Bosnia Hertegovina

A Bosnian Serb wanted by Republika Srpska (RS) authorities for war crimes against civilians has been arrested in Georgia. BiH Justice Ministry official Jusuf Halilagic said that Sasa Lipovac, 40, is in custody pending extradition. The RS Supreme Court issued an arrest warrant for Lipovac in 2008 after he failed …

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said on Saturday (January 30th) that Western Balkan countries have made significant progress and are moving fast along their road to EU integration.Bildt acknowledged some open issues in the region, but said the situation is nevertheless much better than in the last six months of …

Persons who are convicted in Bosnia and Herzegovina will no longer be able to escape to neighbouring countries, and criminals who flee to Bosnia will not be able to dodge justice, according to an agreement adopted on Thursday. The agreement was adopted by the Bosnian tripartite Presidency on January 28 …

Ustavom BiH je precizirano da se odluka o ulasku BiH u NATO donosi na državnom, a ne na entitetskom nivou, istakao je Džozef Mekmilan, pomoćnik zamjenika ministra odbrane SAD, komentarišući mogućnost da se građani BiH na referendumu izjasne o ulasku zemlje u NATO. “Koliko mi je poznato, važeći ustav BiH …

The trail of former Republic of Srpska president Radovan Karadžić will restart on March 1, according to presiding Judge O-Gon Kwon. The decision for continuing the process was also an answer to the verbal demand of Karadžić, who is defending himself, to postpone the trial again, claiming that he has …

70.5% of Kosovo citizens think the declaration of the independence is a good decision while 63.8% of Serbs think they will never recognize Kosovo’s independence.  9.7% of the Serbs think Serbia will recognize Kosovo but it will not happen in the next five years.

SARAJEVO Tužilaštvo BiH uskoro bi podizanjem optužnice protiv Sefera Halilovića i još 12 osoba iz Ministarstva za izbjeglice FBiH trebalo okončati gotovo četiri godine dugu istragu o zloupotrebama prilikom nabavke građevinskog materijala za obnovu povratničkih kuća, potvrdio je sagovornik “Nezavisnih” uključen u ovu istragu.

Međunarodna konferencija ili šira diskusija posvećena situaciji u BiH, čije je održavanje preporučila Parlamentarna skupština Vijeća Evrope, vjerovatno neće biti održana u ovoj godini, procjenjuju predstavnici većine političkih stranaka u BiH. “Rezolucija koju je u utorak usvojila Parlamentarna skupština Vijeća Evrope kojom se, između ostalog, sugerira organizovanje široke rasprave o …

The European Union enlargement commissioner Olli Rehn urged Bosnian authorities to adopt a census law, warning that a failure to do so could affect the country’s position in the international community. “The lack of a census in 2011 would be unfortunate for Bosnia and Herzegovina in terms of its EU …

Stranka za BiH uputila je jučer u parlamentarnu proceduru amandmane na Ustav BiH kojima se predlaže da Predsjedništvo BiH ima četiri člana, umjesto sadašnja tri, te formiranje i četvrtog kluba u Domu naroda parlamenta BiH. Na ove funkcije bili bi birani kandidati iz reda ostalih, a Stranka za BiH amandmanima …