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Bosna i Hercegovina

Bosnian Charged with Attempting to Join ISIS

Bosnia's state prosecution on Monday charged Ibro Cufurovic with taking part in terrorist activities and with fighting for so-called Islamic State in Syria, ISIS/L, from 2014 until April this year, when he was deported to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The prosecution says Cufurovic travelled to Turkey on April 21, 2014, from where he illegally went to Syria and joined ISIS/ISIL forces.

Migrants Gather on Serbian, Bosnian Borders to Enter Croatia

Some 400 migrants and refugees gathered on Tuesday on Bosnia and Herzegovina's border with Croatia, with a similar number massing on Serbia's border with Croatia, local media reported.

Croatian police announced that misinformation had been spread that the EU state would open its borders.

Bosnia Hopes Visa-Free Deal Attracts Chinese Tourists

China and Bosnia's agreement to waive visas for ordinary passport holders became effective on Tuesday and could enable Bosnia to profit more from Chinese tourism, officials believe.

The agreement originated at the sixth annual summit of heads of government from China and 16 Central and Eastern European countries in Budapest in November 2017. 

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.

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