Chairmen of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina

BELGRADE - The European Union's 28 member states accepted Bosnia and Herzegovina's membership application and ordered the Commission to prepare an assessment of the Balkan country's readiness to join the bloc, euractiv.com reports.

Aleksandar Vucic on Tuesday in Belgrade received Mladen Ivanic, the Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Ivanic briefed the head of Serbia's caretaker government, who has been given the mandate to put together a new cabinet, about "the recent deterioration of the political situation and inter-ethnic relations in Bosnia-Herzegovina."

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic started on Tuesday his visit to Mostar in Bosnia-Herzegovina with a meeting with Mladen Ivanic.

Ivanic is the Serb member of the tripartite Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Borislav Paravac, a Serb former member of Bosnia’s tripartite presidency, went on trial for taking part in wartime attacks that killed several hundred Bosniaks and Croats in 1992 and 1993.

Mladen Ivanic says he will "not allow" the launching of a revision of the International Court of Justice ruling in Bosnia's genocide lawsuit against Serbia.

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has said that Bakir Izetbegovic is looking for an excuse to start a new spiral of violence.

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic "has accepted a proposal to postpone his visit to Sarajevo for the fall because of elections in Serbia."

This is what his press service announced on Friday, adding that Nikolic made this decision during a telephone conversation with member of the Presidency of Bosnia-and Herzegovina Bakir Izetbegovic.

Bakir Izetbegovic said on Thursday that Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic should visit Bosnia-Herzegovina next month.

Izetbegovic, the Bosniak (Muslim) member of the country's tripartite presidency, spoke for N1 in an interview that will be broadcast this evening.

Bosnia-Herzegovina has submitted its application to be granted the status of candidate for EU membership.

Bosnian Presidency Chairman Dragan Covic filed the application in Brussels on Monday.

Police from the Bosnian State Investigation and Protection Agency on Monday arrested Radoncic, a tycoon who leads the Alliance for a Better Future of Bosnia and Herzegovina, SBBBiH party.

According to a statement from the Bosnian prosecution, Radoncic was arrested in Sarajevo for allegedly "interfering with the work of the judiciary".