Podrinje

Salih Brkic, a doyen of journalism in Bosnia and Herzegovina who was known for his coverage of the 1992-95 war, died on Friday in the city of Tuzla after a short illness.

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BIRN's reporter followed the participants all the way along the route of this year's Peace March, and posted regular updates, photos, videos and other content on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter as the march progressed.

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The Sabac-Loznica expressway is part of the Ruma-Sabac-Loznica highway construction project.
Vui pointed out that the road Ruma - abac will be ready by the end of September next year, which means that in a year and a half, the journey from Belgrade to abac will take maximum 45 minutes, and from Belgrade to Loznica - an hour and 10 minutes.

The Bosnian state court on Monday convicted Bozidar Perisic of shooting two Bosniak men dead in the village of Gracanica, near Rogatica, on June 19, 1992.

The bodies of victims Salem and Mustafa Sijercic were later burned by unknown members of the Bosnian Serb Army, and have still not been found.

Valentin Inzko, the international community's High Representative to Bosnia, and Eric Nelson, the US ambassador to Sarajevo, have sent a letter to the government and assembly of a Canton in Bosnia's Federation entity, expressing alarm over moves to sack the local police commissioner.

A dispute has erupted after an organisation called Istocna Alternativa (Eastern Alternative) installed a memorial plaque commemorating Serbs killed "by Muslim hordes" in Srebrenica town centre on Tuesday.

The plant will be manufacturing aluminum car parts.

The Italian government will donate EUR 800,000 for works on flood defense systems in Loznica, Krupanj, Osecina and Kladovo.

The agreements on the donation were signed by Italian Ambassador to Serbia Giuseppe Manco and representatives of the companies that won the tender Jugokop Podrinje, Vodoprivreda Pozarevac and Erozija Valjevo

Serbia and Bosnia signed four important protocols on Wednesday at their first joint government session in Sarajevo.

The first concerns research into missing persons from the conflict of the 1990s, protection of the historic Mehmed Pasa Sokolovic bridge in Visegrad, eastern Bosia, and stronger cooperation in the telecommunication and environmental sectors.

At their first joint session in Sarajevo, the Serbian and Bosnian governments were due to discuss stronger economic and environmental cooperation.

The Prime Minister of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, arrived in Sarajevo on Tuesday with a delegation of members of the Serbian government who will participate in the joint session with the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina.