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unusual facts about Vitez


Ante Rajković

Ante Rajković (born August 17, 1952 in Jardol village near Vitez, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian defender who played for SFR Yugoslavia.


Antoine Vitez

In 1978, Vitez' workshop sessions were recorded by film-maker Maria Koleva, who made five films on different workshop sessions.

Haris Skenderović

Born in Bužim, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, he started playing in the local team Vitez where he first became senior.

Jovan Jezerkić

Born in Beška, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, he begin playing in the youth team of SK Vitez Zemun.

Lašva Valley ethnic cleansing

On 10 January 1993, just before the outbreak of hostilities in Gornji Vakuf, the HVO commander Luka Šekerija, sent a "Military – Top Secret" request to Colonel Blaškić and Dario Kordić for rounds of mortar shells available at the ammunition factory in Vitez.

Michael Vitez

In 1997, Vitez, along with Inquirer photographers April Saul and Ron Cortes, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Journalism for a series of articles he wrote on end-of-life care, telling the stories of terminally ill patients who wished to die with dignity.


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