Latest News from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia Misses Deadline to Answer EU Questionnaire
Bosnia has missed its deadline to submit its answers to supplementary questions posed by the European Commission as part of its Questionnaire.
ForMin Melescanu welcomes Western Balkans dialogue at Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels
Attending a Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) meeting in Brussels on Monday, Romania's Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu welcomed the opportunity to discuss the Western Balkans, given the upward trend in their relationships with the EU.
Most Balkan States Adopt UN Migration Pact
More than 150 UN member states signed the Global Compact for Safe and Orderly Migration on Monday in Marrakech, Morocco - which has caused controversy in Balkan countries as it has done elsewhere.
Brnabic: Serbs in Kosovo on brink of humanitarian disaster
"The example of what is happening in KiM (Kosovo and Metohija) is a warning to us about how harmful the consequences of trade and other blockades can be.
ECHR Lawsuit Awaits Bosnia Over Mostar Elections
The European Court of Human Rights is expected to hear a case involving elections in the southwest city of Mostar, where political disputes have prevented local elections from being held for a decade.
Irma Baralija, a politic activist and professor of sociology and philosophy in Mostar, has sued Bosnia for discrimination over the town's inability to stage local elections since 2008.
"Kosovo is tarnishing European Union's reputation"
The Russian foreign minister pointed out that Moscow is concerned about these aspirations.
Bosnia Ex-Governors Condemn Meddling in Komsic Election
Three former High Represenatives to Bosnia, Carl Bildt, Paddy Ashdown, and Christian Schwarz-Schilling, expressed their concern in an open letter to EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini on Thursday over Croatian attempts to dispute the legitimacy of the election of Zeljko Komsic as the Bosnian Croat member of the state's tripartite presidency.
Bosnian Serb Strongman to Sack 16 Ambassadors
After meeting the new President of Republika Srpska, Zeljka Cvijanovic, on Thursday in Banja Luka, Milorad Dodik, the former RS President and new Serbian member of the Bosnian Presidency, said he would be seeking to replace a list of Bosnian ambassadors.
"5 of Europe's 10 most polluted cities are in Balkans"
According to the agency, the only ones who are happy are vendors of air purifiers.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), on the list of the ten most polluted cities in Europe, five are in the Balkans, and they are Bosnia-Herzegovina), Pljevlja (Montenegro) and Skopje, Tetovo and Bitola (Macedonia).
Russia makes its stance on Kosovo "army" known
And they see it as "a violation of UNSC Resolution 1244 and a destabilizing provocative step."
NATO Approves Membership Action Plan for Bosnia
NATO ministers meeting on Tuesday in Brussels called on Bosnia to submit its first annual national program, after agreeing to start implementing its Membership Action Plan, MAP, which was first offered years ago.
The programme of advice, assistance and practical support is designed for countries wishing to join the Atlantic alliance.
Appeal to Germany to help stabilize situation in region
Brnabic, speaking during a meeting with German Bundestag and Free Democrats' Party member Renata Alt, said this danger was due to a series of moves that Pristina has taken over the past month.
US official says in interview FYROM could join NATO by 2020
The United States expects the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) to join NATO in mid-2020 by which time its name change deal with Greece should be fully implemented despite Russian efforts to undermine it, the top US official for the Western Balkans said on Tuesday.
Vucic receives new RS President Cvijanovic
Cvijanovic told Vucic that Serbia was and will be the support for the RS, and that it will have a good collaborator in it.
The Serbian president said that this was "the most beautiful thing that can be heard and something our people want to hear."
The president congratulated Cvijanovic on getting elected, and wished her great success in her future work in that office.
Serbian Basketball Players Barred from Entering Kosovo
Kosovo police on Tuesday stopped the players and management of Serbian basketball club Partizan from entering the country, where they planned to support Kosovo Serbs protesting against Pristina's recent tax hike on Serbian imports.
Serbian media reported that Partizan were planning to play a friendly match with Trepca basketball club from the mostly-Serb area of northern Kosovo.