28 April 2026, TRAVNIK - Strengthening institutional responses to gender-based violence, ensuring the integrity of upcoming elections, as well as anti-corruption efforts were among the key subjects of today’s official visit to the Central Bosnia Canton by Ambassador Rick Holtzapple, Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

It is important to know what is a hate crime. When a hate crime is committed, one or more perpetrators target the victim, which can be one or more people or property, because of a protected aspect of the victim's identity, such as religion or ethnicity, race, sexual orientation or disability. Similarly, a hate incident is an act of hostility motivated by prejudice or bias that does not necessarily reach the threshold of a criminal offence, or the criminal nature of which is yet to be determined. A hate crime is any crime where the perpetrator is driven by prejudice or bias.

Sarajevo, 21 April 2026 – High-quality education is built in classrooms where students are active participants in learning, and where teaching is guided by clear outcomes that foster the development of critical knowledge, skills, and competencies.