Latest News from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia's Federation Elects New President

Deputies in the Federation parliament on Monday confirmed the appointments of the new entity officials as the country took another step towards forming governments after last October's elections.

The formation of the government in the Federation entity will also enable the formation of the state government, the Council of Ministers.

Croatia Prepares to Inaugurate New President

Grabar Kitarovic will be sworn in as president on Sunday on the St Mark's Square in Zagreb, where the Croatian government, parliament and constitutional court are located.

The candidate of the opposition centre-right Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, Grabar Kitarovic won the presidential elections in January, defeating the incumbent Ivo Josipovic.

Culture Festival Brightens Sarajevo's Winter

The annual Sarajevo Winter festival on Monday started its three-day run which will see 1,300 people from 40 countries participating in a wide-ranging series of cultural and arts events at museums, galleries and concert halls throughout the city.

Serbia and Montenegro Profit From Ukraine Flight Detours

The air traffic control agency, SMATSA, expects to earn more than 68 million eurofrom route charges in 2015, after some major European airlines relocated flight paths over Serbia and Montenegro due to the armed conflicts in Ukraine.

US accuses six Bosnians of helping ISIL via Turkey

Six Bosnian immigrants have been accused of sending money and equipment to terrorists oversees, including fighters with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group and al-Qaida in Iraq, the U.S. attorney's office announced Feb. 6.

Bosnians Plan Anniversary Protests to Warn Authorities

Bosnians are planning demonstrations across the country on Saturday to mark the anniversary of the start of protests of February 7 2014 - and remind local leaders of how little they have done to improve matters over the past year.

Seselj: Establish Brammertz' disciplinary responsibility

THE HAGUE- Vojislav Seselj, leader of the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) and indictee before the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY), called on the ICTY Appeal Chamber to reject the appeal filed by Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz in which he called for withdrawal of the decision on Seselj's temporary release.

Nursery garden for terrorists only 200 kilometres from Belgrade

According to security agencies in Bosnia and Herzegovina, more than 150 Muslims from Gornja Mao?a are fighting for Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.

Bosnian police visited the village Gornja Mao?a in Bosnia, but they did not find the flag of Islamic State the newspaper was reporting about.

Bosnian Police Swoop on ISIS Flags Draws Blank

Bosnia's State Investigative and Protection Agency, SIPA, in cooperation with other police agencies, sprang into action on Thursday to investigate reports that flags and symbols of the Islamic State, ISIS, were on display on homes in the northern village of Gornja Maoca.

Bosnian Serbs Adopt 'Net Censorship' Law

The assembly of Bosnia's Serbian-dominated entity, Republika Srpska, on Thursday adopted changes to the Law on Public Peace and Order, which opposition parties and some international rights organizations have called an attack on free speech.

The law was adopted with the votes of the ruling coalition led by the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, SNSD, of Milorad Dodik.

Declaration on Sava River protection signed

NOVI SAD - Eighteen institutions from four countries that manage the areas along the Sava River signed the Sava Parks network declaration for boosting the protection of the river and its floodplains, reads a statement issued by the state-owned enterprise Vojvodinasume, one of the signatories of the agreement.