Milorad Dodik

Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik yielded to growing internal and international pressure on Monday and announced he was postponing the disputed referendum which had threatened to raise ethnic tensions in the country.

The Bosnian Serb proposal to reform Bosnia's Constitutional Court caused a stir in the House of Representatives of parliament on Wednesday after the Constitutional Commission - in charge of examining the constitutionality of draft laws before they are submitted to the chamber - rejected it.

The Prosecution of Bosnia-Herzegovina has issued an order to search "premises, accounts, and transactions" of Milorad Dodik, RTRS has reported.

Dodik is the president of the Serb entity in Bosnia, the Serb Republic (RS).

RS President Milorad Dodik has said that Bosnia-Herzegovina is "a state union," while state competencies on all levels are held by its entities.

These entities are the Serb Republic (RS) and the Croat-Muslim Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina (FBiH).

RS President Milorad Dodik has said the Serb entity will hold a referendum on the work of the Court and the Prosecution of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

He told Belgrade-based broadcaster Pink that this topic had not been discussed during his most recent meeting with Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic.

RS President Milorad Dodik says all conditions have been met to publish a decision on an upcoming referendum in the Official Gazette.

The Serb entity in Bosnia-Herzegovina (RS) plants to hold a plebiscite on the work of the Court and the Prosecution of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

The Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia president believes the Serbian PM has put pressure on the president of the RS, the Serb entity in Bosnia.

RS President Milorad Dodik has said that the Serb Republic (Republika Srpska, RS) - the Serb entity in Bosnia - is "a state."

The fact it is "being denied" speaks to its actual importance, he asserted, and added:

Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina Mladen Ivanic has said he will not take part in "Serb quarrels."

He declined to comment on Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic's statement that Ivanic - the leader of an opposition party from the Serb entity (RS) - does not represent that entity, and is working against RS President Milorad Dodik.

The Bosnian Serb presidency told BIRN that events to mark Republic Day would go ahead on January 9, despite the fact that the annual holiday celebrating the entity's foundation was ruled unconstitutional by the state Constitutional Court because it discriminates against non-Serb residents of Republika Srpska.