Bosnia and Herzegovina

The trade chambers of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Greece held a business forum last week, vowing to improve bilateral economic relations and cooperation, the Bosnian Foreign Trade Chamber said in a press release.

The Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, hoisted a Turkish flag on Monday to mark the third anniversary of the failed coup in Turkey, just a week after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited the country, when he urged the authorities to extradite suspected followers of the exiled Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen - who Ankara blames for the coup attempt.

A US military aid offer could help Bosnia replace two ageing Russian helicopters, if only the country could agree on a vision for the future of its armed forces.

Thousands of people including Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attended a Srebrenica genocide commemoration ceremony in Sarajevo on Tuesday ahead of the anniversary of the 1995 massacres by Bosnian Serb forces.

The South-East European Cooperation Process, SEECP summit began in Bosnia's capital Sarajevo on Monday without delegations from Kosovo and Albania, which refused to participate.

Prime Minister Boyko Borisov will participate in the summit of state and government heads of the countries participating in the Southeast European Cooperation Process (SEECP). The forum will be held on 8 and 9 July in Sarajevo, as Bosnia and Herzegovina is the current SEECP rotating chair. 

In Sarajevo, they will discuss European integration and connectivity as preconditions for sustainable development in the region, writes NOVA TV. 

The Bosnian Minister for Human Rights and Refugees on Thursday said families of former Islamic State fighter in Syria might be accommodated near the southwest city of Mostar at the Selakovac reception centre.

"If they have no other place to stay, they may be placed in this centre. Salakovac is a possible option," Semiha Borovac told the media.

The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Thursday found two hard-line Islamists guilty of acquiring guns and explosive devices in preparation for terrorist attacks. It sentenced Maksim Bozic (1990) to four years in jail and Edin Hastor (1972) to two-and-a-half years.

The group of 12 mostly Croatian citizens arrived on Tuesday in Olovo, a small town some 50 kilometres north-east of Sarajevo, on their 520-kilometre walk from Dubrovnik to Srebrenica's Potocari memorial centre to mark the anniversary of the 1995 massacres.