But there are signs of hope. It's spring and tiny white blossoms cover the plum trees scattered around the hillsides. A sports arena hosts a basketball team that's first in the Bosnian league. Two Americans play on the Tuzla Freedom. It gives you an appreciation for what we have back home.
Summers are shorter and cooler in mountainous areas.
Banja Luka, Mostar, Tuzla and Bilhac. Bosnia-Herzegovina separated from Yugoslavia in 1992. Bosnia-Herzegovina history Throughout its history, the land known as Bosnia has often been part of another empire or country. In 1878, it was given to Austria-Hungary as a colony. World War I started in the region with the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo.