Marinko Cavara

The president of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Bosniak- and Croat-dominated Federation entity, Marinko Cavara, rejected allegations against him on Tuesday, one day after he and a minister from the Serb-dominated Republika Srpska entity were sanctioned by the US Treasury Department.

Politicians in Bosnia and Herzegovina have already started announcing who will run for posts on the country's three-member presidency in elections not due until October.

They have done so despite the risk that the elections might be postponed, owing to problems with reform of the electoral process.

Leaders of the main Bosniak and Croat parties in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Party of Democratic Action, SDA, and the Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, have started talks with parties on forming a new ruling coalition.

Ministers from the main Bosnian Croat party, the Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, skipped the session of the Federation entity government on Thursday in a continuing dispute with coalition partners over the appointment of managers in public firms.

The presidents and former presidents of Eurasian countries attending the 18th Eurasian Economic Summit have stressed the need for international cooperation in struggle against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

The 18th Eurasian Economic Summit, organized by the Marmara Group Foundation, is once again ready to host statesmen and opinion leaders from 40 different countries until April 9, offering a unique platform to discuss the most heated issues of today's world and the future.

Five months on from the October general elections, the three main parties in Bosnia's Federation entity agreed on the formation of a new government.

Bosnia's Central Election Commission on Wednesday confirmed the selection of Bosniak, Croat and Serb candidates for the posts of president and vice-presidents of Bosnia's larger entity.

The appointments should hasten the long-delayed formation of a government in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.