All News on Politics in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Montenegro to Sign Border Deal
Bosnia's Council of Ministers - the government - was due to ratify a draft agreement on the border with Montenegro on Thursday.
Bosnia's Minister of Civil Affairs, Sredoje Novic, confirmed that all activities towards reaching an agreement on the border between the two neighbours were now finished.
Serbia, Bosnia to have joint projects in Berlin
Serbia, Bosnia to have joint projects in Berlin
BELGRADE -- Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina plan to present joined projects during a conference dedicated to the Western Balkans due to take place in Germany on August 28.
Vucic, Lagumdzija: Joint projects at Berlin meeting
BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic conferred with Deputy Chair of the Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) Council of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs Zlatko Lagumdzija on Wednesday concerning the two countries' cooperation and the conference on the Western Balkans due to take place in Berlin on August 28.
Ukraine Rebels Appeal to Serbs to Donate
“So far we have raised around 800 euro, which will be given to wounded defenders of the Donbas region [of eastern Ukraine]. We will also buy uniforms and equipment for the Slavic-Serbian ‘Jovan Sevic’ unit,” Zeljko Djurovic, a representative of Kosovo Front in Serbia, told BIRN on Tuesday.
Serbian and Bosnian FMs meet in Belgrade
Serbian and Bosnian FMs meet in Belgrade
BELGRADE -- Relations between Serbia and Bosnia "are greatly improving and there is a joint desire to continue this way," the two countries' foreign ministers have said.
Ivica Dačić and Zlatko Lagumžija met in Belgrade on Wednesday and made the remarks during a news conference.
Balkans put greater emphasis on NATO, EU air traffic regulations
Balkans put greater emphasis on NATO, EU air traffic regulations
Lagumdzija to visit Belgrade on Wednesday
BELGRADE - Foreign Minister of Bosnia-Herzegovina Zlatko Lagumdzija will visit Belgrade on Wednesday and meet with the highest state officials of Serbia.
Lagumdzija is set to meet with Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, the Serbian government released.
Lagumdzija will also confer with Serbia's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic.
Vucic, Dodik honour soldiers fallen in Battle of Cer
TEKERIS - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and President of Republika Srpska (RS) Milorad Dodik laid wreaths at the monument honouring soldiers fallen in the Battle of Cer, the first victory of Serbia and its allies in the Great War.
Ukraine Separatists Hail Arrival of Serb Volunteers
The Prime Minister of the breakaway pro-Russian enclave in eastern Ukraine, the Republic of Donetsk, on Monday said 14 Serbian volunteers had joined his embattled forces.
Aleksandr Zakharchenko said his troops were drawing volunteers from all over the world, Russia's NTV reported.
Some Bosnian towns have more voters than residents
Some Bosnian towns have more voters than residents
BANJA LUKA -- Bosnia-Herzegovina will go to the general election on October 12 "with a paradox" - because some towns apparently have more voters than residents.
In several others, "almost all residents will have the right to vote," according to calculations cited by media reports.
Serbia To Jail Fighters in Foreign Wars
Serbia plans to penalise locals who go off to fighting in foreign conflicts, jailing those who organise volunteers by up to 12 years, while the fighters themseslves could get from one to five years.
Conference of Western Balkan States in Berlin on August 28
BERLIN - A conference on economic potentials and prospects of the Western Balkans will be held in Berlin on August 28, at the initiative of German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Bosnian Citizens Get Training to Spot Election Abuses
A campaign has been launched for ordinary people in Bosnia to exercise their right to get involved in overseeing the conduct of elections, ahead of the next general election due on October 12.
Sabina Ortes, 35, from Livno in west Herzegovina, told Balkan Insight that she had joined the campaign in the hope that the elections will be more transparent as a result.
I beg your pardon… but I am a...Turk!
The Soviet Union dissolved in 1991, the year I started to work as a junior diplomatic reporter. Turkey recognized all the newly independent states. Delegations from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan started to come to Turkey I would cover their visits. In many instances, either a Kazakh or a Kyrgyz would look at me and say I am probably from their lands.
Bosnian Serb Military Policeman Indicted for Fatal Beatings
Ex-military policeman Blagoje Vlacic was indicted for beating Bosniak civilian prisoners to death at an improvised jail in a restaurant in Sekovici in north-east Bosnia in 1993.