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  Bosnia and Herzegovina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bosnia and Herzegovina was formerly one of the six federal units constituting Yugoslavia.
Ethnic composition of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1991.
Ethnic composition of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2005.
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 Bosnia and Herzegovina - Gurupedia
It is divided into two entities, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republika Srpska.
While those living in Bosnia were from 1908 officially in Austro-Hungarian Empire, South Slavs in Serbia and elsewhere were calling for a South Slav state; World War I began when Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip assassinated the Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo.
Banja Luka in the northwest, Tuzla in the northeast and Mostar, the capital of Herzegovina.
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 Encyclopedia: Convertible Mark
After the Deutsche Mark was absorbed by the euro in 2002, the currency was put on a fixed exchange rate to the new European currency instead.
Bosnia and Herzegovina World map showing Europe (geographically) When considered a continent, Europe is the worlds second-smallest continent in terms of area, with an area of 10,600,000 km² (4,140,625 square miles), making it larger than Australia only.
While the Mark III had the roll-up windows of a "convertible," it still had the easily detachable, button-down soft top of a "roadster." It was a definite improvement in weather protection, but still not quite fully a convertible.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Convertible-Mark   (1767 words)

  
 Bosnia and Herzegovina: Just the facts...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (officially Bosna i Hercegovina, shortened to BiH, also in English variously written Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Bosnia-Hercegovina) is a mountainous country in the western Balkans (The major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula).
Bosnia and Herzegovina (additional info and facts about Herzegovina) themselves are historical (additional info and facts about historical) -geographic (additional info and facts about geographic) region (The extended spatial location of something) s which today have no political status.
Bosnia and Herzegovina is divided into the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (additional info and facts about Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina) and the Republika Srpska (additional info and facts about Republika Srpska).
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 Encyclopedia: Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Economy of Bosnia and Herzegovina since Bosnia and Herzegovinas declaration of sovereignty in October 1991 and the declaration of independence from the former Yugoslavia on 3 March 1992.
It is these centuries of cultural diversity that has melded Bosnia and Herzegovina into one of the fascinating, interesting and beautiful countries in Europe.
Bosnia and Herzegovina is home to dozens of peaks over 2,000 meters and many more over the 1,500 meter mark - no less than a natural phenomena for a country half the size of Portugal.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina/Economy   (1052 words)

  
 Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina was established in accordance with the Law adopted at the Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina on 20 June 1997.
The senior body of the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the Governing Board, which is in charge of establishing and supervision of monetary policy, organization and strategies of the Central Bank, all according to the powers given to the Board by the Law.
Convertible Mark or KM is the currency of state of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
www.cbbh.gov.ba /en/aboutus.html   (517 words)

  
 Bosnia Herzegovina Interesting Facts - Places - Things
Bosnia and Herzegovina shares borders with Serbia and Montenegro in the east and southeast, and Croatia to the north and west.
Bosnia and Herzegovina's declaration of sovereignty in October 1991, was followed by a declaration of independence from the former Yugoslavia on 3 March 1992 after a referendum boycotted by ethnic Serbs.
The konvertibilna marka (convertible mark or BAM)- the national currency introduced in 1998 - is now pegged to the euro, and the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina has dramatically increased its reserve holdings.
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 Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Convertible Mark (Bosnian and Croatian: konvertibilna marka, Serbian: конвертибилна марка), (ISO 4217:BAM) is the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
After the Deutsche Mark was absorbed by the euro in 2002, the currency was put on a fixed exchange rate of 1 convertible mark to 0.511292 euro (conversely, 1 EUR = 1.95583 BAM).
The two entities (the Federation and the Republika Srpska) have different banknotes of the same style but with different designs (the person and the symbol on the back is different), however they are interchangeable within the whole country.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Convertible_Mark   (269 words)

