Mayor of Sarajevo Abdulah Skaka and attorney Sanjin Smajlović submitted a request for the issuing of a building permit for construction of the Museum of Contemporary Art Ars Aevi at a site located in Wilson’s Lane, to the head of Municipality Novo Sarajevo Nedžad Koldžo today. This practically marks the beginning of the process that

Sarajevo City Delegation participated last week in the “8 Mini Economic Forum” organized by Matica BiH and “Bi-City Workshop” at ETH Zürich, the most prominent European technical institute which won 21 Nobel prizes. Bosnian and Swiss partners met and discussed the topics of digitalization, technological development and creation of smart, sustainable and inclusive cities. It

The City of Sarajevo and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have officially launched the City Mind Lab, the goal of which is to gather our prominent and inspirational citizens, experts from different fields, in the City Hall today. This group should make inovations and suggestions for innovative ideas and solutions that would make the

Mayor of Sarajevo Abdulah Skaka received today the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China H.E. Chen Bo for a farewell visit, thanking her for the exceptional efforts she had invested in promoting Sarajevo during her mandate in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Mayor particularly stressed the engagement of Ambassador Bo in lifting visa requirements for

At the proposal of the Mayor of Sarajevo, Sarajevo City Council passed the decision enabling the beginning of the construction of the Ars Aevi Museum of Contemporary Art. The city councillors adopted the proposal by the Mayor Abdulah Skaka to lift the ban on construction on the land where the Museum will be built, whereby

Mayor of Sarajevo Abdulah Skaka and his associates received the delegation of the City of Istanbul headed by Advisor to Mayor Hüseyin Eren and member of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipal Assembly Kağan Şahin today. The meeting was also attended by Omer Faruk Alimci, director of the Regional Office of the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA).

Head of EU Delegation to BiH and EU Special Representative to BiH Ambassador Lars Gunnar Wigemark visited today the Sarajevo Information Centre on the ICTY. He was welcomed at the Centre, which was founded by the City of Sarajevo, by the Mayor of Sarajevo Abdulah Skaka. President of the Mayor’s Council for the Information Centre,

The Diplomatic Winter Bazaar was opened today at the Mirza Delibašić sports hall KSC Skenderija, where over 70 exhibitors presented their enticing exotic food and beverage, products and handcrafts to the visitors. The revenues from the sales are intended as aid for children and youth across Bosnia and Herzegovina. During the opening of the Diplomatic

The City of Sarajevo received the support from the Formula E top team and the best driver in the world in its candidature for the host of Formula E race in 2020. Mayor of Sarajevo Abdulah Skaka, Jean Eric Vergne, driver of Techeetah team, Edmund Chu, team manager and Samir Cerić, manager of Sarajevo Sports

During the presentation “Sarajevo- the New Year’s Centre of the Region” held in Dubrovnik today, the Mayor of Sarajevo Abdulah Skaka met with his colleague Mato Franković, the Mayor of Dubrovnik. They discussed the present successful cooperation between the friendly cities of Sarajevo and Dubrovnik and the opportunities and areas in which it can be

Judge Meron, the President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals held a lecture on the topic “The Mechanism as the New Model of the International Criminal Tribunal” before an audience consisting of the representatives of government, legislature, expert and academic community, international organisations and associations. On behalf of the host, the City of

Mayor of Sarajevo Abdulah Skaka and the Ambassador of the United States of America to BiH Maureen E. Cormack met today at the City Hall and had a tour of the Information Centre on the International Criminal Tribunal for he Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). This Centre provides the public with a direct and safe access to