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An unexpected meeting with Angelina Jolie brings joy a year later
15 Nov 2011 Thirteen people, including septuagenarian sisters Lena and Mara, move into a US-funded apartment block in Bosnia a year after a visit by Jolie. -
UNHCR welcomes latest regional effort to end refugee displacement in Balkans
8 Nov 2011 Ministers of four countries that emerged from the former Yugoslavia support new regional progamme to end the suffering of more than 70,000 refugees. -
Refugee show lights up Serbian screens for 10 years
30 Sep 2011 A UNHCR-produced TV programme in Serbia has been informing the region's refugees about conditions in their home and host countries for a decade. -
Statelessness: UNHCR hails new support, urges more action on treaties
23 Sep 2011 Croatia, Nigeria and the Philippines have become the latest countries to become party to one or both of the statelessness conventions. -
A new home on memory lane in Bosnia and Herzegovina
14 Apr 2011 At 73 years old, refugee returnee Biserka Vukasinovic is the proud owner of a UNHCR-renovated house full of memories and new friendships. -
UNHCR to continue helping Balkans flood victims over the winter
7 Jan 2011 UNHCR warns that victims of the worst floods to hit Bosnia and Herzegovina and neighbouring Montenegro in decades will continue to need help during the winter. -
Q&A: Former Bosnian refugee promotes technology to bring hope to the displaced
24 Nov 2010 Leila Toplic fled from Bosnia and Herzegovina when she was 18. Today, she works in Paris for Microsoft while also helping to raise awareness about refugees. -
After almost two decades, displaced sisters finally get a place of their own
18 Oct 2010 A dilapidated collective centre in the Bosnian town of Jablanica was only meant to be a temporary measure when it opened in the 1990s. Its doors have finally closed. -
Q&A: A positive photographic portrayal of Montenegro's Roma community
28 Apr 2010 A UN-supported photography exhibition in Montenegro counters the often negative portrayal of members of the Roma community, including refugees.