Latest News from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia Requests Appeal in Serbia Genocide Case

Published by Balkan Insight on Thu, 02/23/2017 - 17:10

Bosnia and Herzegovina on Thursday filed a request for an appeal against the International Court of Justice's 2007 verdict which cleared the Serbian state of direct responsibility for genocide in Bosnia during the 1992-95 war.

"Decision on genocide lawsuit revision made in 2004"

Published by B92 on Thu, 02/23/2017 - 16:04

The legal team of Bosnia-Herzegovina on Thursday filed a letter requesting a revision of the ICJ verdict on that country's genocide lawsuit against Serbia.

This has been reported by the N1 broadcaster.

EUR 285 million from IPA funds for cross-border cooperation

Published by B92 on Thu, 02/23/2017 - 15:33

A total of EUR 284 million from EU's IPA funds cross-border cooperation will become available to Serbia by 2020.

This concerns cooperation with Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Macedonia, Croatia and two transnational program of cooperation – the Danube program and the Adriatic-Ionian program.

Bosnian, Albanian added to Turkish Education Ministry's curriculum

Published by Hurriyet on Thu, 02/23/2017 - 14:04

Bosnian and Albanian have been added to the list of foreign languages available to be taught at secondary schools by the Turkish Education Ministry, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Feb. 23.

The ministry added the two languages as electives of "Living Languages and Dialects" subject.

Ljajic: Revision of lawsuit to have political consequences

Published by Tanjug on Thu, 02/23/2017 - 14:02

BELGRADE - A revision of Bosnia-Herzegovina's genocide lawsuit against Serbia will have political consequences, Serbian Deputy PM Rasim Ljajic said Monday.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has to date not upheld a single request for revision, Ljajic told reporters.

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Serbian Officials Slam 'Illegal' Bosnian Genocide Lawsuit

Published by Balkan Insight on Wed, 02/22/2017 - 17:38

Officials from Serbia and Bosnia's Serb-led entity Republika Srpska said after a meeting in Belgrade on Wednesday that a proposed application for a review of a judgment in the lawsuit against Serbia at the International Court of Justice was unconstitutional and illegal, and represented an attack on the Serb people.

Amnesty Report Raps Balkans Countries for Rights Abuses

Published by Balkan Insight on Wed, 02/22/2017 - 14:13

Freedom of expression, the rights of migrants and refugees to protection, and LGBTI rights remain frequently violated in Balkan countries, according to the latest report by the rights watchdog Amnesty International.

Trump's new adviser: Serbs had access to NATO plans in 1999

Published by B92 on Wed, 02/22/2017 - 09:51

US President Donald Trump's new security adviser in the past analyzed the war in Bosnia and NATO's aggression against Yugoslavia.

In a 2003 paper, HR McMaster, among other things, writes about the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, to state:

Nikolic and Vucic set to meet with Dodik and Ivanic

Published by B92 on Wed, 02/22/2017 - 09:16

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic and PM Aleksandar Vucic will meet with RS President Milorad Dodik and Bosnia-Herzegovina Presidency Chairman Mladen Ivanic.

The meeting will be held in Belgrade on Wednesday, starting at 14:00 CET, it was announced late on Tuesday, Tanjug reported.

Bosnian Presidency to hold special meeting on Thursday

Published by B92 on Tue, 02/21/2017 - 10:56

Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina Mladen Ivanic on Monday called for a special session of the tripartite body for Thursday.

The meeting will discuss "if the country is in favor of launching a review of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) verdict in a case against Serbia," Beta reported.

Serbian President Nikolic Abandons Bid for Second Term

Published by Balkan Insight on Mon, 02/20/2017 - 19:52

After a tense few days, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has decided not to run for another term in this spring's presidential elections.

The decision was announced after a meeting on Monday between Nikolic and current Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, who emerged last week as the favoured presidential candidate of the Progressive Party to which they both belong.

Bosnian Croats Win Re-run Poll in Divided Stolac

Published by Balkan Insight on Mon, 02/20/2017 - 13:26

The main Bosnian Croat party, the Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, pulled off an expected victory in the heavily monitored renewed elections in the divided southwestern town of Stolac, Bosnia's Central Election Commission reported.

HDZ candidate Stjepan Boskovic was elected new-old mayor of Stolac and the HDZ also won 49 per cent of the votes for the town council. 

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