Bosnia and Herzegovina–Croatia relations

Bruno Stojic, former defence minister of the unrecognised Bosnian Croat wartime statelet of Herzeg-Bosna, denied involvement in a joint criminal enterprise to create a greater Croatian state in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The International Court of Justice in The Hague rejected the request for revision of a judgement submitted to the court on 25 February by Sakib Softic, in the name of the Bosniaks led by Bosniak member of the BiH Presidency Bakir Izetbegovic.

A Bosnian version of the Islamic State's new magazine is aimed at attracting poor and unemployed Bosnian Muslims to the cause of the jihadists, Goran Kovacevic, professor at the Faculty of Criminology and Security Studies at the University of Sarajevo, told BIRN.

Kovacevic said it may be less effective than its creators hope, however. 

After reports that Croatia's Vice-Prime Minister is under investigation for war crimes in Bosnia, a Croatian expert says Zagreb could take over the prosecution of crimes allegedly committed by Croatian citizens in Bosnia.

Croatia's centre-right Prime Minister concluded a two-day visit on Friday and Saturday to Bosnia aimed to calming tensions over the status of Bosnian Croats, many of whom are demanding greater autonomy or the creation of a third entity.

Plenkovic came first to the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo - something that Bosniak [Muslim] leaders insist on and are sensitive about.

Some Bosnian lawmakers expressed satisfaction after parliament's House of Representatives voted against appointing Poplasen to the board of the Agency for Development of Higher Education.

The Serbian premier on Monday accused Jutarnji list of publishing a politically-motivated article that "derides the killed members of the Vucic family" by claiming that they were not killed by Croatian WWII fascist Ustasa units.

Jutarnji list published a story on Monday which claimed that none of the Vucic family was killed during WWII.

Croatia on Wednesday announced that plans to build a long-awaited bridge over the Adriatic sea, connecting the Peljesac peninsula to the mainland, will get underway next year.

An idea dating back to the late 1990s, the 2.4-km-long bridge should connect up two parts of Croatia divided by a 14-km stretch of territory belonging to Bosnia.

Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic sought to calm concerns about her views on Bosnia on her first official visit abroad, to Sarajevo on Tuesday.  

After meeting Bosnia's Presidency, members of parliament and the government she sought to cool tensions related to the position of Croats in Bosnia.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic conferred with Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) Ambassador to Serbia Ranko Skrbic on bilateral cooperation, formation of the BiH government and European pathway of the regional countries.