Serbia’s Parliament will debate drafts of two resolutions for condemning war crimes committed during the wars on the territory of the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s. One will condemn the crimes committed against Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims) in Srebrenica, and the other will condemn all other war crimes.
Read More »Brussels Tells Bosnians They Need to Coexist
The EU’s newly appointed foreign minister Catherine Ashton expressed her support behind international efforts to stabilise Bosnia, noting that there is no other choice but for the differing communities to live together. At her parliamentary hearing in front of MEPs Ashton noted that: “They can have as many referendums as …
Read More »Ne koriste usluge najpovoljnijeg mobilnog operatora
Državne institucije u ovoj godini potrošit će oko 10,5 miliona KM za telefonske i poštanske usluge, a gotovo nijedna institucija na javnom natječaju nije izabrala najpovoljnijeg mobilnog operatera iako značajan dio ovih troškova otpada na račune za službene mobitele. “Dva su problema u vezi s telefonskom uslugama. Na ovoj stavci …
Read More »Dodik: Referendum on support for Dayton Agreement
Republic of Srpska (RS) Milorad Dodik said that a referendum will be held in the first half of 2010 on support for the Dayton Agreement. He said that the RS government is working on a referendum law for asking the people of the entity “do you support the Dayton Agreement …
Read More »OHR in warning over RS independence referendum
The Office of the High Representative (OHR) in Bosnia says a referendum on independence of the Republic of Srpska (RS) would violate the Dayton agreement. The 1992-95 war in Bosnia-Herzegovina ended with the peace deal, and organized the country into two entities: the Serb RS, and the Muslim-Croat Federation. “The …
Read More »Različito evidentiraju izvoz oružja
Ministarstvo vanjske trgovine i ekonomskih odnosa BiH u 2008. godini izdalo je dozvole za izvoz naoružanja i vojne opreme u vrijednosti od oko 116 miliona KM (58 miliona eura), a Uprava za indirektno oporezivanje BiH u istoj godini evidentirala je izvoz municije i naoružanja u vrijednosti od oko 42 miliona …
Read More »Memorial for Serb victims in eastern Bosnia
A memorial service in the village of Kravica, near Bratunac, in eastern Bosnia, today marked the 17th anniversary of the 1993 massacre of 49 Serb villagers. The Bosnian Muslim forces from Srebrenica, led by Naser Orić, attacked the village in January 1993, to kill the villagers and burn their homes.
Read More »Serbia – Police arrest war crimes suspect
Police have arrested a man, Darko Jankovic, for suspected war crimes against civilians committed during the Bosnian conflict, war crimes prosecution office spokesman Bruno Vekaric announced on Sunday (January 3rd). Vekaric said Jankovic is wanted for the 1992 killings of 19 civilians near the town of Zvornik, as well as …
Read More »Solana says Albania, BiH to join Schengen soon
Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) will soon join the Schengen zone, former EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said. Solana stressed that regional co-operation and peace in the Balkans are critical to the region, and added that its prospects lie not in division but in European integration. He also …
Read More »“Bosnia could turn to Palestine in heart of Europe” – Stjepan Mesić
Outgoing Croatian President Stjepan Mesić said that there will be negative effects if Bosnia-Herzegovina falls apart. He stated that should the Serb entity, RS, break away, Bosnia’s Croats – who currently form the second entity, the Muslim-Croat Federation – “would do the same”, with all this turning what would remain …
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