Latest News from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Gulf tourist influx to Bosnia fuels luxury developments
With 360 villas and apartments around an artificial lake, swimming pools, a halal supermarket and a Muslim prayer area, the 'Sarajevo resort' is one of Bosnia's most ambitious residential projects to date.
It is one of dozens of real estate ventures in the picturesque hills surrounding the capital of the Balkan country that are specifically targeting visitors from Gulf states.
Two ISIS suspects arrested in Alexandroupolis
Hellenic Police arrested two men with Swedish passports who traveled by car from Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos to Alexandroupolis, northern Greece carrying with them two knives of 23cm and 24cm and military uniforms.
According to preliminary information the two men wanted to enter Turkey and then head towards Syria.
Radoncic 'Influenced' Kelmendi Witness, Prosecution
Bosnia's State Prosecution said the recently arrested politician Fahrudin Radoncic put pressure on Azra Saric - a witness in the trial of the alleged drugs baron Naser Kelmendi in Kosovo - so that she would give false testimony, which is why it has sought detention for him for one month.
Bosnia prosecution "wants Dodik's accounts checked" - report
The Prosecution of Bosnia-Herzegovina has issued an order to search "premises, accounts, and transactions" of Milorad Dodik, RTRS has reported.
Dodik is the president of the Serb entity in Bosnia, the Serb Republic (RS).
Serbian Tycoon's Bail Refund Demand Disputed
Zoran Ivosevic, a legal expert and former president of Serbia's Supreme court, told BIRN that there was no direct link between the demand by Miskovic's legal team for his bail payment to be refunded and a court ruling that his rights had been violated by extended custody.
Bosnia Prosecution Seeks Detention for Radoncic
Bosnia's prosecution has asked the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina to keep Fahrudin Radoncic, the businessman-leader of the Alliance for a Better Future of Bosnia and Herzegovina, SBBBiH, in detention for 30 days.
Bosnia: Woman arrested for killing three grandchildren
The police in the town of Doboj in the Serb Republic in Bosnia-Herzegovina have arrested a local woman on suspicion that she killed three of her grandchildren.
Banja Luka media are reporting that the woman's intellectually disabled daughter gave birth to the babies, and that they had three different fathers.
Bulgaria to Participate at Kirin Cup in June
The Bulgarian men's national football team will participate at the Kirin Cup friendly tournament which will be held in Japan between June 3 and 7.
Apart from Bulgaria and the hosts Japan, the other teams participating in the tournament will be Bosnia and Herzegovina and Denmark.
War crimes trial of Naser Oric begins in Bosnia
The trial of Naser Oric and Sabahudin Muhic starts on Tuesday before the Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
They are charged with killing Serb prisoners in 1992 in the area of Srebrenica and Bratunac, eastern Bosnia.
Bosnian Judiciary to Consider Hijab Ban
Muslim leaders and Bosniak politicians have reacted angrily after the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council (HJPC), which oversees much of the country's judiciary, told judicial institutions to review whether to allow their employees to wear religious symbols such as the Muslim hijab.
"If Schengen collapses, repercussions for W. Balkans"
Western Balkan countries would be worst hit by the collapse of Schengen, Slovakia's Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak has warned.
Lajcak also believes the conditions have not been met for Bosnia-Herzegovina to become a candidate country for EU membership in February.
Young Bosnian Woos Facebook With IT Breakthrough
A young IT programmer from Visoko, a town 20 km north of Sarajevo, has developed an innovative digital assistant that is winning growing popularity at home, and which he hopes to sell to the giants in the social media world.
Cadence is a software that interacts with its owner, explains its 20-year-old creator, Haris Ascalic.
Guantanamo Ex-prisoners Sent to Bosnia, Montenegro
The US Justice Department on Thursday announced it had sent two released prisoners from the Guantanamo camp to Bosnia and Montenegro as they had nowhere to go. One had Bosnian citizenship, having fought there in the 1990s.
Time Running Out for Deal on Mostar Elections
Bosnian authorities will need to find a solution for local elections in Mostar in the next few weeks if they want to organise polls in the city, experts warn.
Bosnian Presidency Ex-Member Faces War Crimes Trial
The state court confirmed the indictment of Borislav Paravac, a Serb former member of Bosnia’s tripartite presidency, for taking part a wartime attack that killed several hundred Bosniaks and Croats.