Plastic surgeon Greg Pataki is a bit of a missionary. Founder of Premium Plastic Surgery in Budapest, he talks about "perfect proportions" and spends his days correcting features that "disturb mental and physical harmony." It's about beauty, of course, and about 80 percent of their clients are women.
Some of the nearly 600 children placed with foster families in BiH have been raped, physically abused or neglected. A house in Gradiška in which a foster family lived keeps a secret about the repeated rape of girls. (Photo:CIN) By The Center for Investigative Reporting It seemed like any other foster home for children.
By Maida Salkanović Skopje. Known by many as the capital of that country that has one of the longest names in the history of names. Also, as the capital of that country that has a dispute with Greece over its ridiculously long name.
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During the May flooding, rivers deposited heavy metals over agricultural plots, poisoning some fruits and vegetables. People whose gardens and yards were affected were never told what to do about the toxins. The Ahmedovićs' garden was submerged in May. They replanted vegetables after the water retreated.
BiH does not have a good foster care oversight system, which is why children are at the mercy of families who have taken them in. Some live with people being sued for bad care of others. Neighbors reported that children living with Hasnija Džaferagić were forced to do hard physical labor.
Piše: Maida Salkanović Iz godine u godinu izvještaji kako domaćih, tako i međunarodnih organizacija pokazuju nizak nivo diskriminacije LGBT osoba i nepostojanje kršenja prava ove populacije u Bosni i Hercegovini. U isto vrijeme, pripadnici LGBT populacije doživljavaju razne vrste nasilja, od verbalnih uvreda i govora mržnje, pa do fizičkih napada.
Two years ago, Lejla Krečinić, then a 16-year-old, was going to a high school in her hometown Jablanica, when she heard of an unusual school in an hour-away town of Mostar.
Former FBiH Minister of Trade Milorad Bahilj drove around in an official car bought from the car company of his party boss's nephew. The luxury Mercedes SUV was passed on to current Trade Minister Aleksandar Remetić, but he said he did not feel comfortable in such an expensive vehicle.
Contributing writer Maida Salkanović explores the modern day fall-out of peace negotiations in Bosnia-Herzegovina more than 20 years ago.