Latest News from Bosnia and Herzegovina

BELGRADE - Croatia's EU accession marked the end of one accession model, and the process is now completely different for Western Balkan states due to the circumstances in the region and the EU itself, such as the economic crisis, migration and Brexit, Regional Cooperation Council Secretary-General Goran Svilanovic said Thursday.

Deputy Kosovo Interior Minister Milan Radojevic has confirmed that a ban was in place on entry of vehicles with Bosnia-Herzegovina number plates.

Long-delayed plans to build maximum-security state prison in Bosnia have been hit by fresh delays and the loss of about 630,000 euros as the result of a commercial dispute.

The prison, whose total budget is 40 million euros, is financed by loans from the Council of Europe's Development Bank, EU and foreign government grants, as well as Bosnian state funds.

Croatian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Damir Krsticevic is accused of war crimes committed against Serb civilians near Jajce, in Bosnia.

This has been reported by the Croatian Nacional weekly, the Tanjug agency said on Tuesday.

Slobodan Vaskovic, one of the most influential bloggers and journalists from Bosnia's Serb-led entity, Republika Srpska, and a prominent critic of RS President Milorad Dodik, has said he has left Bosnia because his life was in danger.

A Bosnian version of the Islamic State's new magazine is aimed at attracting poor and unemployed Bosnian Muslims to the cause of the jihadists, Goran Kovacevic, professor at the Faculty of Criminology and Security Studies at the University of Sarajevo, told BIRN.

Kovacevic said it may be less effective than its creators hope, however. 

People in Balkan countries see corruption as one of the key problems in society, often view politicians as corrupt as well, and in many cases do not believe their governments are tackling the issue, a new survey by the watchdog organisation Transparency International shows.