All News on Politics in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia Politicians Cling to Their 'White Bread'

Bosnian authorities are debating whether to abolish "white bread", the name given to an official perk that grants top politicians the right to receive their salaries for a whole year after their mandates end.

Nikolic agrees to postpone Sarajevo visit for fall

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic "has accepted a proposal to postpone his visit to Sarajevo for the fall because of elections in Serbia."

This is what his press service announced on Friday, adding that Nikolic made this decision during a telephone conversation with member of the Presidency of Bosnia-and Herzegovina Bakir Izetbegovic.

New Party Aims to Revive Tuzla's Civic Spirit

The people of Tuzla, the industrial town in northern Bosnia that gave birth to a major protest movement, will have the option of voting for a new civic party in the municipal elections in October.

Heroin Crossing Balkans to Europe, US Report

The latest annual report by the US State Department's International Strategy for Narcotics Control says drugs traffickers are using Albania, Montenegro, Kosovo, Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia to transport heroin from Afghanistan and Central Asia to Western Europe.

Albania Fears Becoming Part of 'Refugee Route'

Albania fears becoming part of the Balkan "refugee route", now that Macedonia has tightened border controls, leaving some 10,000 people trapped in Greece on their way to Western Europe.

Until now, the most-used route has run through Turkey, Greece, Macedonia, Serbia and Croatia, avoiding Bosnia, Kosovo, Montenegro and Albania.

Migrants' possible new route would not include Serbia

German broadcaster n-tv is speculating that migrants and refugees trying to reach Europe from the Middle East "might find a new route."

The television published a drawing according to which migrants could in the future move from Greece toward Albania, and then toward Western Europe via Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Croatia.

Kosovo Issue Highlights Bosnian Foreign Policy Splits

Divergences on Bosnia's foreign policy priorities are growing between the Bosnian government and Republika Srpska, the country's Serb-dominated entity, experts say.

"Although Republika Srpska is just an entity inside Bosnia, they have different perceptions of their foreign policy goals," Sead Turcalo, a political sciences professor in Sarajevo, told BIRN on Monday.

Vienna meeting concludes with agreement for ‘close alliance’ to reduce refugee flows

The foreign and interior ministers of the nine countries along Western Balkan Route, excluding Greece, that participated in Vienna meeting on refugee issue called by Austria agreed to forge a “close alliance” so as to drastically reduce refugee flows,

Balkan States Unite to Curb Rate of Migration

Foreign and Interior Ministers of Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia met in Vienna on Wednesday to coordinate moves on reducing the flow of the migrants along the so-called Balkan route.

Turkish books available in dozens of languages

Some 1,124 books of Turkish literature have been translated into 60 languages in 65 countries as part of a project that was first launched 11 years ago, the Culture and Tourism Ministry has said.

Bosnia Readies for Potential Refugee Influx

Bosnia's Defence Ministry is ready to make available five military facilities to accommodate refugees from the Middle East if their nomal route through the region changes to include Bosnia, the ministry told BIRN on Tuesday.

Balkan Leaders Discuss Energy, Transport at Summit

The Western Balkans Investment Summit in London on Monday brought together the prime ministers of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia with investors to discuss the development of transport links, energy projects and privatisation.