Slobomir

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Slobomir (Cyrillic: Слобомир) is a new town in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located on the Drina River near Bijeljina. It is part of the Bijeljina municipality. It was founded by Slobodan Pavlović, a Bosnian Serb philanthropist. It aims to be one of the major cities of post-war Bosnia-Herzegovina. The city will be located in two countries, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia, although the majority of it will be in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The city's name is a combination of its founder's name, Slobodan Pavlović, and his wife's name, Mira. Conveniently, its name means "the city of freedom and peace", from the words "sloboda", meaning freedom, and "mir", meaning peace.

The city is under construction on both sides of the Drina River, next to a major road from Bijeljina to Bogatić, in the vicinity of "Pavlović's bridge" which connects Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia.

The most important buildings that are planned to be built are Pavlović’s tower (intended to be the biggest building on Balkan peninsula with 37 floors), the Pavlović International Bank, and Duty free zone Slobomir.