Latest News from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Refugee Crisis to Overshadow Balkan Summit
The refugee crisis threatens to effectively hijack a high-level conference on the economic prospects and European perspectives of the Western Balkan states that opens in Vienna on Thursday.
The summit includes senior politicians from the EU and the Balkans under the patronage of the German and Austrian chancellors, Angela Merkel and Werner Faymann.
One spark could ignite whole region - PM
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has told the Vienna daily Presse that "a single spark can ignite the whole region of the Western Balkans."
EUR 222 million from EU funds for projects in Danube region
The EU will invest around EUR 222 million in 13 countries in the Danube region, including three non-members - Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Montenegro.
This was announced on Tuesday by the EU Info Center in Belgrade.
UN: Bulgaria Faces World's Bleakest Demographic Prospects by 2050
Bulgaria faces the bleakest demographic prospects on a global scale over the next 35 years, according to the 2015 World Population Prospects report of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA).
In the period 2015-2050, Bulgaria's population is expected to shrink by 27.9%.
Bosnian Police Chief Blamed for Vucic Attack Exonerated
A Bosnian parliamentary committee has rejected calls for the dismissal of Mirsad Vilic, head of the Directorate for Coordination of Police Bodies, which was tasked with securing the commemoration on the 20th anniversary of Srebrenica genocide on July 11.
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic was attacked by a crowd at the event, some of whom threw bottles and stones at him.
Bosnia Mulls Action in Case of Refugee Crisis
As the refugee crisis mounts in Macedonia and Serbia, with thousands of people from Middle Eastern and African countries using them as a corridor to the EU, Bosnian officials are mulling their own capacities and options in case the crisis spills over.
In Srebrenica, Vucic was guarded "by two policemen"
Only two policemen were assigned to guard Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic in Srebrenica on July 11, says Security Minister of Bosnia-Herzegovina Dragan Mektic.
Bosnian WWII Battlefield Becomes Art Laboratory
A group of 20 local and international artists gathered over the weekend in a remote field in the middle of the Kozara national park in Bosnia's Serb-dominated Republika Srpska entity for the closing ceremony of the 8th Ars Kozara art laboratory.
Benicio del Toro Gets Heart of Sarajevo Award
The actor Benicio del Toro became the main star of this year's Sarajevo Film Festival, SFF, after he presented his latest movie and thrilled some 3,000 film-lovers as he walked festival's red carpet to receive the honorary Heart of Sarajevo award.
EU Allocates EUR 222M to Boosting Cooperation in Danube Region
The European Commission has adopted a EUR 222M six-year programme aimed at strengthening cooperation and supporting projects in the Danube region.
Turkey's banks need to prepare for slower lending growth: ECB paper
Turkey?s banking system needs to prepare for an end to rapid lending growth and faces some risk from rising external funding needs, while western Balkan banks may struggle with bad loans, an ECB paper says.
Asylum Claims from Balkans Surge in Germany
Germany faced another increase in the number of asylum requests from citizens of the six Western Balkans Countries in July, despite repeated efforts by German and local authorities to halt the phenomenon.
Activists Try Cooking to Calm Tense Bosnian Town
Passers-by who ventured out to enjoy the evening breeze in the centre of Prijedor in northwest Bosnia this week were surprised by the appetizing aromas spreading from a table laden with cooked rice, fried mushrooms, vegetables and soya burgers.
The food was part of an action that a local youth non-governmental organization called "Kvart" ("Neighbourhood") organized on Tuesday night.
Bosnia Throws Hero's Welcome for Basketball Winners
Sarajevo's main Marshal Tito street was flooded with people on Monday night who put on a hero's welcome for the young basketball team that came back after winning the European Championship for the under-16s.
After overpowering several favourites, such as Germany and Spain, the Bosnian team on Sunday defeated the host of the championship, Lithuania, scoring 85:83.
Sarajevo Festival-Goers Overflow at Holbrooke Film
A cinema in Sarajevo was too small to hold all would-be viewers on Sunday of "The Diplomat", a documentary by the American director David Holbrooke about the life of his US diplomat father.
Holbrooke is seen as the mastermind behind the 1995 Dayton Peace Accords, which ended the four-year war in Bosnia.