  
 Bosnia-Herzegovina - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Bosnia-Herzegovina   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
By May 1994 22,000 UN troops were deployed in the republic, with a mandate to ‘contain’ the fighting, to airlift relief supplies into starving, isolated eastern Bosnia, to enforce the ‘no-fly zone’, and to protect UN ‘safe areas’.
This was followed up by the agreement of the foreign ministers of Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia to start negotiations on a new constitution for post-war Bosnia, which took place at the US air base at Dayton, Ohio, in November 1995.
Former president of Bosnia's Serb republic, Biljana Pavsic, gave herself up to the UN's war crimes tribunal at the Hague on 10 January, 2001, becoming the highest-ranking Bosnian official to date to be tried.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Bosnia-Herzegovina   (3619 words)

  
 1998/04/23 16:09 CONTINUITY OF A STABLE CURRENCY
The launching of the new convertible mark (KM) early this May will, after the start of the functioning of the railway traffic and establishment of a single Railway Enterprise, be yet another step towards economic (this time monetary also) reintegration of the state.
Bosnia and Herzegovina will finally get a uniform currency (and a convertible one at that) which can be used in payment transactions in all parts of the state.
According to Bosic, by such a decision the Governing Board of the National Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina has violated the Dayton Agreement and the Law on the Central Bank of B&H and on that basis introduced a convertible mark as a means for transfer account payments for which it did not have any backing.
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 Winne.com - Report on Bosnia Herzegovina, Capitalising on the assets of peace and reconstruction
Bosnia and Herzegovina has recently made a prominent improvement in transition to the market economy.
The internal borrowing, at all levels of the authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, is prevented by the Currency Board provision.
In accordance with its Constitution, Bosnia and Herzegovina is responsible for economic relations with foreign countries, which is regulated by the laws on foreign economic policy, customs investments.
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 Pfennig - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The pfennig was a small German coin valued at 1/100 of a Deutsche Mark and other German currencies with the name Mark.
The Deutschmark pfennig became obsolete with the introduction of euro coins and notes in 2002.
The pfennig is 1/100 of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Convertible Mark.
open-encyclopedia.com /Pfennig   (94 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Travel | Countries | Bosnia-Herzegovina
Bosnia is the central and northern region of the country, and Herzegovina is the entire southern region.
The "official" currency is the convertible mark, which is tied to the euro; most places accept both.
Bosnia and Herzegovina hopes to mirror neighbouring Croatia's success in winning back tourists a decade after the end of the destructive Balkan conflict.
travel.guardian.co.uk /countries/information/0,8766,-26,00.html   (920 words)

  
 Obrad Piljak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Obrad Piljak, Bosnian politician and former Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, from April 1989 to Dec 1990.
He was the last nominated (non-elected) member of the Communist party of Bosnia and Herzegovina to serve as Presidency chairman, before the first multi-party elections were held in 1990 and Alija Izetbegovic replaced him in his post.
Obrad Piljak was born in 1933 in Petrovo Vrelo, Glamoč.
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 State Department: Bosnia-Hercegovina - Consular Information Sheet, June 1, 1999
Americans elsewhere in Bosnia and Herzegovina are urged to avoid crowds and demonstrations, keep a low profile, and stay alert for changes in the security situation.
The convertible mark, the new currency since June 1998, is pegged one-for-one with the German mark under a currency board regime, which guarantees its stability.
The convertible mark is gradually replacing the German mark, which had been the de facto currency in Bosnia and Herzegovina since 1992.
www.hri.org /docs/USSD-Travel/Bosnia.1999-06-01.html   (1866 words)

