Bosniaks of Bosnia and Herzegovina

I was in Sarajevo for 12 hours last week with Deputy Prime Minister Veysi Kaynak. While we were walking through a graveyard to visit the grave of the wise Alija Izetbegovic, I noted the death dates carved on gravestones around. They were 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995. 

"We have not forgotten and will not allow the genocide in Srebrenica to be forgotten," said Altinok Oz, the head of Istanbul's Kartal municipality.

According to Sputnik, which quoted Anadolu, Oz spoke during the unveiling of a monument to the Srebrenica victims.

ZAGREB - Red Star Belgrade have won their third consecutive title in the basketball ABA League by defeating Cedevita Zagreb 77-61 (22-18, 24-21, 19-19, 12-13) on the road in late Thursday's third game of the play-off final series, sweeping the Croatian team 3-0.

Red Star have thus secured a Euroleague spot next season.

SARAJEVO - Bakir Izetbegovic and Dragan Covic, the Bosniak and Croat members of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency, said Wednesday Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic was welcome in Sarajevo for next week's meeting of Western Balkan prime ministers.

Consultations between the three members of Bosnia's Presidency have been held in Sarajevo, on ICJ's request to clarify the status of Sakib Softic.

SARAJEVO - The Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Presidency on Thursday failed to make a decision on a request for a revision of a genocide lawsuit against Serbia after Bosniak member Bakir Izetbegovic walked out of the body's session.

Speaking to reporters, Izetbegovic reiterated there was no need to decide on the matter as the Presidency had already done so in 2004.

The Muslim-Bosniak member of Bosnia-Herzegovina's tripartite presidency is appealing the decision that cleared Serbia of genocide charges during the 1992-95 civil war. He has launched a case with the Hague-based International Court of Justice.

Bosnia and Herzegovina on Thursday filed a request for an appeal against the International Court of Justice's 2007 verdict which cleared the Serbian state of direct responsibility for genocide in Bosnia during the 1992-95 war.

SARAJEVO - The Bosniak member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Presidency Bakir Izetbegovic announced Friday he would, on behalf of BiH, file a request for a revision of the ruling on BiH's genocide lawsuit against Serbia.

Bakir Izetbegovic has announced that he would file a request for a revision of the ruling on Bosnia's genocide lawsuit against Serbia.

The Bosniak (Muslim) member of the tripartite Bosnia-Herzegovina Presidency said on Friday he would do this on behalf of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Tanjug reported.