Latest News from Bosnia and Herzegovina
"Bakir must explain why he likened Dodik to Gaddafi"
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic says Bakir Izetbegovic should explanation a statement he made comparing RS President Milorad Dodik to Muammar Gaddafi.
Nikolic said this for the Belgrade-based Vecernje Novosti newspaper on Tuesday, referring to Izetbegovic - a Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) politician who currently chairs the tripartite Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
RS leader on his possible arrest, future referendums
Serb Republic (RS) President Milorad Dodik says he is "not afraid of getting arrested" because of the RS Day referendum, held in the Serb entity on Sunday.
Bosnian Serb Referendum Results Questioned
Sinisa Karan, president of the referendum commission in Republika Srpska, told a press conference on Monday that, after all votes have been counted, 99.81 per cent of voters had said "yes" to maintaining January 9 as the mainly Serbian entity's national day.
Karan said that of the 1,219,399 people eligible to vote, 680,116 did so, giving a turnout of 55.67 per cent.
Prosecution of Bosnia-Herzegovina wants to question Dodik
The Prosecution of Bosnia-Herzegovina has summoned RS President Milorad Dodik for questioning.
He is treated as a suspect in the RS Day referendum case, the Fena agency said it learned from the Prosecution, after inquiring about this institution's "activities in connection to the case related to the failure to implement a decision of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina."
Bosnian Serbs Overwhelmingly Vote to Keep Banned Statehood Day
Voters in Bosnia-Herzegovina's entity of Republika Srpska have defied a ruling by the country's top court which bans celebrations in the region on January 09, according to local media.
In a referendum held on Sunday, an overwhelming 99.79% of voters have replied with a "yes" when asked whether or not to celebrate their annual "statehood" holiday, Balkan Insight reports.
Citizens decide in referendum: January 9 remains RS Day
The Serb Republic (RS) on Sunday held the first referendum in Bosnia-Herzegovina after the Dayton peace agreement.
Citizens in the Serb entity overwhelmingly voted "yes" to continue to mark January 9 as RS Day.