two years now, and negotiations with Eurowings were conducted in January this year. It was concluded that the establishment of flights to Stuttgart would have most chances.
Well, today Mostar got 30780 votes on You vote. We fly organized by company German EuroWings.
There is nothing more to say except WELCOME TO MOSTAR.