Latest News from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnian Police Arrests Six Alleged Islamist Militants
Bosnian police arrested two Islamic militants, suspected to be travelling to Syria, at Sarajevo airport on Tuesday evening as they were boarding the flight to Istanbul.
Renewed approach aims to boost EU accession effort in Bosnia
Renewed approach aims to boost EU accession effort in Bosnia
Bosnian Serbs Take Last Bite of Big Mac
Dreamfood Restaurants, which held the McDonald's franchise in the Serb-dominated entity of Republika Srpska, is closing down down its restaurant in Banja Luka's main Gospodska street.
The decision was announced on Monday. On Tuesday it was not possible to get comments from the company and its website was down.
"Ustasha snake doesn't sleep" - Croatia's ex-president
"Ustasha snake doesn't sleep" - Croatia's ex-president
ZAGREB -- Croatia's now former president has spoken about the results of his term in office and the situation in Croatia, saying that "the Ustasha snake does not sleep."
The Ustashas were in power in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) - a WW2-era Nazi-allied entity responsible for running death camps.
Bosnia Moves Closer to Forming Government
The vote in the House of Peoples on Monday saw a new speaker and deputy speakers elected at the third attempt after previous efforts failed due to political battles among the key parties.
Serbia Chooses Bojana Stamenov for Eurovision
The jury and the audience of 'Countdown To Vienna', Serbia's televised national final to choose the country's representative at Eurovision, voted on Sunday evening for Stamenov to go to Austria to compete in May.
Stamenov, a popular local soul, funk and jazz singer, also reached the final of the Serbian televised competition 'I Got Talent' in 2012.
"Relations with Bosnia good, expected to improve" - PM
"Relations with Bosnia good, expected to improve" - PM
SARAJEVO -- Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has said that relations between Belgrade and Sarajevo are "good" while their improvement "is expected."
Balkans, US launch emergency prep drill
Balkans, US launch emergency prep drill
A military exercise led by the US aims to help Balkan states respond to natural and man-made disasters.
An Albanian Air Force helicopter rescues a man who was trapped on the roof of a building by floodwaters on February 1st. [Albanian Air Force]
Pavic:Meeting is chance for two states to make something big
ZAGREB- Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic, Croatia's newly appointed president, and Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will have a separate bilateral meeting in Zagreb on Sunday, said Mladen Pavic, spokesman for the Croatian president, adding that this will be an opportunity for the two states to finally begin solving the accumulated problems.
Dacic, Trisic Babic on cooperation between Serbia, BiH
BELGRADE - Ivica Dacic, Serbian first deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs, met with Ana Trisic Babic, deputy minister of foreign affairs of Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH), to exchange opinion on the current state of affairs with regards to bilateral relations and modalities of their promotion in the forthcoming period.
Faculty of Economics students win ASIC contest
BELGRADE - A team of students enrolled on courses at the Tourism and Hotel Management Department of the University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics won the second Adria Student Innovation Contest (ASIC), an annual international competition held in Zagreb, the Faculty of Economics has said in a release.
US Backs Bosnian Fight Against Terrorism
Local and international institutions, police and security agencies need to cooperate more if the battle against terrorism is to be won, Bosnia's Chief Prosecutor, Goran Salihovic, told a counter-terrorism workshop in Sarajevo this week.
Bosnia abandons sales of ammunition to Ukraine
Bosnia abandons sales of ammunition to Ukraine
BELGRADE -- Bosnia-Herzegovina on Wednesday "banned arms and ammunition exports to Ukraine," Reuters has reported.
The agency said this came "following pressure from Bosnian Serbs," while Bosnian authorities said the conflict in Ukraine "should be resolved by peaceful means."
Protest over announced pulling down of Orthodox church
BELGRADE - The participants of an international conference titled Human Dignity, Freedom and Rights: Christian Dimension, held in Slovenia, have sent an appeal to Pristina city authorities to abandon a scheduled demolition of the temple of Christ the Savior in downtown Pristina.
Some Croats Fighting in Ukraine Army, Pusic says
Croatian Foreign Minister Vesna Pusic on Wednesday said a number of Croatian citizens had joined the conflict in eastern Ukraine on the side of the government and against pro-Russian rebels.
"They are not joining paramilitary units; they strictly fight for the Ukrainian side, in the regular Ukrainian army," Pusic noted.