  
 Top20Bosnia-Herzegovina.com - Your Top20 Guide to Bosnia-Herzegovina!
Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country on the Balkan peninsula of Southern Europe with an area of 51,129 square kilometres (19,741 sq mi) and an estimated population of around 4.5 million people.
The region of Bosnia is the largest geographic region of the modern state with moderate continental climate, marked by hot summers and cold, snowy winters.
Bosnia, due to its geographic position and terrain, was probably one of the last areas to go through this process, which presumably originated from the urban centers along the Dalmatian coast.
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 State Department: Bosnia-Hercegovina - Consular Information Sheet, July 13, 1998
The war in Bosnia and Herzegovina was halted by the Dayton Peace Accords in December 1995.
U.S. citizens planning to remain in Bosnia and Herzegovina for more than three months must obtain a temporary residence permit from the local police having jurisdiction over their place of residence and pay a fee of 50 dollars for one 12-month period.
The de facto currency is the deutsche mark (and the local equivalent the convertible mark.) Although there are exceptions, U.S. dollars are generally not accepted.
www.hri.org /docs/USSD-Travel/Bosnia.98-095.html   (1550 words)

  
 GlobaLex - A Guide to Legal Research in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BandH) is a parliamentary republic in South-Eastern Europe, on Balkan Peninsula.
Bosnia and Herzegovina consists of the two entities and districts, Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine – F BiH (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Republika Srpska - RS (Republic of Srpska) and District Brčko.
Therefore, the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina has a wide range of authorities given to the entities, and still leaving to the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina the authorities of the vital importance for the functioning of an internationally recognized state.
www.nyulawglobal.org /globalex/Bosnia_Herzegovina.htm   (4416 words)

  
 Country Profiles Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has borders with Serbia to the East, Montenegro to the South East, Croatia to the North and West, and a 12 kilometre coastline on the Adriatic Sea.
Bosnia and Herzegovina's relations with Serbia have improved significantly since the collapse of the Milosevic regime, with diplomatic relations being established on 15 December 2000.
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s SAA negotiations were opened in October 2005 on the basis of a provisional policing agreement with support from all the major political parties in BiH.
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 Balkanology :: Bosnia and Herzegovina :: Introduction
Bosnia has much more to offer, and the mountains and rivers make travelling around the country a pleasure, so it's well worth considering a longer stay.
In central Bosnia the towns of Travnik and Jajce each have hilltop castles and interesting old towns surrounded by wooded hills.
One of these entities is called the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (not to be confused with the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina).
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 Bosnia and Herzegovina
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, there are 407 primary schools with 250,000 students, 171 secondary schools with 80,000 students, 6 universities in the major cities--Sarajevo, Mostar, Banja Luka, Tuzla, and Bihac--and 6 academies--4 pedagogic and 2 art academies.
Bosnia faces a dual challenge: not only must the nation recover from the war, but it also must make the transition from socialism to capitalism.
According to World Bank estimates, GDP growth was 62% in the Federation and 25% in the RS in 1996, 35% in the Federation and flat in the RS in 1997, and continued growth in the Federation in 1998.
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 Bosnia and Herzegovina Economy 2007 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, ...
Bosnia and Herzegovina ranked next to Macedonia as the poorest republic in the old Yugoslav federation.
TITO had pushed the development of military industries in the republic with the result that Bosnia was saddled with a host of industrial firms with little commercial potential.
The konvertibilna marka (convertible mark or BAM)- the national currency introduced in 1998 - is pegged to the euro, and confidence in the currency and the banking sector has increased.
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 Bosnia-Herzegovina
Families traveling with children in Bosnia and Herzegovina should be especially aware of the danger posed by mines and unexploded ordnance.
Bosnia and Herzegovina is among the rare countries in Europe that has fewer than ten kilometers of four-lane highway.
The convertible mark, the Bosnian currency since June 1998, is pegged to the euro under a currency-board regime, which guarantees its stability.
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 Bosnia and Herzegovina travel guide - Wikitravel
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosna i Hercegovina) is a Balkan country in Southern Europe that was formerly part of Yugoslavia.
The official languages in Bosnia and Herzegovina are Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian.
If you plan on traveling off the beaten path in Bosnia, be aware that the nation is still in the process of clearing many of the estimated 5 million land mines left around the countryside during the war of 1992-1995.
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 Economy Of Bosnia and Herzegovina   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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