Latest News from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croats Vanishing From Bosnia, Bishop Says
Croats have been migrating en masse from Bosnia since the end of the 1992-5 war, which poses a threat to their continued existence as a national community, Catholic Church leaders say.
Dayton Peace Agreement signed 20 years ago
Today marks 20 years since the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia-Herzegovina, also known as the Dayton Agreement, was signed in Paris in 1995.
It was signed by the then presidents of Serbia and Croatia, Slobodan Milosevic and Franjo Tudjman, and Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina Alija Izetbegovic.
Balkan States Hit by Illegal Cash Outflow
The new report by US NGO Global Financial Integrity entitled 'Illicit Financial Flows from Developing Countries: 2004-2013' rings alarm bells about the amount of 'black money' leaving the four Balkan countries each year.
Ski Season Opens on Bosnia's Snowless Peaks
Hundreds of visitors from all over Bosnia descended at the weekend on Mount Jahorina, one of the country's three 'Olympic mountains', to enjoy the early winter sunshine and mark the official opening of a new ski season.
Local officials and rock bands from Sarajevo and Belgrade also arrived for the opening ceremony, but the main ingredient was still missing - snow.
7,000 Bosnians Still Homeless after 1990s War
Twenty years after the war ended, more than 7,000 people displaced by the conflict still live in temporary accommodation in ‘collective centres’ throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bosnian Serbs Slated For Cutting Ties to Court
Western diplomats criticized the government of Republika Srpska, the Serb-dominated entity of Bosnia, after it suspended cooperation with the country's main court, prosecution and state police on Thursday.
Bosnia's Presidency Visit To Turkey Highlights Ankara Role in Bosnia
The Croat and Bosniak members of the Bosnian Presidency Dragan Covic and Bakir Izetbegovic met yesterday with the Turkish President Recep Tayyp Erdogan in the first of a two days visit to Ankara and Istanbul.
Bosnian Serbs Halt Cooperation with State Police, Court
The Republika Srpska government said on Thursday that it has halted all cooperation with the State Investigation and Protection Agency and the state prosecution after they arrested five Bosnian Serbs for alleged war crimes in Bosanski Novi and searched official buildings in the Republika Srpska town for evidence.
Ex-commander suspected of crimes against Serbs released
The Prosecution of Bosnia-Herzegovina has rejected a motion to keep Sakib Mahmuljin in detention for one month, the Tanjug agency reported.
Bosnia: Wahhabi threatens to "kill people for New Year's"
A member of the radical Muslim Wahhabi movement has threatened to "kill at least 40 people for New Year's," residents in Koraj, Bosnia-Herzegovina, have said.
The Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti is reporting this quoting media in Sarajevo, who said they were contacted by "frightened locals, worried every day because of the threats of a man known by his nickname of Puhavac."
Montenegro to Clamp Down on Arms Smugglers
Police in Montenegro have tightened security on the border to prevent arms smuggling after a new report said that some weapons used by ISIS come from the Balkans and Eastern Europe.
Bosnian Serb Party Demands Top Court's Reform
The Serbian Democratic Party, which is part of the governing national coalition in Bosnia and Herzegovina, said it will present a proposal for a new law on the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The proposal will be submitted during the next session of parliament's House of the Representatives, Aleksandra Pandurevic, an SDS MP, told BIRN on Tuesday.
NATO Urges Bosnia and Herzegovina to Step up Reform Progress
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has reiterated the call made by the Alliance foreign ministers last week to Bosnia and Herzegovina's leaders to undertake the political, economic and defence reforms needed for the country to realise its Euro-Atlantic aspirations.
ISIS Using Bosnian, Serbian Weapons, Amnesty Says
Assault weapons and small arms sent from Bosnia and Serbia to Britain may have ended up in the hands of the militant Islamic group, research carried out by human rights organisation Amnesty International says.
"IS uses weapons exported to Britain from Serbia and Bosnia"
IS terrorists are using weapons that were some ten years ago exported from Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina to Britain, and later arrived in Syria and Iraq.