Latest News from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kurz invites Western Balkans PMs to Vienna on Nov. 19
The talks will be attended by the prime ministers of Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro, the chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia-Herzegovina, and the prime minister of the interim institutions in Pristina.
The Prime Minister of Serbia Ana Brnabic is also expected to attend the Vienna meeting.
Brnabic attends Berlin ceremonial dinner with Merkel
Merkel and Brnabic "sat at the same table in the ceremonial hall of the German Historical Museum," the agency said.
The prime minister said that the dinner was "an opportunity to talk to the German chancellor on various issues," the Serbian government announced.
Bosnian Minister Floats Hopes of Progress Towards NATO
With a meeting of NATO foreign ministers scheduled for December 5 in Brussels, Bosnian Defence Minister Marina Pendes said on Tuesday that she hopes they will recommend the activation of the country's Membership Action Plan, MAP, eight years after it was first proposed.
But Pendes cautioned that this would just be a step on the road to eventual membership.
Bosnian Serb, Croat Parties Hatch Coalition Agreement
Ahead of the formation of new governments in Bosnia after the October 7 elections, Milorad Dodik, leader of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, SNSD, and Dragan Covic, the head of Bosnia's Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, on Monday confirmed a coalition agreement after a meeting in East Sarajevo.
Bosnia Courts Struggle to Address Rise in People Smuggling
Bosnian courts have done little to address the problem of people-smuggling, which is believed to be growing, as thousands of people attempt to cross from the non-EU Bosnia into EU-member Croatia.
Kosovo Serbs Threaten Protests Over Import Tariffs
Srpska Lista warned on Friday that it will take to the streets if the Kosovo government does not withdraw its decision to impose a ten per cent customs tariff on products from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
"If Pristina's unlawful measures are not withdrawn, Srpska Lista will invite citizens to peaceful protests," the party said in a statement.
Austria's Petritsch 'Not Against' Kosovo-Serbia Border Changes
Veteran Austrian diplomat Wolfgang Petritsch on Thursday said that while he generally opposed territorial changes in principle - in the case of a mutual agreement between Kosovo and Serbia, he would not reject the idea.
"I'm one of the few who, when this idea appeared … did not belong to these people who automatically said 'No'," he told BIRN Kosovo's TV show Jeta ne Kosove.
Bosnians mark anniversary of Mostar Bridge destruction
Despite the political division, economic problems or corruption in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the destruction of Old Bridge in Mostar revives heartbreaking memories every year at the beginning of November. Click through for the story in photos...
Kosovo Customs Tariff Alarms Bosnia's Dairy Farmers
Bosnian foodstuff producers are worried after Kosovo imposed a 10-per-cent customs tariff on imports from Bosnia and Serbia this week, citing their hostility towards Kosovo.
The trade balance between the two countries is unequal; the value of Bosnian exports to Kosovo is about ten times larger than Kosovo's exports to Bosnia.
Bosnia Braces for Dodik's Inauguration to Presidency
Before taking up his new post as Serbian member of Bosnia's tripartite presidency, Milorad Dodik announced on Wednesday that he will take an oath before the assembly of Bosnia's Serb-dominated entity, Republika Srpska, the day before is sworn in.
Confirmed: 10th country revokes recognition of Kosovo
"It will be the 10th country that has done so," Dacic told RTS on Wednesday.
B92 later learned, and it has in the meantime been confirmed, that recognition of the unilaterally proclaimed independence of Kosovo has been withdrawn by the Union of the Comoros - a small island state in the Indian Ocean that recognized Kosovo in 20009.
Kosovo Customs Tariff Angers Serbia, Bosnia
Mirko Sarovic, Bosnia's Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations, on Wednesday condemned Kosovo's decision to impose customs tariffs of 10 per cent on imports from Serbia and Bosnia, calling the move "intolerable".
Bosnian Entrepreneurs Face Bureaucratic Obstacles to Success
Denis Zvizdic, the chair of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Council of Ministers, painted an optimistic picture in his speech to the Sarajevo Unlimited regional forum on Tuesday, saying that regional cooperation and networking would help young entrepreneurs find their place on the global market.
Kosovo Imposes Customs Tariffs on Serbia, Bosnia
The Kosovo government decided on Tuesday to impose a customs tariff of ten per cent on products made in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Dodik Urges US Serbs to Vote for Republicans
The hardline leader of the Bosnian Serbs, Milorad Dodik, has called on Serbs who are living in the US to vote for candidates who are supported by President Donald Trump at the mid-term elections on Tuesday.