Party of Democratic Action

The Bosniak National Council in Serbia was criticised on Tuesday for announcing it will mark the centenary of the adoption of the Sjenica Declaration, a 1917 document that called for the secession of the mostly Muslim-populated Sandzak region from Serbia and Montenegro.

Bosnia's Party of Democratic Action, SDA, the country's main Bosniak party, has rejected calls for the establishment of a third entity, made at a meeting on Saturday of the Croatian National Congress of Bosnia and Herzegovina. 

Such calls were "unacceptable", the SDA said, referring to a statement issued by the Congress following its seventh session in Mostar.

THE HAGUE - Ratko Mladic's defence on Friday began its closing argument before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), claiming he was not guilty of the crimes he is charged with, which include war crimes and a 1995 genocide of thousands of Muslims in Srebrenica.

THE HAGUE - Ratko Mladic's defence on Friday began its closing argument before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), claiming he was not guilty of the crimes he is charged with, which include war crimes and a 1995 genocide of thousands of Muslims in Srebrenica.

Increasing tension within Bosnia's main Bosniak [Muslim] party, the Party of Democratic Action, SDA, suggests that the party leader  - who is also chairman of the Bosnian Presidency - Bakir Izetbegovic, is losing his grip, analysts say. 

"We have cold, official relations and they should remain that way," Bakir Izetbegovic said on Monday after an urgent session of the leadership of his Party of Democratic Action, SDA, which met to review the status of its coalition with the Alliance for Better Future, SBB, led by Fahrudin Radoncic.

As a vote recount for the disputed mayoralty of Srebrenica began on Monday in Sarajevo, the Bosniak-led Party of Democratic Action, SDA called for a complete annulment of the local polls in the wartime flashpoint town.

BELGRADE - There can be no referendum in Serbia's Vojvodina province as those who are proposing a referendum do not have the majority for the decision to call one, Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said Friday.

While the final results of Sunday's Bosnian local elections are still coming in, the party led by Milorad Dodik, President of Republika Srpska, appears to have emerged the biggest winner.

According to the preliminary results, Dodik's Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, SNSD, won more than 30 mayoral posts in Republika Srpska, 11 more than in the previous elections in 2012.

Ahead of the announcement of the results in Bosnia's municipal elections on Sunday, the two main parties representing Bosniaks and Serbs claimed big victories.