The real estate and construction sectors are being used to launder illicit money from drug trafficking and migrant smuggling in the Western Balkans, leading to rising property prices, according to a report by the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime. Money laundering through construction and real estate companies “is popular …
Read More »North Macedonian ex-PM Gruevski charged with illegal real estate purchases
Former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski. File photo: EPA-EFE-Nake Batev North Macedonia’s organized crime prosecution on Wednesday filed charges against the country’s fugitive ex-prime minister Nikola Gruevski and some of his former close associates in a high-profile case related to the illicit purchase of construction sites . The charges center …
Read More »Former Bosnian Serb leader Karadzic to spend his life in British prison
LONDON (AP) – The British government said on Wednesday that former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic would serve his life sentence for war crimes in a British prison. Karadzic, one of the main architects of the massacre and devastation of the 1992-95 Bosnian war, was convicted by a United Nations …
Read More »Catwalk Star Gigi Hadid Celebrates ‘World Kaffiyeh Day’ in Honor of Iconic Arabic Print
Summer box office blockbusters: new movies to wait as the big screen heats up DUBAI: If you’re planning to go back to the movies this summer, here are the hot new movies to look forward to. BLACK WIDOW Director: Cate Shortland With: Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, David Harbor Release Date: …
Read More »Online real estate has become too hot to handle
Real estate 2.0 is still only knocking on the door of disruption. For an industry that has historically relied on a tedious and tedious process of buying and selling homes, the past few years have brought a lot of progress. You can now see the value of a home with …
Read More »The pandemic boom in house prices in Europe raises fears of a new bubble
If the Swedish government succeeds, Bromma Airport, at the western end of Stockholm, will close and be used to build around 30,000 new homes, helping alleviate the housing shortage that has driven up housing costs. prices in the capital. Sweden is not alone in seeking innovative ways to boost housing …
Read More »Bosnian Serbs honor controversial Nobel Prize for Literature
BANJA LUKA, Bosnia and Herzegovina – Bosnian Serbs honored the controversial 2019 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, Peter Handke, known for his views as an apologist on Serbian war crimes during the 1990s wars in the Balkans. The Austrian novelist and screenwriter was greeted by Bosnian Serb officials upon his …
Read More »bne IntelliNews – High Representative warns Bosnian Serb leadership seeking to divide the country
The High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Valentin Inzko, warned in his report to the UN Security Council that Serbian ethnic leaders are making a concerted effort to divide the country, or failing that, to undo many of the reforms carried out over the years. 25 years, and he called …
Read More »India hits another grim coronavirus record as oxygen demand increases
NEW DELHI – Infections in India hit a new grim daily record on Thursday as demand for medical oxygen jumped sevenfold and the government denied reports it was delaying in distributing vital supplies from overseas. The number of new confirmed cases has exceeded 400,000 for the second time since the …
Read More »Real estate disputes become bilateral problem between Moldova and Ukraine
Critics of the deal say the valuation of the property and land – $ 468,800 and $ 1.46 million – was eerily low for one of Odessa’s more expensive areas. A little over a year later, in July 2020, a new government led by then Prime Minister Ion Chicu canceled …
Read More »Vivaldi Music Academy opens in Sugar Land Town Square | Culture
Pavlovic The music is in the lineage of Zeljko Pavlovic, whose father was one of the most acclaimed folklore musicians from Bosnia and Herzegovina and the South Slavic Diaspora of the United States. His family has a musical tradition stretching back two centuries to his hometown of Sarajevo, Bosnia, when …
Read More »AP PHOTOS: Bosnian Muslim minors quickly break underground
ZENICA, Bosnia and Herzegovina (AP) – Groups of men prepare for long hours of hard work deep in a troubled coal mine in the central Bosnian town of Zenica. During the holy month of Ramadan in Islam, practicing Muslims among them are easy to spot. Arriving for their shift and …
Read More »Beijing’s pressure on fragile real estate developers becomes real
âHousing is for living, not for speculating,â has been a mantra of the Chinese government for nearly half a decade. This year, it looks like the slogan is finally having some bite. But new restrictions on bank lending let developers tap into a single source of funding, which could have …
Read More »FlyBosnia summer network unveiled
FlyBosnia plans to resume regular international flights next month with services from Sarajevo to the Gulf region. The carrier is expected to start operations in Doha in Qatar, followed by Riyadh, Gassim and Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, Manama in Bahrain, as well as Kuwait City. The airline had previously served …
Read More »Janša denies encouraging the break-up of Bosnia along ethnic lines during protests by Islamist groups in Sarajevo
Updated 18:20 STA, April 19, 2021 – Prime Minister Janez JanÅ¡a condemned extremism after members of a radical Islamist group in Bosnia and Herzegovina demonstrated outside the Slovenian embassy in Sarajevo on Sunday against an alleged non-paper related to Slovenia which talks about the break-up of Bosnia along ethnic lines. …
Read More »Real Estate School of Florida Focus is a licensed real estate
FL, USA, April 17, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ – Real Estate School of Florida grows and maximizes with the primary objective of helping students obtain their real estate license in Florida. The school also specializes in offering courses for current real estate agents who wish to obtain their Florida real estate broker …
Read More »Increasingly Competitive Real Estate Market Amid The Pandemic | KSNF / KODE
FORT SCOTT, Ks. – Moving is always difficult – but it is impossible if there is no house available. We are talking about middle income homes. Unfortunately, the real estate market has been hit hard during the pandemic. This means that there is a shortage of middle income homes. Often …
Read More »“Quo Vadis, Aida? highlights the Bosnian war
