Bosnia Hertegovina

Representatives of all three of Bosnia’s main ethnic groups have essentially rejected the package of demands and incentives proposed by senior EU and US officials ahead of Tuesday’s resumption of negotiations. Local, EU and US officials have reconvened today at the Butmir military base near Sarajevo to discuss the package, …

The Hague Prosecution has submitted its plan for the presentation of evidence in the trial of Radovan Karadzic, from which certain crimes have been removed. As per an order of the Hague Tribunal Chamber, the Prosecution has filed “a revised indictment” against Radovan Karadzic, which contains the counts that will …

A European Parliament, EP, committee supports the call of special rapporteur for visa issues, MEP Tanja Fajon, for the acceleration of visa liberalisation for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Albania, once the two countries meet established criteria. Members of the Committee for Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs also supported Fajon’s …

Evropska unija i SAD vjeruju u uspjeh butmirskog procesa i da će on donijeti konkrete rezultate koji će omogućiti da BiH ne ostane iza ostalih zemalja u procesu proširenja EU, izajvio je Dimitris Kurkulas, šef Delegacije Evropske komisije u BiH. “Nije mi drago niti sam sretan što moram reći da …

After Butmir agreements, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s legislative power should be more effective and it should speed up decision-making process. U.S. Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Charles English, said on Sunday that the package of constitutional changes suggested to Bosnia and Herzegovina by the international community will soon be handed over …

Three former envoys to Bosnia have issued a joint statement critiquing the latest EU-US effort to end the country’s political crisis and proposing a new international approach. The statement was issued by Wolfgang Petritsch, Paddy Ashdown and Christian Schwarz-Schilling, who served as high representatives to Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1999 …

Bosnia-Herzegovina has been elected as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for the period 2010-2011, says UN General Assembly President Ali Treki. Brazil, Gabon, Liberia and Nigeria have also become non-permanent members.

The UN General Assembly has elected Bosnia and Herzegovina a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, UNSC, to the delight of local officials. The country’s election is “The biggest achievement of Bosnia and Herzegovina foreign policy since independence in 1992,” boasted the main headline in Friday’s edition of Sarajevo …

BiH do kraja godine treba da napravi male korake u ustavnoj reformi, što je jedan od ciljeva butmirskog procesa, izjavio je juče Lars Vahland, zamjenik direktora za politička pitanja u Ministarstvu vanjskih poslova Švedske, zemlje koja trenutno predsjedava EU. “Bosna i Hercegovina mora imati efikasan sistem odlučivanja zato je potrebno …

BiH je postigla mali napredak u ispunjenju uslova za pridruživanje EU, a politička klima se pogoršala, navodi se u jučer objavljenom godišnjem izvještaju o napretku BiH ka EU. Izvještaj o napretku predsjedavajućem Vijeća ministara BiH Nikoli Špiriću uručio je šef Delegacije EK u BiH Dimitris Kurkulas.