Latest News from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bogovic: Enlargement into Western Balkans is Europe's future
STRASBOURG - Member of the European Parliament (EP) and Vice President of the 'Friends of Serbia' EP group Franc Bogovic Monday expressed the hope that current candidates for membership in the European Union - Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, Albania and Kosovo - would all be admitted to the European family by the end of 2020.
Bosnia: Teacher injures 6 students in classroom
Six eighth-grade students in an elementary school in Gromiljak, near Kiseljak, Bosnia-Herzegovina, have been lightly injured by their teacher.
This happened when the man, a Sarajevo resident whose initials are M.B., started "throwing desks around the classroom," the daily Nezavisne Novine is reporting on Friday.
UN Warned About Bosnian Serb ‘Secession’ Threat
The top international official in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Valentin Inzko, warned the UN Security Council that the Bosnian Serb leadership was threatening a referendum on secession and glorifying war criminals.
ICTY Office of Prosecutor announces appeal of Seselj verdict
BELGRADE - The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Monday announced to the court's Appeal Chamber that it will appeal a verdict acquitting Vojislav Seselj of all charges of war crimes committed in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina during the wars there and expulsions of Croats from Serbia's Vojvodina province.
Balkan Governments Urged to Boost Business Cooperation
Regional cooperation is key to attracting more foreign investment money into the Balkans, stressed participants at the seventh Sarajevo Business Forum in the Bosnian capital on Wednesday.
"There is no country which is able to stand alone, especially in our region," Montenegro's economy minister Vladimir Kavaric told the forum.
Turkey's disaster agency active in 40 countries across the world
Turkey's disaster agency is not only housing and assisting the country's nearly 3 million refugees but also actively working to help 40 disaster-stricken countries around the world, the president of the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) has told daily Hürriyet upon receiving the 20th prestigious Ayd?n Do?an Award for its outstanding efforts in Turkey and abroad.
Prosecution announces Seselj case appeal to Appeals Chamber
The Hague Prosecution on Monday announced to the court's Appeal Chamber that it will appeal the acquittal of Vojislav Seselj.
Seselj was found not guilty of all charges of war crimes committed in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina during the wars there in the 1990s and expulsions of Croats from Serbia's Vojvodina province.
ICTY: Office of Prosecutor announces appeal of Seselj verdict
BELGRADE – The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Monday announced to the court’s Appeal Chamber that it will appeal a verdict acquitting Vojislav Seselj of all charges of war crimes committed in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina during the wars there and expulsions of Croats
Turkey's first electric car finalizes Balkan tour
Turkey's first electric car, the Pehlivan Elektrak developed by Trakya University, has returned to the country after a two-week trip around the Balkan Peninsula.
The fiber carbon car visited Greece, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina during the 14-day tour.
Serb inmates attacked, seriously injured in Bosnia jail
Three Serb inmates, imprisoned for war crimes in a jail in Zenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina, have been seriously injured.
They have been attacked by a group of Bosniaks (Muslims).
Bosnia Parties Seek More Time for Mostar Deal
Bosnian parties are asking the State Electoral Commission CIK for extra time to reach an agreement on reforming the electoral statute of Mostar and organise local elections in the city, after the state parliament failed to approve reforms to its electoral law at its last session.
Vujovic: Progress made towards reliable financial reporting
VIENNA - Serbia has achieved significant progress in development of institutions to ensure reliable financial reporting, Serbian Finance Minister Dusan Vujovic said in Vienna on Thursday.
Bosnian Serb Power Rules Dismay Investors
Businesspeople and investors in Republika Srpska say it is no wonder investors are in short supply when even basic requirements, such as power supplies, are so difficult and expensive to get.
Kadir and Borka Djonlagic are two victims of the problems with power supplies in Bosnia's Serb-dominated entity.
In letter to UN, Dodik complains about judicial institutions
RS President Milorad Dodik has sent a letter to the UN secretary-general presenting his accusations against the judicial institutions of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
The letter was sent along with the Serb Republic's report to the UN Security Council - in which the Serb entity in Bosnia-Herzegovina gives its view of the situation in the RS and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Suicide Threat Jolts Bosnian Canton into Saving Firm
The dramatic saga of a mining company in Tuzla, northern Bosnia, took a new twist on Thursday after several of its workers, following a two-week hunger strike, climbed up one of the company's 35-metre-high siloses and threatened suicide unless the local government offered help to get the firm back to work.