Latest News from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Dodik to meet with Putin 3 days before RS Day referendum

Serb Republic President Milorad Dodik will travel to Moscow on September 22, where he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The public broadcaster of the Serb entity (RS) in Bosnia-Herzegovina, RTRS, reported this on Wednesday.

Croatia, Bosnia to Discuss Key Bridge Project

The long-delayed construction of the new bridge which will connect the city of Gradiska in Bosnia's Republika Srpska entity to the Croatian municipality of Stara Gradiska across the River Sava will be discussed by the Bosnian and Croatian authorities at a meeting organised by the European Investment Bank in Zagreb next week.

"U.S. destroying world order in Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, Libya"

The U.S. and its Western partners have been consistently destroying the foundations of the existing world order, says Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

This has been taking place "starting with Bosnia and Kosovo, and ending with Iraq and Libya," he stressed in a statement for Sputnik.

Bosnian Serbs Give Ultimatum to Constitutional Court

Dodik said on Friday that the referendum would only be cancelled if the Bosnia's state-level Constitutional Court reversed its ruling that the entity's annual statehood celebration, the Day of Republika Srpska on January 9, was unconstitutional.

Vucic reiterates: Belgrade does not support RS referendum

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic met on Friday in Belgrade with President of the Serb Republic (RS) Milorad Dodik.

According to a statement issued by the Serbian government, they "discussed further enhancement of bilateral relations" between Serbia and the Serb entity in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Serbia Builds 235 Apartments for War Refugees

Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic laid the foundation stone for the construction of 235 apartments for refugee families who fled Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina during the 1990s wars.

IMF Loan Pulls Bosnia Back From Brink

Experts warn that if Bosnia fails to provide concrete proof of reforms in some three months' time, the International Monetary Fund, IMF, will likely cancel the second instalment of its new loan.

The IMF approved a three-year 553.3-million-euro loan to Bosnia and Herzegovina to support the country's economic reform agenda on Wednesday.

Bosnian War Rape Victims Struggle for Compensation

Only three verdicts in state-level war crimes cases in Bosnia and Herzegovina have ever ordered compensation payments to victims of sexual violence, but none of the victims has received any money yet.

HDZ Expects Election Boost From Bosnian Croats

Bosnian Croats will likely again lend mass support to the main right-wing Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, in Sunday's parliamentary elections in Croatia, an expert told BIRN, although their participation in elections in the country has fallen in recent years.

Kick Boxers, Rappers, Reality Stars Run in Bosnia Polls

Folk singers, reality show stars, kick boxers, former football players and convicted war criminals will be running alongside more traditional candidates during Bosnia's local elections, which take place on October 2.

Chief prosecutor of Kosovo war crimes court appointed

THE HAGUE - David Schwendiman of the United States has been appointed chief prosecutor of a Hague-based special court that will investigate war crimes committed during the 1998-1999 war in Kosovo.

The court is looking at atrocities committed against Serbs by the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army during and after the conflict, Reuters reported.

Bosnian Serbs Continue Preparing Disputed Referendum

Despite international criticism and a lack of support from Serbia, the leadership of Bosnia’s Serb-dominated entity Republika Srpska is continuing preparations to hold a controversial referendum, officials said.

Exporters call on envoys from 73 countries to spread Turkey's devotion to democracy

The Turkish Exporters' Assembly (TİM) has called for some 181 envoys and civil servants from 73 countries across the globe to talk about Turkey's devotion to democratic rule and robust economy in their countries and to boost cooperation with Turkey during a three-day meeting hosted in the Aegean province of Çanakkale on Sept. 2-4, the association said in a statement.

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