The Greece–Bosnia and Herzegovina Friendship Building ( sh, Zgrada prijateljstva između Grčke i Bosne i Hercegovine, Зграда пријатељства између Грчке и Босне и Херцеговине, gr, Κτήριο Φιλίας Ελλάδας Βοσνίας-Ερζεγοβίνης) is a government office building in

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its a ...

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...

. The building houses the

Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Bosnian/ Croatian: ''Vijeće ministara Bosne i Hercegovine'', sr, Савјет министара Босне и Херцеговине), often called Bosnian Government ( bs, Vlada Bosne i He ...

. It is often erroneously referred to as the

Parliament In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ...

building because of its close proximity to the actual 5-story parliament building which is adjacent to the Greek–Bosnian Friendship building.

History

The building was completed in 1974 during the Yugoslav period, and occupied by the government of the

Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Bosna i Hercegovina, Социјалистичка Pепублика Босна и Херцеговина), commonly referred to as Socia ...

. It was originally named the Executive Council Building (''Zgrada Izvršnog Vijeća''). It served as the principal

government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...

building in Bosnia and Herzegovina until it was extensively damaged by Serb shelling in May 1992 in the first few weeks of the

Siege of Sarajevo The Siege of Sarajevo ( sh, Opsada Sarajeva) was a prolonged blockade of Sarajevo, the capital of Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, during the Bosnian War. After it was initially besieged by the forces of the Yugoslav ...

, which was part of the

Bosnian War The Bosnian War ( sh, Rat u Bosni i Hercegovini / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. The war is commonly seen as having started ...

. After the end of the war, the building was gutted and remained vacant until reconstruction began in 2006.

Reconstruction

In 2006, the

government of Greece Government of Greece (officially: Government of the Hellenic Republic; also Greek Government or Hellenic Government)

provided 80.4% of the funding for the reconstruction of the building. The total cost of the project was

€ The euro sign () is the currency sign used for the euro, the official currency of the eurozone and unilaterally adopted by Kosovo and Montenegro. The design was presented to the public by the European Commission on 12 December 1996. It consists ...

17,057,316. Reconstruction was completed by the Greek company DOMOTECHNIKI SA in just over one year, and the building was inaugurated on 23 July 2007 by the

Prime Minister of Greece The prime minister of the Hellenic Republic ( el, Πρωθυπουργός της Ελληνικής Δημοκρατίας, Prothypourgós tis Ellinikís Dimokratías), colloquially referred to as the prime minister of Greece ( el, Πρωθυ� ...

Kostas Karamanlis Konstantinos A. Karamanlis ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Αλεξάνδρου Καραμανλής; born 14 September 1956), commonly known as Kostas Karamanlis ( el, Κώστας Καραμανλής, ), is a Greek politician who served as the ...

and the collective presidents of Bosnia.

Gallery

File:Evstafiev-sarajevo-building-burns.jpg, The Executive Council Building burning, photo by

Mikhail Evstafiev Mikhail Aleksandrovich Evstafiev (russian: link=no, Михаи́л Алекса́ндрович Евста́фьев; born in 1963) is a Russian artist, photographer, and writer. His interest in painting and photography began at an early age. ...

. File:Damaged government building in Sarajevo, 1996.JPEG, The Building after the end of the

war War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular o ...

. File:Greece–Bosnia and Herzegovina Friendship Building (by Pudelek).jpg, The reconstructed Building. File:Flags of Bosnia and herzegovina.JPG,

building.

References

External links

Building of Friendship between Greece & Bosnia and Herzegovina
{{DEFAULTSORT:Greece-Bosnia and Herzegovina Friendship Building Skyscraper office buildings in Bosnia and Herzegovina Centar, Sarajevo Office buildings in Bosnia and Herzegovina Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina Buildings and structures completed in 1974 Architecture in Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina–Greece relations