“Quo Vadis, Aida?” won an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film for its flawless narrative of a terrible slice of Bosnian War history. It opens with a chariot driving over a tree on the outskirts of the town of Srebrenica in New Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the …
Read More »Authorities say Croatian port appears to be new entry point for drugs
Croatian police confiscated nearly 600 kilograms of cocaine concealed in a shipment of bananas arriving from South America at the Adriatic port of PloÄe. Officials say that with increased checks at ports in western and northern Europe, organized crime appears to be seeking alternative routs in the south of the …
Read More »German CPI and Aroundtown to buy Globalworth in $ 1.88 billion real estate transaction
ADds offer details, background April 14 (Reuters) – German real estate group IPC O5G.DE and Aroundtown SA AT1.DE offered on Wednesday to buy Globalworth Real Estate Investments, listed in London GWI.L in a deal valued at around 1.57 billion euros ($ 1.88 billion). Shareholders of Globalworth, which operates primarily in …
Read More »From Bosnia to Santa Barbara and the Wine Life Forklift – This winery never shies away from a challenge
I love talking about wine with people who share my passion for this wine. We open bottles, we exchange stories about travel and soil types, terroir and residual sugar, and we talk about taste and food and restaurants. We recommend the wines, we drink and we learn a lot. In …
Read More »Real estate investors bet on patients returning to doctors
Medical office buildings emptied during the pandemic when many patients switched to video and telemedicine appointments over in-person visits. That hasn’t stopped investors from pouring money into these properties. Investors say there are a number of reasons to favor doctor’s offices, even as landowners are more bearish on conventional office …
Read More »The unlikely dream of China’s property tax
China’s finance ministry is working on legislation for a direct property tax, according to comments from the ministry’s tax policy official on Wednesday. But the idea has been around for more than a decade – the Chinese equivalent of a New Year’s resolution that never quite comes to fruition. A …
Read More »Oscar-nominated Bosnian filmmaker recalls her time with bread and puppet theater | Movie | Seven days
Click to enlarge Courtesy Painting “Quo Vadis” by Peter Schumann The Oscars usually aren’t a big deal in Glover’s modest house Bread and puppet theater founders To fart and Elka schumann. But this year they support Quo Vadis, Aida? The film is nominated from Bosnia and Herzegovina for the Oscar …
Read More »The housing market is crazier than it has been since 2006
Less than a day after real estate agent Andrea White listed a three-bedroom house for sale in Sacramento, Calif., In March, she received an all-cash offer. The buyer – who hadn’t even seen the house in person – was prepared to pay $ 520,000, Ms. White said. It was $ …
Read More »Bosnia-Herzegovina vs France LIVE FREE (03/31/21): Watch the FIFA World Cup Qualifier Online | Time, USA TV, Channel
France will face Bosnia and Herzegovina in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier at Stadion Grbavica in Sarajevo, Bosnia on Wednesday March 31, 2021 (03/31/21). Cable-free fans can watch the game for free with a try of fuboTV (stream in Spanish only) or with ESPN +. Sign up for the …
Read More »Bosnian fugitive wanted in 1994 military murder arrested in Iowa
IOWA CITY – A former Bosnian soldier who fled police custody while awaiting trial for murder in the 1994 murder of a military colleague has been arrested and jailed in Iowa after living in the United States for decades. Federal agents arrested Dzevad Pajazetovic in Des Moines on March 1 …
Read More »Alma Rosa winemaker Samra Morris on her Bosnian roots and the future of California
Alma Rosa Winemaker Samra Morris Photo credit: Kathryn Zdan When winemaker Samra Morris bottled her first full glass grape vintage at Alma Rosa Winery in Sta, California. Rita Hills, she said it was “the most exciting time in [her] life.” As the first Bosnian woman to make wine in California, …
Read More »Bosnia and Herzegovina Integral Inzenjering submits lowest bid for construction of Doboj ring road section
SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), March 30 (SeeNews) – The Bosnian civil engineering company Integral Inzenjering has submitted the lowest bid in a call for tenders for the construction of a ring road section in the northern town of Doboj, local media reported. Integral Inzenjering has offered to build the road …
Read More »Israeli bond proposal threatens to curb borrowing by US real estate companies
U.S. real estate companies that have borrowed billions of dollars from the Israeli bond market in recent years face new rules proposed by the Israel Securities Authority that would tighten the tap. The rules would change the way bonds issued by many foreign companies are rated in a way that …
Read More »Russian warning against NATO membership denounced by Bosnia
Bosnian officials on Friday denounced a Russian warning that it would take action if the country takes steps to become a NATO member. The Russian embassy in Sarajevo had declared a day earlier that “in the event of a practical rapprochement” between Bosnia and NATO, “our country will have to …
Read More »Bosnian capital tightens rules as COVID-19 deaths rise
The Bosnian capital is tightening measures against the novel coronavirus as authorities struggle to deal with rising infections and skyrocketing deaths from COVID-19. Sarajevo has mourned dozens of victims this month, as daily new cases in Bosnia have risen from a few hundred to over 1,700 this week. Twenty-one new …
Read More »Bosnia buys Russian vaccines after AstraZeneca suspension
(Bloomberg) – The Bosnian-Herzegovinian entity of ethnic Muslims and Croats has signed an agreement to purchase 500,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccine against Covid-19 from Russia, Klix reported, citing the region’s prime minister, Fadil Novalic. The so-called Federation which covers about half of the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina expects …
Read More »FILM REVIEW: ‘Quo Vadis, Aida?’: A Balkan Tragedy
Aida (Jasna ÄuriÄiÄ) at the gate of the United Nations encampment in Srebrenica. Photo courtesy of Super LTD / New York Times From 1992 to 1995, a war took place in the Balkans, in Bosnia herzegovina. It was part of the break-up of Yugoslavia in 1991. Multi-ethnic Bosnia and Herzegovina …
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