Latest News from Bosnia and Herzegovina
EP: Edi Rama's statement inappropriate
BRUSSELS - The European Parliament's (EP) Foreign Affairs Committee has described Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama's recent statement about unification of Kosovo and Albania as inappropriate, during a debate at the EP on the reports assessing the progress made by Bosnia-Herzegovina and Albania, Al Jazeera has published on its website.
Logex 15 international military exercise in Belgrade
BELGRADE - An international military exercise dubbed Logex 15 will be held at the Serbian Armed Forces (VS) Headquarters centre for simulation training from May 4 to 15, the VS have posted on their website.
The exercise is held every two years as part of a partnership with NATO, and it is organised in coordination with the US Armed Forces.
Jobless Protesters Trudge to Sarajevo, Threatening Suicide
Unemployed veterans Sefik Muminovic, 55, and Dzemal Zahirovic, 59, arrived in the Sarajevo suburbs early on Tuesday morning after walking 108 kilometres along winding mountain roads from the northern industrial town of Zivinice.
Serb Party's Resolution 'Threatens Peace' in Bosnia
The statement from Nebojsa Radmanovic, a senior leader of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, SNSD, sparked a heated debate in Bosnian media over the weekend, with opponents claiming that it could unsettle the ethnically-divided country's stability.
Turkey Summons Vatican Ambassador over Pope's Armenian 'Genocide' Claim
Turkey summoned the Vatican Ambassador in Ankara after Pope Francis described the mass killing of Armenians in WW1 as genocide.
Turkey's Foreign Ministry requested a meeting with the Vatican's envoy in Ankara after the Pope's comments during Sunday's Mass in the Armenian Catholic rite at Peter's Basilica, according to reports of the BBC News.
Bosnia Vows to Save Dairy Farmers From Ruin
Bosnian authorities are preparing a response to EU's Food and Veterinary Office, FVO, in which they will outline how they aim to meet conditions that would open up the EU market to Bosnia's dairy farmers.
The EU market remains closed to Bosnia's dairy farmers because the country does not meet EU hygienic standards has not harmonized all the relevant laws in this sector.
Culture Honour for Pink TV Boss Draws Protest
Mihajlovic who won the City of Belgrade's Zlatni Beocug (Golden Ring) in 1999, has decided to return the award in protest against the city's decision this year to hand an award to Zeljko Mitrovic, the owner of the commercial TV station Pink, for his contribution to culture.
Cash Row May Silence Bosnia's TV and Radio
Bosnia's three state and entity radio and television stations risk going off air as political quarrels and conflicting views about their role block the passage of legislation needed to provide them with money.
Djokovic Restores Joy to Child Flood Victims
Two kindergartens, one called Radost [Joy] in the northern Bosnian town of Samac, and another called Krajiska Radost [Joy of the Krajina], in the western town of Sanski Most, lived up to their names after reopening with financial aid from Serbian tennis legend Novak Djokovic.