Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina

A former Bosnian Serb officer told the trial of his military commander Ratko Mladic that his unit didn’t deploy snipers against Sarajevo residents but did use heavy artillery to defend Serbs.

Former Bosnian Serb president Radovan Karadzic has asked the Hague Tribunal to accept new evidence from a US Army cable alleging that only Bosniak troops attacked UN peacekeepers.

BANJA LUKA - Serbia's Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said in Banja Luka on Wednesday EU membership was a goal Serbia and Republika Srpska (RS) shared, adding that Serbia wished to pass on its experience in EU integration.

Interior minister meets with RS president

BANJA LUKA -- Serbia's Interior Minister Nebojša Stefanović said in Banja Luka on Wednesday that "EU membership was a goal Serbia and the Serb Republic (RS) shared."

Serbia "wishes to pass on its experience in EU integration" to the Serb entity in Bosnia-Herzegovina, he added.

Serbia "won't interfere in RS elections" - PM

BELGRADE -- Serbia will not interfere in any way with the electoral process in the Serb Republic, or support any side, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić said.

BELGRADE - Serbia will not interfere in any way with the electoral process in Republika Srpska (RS), or support any side, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said.

I am in no way engaged in the elections in Republika Srpska, Vucic told Belgrade-based daily Danas, and underlined that Serbia will respect the will of the people and not voice its support to any of the candidates.

Six Bosnian Serbs convicted of the genocide of Bosniaks from Srebrenica in 1995 are appealing against their 20-year prison sentences, arguing that they are too harsh.

A witness told the trial of seven Bosnian Serbs charged with involvement in the detentions and murders of Bosniaks and Croats in Kotor Varos said that two of them assaulted him.

The head of the Republika Srpska's Representative Office in the US, Obrad Kesic, says Serbs from the mainly Serbian entity in Bosnia should have their own representatives in the parliament in Serbia, the Bosnian newspaper Nezavisne reported on Monday.

More than two decades after it was destroyed by Bosnian Serb forces, the mosque in the village of Daljegosti near Srebrenica was reopened to worshippers.