Latest News from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Crowdfunding Offers Cash-Strapped Bosnians Hope

Since the war of the 1990s, international support has been a major source of funding for aspiring Bosnian businesses in a struggling economy - but some aspiring entrepreneurs are turning to more grassroots methods these days.

"Regional football league to be launched in 2018"

Macedonian Football League Director Vasko Dojcinovski says UEFA has approved the launch of a regional football league in 2018.

Speaking for Croatian daily Vecernji List, Dojcinovski said the league should consist of 24 clubs from Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia, and Macedonia, and that heads of football associations from these countries all supported this new regional format.

ICTY prosecution seeks life imprisonment for Mladic

THE HAGUE - The prosecutors of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia on Wednesday requested life imprisonment for Ratko Mladic, who is charged with war crimes, including a 1995 genocide of thousands of Muslims in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Mihajlovic: Let us build together

SREBRENICA - After an ugly past marked by destruction, a time is coming when we will need to build together, Serbian Deputy PM and Minister of Construction Zorana Mihajlovic said in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on Wednesday.

Two magnitude 5 earthquakes hit Croatia

Two earthquakes, magnitude 5.0 and 5.1, have been recorded in Croatia.

The earthquakes have also been felt in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and elsewhere in the Balkans.

Ratko Mladic 'Never Ordered Srebrenica Massacres': Defence

Closing arguments for the defence of Ratko Mladic began on Friday at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, with the wartime military commander's lawyers arguing that the "unfortunate killings" of Bosniaks from Srebrenica were acts of "private revenge" over which the Bosnian Serb Army chief had no control.

Dodik says he'll endorse SNS candidate in Serbian elections

Milorad Dodik says his relationship with the Serbian prime minister is "good - we continue to work in the best interest of the RS and Serbia."

The president of the Serb entity in Bosnia-Herzegovina (RS) made these comments at the Serbian government's HQ in Belgrade on Thursday, after a meeting with Aleksandar Vucic.

Karadzic appeals ICTY conviction

THE HAGUE/SARAJEVO - Former Republika Srpska President Radovan Karadzic on Monday appealed a conviction by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) sentencing him to 40 years in prison over the Srebrenica genocide and crimes against humanity in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995.

Mladic key figure in massacre, crimes, say ICTY prosecutors

THE HAGUE - Ratko Mladic was a key figure in the Srebrenica massacre of Muslims and a joint criminal enterprise aimed at forcibly creating a Serb state in large portions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, prosecutors of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) said Monday at the beginning of their closing argument, four years after the start of Mladic's trial.

Croatian President's Year Sees High and Lows

Croatian President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic has angered some and delighted others with her statements and actions over the year.

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Diyanet gathers intelligence on suspected Gülenists via imams in 38 countries

Turkey's Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) has gathered intelligence via imams from 38 countries on the activities of suspected followers of the U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, widely believed to be the mastermind of the failed July 15 coup attempt. 

Mladic trial: Hague Prosecution seeks life in prison

The Hague Prosecution is seeking life sentence for the former commander of the Army of the Serb Republic (VRS) Ratko Mladic.

The 74-year old is charged with two counts of genocide, "part of the attempt to carve an ethnically pure Serb state out of multiethnic Bosnia, alongside political leader Radovan Karadzic, who was sentenced in March to 40 years' prison," Reuters said.

ICTY Prosecutor Demands Life Sentence for Ratko Mladic

BELGRADE - Alan Tieger, a prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), demanded during closing arguments session on Tuesday former Bosnian Serb military commander Radko Mladic to be put behind bars for the rest of his life.

ISIS Struggling to Recruit from Bosnia, Experts Say

ISIS is struggling to recruit new fighters from Bosnia and Herzegovina as the supply of susceptible recruits dries up and the terrorist organisation struggles to hold territory in Syria and Iraq, experts and data suggest.

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