Bosnia and Herzegovina

BELGRADE – Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik said in Belgrade on Saturday that the bodies of six flood victims were found in the morning in Doboj, Republika Srpska, a town on the Bosna river that is the hardest-hit by the floods in the Serb entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Addressing the UN Security Council on May 15 in New York, the High Representative to Bosnia, Valentin Inzko, said this year had been a year of learning from mistakes made earlier.

At least nine more victims of the severe floods that have struck Bosnia this week were reported at the weekend. Police said six bodies had been recovered in Doboj, northern Bosnia, as flood waters receded. Three other deaths were reported in Maglaj and Samac.

BANJALUKA - Three people were killed in floods in Republika Srpska (RS), a state of emergency due to flooding was declared in capital Banja Luka, and the situation remains critical in the entirely flooded city of Doboj and town of Samac in the RS north on Friday.

BRUSSELS - The European Union has activated its civil defence mechanism after Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina requested assistance late Thursday due to the massive floods that hit large parts of both countries, the European Commission said on Friday.

Floods in Bosnia, Croatia also affected

BANJA LUKA, ZAGREB -- Almost the entire territory of the Serb entity in Bosnia, the RS, has been hit by floods, but there are no casualties, Nebojša Radojičić has said.

Landslides around Sarajevo and Tuzla caused by torrential rain have destroyed dozens of homes, while other towns remain flooded, leaving people in need of help with food and water.

Several persons were reported injured when a landslide near Sarajevo destroyed eight houses. Dozens of landslides have occurred in areas round the capital.  

SARAJEVO - Almost the entire territory of Republika Srpska (RS), the Serb entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina, has been hit by floods, but there are no casualties, RS Parliament Speaker Nebojsa Radojicic has said.

Attacks on Muslims in the eastern Bosnian town of Zvornik have become more frequent, with many reports of verbal and physical abuses, the Islamic Community in Tuzla said on Wednesday.

“In the urban area of Zvornik in recent times several incidents were reported, which have disturbed Muslims in the town,” the organisation said in a press release.

SARAJEVO - The government of the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina (FBiH) declared a state of natural disaster Thursday after heavy rain that caused rivers to burst their banks and flood a large number of infrastructure and housing facilities and agricultural and other sites.