Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina

On Saturday, Bernardic, 36, was elected leader of the SDP, Croatia's strongest opposition party, beating opponent and former interior minister Ranko Ostojic.

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BELGRADE - A photograph of Croatian President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic holding Independent State of Croatia (NDH) flag appeared on social networks, reported Croatian portal "Indeks".

Croat Catholic Cardinal Vinko Puljic has once again said that he thinks Croats in Bosnia-Herzegovina do not enjoy equality "in the territory of the RS."

He also said that "a future constitutional redistribution" must also include some of that territory.

Donald Trump's unexpected victory in the United States presidential elections has left some of the 150,000-strong Bosnian diaspora in the US concerned about their futures and wondering if they should pack their bags.

The Croatian Foreign Ministry and the local government of Posavina canton in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where the alleged war crimes were committed, have expressed serious concerns about the arrest of ten former Bosnian Croat fighters.

Croatia's centre-right Prime Minister concluded a two-day visit on Friday and Saturday to Bosnia aimed to calming tensions over the status of Bosnian Croats, many of whom are demanding greater autonomy or the creation of a third entity.

Plenkovic came first to the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo - something that Bosniak [Muslim] leaders insist on and are sensitive about.

Former Croatian President Stjepan Mesic claimed on Monday that the leaders of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Serbs and Croats want to break up the country - a goal that could eventually lead to war.

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.

The European Union's 28 member states on Sept. 20 accepted Bosnia's membership application, taking a step forward in what is certain to be a long process that Sarajevo hopes will eventually give it a place in the bloc.

Bosnian Croats will likely again lend mass support to the main right-wing Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, in Sunday's parliamentary elections in Croatia, an expert told BIRN, although their participation in elections in the country has fallen in recent years.