The city was ethnically mixed before the war. You can't imagine how it is like, being so close, but yet so apart from home. Croat militiamen drove her out of her home at gunpoint in 1993. The European Union has failed in current efforts to reunify the city. Elections for a joint Mostar government will supposedly be held in the first half of 1996.
All utilities are on but Sarajevo is still effectively being starved of warmth, light and water.
During the siege of Sarajevo over the past three and a half years Sarajevans have burned tires, shoes and furniture to keep warm, leading, doctors say, to serious respiratory problems aside from the health consequences of simply being cold. Sarajevans say conditions improved this week, with gas on again full time, but many credit warmer weather and reduced demand for heat. Few Sarajevans expect to have uninterrupted heat or electricity this winter, and residents are trying to buy or find alternative means to keep from freezing. The same wood costs just 7 marks in nearby Tuzla. However, by Thursday night, both Reuters and the BBC were speculating that talks might wrap up this weekend.