Latest News from Bosnia and Herzegovina
"Balkans is different - but remember what Princip triggered"
European leaders have an obvious choice in the Balkans - either deal with the problem, or wait for it to deal with them, says Carl Bildt.
Russia offer guarantees for Mladic's release - report
Russia has offered official guarantees to the Hague Tribunal (ICTY) for the provisional release of General Ratko Mladic, who should undergo treatment in Moscow.
The daily Vecernje Novosti, based in Belgrade, writes this on Tuesday.
Bosnian Croat Ex-Defence Chief Appeals Against Conviction
Bruno Stojic, former defence minister of the unrecognised Bosnian Croat wartime statelet of Herzeg-Bosna, denied involvement in a joint criminal enterprise to create a greater Croatian state in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Balkan States Linked to Russian Money-Laundering Scheme
Media reports about the massive money-laundering scheme which siphoned $20.8 billion (19.2 billion euros) from 19 Russian banks have named Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Romania and Bosnia and Herzegovina among the countries where suspicious financial transactions took place.
Balkan States Look Gloomy on World Happiness Table
How happy are the people of the Balkans? Not so much, if a new table released in New York on Monday on International Day of Happiness - which the UN has promoted since 2012 - is anything to judge by.
Bosnian Cancer Patients 'Waiting Months for Drugs'
Cancer patients in Bosnia are enduring long waits for essential medications as public procurement stalls and as the worldwide supply of the older drugs used by Bosnian health services begins to drop, according to local experts.
Bosnian Croat Wartime Leaders Appeal Against Convictions
Jadranko Prlic, the former prime minister of the unrecognised wartime Herzeg-Bosna Croatian Community, is the first of the six Bosnian Croat ex-officials to launch an appeal on Monday against war crimes convictions at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, ICTY in The Hague.
Zvizdic: We have responsibility to keep our countries on EU path
SARAJEVO - Stability, peace and security are key to political, social and economic development of the Western Balkan states, and the PMs of our countries have a responsibility to keep them on the European path, Chairman of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Council of Ministers, Denis Zvizdic, said on Thursday.
Western Balkan PMs begin Sarajevo meeting
SARAJEVO - Western Balkan PMs on Thursday began a meeting in Sarajevo as part of preparations for the upcoming 4th Berlin Process Summit in Trieste in July.
The PMs were ceremonially welcomed at the headquarters of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) state institutions by their host, BiH Council of Ministers Chairman Denis Zvizdic.
Bosnia Minister Says Vucic Met Dodik 'Out of Pity'
Bosnian Security Minister Dragan Mektic claimed Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic only met Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik "out of pity", after Vucic came to Sarajevo to attend a summit of Western Balkan leaders on Thursday.
Zvizdic: Speculations about security threats groundless
SARAJEVO - Chairman of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Council of Ministers Denis Zvizdic on Tuesday dismissed as completely groundless the speculations about security threats to Thursday's meeting of Western Balkan PMs in Sarajevo and, in particular, to Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic.
"Vucic only met with Dodik because he took pity on him"
Dragan Mektic says the meeting on Thursday between Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic and RS President Milorad Dodik "lasted only 16 minutes."
Mektic - minister of Security of Bosnia-Herzegovina and a member of the SDS, an opposition party in the Serb Republic (RS) - added that the meeting "only took place because Vucic took pity on Dodik."
Western Balkan PMs begin Sarajevo meeting
Western Balkan PMs on Thursday began a meeting in Sarajevo as part of preparations for the upcoming 4th Berlin Process Summit in Trieste in July.
They were ceremonially welcomed at the headquarters of Bosnia and Herzegovina state institutions by their host, Council of Ministers Chairman Denis Zvizdic, Tanjug reported.
Syrians Invest in Bosnia Despite War at Home
Syrian and Libyan investments have continued to flow into Bosnia despite vicious wars in both countries, data from Bosnia's Central Bank shows.
Data obtained by BIRN also shows that the proportion of capital flowing into Bosnia from Gulf countries has soared, with 81 per cent of foreign direct investment, FDI, originating from the region in the first three-quarters of 2016.
Bosnian War Veterans Protest Against Pension Cuts
Bosniak and Croat war veterans from Bosnia’s Federation entity rallied in Sarajevo to demand the reversal of legal changes which were adopted to appease the IMF and caused reductions in pensions.