Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina

A defence witness told Ratko Mladic’s trial that Bosnian Serbs had to set up their own government and police before the war because they were being outvoted and obstructed by Bosniaks.

Serbian president congratulates RS leader on reelection

BANJA LUKA -- Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić has congratulated Serb Republic (RS) President Milorad Dodik on his re-election as head of the Serb entity in Bosnia.

This was announced by Dodik's office on Tuesday.

The Serb Democratic Party, SDS, which came second in the elections in Republika Srpska last month, has offered cabinet positions to the Socialist Party, SP, in a bid to win its favours from the ruling Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, SNSD.

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BELGRADE - The meeting of the Trilateral Commission in Belgrade was an opportunity for the economic and global elite to hear about the existence of Republika Srpska (RS), Milorad Dodik, president of the RS, one of the two entities in Bosnia-Herzegovina, has said.

A doctor testified in Ratko Mladic’s defence at the Hague Tribunal that the hospital in the Serb-run town of Foca did not turn away Bosniaks who needed treatment during wartime.

Former Bosnian Serb political leader Karadzic wants the Hague Tribunal to reopen his defence case to admit confidential cables from Western ambassadors he believes will help prove his innocence.

Serb entity leader announces coalition with Croat party

BANJA LUKA/SARAJEVO -- RS President Milorad Dodik has announced he would propose a coalition to the Croat HDZ BiH party, in the state institutions of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

The makeshift cross installed above the Bosnian capital to commemorate Serb victims of the 1990s conflict will be removed after it sparked angry reactions from Bosniak war victims.

A defence witness told former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic’s trial that Bosniaks lied about deaths from hunger during wartime in a bid to win international support.

Former Bosnian Serb reservist policemen Predrag Milisavljevic and Milos Pantelic were both sentenced to 20 years in prison for the executions of 48 Bosniak civilians from Visegrad in 1992.