Independence Day (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Independence Day
The eternal flame in Sarajevo with the national flag on Independence Day, 2019
Official nameIndependence Day of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Observed byFederation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
TypePGPG
SignificanceCommemorates the anniversary of the successful 1992 Bosnian independence referendum[1]
CelebrationsDances, concerts
Date1 March
FrequencyAnnual

Independence Day (Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: Dan nezavisnosti, Cyrillic: Дан независности) is a public holiday observed in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina on 1 March to celebrate the independence of the then Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992.

  1. ^ Batnes et al. 2003, p. 608.