Josip Grubesa
Bosnia forms government 14 months after elections
Bosnia and Herzegovina on Dec. 23 formed a new government 14 months after general elections in October 2018.
Receiving a vote of confidence in the House of Representatives, the new government was formed by the country's largest Bosniak, Serb and Croat parties, who agreed to form the government last month.
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Bosnia’s First State Prison to Open After 13-Year Wait
Justice Minister Josip Grubesa told reporters in Sarajevo on Tuesday that Bosnia and Herzegovina's first state-level prison will finally open on Auigust 1, a move set to address the country's current lack of adequate jail capacity.
Bosnia’s Updated War Crimes Strategy Languishes in Limbo
Bosnia and Herzegovina's revised Strategy for War Crimes Processing, which was approved in February last year by the country's judicial overseer, the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council, has not even made it onto the agenda of the Council of Ministers, the executive branch of the state government, BIRN has learned.
Bosnians Fret Over Ex-Yugoslav Property in Croatia
Bosnia's Council of Ministers said on Tuesday that it will wait for an opinion from its Committee for Succession before making any official move in response to the new Croatian law that allows Zagreb to rent out properties in Croatia that were inherited from the former Yugoslavia.
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Bosnian Genocide Denial Punishment Law Angers Serbs
There were angry reactions on Wednesday from Bosnian Serbs - who don't believe the Srebrenica massacres were genocide - after the state Council of Ministers agreed on proposed amendments to the law that will criminalise the denial of genocide.