'' BH Dani'' is a

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magazine website based in

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. Until 2010, it was published as a weekly, and then as a monthly magazine. In 2023, the printed edition was replaced with a wholly online model of release.

History

''BH Dani,'' also known as ''Dani'' is a weekly politics magazine published in Sarajevo. The first issue of the magazine was distributed from 25 August 1992, during the first year of the

Siege of Sarajevo The siege of Sarajevo () was a prolonged military blockade of Sarajevo, the capital of Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, during the ethnically charged Bosnian War. After it was initially besieged by Serbian forces of the Yugoslav People's Arm ...

. One of the editors-in-chief in the coming years was Senad Pećanin. ''Dani'' continued its publication under harsh conditions throughout and despite the Siege. The magazine received the Award for Best Paper in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1993 by the former Association of Journalists of BiH (today BH Novinari), award of the Open Society Foundation BIH and the Olof Palme Prize in 1998. The paper was financially supported by the Swedish Helsinki Committee, Press Now and the

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. In 2010, the magazine was bought by

Oslobođenje The ''Oslobođenje'' ( sh-Cyrl, Ослобођење; ; 'Liberation') is the Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian national daily newspaper, published in Sarajevo. It is the oldest daily newspaper still in circulation in the Bosnia and Herzegovina. Fou ...

, when Pećanin stepped down as the editor-in-chief. ''Dani'' continues to be published with the current editor-in-chief Saša Rukavina. In April 2023 the magazine issued the final printed edition before switching to a wholly online model of release. Chief editor Saša Rukavina reasoned that technology has advanced so much that printed newspapers can no longer compete with online portals and social media.

Notable persons

Editors-in-Chief

* Senad Pećanin, 1992-2000 * Vildana Selimbegović, 2000–2003 * Emir Imamović Pirke, 2004-2005 * Vildana Selimbegović, 2005-2008 * Senad Pećanin, 2008-2010 * Dženana Karup-Druško, 2010-2013 * Šaša Rukavina 2013-''present''

Columnists

* Semezdin Mehmedinović, Bosnian writer *

Aleksandar Hemon Aleksandar Hemon ( sr-Cyrl, Александар Xeмoн; born September 9, 1964) is a Bosnian- American author, essayist, critic, television writer, and screenwriter. He is best known for the novels '' Nowhere Man'' (2002) and '' The Lazarus P ...

, Bosnian-American writer *

Miljenko Jergović Miljenko Jergović (born 28 May 1966) is a prominent Bosnian writer. Biography Born in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia to Croatian parents, Jergović received his M.A. in literature from the Sarajevo University. While at hi ...

, Bosnian writer * Karim Zaimović, Bosnian writer * Nerzuk Ćurak, Bosnian journalist * Mile Stojić, Bosnian writer * Esad Hećimović, Bosnian journalist * Eliezer Papo, Bosnian rabbi *

Ivan Lovrenović Ivan Lovrenović (18 April 1943) is a Bosnian and Herzegovinian publicist, writer, historian, essayist, and editor. Early life and education He was born in a family of Bosnian Croats in 1943 in Zagreb, but soon moved to Mrkonjić Grad, where ...

, Bosnian journalist

Sister publications

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'' - daily newspaper * ''Auto Dani'' - a monthly car magazine supplement * ''Ljepota & Zdravlje'' - a monthly health and beauty magazine supplement * Biblioteka Dani - a book publishing house

References

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