Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia’s Serb-dominated entity Republika Srpska will spend 20,460 euros of public funds to cover the personal expenses incurred by war crimes defendants Radovan Karadzic, Ratko Mladic and others.

The chief prosecutor of Bosnia-Herzegovina has confirmed that his office is investigating RS President Milorad Dodik in connection with the Pavlovic Bank.

"The investigation is conducted within the 'Pavloviv Bank' (case). Three or four investigations against Dodik have been closed," Goran Salihovic has told the Sarajevo-based daily Oslobodjenje.

Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday that the Serb-Bosniak relations are the backbone for the survival of the Western Balkans "in the proper sense of the word."

The Serbian prime minister, speaking in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina, where he is on a one-day visit, also called for resolving all problems peacefully.

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic met with Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina, on Tuesday.

"It was a good conversation. I believe that we will develop good-neighborly relations in the future as well," Vucic posted on his Twitter account.

Neighboring Iran and Iraq are among the 14 countries with which Turkey has offered to sign readmission agreements in a move to enable Turkey to take back migrants rejected by the European Union more quickly.

Belgrade’s Humanitarian Law Centre has been ordered to compensate Serbian Army chief Ljubisa Dikovic for accusing him of involvement in war crimes in Kosovo and Bosnia.

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic started on Tuesday his visit to Mostar in Bosnia-Herzegovina with a meeting with Mladen Ivanic.

Ivanic is the Serb member of the tripartite Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Aleksandar Vucic will travel to Bosnia-Herzegovina on Tuesday "to meet with Muslim leader Bakir Izetbegovic in an effort to defuse recent tensions."

The Serbian prime minister also announced that he may make a similar trip to Croatia in the coming weeks, the Politico website said on Monday.

Bosnian news websites need to solve two outstanding issues that jeopardise their future, experts and journalists told a conference organised on Thursday in Sarajevo.

Speakers at the conference pointed out that no proper solution had been found to ensure a stable source of income for these media, or protect their authors' copyright.

The Bulgarian men's national football team climbed one position to occupy the 69th place in the latest monthly FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking released on Thursday.

With a total of 508 points, Bulgaria is between the teams of United Arab Emirates and South Africa.