Latest News from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Soldier Praising Mladic Faces Discipline After BIRN Report
The Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina has launched disciplinary proceedings against a soldier named Djordje Tojcic, whose Instagram profile praised the former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague, found Mladic guilty of genocide in Srebrenica and other wartime crimes in November.
Serbian president speaks with Serbs in Croatian town
He met and spoke with ethnic Serbs there, and visited a local elementary school, to which he presented a gift - 11 laptop computers.
Tanjug is reporting that police increased their presence along the route Vucic's delegation traveled today.
Vrginmost was a place of suffering of Serbs, both in the Second World War and in during the war in the 1900s.
PM on her government's road infrastructure piorities
Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said this, Tanjug reported.
"By mid- year, the section of the highway from Obrenovac to Ljig will be completed and we will start work on the Preljina-Pozega section, and talks will be held about the Pojate-Preljina section to connect Corridor 10 with the Corridor 11 section," Brnabic said during her visit to the town of Sevojno.
Embassy of the Netherlands in Sarajevo Was Evacuated Due to Bomb Alert
The Embassy of the Netherlands in Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo's capital is evacuated because of a bomb alert, Fena news agency reported.
An anonymous alert was received this morning at the interior ministry of Sarajevo Canton. At the embassy, counter-terrorism and police officers were sent.
There is no information about the outcome of the check so far.
Bosnian Capital Faces Threat to its Gas Supply
An energy company in Bosnia's mainly Serbian entity, Republika Srpska, has threatened to suspend delivery of gas to the city of Sarajevo by the end of February, unless an agreement is reached on prices.
Its dispute is with the energy company BH-Gas, which is owned by the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia's other entity.
Language Feud Delays Bosnia's Answer to EU Questionnaire
After receiving it two years ago, Bosnia has finally prepared its answers to the lengthy EU Questionnaire, Bosnian authorities confirmed on Thursday.
"It is 20,000 pages long, so we need to go through that before our session next week," Dragan Mektic, Bosnia's Minister of Security, said on Thursday.
Popular Serbian Actor Nebojsa Glogovac Dies
Serbian actor Nebojsa Glogovac had died in Belgrade having been admitted to the Institute of Oncology ten days ago, which is when media reported that he was seriously ill and that his health condition was serious.
Glogovac was born on August 30, 1969 in Trebinje, southern Bosnia, into a family of Orthodox priests. The family moved to Pancevo, Serbia, when he was seven years old.
Bosnian Croat Leaders Accused of Provoking Hatred
The Mostar Camp Association war victims' group filed a criminal complaint on Wednesday against Dragan Covic, chairman of the Bosnian tripartite presidency, and Bozo Ljubic, president of Croatian Democratic Union 1990 party, accusing them of provoking national, racial and religious hatred, strife or intolerance.