Latest News from Bosnia and Herzegovina

"RS police told not to provide security for Vucic"

Bosnian Council of Ministers chair Denis Zvizdic "instructed members of the RS Interior Ministry (MUP) not to protect the Serbian prime minister in Potocari."

Croatia to Start Building Adriatic Bridge in 2016

Croatia on Wednesday announced that plans to build a long-awaited bridge over the Adriatic sea, connecting the Peljesac peninsula to the mainland, will get underway next year.

An idea dating back to the late 1990s, the 2.4-km-long bridge should connect up two parts of Croatia divided by a 14-km stretch of territory belonging to Bosnia.

Bosnian Presidency members to travel to Belgrade

All three members of the Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina have confirmed they will visit Belgrade, Serbian state broadcaster RTS is reporting.

According to RTS, the visit will most likely take place mid-next week.

Balkans Floods Germany With Asylum Requests

Kosovo leads the Western Balkan countries in terms of the number of asylum seekers in Germany this year.

It was responsible for 31,400 requests over six months from January to June 2015, followed by citizens of Albania, Serbia and Macedonia, the Germany Interior Ministry said in a press release on Monday.

Nuland to Press Serbia on Talks With Kosovo

Ahead of her arrival in Belgrade, US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland urged Serbia and Kosovo to make courageous decisions in order to achieve further progress in the EU-led dialogue process.

According to the Belgrade daily newspaper Blic, Nuland credits Serbia and Kosovo with making some progress - and the US wants 2015 to be a year of additional improvement.

Izetbegovic rejects allegations linking his party to attack

Bakir Izetbegovic has rejected the claims that he and people close to him were behind the attack that targeted Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic.

Greek FM in Kosovo, Albania, Bosnia this week

With Grexit now slowly receding in the rear view mirror, Greece’s radical leftist government is returning to more normal international contacts, as Greek FM Nikos Kotzias begins a tour of Kosovo, Albania and Bosnia-Herzegovina this week.

On Tuesday, Kotzias will head to Pristina, where he will be received by Kosovo PM Isa Mustafa and his counterpart Hashim Thaci.

Bosnian authorities order investigation into attack on Vucic

The Council of Ministers of Bosnia has authorized the Ministry of Security to investigate all the circumstances that led to the attack on Aleksandar Vucic.

Serbia sends protest note in wake of attack on Vucic

The Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a protest note to Bosnia-Herzegovina late on Saturday, after the attack on Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic.

The incident took place in Srebrenica during a commemoration there.

Turkish PM's move could risk coalition talks

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu made an unexpected move while answering reporters? question on his way back from Bosnia on July 11 regarding the coalition talks to start this week.

Turkish leaders release messages of peace for Srebrenica

Turkey's president and prime minister have released messages of peace on the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre.

8,000 Muslim men and boys were killed in the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica by Serb troops in 1995. The massacre in the town, which was declared by the United Nations a safe haven for civilians, was later defined as genocide by two international courts.