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30 years later: Dayton Peace Agreement

The formal signing of the Dayton Accords on December 14, 1995, in Paris ended the bloody three-year Bosnian war. The conflict killed around 100,000 people and displaced millions in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

From left background, Spanish Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez, US President Bill Clinton, French President Jacques Chirac, German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, British Prime Minister John Major and Russian Prime Minister Victor Chernomyrdin, from left front Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, Croatian President Franjo Tudjman and Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic applaud after signing of the peace agreement on Bosnia at the Elysee Palace in Paris 14 December — Image: Gerard Julien/dpa/picture alliance

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The Dayton Peace Agreement 30 years on

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Srebrenica survivor Hasan Hasanovic has made it his life's work to speak about the genocide and gather testimonies.

Bosnia: Separatist laws suspended, EU to add peacekeepers

The EU has said it would send more peacekeepers to Bosnia after the country's top court suspended separatist laws.

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