Bosnia and Herzegovina

THE HAGUE - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague dismissed on Tuesday Croatia's claim against Serbia in its entirety, noting that Croatia failed to prove that genocide was committed in Croatia during the 1991-1995 war.

ICJ rejects both genocide lawsuits

THE HAGUE -- The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has rejected Croatia's lawsuit accusing Serbia of committing genocide in its territory from 1991 until 1995.

The Hague-based court has found that Croatia did not prove that genocide was committed, Court President Petr Tomka announced.

THE HAGUE - The reading of the judgment on the mutual genocide lawsuits filed by Serbia and Croatia, for the crimes committed in Croatia during the 1991-1995 war, began at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague at 10 a.m. on Tuesday.

The Court's reasoning is being presented by ICJ President Peter Tomka, a judge from Slovakia.

ICJ to rule on Croatian and Serbian genocide laswuits

BELGRADE -- The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will today rule on genocide lawssuits filed by Croatia and Serbia for the crimes committed in Croatia in 1991-1995.

Pope Francis will visit the Bosnian capital on June 6 where he will hold a mass and meet political leaders, the apostolic nuncio to Bosnia, Luigi Pezzuto, confirmed in Sarajevo on Monday.

Pope Francis himself during his sermon on Sunday broke the news about his plans to visit Sarajevo.

The former general, who served a four-year sentence in Bosnia for crimes commited in Croatia's independence war, has returned his hometown of Osijek to await a fresh trial.

BELGRADE - Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said that it was impossible to predict the verdict of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a case of Serbian and Croatian mutual genocide accusations, but expressed the belief that the court would prove that it indeed was a "court of justice."

Serbia "expects ICJ to truly be court of justice"

BELGRADE -- Ivica Dacic says it is "impossible to predict the verdict of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Serbian and Croatian mutual genocide lawsuits.

But the Serbian foreign minister said he believed that the court would prove it was it indeed "a court of justice."

Pope Francis will pay a one-day visit to Sarajevo on June 6, 2015.

The announcement about the visit came as Pope Francis addressed the crowds in St. Peter's Square after the recitation of the Angelus prayer, according to reports of the Vatican Radio.

Bosnia's tripartite Presidency agreed and signed a new version of a joint declaration expressing the country's interest in European integration and its readiness to undertake all required activities in line with the EU reform agenda.