Sarajevo welcomes 2020

Anadolija

Tens of thousands of people, citizens and tourists, gathered in central Sarajevo despite subzero temperatures to welcome the New Year on Tuesday evening at a performance of popular Serbian singer Zeljko Joksimovic.

“Welcome to Sarajevo, the centre of the region. Zeljko, thank you. It is important that we are united, as we can only do great things for our city and our country that way,” Sarajevo’s Mayor, Abdulah Skaka, said during the countdown.

Joksimovic said he was told that about 70 thousand people gathered at the Square of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

“It is important that we enter the new year with a good attitude. Happy New Year,” he said, after which he performed the song ‘Sarajevo, my love’.