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Upper house of Bosnian parliament condemns attack on Vucic
The House of Representatives of Bosnia-Herzegovina on Thursday "fiercely condemned the attack on Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic," Tanjug reported.
The incident happenend during commemorations for the Srebrenica victims in Potocari on July 11.
FM briefs parties on latest contacts in SE Europe
Greek FM Nikos Kotzias briefed political party representatives on Wednesday of recent visits of southeast European capitals, declaring afterwards that crisis-plagued Greece is “returning to the Balkans”.
The venue was a meeting of a national council on foreign policy, with Kotzias briefing participants on his talks and contacts in visits to no less than seven regional countries.
FM N. Kotzias attends SE Europe conference
The current developments in southeast Europe top the agenda at the National Council on Foreign Policy on Wednesday after the current visit of Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias to the Western Balkan countries.
Bosnia Detains Four Over Vucic Attack at Srebrenica
Bosnia's State Investigative and Protection Agency, which had been under pressure to make arrests over the high-profile incident at the July 11 commemoration, held the suspects for questioning for several hours on Tuesday before releasing them, a Bosnian government official told BIRN.
Bosnian Presidency members visiting Serbia on Wednesday
Members of the Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina will today arrive in Belgrade where they will speak with Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic.
Dragan Covic, Bakir Izetbegovic, and Mladen Ivanic accepted Vucic's invitation to come to Serbia in order to "relax" relations between the two countries, sent after Vucic was attacked during the Srebrenica commemoration.
Bosnia Power Workers Threaten Strike Over Pay
The trade union of Elektroprivreda BiH, one of the two power companies in Bosnia's Federation entity, has warned of imminent strike action if the government goes ahead with a plan to cut their salaries.
Bosnia Leaders Hope to Mend Fences in Serbia
Wednesday's visit of Bosnia's tripartite presidency to Serbia is a joint attempt of Bosnian and Serbian leaders to mend relations between the two countries, which suffered another blow with the recent attack on Serbian Premier Aleksandar Vucic in Srebrenica, Bosnian official told media.
Vucic says he "fears regional instability"
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said that at this point, his greatest fear is of regional instability and political conflicts.
Bosnia's Federation Plans Electricity Price Hike
A strike by miners in the Federation, which was scheduled for Monday, was averted at the last moment after the entity's government agreed at a meeting with the miners' union to increase electricity prices in order to modernise the Federation's mines.
Turkey's 842,000 seconds lost
President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, on the evening of the day when he assigned Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu to form the new government, addressed Turkey?s political parties, telling them ?not to try the nation?s patience.?
Serbian PM Vucic, RS President Dodik to meet
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will on Friday meet with Milorad Dodik, president of the Serb Republic (RS) - the Serb entity in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
This has been announced from the cabinet of the Serbian prime minister.
Bosnian Serb Referendum Meets Chorus of Condemnation
The assembly of Bosnia's Serb-dominated entity, Republika Srpska, voted on Wednesday to hold a referendum on confidence in the country's state justice system and the authority of the international community's High Representative.
Bosnian Serbs to Hold Referendum on State Courts
The assembly of Bosnia's Serb-dominated entity, Republika Srpska, has voted on Wednesday to hold a referendum on confidence in the country's state justice system and in the authority of High Representative to Bosnia.
Out of 76 deputies present, 45 voted in favor while 31 abstained. The referendum will be held in mid-September.
Pro-ISIS Video Calls for Balkan Caliphate
A new video published on July 10 on YouTube, named "Put hilafa", which in Bosniak means "Way of caliphate", calls for the establishment of a caliphate in the Balkans - Serbia above all.
The video is no longer available because the YouTube account associated with the video has been terminated.
Balkans Floods Germany With Asylum Requests
Kosovo leads the Western Balkan countries in terms of the number of asylum seekers in Germany this year.
It was responsible for 31,400 requests over six months from January to June 2015, followed by citizens of Albania, Serbia and Macedonia, the Germany Interior Ministry said in a press release on Monday.