Bosnia and Herzegovina
Trusina Murder Evidence Against Bosniak Soldier ‘Unreliable’
The defence for former Bosnian Army soldier Edin Dzeko, charged with executing six Croats in 1993, said that witnesses who accused him of the killings were lying to avoid prosecution.
Make All War Crimes Trials Public, Bosnia Urged
All war crimes trials must be public, as well as the full names of the perpetrators, while the current practice of ‘anonymisation’ of suspects should end, a conference in Sarajevo heard.
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IMF Cash Delay Threatens Bosnian Budgets
Nermin Niksic, Prime Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of Bosnia's two entities, on May 5 warned that the entity budget faced a crisis due to the cancellation of an expected tranche of IMF money.
The IMF representative to Bosnia, Ruben Ayotan, blamed Bosnia's failure to adopt key laws for the blockage of the cash.
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Monument to pope highlights multi-ethnicity of BiH
Monument to pope highlights multi-ethnicity of BiH
A monument to Pope John Paul II in Sarajevo sends the message that the city is one of peace, tolerance and multi-ethnicity.
BiH Cardinal Vinko Puljic (centre) prepares to bless the new statue of Pope John Paul II, who was canonised last month. [Ana Lovakovic/SETimes]
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Bosnian Serb Policemen Await Kotor Varos Trial
The trial of seven Bosnian Serbs charged with taking part in murders, illegal detentions, torture and other inhumane acts against Bosniaks and Croats in Kotor Varos will begin this month.
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Commemoration for JNA soldiers killed in Dobrovoljacka
EASTERN SARAJEVO - Serbs from Republika Srpska (RS) commemorated on Saturday the death of 42 soldiers of the former Yugoslav Army (JNA) who were killed in the Dobrovoljacka street in Sarajevo 22 years ago, and at the same time, former members of the so called Green Berets gathered at the same location, but they dispersed without incident.
Opposition Parties Ally in Bosnian Serb Entity
The Union for Changes was formally established at a ceremony held on April 30 in Banja Luka, the main city in Republika Srpska.
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Former Pope's Statue Unveiled in Bosnian Capital
As a gesture of gratitude to former Pope John Paul II, recently procaimed a saint, a statue of the Catholic leader was unveiled in Sarajevo on April 30 to the delight of Bosnian Catholics and many other interested citizens in the mainly Muslim city.
The statue, made from a type of alumimium, represents the former Pontiff in an attitude of prayer.
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Bosnians Commemorate Bridge Blast Deaths in Brcko
People in the Brcko District marked the anniversary of the deaths of around 100 civilians who were killed in April 1992 when a bridge over the River Sava was blown up by Serb forces.
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Bosnian Serbs Indicted for Kotor Varos Teenager’s Rape
Former Bosnian Serb soldiers Bosiljko and Ostoja Markovic have been indicted by the state prosecution for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl in the Kotor Varos area in 1992.