Latest News from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Atatürk's yacht to escort Erdo?an

The Savarona, the official yacht of the founder of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, will be used to host heads of state as well as escort President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an during official visits, Tourism and Culture Minister Ömer Çelik announced March 22.

Armed forces train leaders for new global challenges

Armed forces train leaders for new global challenges

The British Embassy in Macedonia held training for 30 high-ranking officials in the security sector.

UK Major General John Moore-Bick shares advice with representatives from Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Serbia and Ukraine. [British Embassy Skopje]

Exhibition on Southeastern Europe's collective memory opens in Thessaloniki

An interesting exhibition opened yesterday on Thessaloniki featuring works that explore the collective memory of Southeastern Europe.

Organized by the Goethe-Institut Thessaloniki and the Thessaloniki Museum of Photography the exhibition Recorded Memories - Europe. Southeast will run until May 15, 2015.

Imagine what Turks went through during WWI

On March 18, 1915, British and French naval forces launched a campaign on Turkish positions in the Dardanelles. They failed. The date has been ingrained in my head since childhood. Every March 18, my grandfather Ömer Kemal, may God rest his soul, started the day by asking all of us the significance of the date.

"Stability in Western Balkans vital to Serbia"

"Stability in Western Balkans vital to Serbia"

SARAJEVO -- Aleksandar Vucic says "infrastructure projects are essential for all in the region" while "stability in the Western Balkans is of utmost importance to Serbia."

Proceedings against 220 perpetrators of crimes against Serbs

BELGRADE - The Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor's Office said Tursday that it has instituted proceedings against more than 220 potential perpetrators of crimes against Serbs who were at present not available to Serbian prosecution bodies.

Drecun wants culprits of war crimes against Serbs identified

BELGRADE - Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) member of the parliament Milovan Drecun said on Thursday, commenting on the arrest of 8 people suspected of war crimes against Muslims in Srebrenica, that the SNS wanted all the war crimes committed in the former Yugoslavia investigated.

Power Dams Pose Threat to Rare Balkan Salmon

The future of a large freshwater fish known as the Mladica - in English as the Huchen, or Danube Salmon - is threatened by planned hydroelectric power plants on Balkan rivers, a green NGO has warned.

The Austrian-based environmental NGO Riverwatch raised the alarm about the biggest trout species in the world at a press conference in Slovenian capital Ljubljana on Thursday.

Europe eyes energy from Balkans

Europe eyes energy from Balkans

The Western Balkans may provide a remedy to energy-starved Europe by exporting power across the Adriatic.

Hydropower plants, such as this one in Vrutok, Macedonia, are a way for Balkan states to secure energy independence. [Tomislav Georgiev/SETimes]

Turkey's elderly population rising, says report

The proportion of elderly people in Turkey increased to 8 percent of the overall population in 2014, and is expected to surpass 10 percent by 2023, according to data released by the Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜ?K) on March 18.

Brammertz: Arrests confirmation of regional cooperation

Brammertz: Arrests confirmation of regional cooperation

BANJA LUKA -- Serge Brammertz says the arrest of eight individuals in Serbia, who are suspected of committing a war crime in Srebrenica, is a result of regional cooperation.

Eighth suspect for crime in Srebrenica arrested

BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy War Crimes Prosecutor Bruno Vekaric confirmed for Tanjug on Wednesday that the eighth suspect for war crime against civilians in the territory of the village of Kravica, Srebrenica in eastern Bosnia, has been arrested.

Serb Party Boycott Deepens Bosnia's Paralysis

Western powers may take sanctions against the Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik, after his party, the Alliance of Social Democrats, SNSD, blocked the decision-making process in the country's state parliament, an EU official told Balkan Insight on Wednesday.

Seven arrested for crimes in Srebrenica

Seven arrested for crimes in Srebrenica

BELGRADE -- The Serbian police arrested early on Wednesday seven people suspected committing a war crime against civilians in the area of Srebrenica, eastern Bosnia.

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