2024 in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Events in the year 2024 in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]- 25–30 January – 2024 IIHF U20 World Championship Division III B[1]
- 21 June – A massive power outage leaves Sarajevo and several other parts of the country without electricity.[2]
- 21 August – Three employees are killed in a shooting at a high school in Sanski Most. The suspect, who is also an employee of the school, is hospitalised after shooting himself.[3]
- 22 August – At least 11 people are killed after a boat carrying migrants capsizes in the Drina River near Bratunac, along the border with Serbia.[4]
- 19 September – The Vatican recognises Medjugorje as a Catholic shrine, but stops short of recognising the apparitions associated with the Our Lady of Medjugorje.[5]
- 4 October – At least 26 people are killed in flooding and landslides caused by heavy rains in the Jablanica area.[6]
- 6 October – 2024 Bosnian municipal elections
- 23 October – A court in the United States convicts Kemal Mrndzic of fraud in covering up his role in war crimes against ethnic Serbs during the Bosnian civil war as a prison guard at the Čelebići camp in order to obtain refugee status and subsequent US citizenship.[7]
- 24 October – A police officer is killed and another is injured in a knife attack on a police station in Bosanska Krupa. The suspect, a 14-year old, is arrested.[8]
Holidays
[edit]Source:[9]
- 1-2 January - New Year's Day
- 6 January - Orthodox Christmas Eve (RS)
- 7 January - Orthodox Christmas (RS)
- 9 January - Republic Day (RS)
- 14 January - New Year's Day (RS)
- 1 March - Independence Day (FBiH)
- 31 March - Catholic Easter (FBiH)
- 1 April - Catholic Easter Monday (FBiH)
- 10 April – Ramadan Bajram (FBiH)
- 1-2 May - Labour Day
- 3 May - Orthodox Good Friday (RS)
- 5 May - Orthodox Easter (RS)
- 6 May - Orthodox Easter Monday (RS)
- 9 May - Victory Day (RS)
- 16 June – Kurban Bajram (FBiH)
- 28 June - Saint Vitus Day (RS)
- 1 November - All Saints' Day (FBiH)
- 21 November - Dayton Agreement Day (RS)
- 25 November - Statehood Day (FBiH)
- 25 December - Catholic Christmas (FBiH)
Art and entertainment
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship". All Sports Db. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ "Major power outage hits Balkan region as countries swelter in early summer heat wave". AP News. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "At least three killed in Bosnia school shooting". Al Jazeera. 21 August 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ "11th victim found after a boat carrying migrants capsized on a river on the Serbia-Bosnia border". Associated Press. 23 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ^ "Vatican recognises Medjugorje shrine, but not Virgin's messages". France 24. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ^ "Death toll in Bosnia's floods reaches 26, with at least 1 person still missing 10 days after storm". Associated Press. 14 October 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ "A former Bosnian prison camp guard is convicted of lying to get refugee status and US citizenship". Associated Press. 23 October 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ "A deadly attack at a police station in Bosnia is an act of terrorism, prosecutors say". Associated Press. 25 October 2024. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ "Bosnia and Herzegovina Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
