BiH Presidency

Dodik, the leader of the Serb entity (RS) in Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) was on Sunday elected as the new Serb representative in the tripartite Presidency of BiH.

RS Prime Minister Zeljka Cvijanovic will be Dodik's SNSD party candidate to replace him as president of the Serb entity.

The general elections in BiH will be held on October 7.

These topics "remain unfinished" despite attempts made during the past year to "speed up the dynamic of solving all open issues between BiH (Bosnia-Herzegovina) and Serbia," he told RTS ahead of the meeting in Mostar on Monday.

Covic said that another topic of discussion will be economic cooperation, and added that "trade exchange can be increased in both directions."

SARAJEVO - General elections were held in Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) on Sunday and nearly 3,300,000 citizens cast their ballots in the polls, and a higher turnout was recorded than in the previous elections in 2010, especially in Republika Srpska (RS).

The elections were conducted without any incidents and polling places closed at 7 p.m.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will visit Sarajevo on Tuesday, where he will meet with Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) officials.

Vucic will confer with Chair of the BiH Council of Ministers Vjekoslav Bevanda and chairs and deputy chairs of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Serbian government's press office stated.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic conferred on Thursday in Belgrade with Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency member Nebojsa Radmanovic on marking 100 years since the outbreak of the First World War.