Latest News from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Salsa festival to take place in Belgrade December 5-7

BELGRADE - The 9th International Festival of Salsa and other Caribbean dances under the title Salsa Motion Weekend will be held in Belgrade from December 5 to 7 and it will gather around 1,000 dancers from Serbia and the world.

Serbia under great pressure of irregular migration

BELGRADE - Serbia is under great pressure of irregular migrations of citizens from African and Asian countries, whose final destination are countries of the European Union, Aleksandar Nikolic, state secretary at the Serbian Ministry of the Interior, said at a three-day meeting of the International Organizations for Migration (IOM) Council.

Bosnia Denies Busting Russian Sanctions on EU

The Foreign Trade and Economic Relations Ministry said on Wednesday that it had responded to Moscow's request for details of exports from Bosnia to Russia.

Hague president pays respects to victims

Hague president pays respects to victims

ČELEBIĆI -- President of the Hague Tribunal (ICTY) Theodor Meron is in Bosnia-Herzegovina where he paid respects to Serb victims of the former prison camp in Čelebići.

During the civil war in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1992, members of the Muslim-dominated Bosnian army ran a detention camp in there for Serb prisoners.

Strengthen local communities for fight against floods

BELGRADE - The capacities of local communities need to be strengthened in the fight against floods so that they could react immediately, even before the arrival of special teams, officials stated at the conference organised by OSCE in Belgrade on Wednesday.

Serbia has quality food for global market

BELGRADE - Serbia has great potential for producing traditional food, Minister of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Snezana Bogosavljevic Boskovic said opening the Ethnic Food and Drinks Fair in Belgrade on Wednesday.

EUR 6.65 million for Adriatic region water supply project

BELGRADE - The countries of the Adriatic region are preparing a protocol for eliminating potential problems concerning shared water supply systems and groundwater resources, and the budget for the project amounts to EUR 6.65 million.

Lawyers adopt resolution on protection of their profession

SREMSKI KARLOVCI - Officials of bar organisations and participants of an international roundtable on problems related to the lawyer profession and its relations with notaries public adopted on Tuesday a resolution on the protection of the independence of the lawyer profession in Serbia.

Dodik sworn in for another term as RS president

Dodik sworn in for another term as RS president

BANJA LUKA -- The Serb entity in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Serb Republic (RS), on Monday in Banja Luka inaugurated its new parliament.

At the same time, Milorad Dodik was sworn in as president for another term in office.

Meeting on water supply in Adriatic region to open Tuesday

BELGRADE - The Belgrade-based Jaroslav Cerni water management institute will from Tuesday, November 25, to November 28 host a regional meeting of partner countries in the Adriatic region as part of the Drinkadria project.

Mihajlovic to take part in CEI summit in Vienna

VIENNA - A summit of the Central European Initiative (CEI), presided by Austria this year, will be held in Vienna on Monday, with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport, Construction, and Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlovic as Serbia's representative.

FM talks Dayton agreement, Russia, Kosovo

FM talks Dayton agreement, Russia, Kosovo

BELGRADE -- Ivica Dačić has stressed there would be no revision of a peace deal that ended the Bosnian war "without the consent of all who participated in reaching it."

The Serbian foreign minister spoke on the 19th anniversary of the Dayton Accords that ended the 1992-95 war in Bosnia-Herzegovina....

United States "fully engaged" in Balkans

United States "fully engaged" in Balkans

WASHINGTON -- U.S. State Department Office for South Central European Affairs Director Thomas Yazdgerdi says his country is "fully engaged in the Balkans."

This especially applies to "resolving the remaining key issues," he said.

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