Latest News from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Croatia Accuses Eight of Smuggling Hundreds of Kilos of Cocaine

Croatia's Bureau for the Prevention of Corruption and Organized Crime, USKOK, has filed an indictment against eight Croatian citizens for smuggling hundreds of kilograms of cocaine and selling weapons.

The principal defendant, Petar Cosic, 52, is also accused of the murder of Milan Milovac, 47, who collaborated with the Belgrade drug lord Darko Saric.

"The hand of justice has moved"

Dritan Abazovic said in an interview for the BiH TV network that it will be seen whether the hand of justice goes towards the outgoing president of Montenegro, Milo Djukanovi.

Bosnian Serb Reserve Policeman’s Wartime Rape Trial Starts in Belgrade

The Belgrade Higher Court has opened the trial of Lazar Mutlak, a Bosnian Serb wartime reserve policeman and member of Srpsko Gorazde Territorial Defence, for raping a Bosniak women on May 25, 1992.

According to the indictment, Mutlak entered the house of another civilian in the village of Lozje, in Gorazde municipality, where among others was a women of Bosniak nationality.

How Bosnia’s Politicians Forgot the Sacrifice of State Department Friends

That year, President George W. Bush was running for re-election and opposed military intervention in Bosnia. His top foreign policy officials, including Secretary of State James Baker and National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft, were traditional "realists", concerned with America's national interests and opposed to interventions where those interests were not at stake.

Effective Impunity: How a Wartime Rapist Avoided Punishment in Bosnia

The warrant was published in the local media and listed the perpetrators with their full names and dates of birth. It also listed their potential locations. For Juric, the court stated that his location was "unknown", although in the judgment itself, the judge stated that Juric lives and works in a neighbouring country.

From Court to Classroom: Bringing Wartime Facts to Bosnia’s Schools

Pita fainted from shock and later, in hospital, had to listen to her daughter cry while being operated upon without anesthetic because by that time, several months after the start of the war and the siege of Sarajevo, there was a shortage of medical supplies in the city.

Vučić: In case of the attack on our people, our response will be fierce

Vui spoke about how Serbia will manage in the new global, tectonic changes, about economic topics, about the Franco-German plan and Kosovo and Metohija, about relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina, including the elections in Montenegro and about the new president of that country, Jakov Milatovi.

About the Belgrade elections and the new movement

Deportations of Migrants From Croatia Alarm Bosnian Cantonal PM

The Prime Minister of Una Sana Canton, one of ten cantons in Bosnia's Federation entity, Mustafa Ruznic, has sent an open letter to Bosnia's state security and foreign ministers, as well as to the head of the Foreigners Affairs Service, SPS, demanding an explanation for the increased number of migrants and refugees reportedly returned from Croatia to Bosnia based on a bilateral readmission agre

Week in Review: New Dawns and Old Problems

End of an Era

Europe Now candidate Jakov Milatovic (C) and the leaders of the ruling majority in Podgorica, Montenegro. Photo: EPA-EFE/BORIS PEJOVIC

Bosnia Court Sentences Federation PM to Four Years in ‘Respirators’ Case

The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday sentenced the Prime Minister of Bosnia's largest entity, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Fadil Novalic, to four years in prison in a first-instance verdict over the procurement of 100 overpriced ventilators from China in 2020, at a cost to the budget of 10.5 million Bosniak marks, or just over 5 million euros.

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