Latest News from Bosnia and Herzegovina
PM "confident new year will bring prosperity to Serbia"
Brnabic on Friday wrote that she was confident that the next year will bring prosperity to Serbia.
Bosnia Federation Enters New Year Without Budget
Due to the crisis between the Federation entity's ruling parties, the [Bosniak] Party of Democratic Action, SDA, the Alliance for Better Future of Bosnia and the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia, HDZ BiH, no budget for 2018 has been adopted by the entity as yet. No budget has been adopted at state level, either.
Bosniaks 'Used as Wartime Forced Labour' by Croats
Croatian weekly news magazine Novosti on Friday published testimonies from Bosniak ex-prisoners who alleged that they were forced to work at the Soko factory in the southern Bosnian city of Mostar in 1993-94, during the Croat-Bosniak conflict in the country.
"Dayton 2 unrealistic; others can't solve Bosnia's problems"
The idea concerns "redefining" the Dayton Peace Accord signed in 1995 to end the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH).
According to the former Slovak foreign minister and former high international representative in Bosnia , it is "not realistic to once again sign an agreement that would define that country," N1 and Beta are reporting on Friday.
Bodies of three men found near southern town
According to unofficial information, two of the victims - aged 48 and 28 - burned to death in a fire, while the third, a 36-year-old, died of smoke inhalation.
RTS said the bodies were found on Thursday night.
The police investigated the scene and informed the prosecution. The daily Blic writes that an investigation to determine the circumstances of the tragedy is under way.
Bosnia Tightens Controls Over Boom in Rental Apartments
Renting out apartments for a day has become a popular way for Bosnians to making extra profit but the unclear laws in this area are seen as causing a problem for the state budget.
Now a new law, adopted three months, intends to clear up the confusion. It allows Bosnians to rent out a property without registering as a rental company.
FSB told to "act lawfully, but shoot to kill if necessary"
However, he added that in the event of a threat to the lives of law enforcement officers "no one should be captured but should instead be eliminated on the spot."
"Serbia will always be friend, partner, family to RS"
Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said this is Banja Luka on Wednesday.
Brnabic stressed that Serbia does this primarily because people in Serbia and in the RS - the Serb entity in Bosnia-Herzegovina - are "bound by ties of great friendship and solidarity."
Serbia Routinely Ignoring Human Rights Rulings, Experts Say
After Serbia ignored the advice of the UN Committee Against Torture and extradited Kurdish political activist Cevdet Ayaz to Turkey, activists and experts have accused of Belgrade of disrespecting important human rights bodies.
Bosnian Serb Inspectors Halt Delta's Huge Mall
The Republika Srpska Construction Inspection has banned Delta Real Estate, owned by Serbian businessman Miroslav Miskovic, from further construction of the huge "Delta Planet" shopping centre in Banja Luka, the administrative centre of Bosnia's mainly Serbian entity, and ordered it to demolish two illegally built floors within two months.
Bosnia 'Still Struggling' to Resolve Refugee Problem
A total of 98,578 people living in Bosnia and Herzegovina still have the status of displaced persons and a further 20,000 are registered as refugees living outside the country, the Union for Sustainable Return and Integration in Bosnia and Herzegovina NGO told a press conference on Wednesday.
Ski Season Starts in Bosnia Despite Mild Weather
Jahorina, Bjelasnica and Igman, Bosnia's three "Olympic" mountains, have officially welcomed visitors for some time now, although the relatively mild weather is not promising for ski enthusiasts.
The official ski season started on Jahorina, near Sarajevo, on December 3 and on Bjelasnica, another well-known skiing mountain, on December 16.
"Migrants who didn't cross from Serbia being sent back"
This is according to the Asylum Protection Center Director Rados Djurovic, who spoke during a news conference in Belgrade on Tuesday.
The head of this NGO also "asked how the state would react to this practice," Beta is reporting.
US to Analyse Russia's Links to Balkan States
The US Defense Secretary with the concurrence of the Secretary of State is to submit a report to Congress looking at security cooperation between Moscow and Western Balkan countries.
Vucic recalls "face-to-face meeting with Putin in huge room"
Vucic told TV Pink in an interview that the longest of their conversations happened face-to-face - "(in) a huge room, the two of us alone" - but would not reveal any details other than that they spoke about "the situation in the region, preserving peace and stability, Kosovo and Metohija, military-technical cooperation, the gas pipeline."