Mayor of Sarajevo Abdulah Skaka received the Ambassador of United Kingdom H.E. Matthew Field at the City Hall today. The improvement of existing cooperation was discussed in the meeting, and the Mayor acquainted the Ambassador with the ongoing preparations for the start of the European Youth Olympic Festival EYOF 2019. The Ambassador of United Kingdom

The “Flame of Peace” was handed over to the Mayor of Sarajevo Abdulah Skaka at the Olympic Stadium in Rome in preparation for the European Youth Olympic Festival EYOF 2019 in Sarajevo and East Sarajevo from 9 to 16 February. The Flame of Peace Ceremony was organized by the European Olympic Committee in Rome today

Mayor of Sarajevo Abdulah Skaka received the Ambassador of the Republic of France to BiH H.E. Guillaume Rousson. Skaka used this opportunity to thank the government and people of France for their assistance and support shown to Sarajevo and Bosnia and Herzegovina to date. The Mayor informed the ambassador about the progress of developmental infrastructural

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