Latest News from Bosnia and Herzegovina

French Ambassador Leaves Bosnia by Bike

Published by Balkan Insight on Tue, 09/02/2014 - 11:31

French Ambassador Roland Gilles ended his four-year tenure in Bosnia by leaving Sarajevo on his bike on September 1, aiming to send a political message through sport.

Instead of going by car or plane, the ambassador's unusual choice of a two-wheeled vehicle also provided a platform for local cyclists to advocate for better cycling infrastructure.

Hundreds of Bosnian Pupils Fail to Start School

Published by Balkan Insight on Mon, 09/01/2014 - 16:05

Several dozen children from Vrbanjci near Banja Luka in Republika Srpska did not start school on September 1 due to their parents' boycott of the school system which does not allow Bosniaks to have their own curriculum at the local school uses the Serbian-language teaching programme.

ROMANIANS AT MONGOL RALLY Team Mamaliga Warriors crosses the finish line

Published by Agerpres on Mon, 09/01/2014 - 15:42

Team Mamaliga Warriors crossed the finish line of the Mongol Rally, the world's largest charity rally, at the weekend, and returned to Romania.

MamaligaWarriors is one of two Romanian teams that embarked on the rally. Team Dracula Khan, the second one crossed the finish line on August 15.

Pajtic on visit to China as member of PES delegation

Published by Tanjug on Mon, 09/01/2014 - 13:11

BELGRADE - A delegation of the Party of European Socialists (PES), including leader of the Democratic Party (DS) and chairman of the executive council of the Serbian province of Vojvodina Bojan Pajtic, will be on a visit to China from September 1 to 5, where they will have talks with top officials of the country and the Communist Party of China.

Sky-High Roaming Charges to Go in Balkans

Published by Balkan Insight on Mon, 09/01/2014 - 08:25

Montenegro, Serbia, Albania, Macedonia and Turkey have agreed to sign an agreement to scrap sky-high roaming charges in the region on September 29, Montenegro's Agency for Electronic Communications has confirmed.

Amnesty: Serbia, Kosovo to conduct investigation on missing

Published by Tanjug on Sat, 08/30/2014 - 16:10

NEW YORK - On the International Day of the Disappeared, August 30, Amnesty International urges authorities in Serbia and Kosovo to carry out prompt, independent, effective and impartial investigations against those suspected of enforced disappearances and abductions committed before, during and after the international armed conflict in Kosovo in 1999.

Ex-Yugoslav Presidents Sign Missing Persons Declaration

Published by Balkan Insight on Fri, 08/29/2014 - 17:07

The presidents of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia signed a landmark declaration aimed at speeding up the search for people still missing from the 1990s conflicts.

KiM Office seeks clarification of fate of missing persons

Published by Tanjug on Fri, 08/29/2014 - 16:59

BELGRADE - On the eve of the International Day of the Disappeared, the Serbian government’s Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) called on the competent provincial authorities, and especially the international community, to use all their powers and make maximum effort to resolve the fate of 1,711 persons gone missing in KiM and punish those responsible for crimes committed in that region.

Four countries sign Declaration on missing persons

Published by Tanjug on Fri, 08/29/2014 - 15:40

MOSTAR - Leaders of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) and Montenegro signed in Mostar on Friday the Declaration on missing persons which aims to encourage the search for missing persons and define the responsibilities and role of states in the search for a solution to the problem.

Nikolić discusses region, crises, "Dačić as competition"

Published by B92 on Fri, 08/29/2014 - 15:29

Nikolić talks region, crises, "Dačić as competition"

SARAJEVO -- President Tomislav Nikolić is confident he would win in the next presidential election, and that current Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić "is no competition."

Serbia's foreign trade is up 4.5 pct to EUR 15.38 bil

Published by Tanjug on Fri, 08/29/2014 - 14:46

BELGRADE – In the January-July 2014 period, Serbia’s foreign trade increased 4.5 percent against a year earlier to EUR 15.381 billion, and the export-import ratio was up from last year’s 69.3 percent to 72.9 percent, the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia (RZS) said in a release on Friday.

External trade up 4.5 percent

Published by B92 on Fri, 08/29/2014 - 14:40

External trade up 4.5 percent

BELGRADE -- In the January-July 2014 period, Serbia’s foreign trade increased 4.5 percent compared to the same period last year to EUR 15.381 billion.

The export-import ratio was up from last year’s 69.3 percent to 72.9 percent, the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia (RZS) said on Friday.

Art: Heritage House Belgrade to host “Transformations”

Published by Tanjug on Fri, 08/29/2014 - 13:23

BELGRADE – A contemporary art project under the title “Transformations”, based on connections and cultural dialogue between visual artists of contemporary artistic expression coming from Eastern and Western Europe, will be shown at the Heritage House in Belgrade starting from September 9.

EU future is there, pace set by Balkan countries

Published by Tanjug on Fri, 08/29/2014 - 11:04

BERLIN - The first conference on the Western Balkans has been held in Berlin, sponsored by the German government, and the leaders of the region were given support for their countries' EU integration, with an additional note that the pace of that integration depended on themselves.

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