Sarajevo

Bad weather in Bonsia claimed its first victim in on Friday, when a landslide triggered by heavy rain and snow killed a 53-year-old man who was driving near the central town of Zepce.

While police were still investigating the tragedy, civil defence and other local officials reported numerous other problems caused by two days of unusually harsh weather.

Bosnian officials have renewed calls for the dismissal of Goran Zubac, director of the State Investigative and Protection Agency, SIPA, after the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina in a first instance ruling sentenced him to a year's probation for neglecting his duties during the protests last February.

Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic sought to calm concerns about her views on Bosnia on her first official visit abroad, to Sarajevo on Tuesday.  

After meeting Bosnia's Presidency, members of parliament and the government she sought to cool tensions related to the position of Croats in Bosnia.

People in Bosnia and Herzegovina's Bosniak-Croat Federation entity marked the country's official Independence Day on Sunday amid continuing disagreements about the referendum to break from Yugoslavia in 1992.

Bosnia's ruling coalition has effectively collapsed after the three main parties in the Federation failed to agree on the makeup of the entity's new government on Sunday. 

This development puts in question the recent agreement on the formation of the new state government, and threatens to push the country deeper into political chaos five months after the elections. 

The first official foreign visit of the new Croatian President, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, will be on March 3 to Sarajevo, where she will meet Bosnian senior officials.  
 
The planned visit is attracting attention, having in mind conflicting statements she has made about her future position on Bosnia and Herzegovina.  
 

BELGRADE - French Ambassador to Serbia Christine Moro has presented the Order of Knight of Arts and Letters to famous musician and composer Goran Bregovic.

Tough negotiating positions and maximalist demands by the leaders of the three strongest parties in Bosnia's Federation entity have scuppered the latest attempt to establish a new entity government. Party leaders pledged to reconvene negotiations at the end of the week.

Bosnian police arrest Syria-bound suspects

A national security sweep apprehends alleged ISIL supporters, including two at the Sarajevo airport.

Bosnia launched Operation Damascus in 2014 to stem the flow of recruits to Syria. The latest security action on February 18th involved multiple cities. [AFP]

BAGHDAD - Serbia's Defence Minister Bratislav Gasic met in Baghdad on Wednesday with Iraqi Defence Minister Khaled al-Obeidi to discuss cooperation between the two countries and their defence ministries.