Srebrenica

Former commander of Muslim units in Srebrenica and former Hague indictee Naser Oric will be extradited to Bosnia-Herzegovina, N1 is reporting.

The decision was made under shortened procedure, the federal justice office of Switzerland has confirmed for this outlet.

The rapporteur for Bosnia has said that the European parliament "decided for now" to mark the anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre only with a debate.

Passing a resolution at this time would not be helpful for Bosnia-Herzegovina and the region, said Cristian Dan Preda.

A sudden decision by the Republika Srpska (RS) education ministry to instruct all primary schools in the entity to officially change the name of one of Bosnia's three constituent languages from 'Bosnian' to 'Bosniak' has triggered strong reactions in the ethnically-divided country.

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has said he "will see" whether he will go to Srebrenica next month to attend commemorations there.

Minister Zorana Mihajlovic supported a draft resolution on Srebrenica during a cabinet meeting last week, writes a paper.

According to the Belgrade-based Danas, Jadranka Joksimovic did the same, "but then withdrew her vote and abstained."

The committee organising the 20th anniversary commemoration of the 1995 massacres said on Tuesday that it will postpone the planned July 11 ceremony until Oric, the wartime Bosnian Army commander in Srebrenica, is released from detention in Switzerland.

Unless wartime commander of Muslims in Srebrenica Naser Oric has been released by June 30, the Srebrenica commemoration will be postponed.

This was confirmed by President of the Mothers of Srebrenica Association Hatidza Mehmedovic and by the organizing committee set up to mark this event, the Tanjug agency has reported.

The public debate about a proposed resolution on Srebrenica "shows how difficult it is to establish a common interpretation of history in the Western Balkans."

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu will pay a one-day visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina next month to attend memorial ceremonies marking the 20th anniversary of the massacre in Srebrenica, in which Bosnian Serbs killed nearly 8,000 Muslims during the 1992-95 war.

The Serbian authorities wrote to the permanent members of the UN Security Council, saying that a proposed resolution condemning the Srebrenica genocide would cause destabilisation in the region.