Languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The most controversial section of the Law is the part in which this legal act classified among Serbian books "editions of Dubrovnik literature that belong to both Serbian and Croatian culture as of the end of 1867".

She reiterated that the issue was neither professional nor philological, but political, and that the behavior of the Serbian side was unacceptable to her.

Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic told Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic at a meeting on the margins of the EU-Western Balkans summit in Slovenia that he wants a school textbook that describes the Croatian, Bosnian and Montenegrin languages as versions of Serbian to be corrected.

This is indeed disgraceful behaviour by Serbian authorities, the Croatian portal Index.hr quoted him as saying Tuesday.

He added that he respects those who have a different opinion.
On Monday, the entire Montenegrin opposition and part of the ruling parties condemned the statement of Stanivukovi, who denied the Montenegrin nation during his stay in Montenegro.
He said at a gathering of like-minded people that he believes that "Montenegrins are a fictional nation".

Linguist Ranko Bugarski said this on Thursday while promoting his new book, "Do you speak common (language)," published by Biblioteka XX Vek - and added that this language has been separated into four for political reasons.

"From the political and administrative, but by no means from the aspect of linguistics, we have four different languages," Bugarski said.

The forum, organized by Serbian and Croatian chambers of commerce, will being together more than 30 large companies, the Serbian Chamber of Commerce (PKS) has announced.

A press release cited by Beta agency also said that trade between the two countries reached EUR 1.027 billion last year - up 14.2 percent compared to 2016.

The Education Ministry has initiated the appointment a new National Education Council after it was discovered that some of its members had lifted material for a new Montenegrin curriculum from Croatia.

PODGORICA - The Serbian government has sent a note to the Croatian government and the European Commission following Zagreb's decision to step up control of agricultural imports, Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said in Podgorica on Wednesday.

The Serbian government is talking to other countries affected by the decision so that we can act jointly on the issue, Brnabic said.

A declaration of a common language unveiled on Thursday in Sarajevo has angered those who insist four different languages are spoken across Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia, including Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic.

He told the local media: "How would it be supported? Who in Croatia can support it?"