The Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) religious leadership and media and many European officials and politicians warn that the EU’s visa-liberalisation plan could lead to the radicalisation of Muslims in Europe and seriously destabilize the entire region. “Bosniaks feel squeezed into a corner from which they do not see a way out. …
Read More »Srebrenica: The Same Old Lines
Genocide, mass graves, excavations, bags of bones, endless burials, denials despite the facts, politics and a general lack of humanity continue to characterize the annual 11 July Srebrenica memorial services, Anes Alic comments for ISN Security Watch. The bulk of news on Bosnia in the western media since the war …
Read More »Bosnia: Tensions over Murder of Muslim Radical
Tensions are running high in Mostar, in southern Bosnia and Herzegovina, following the murder of a member of a local radical Muslim Wahhabi sect. “The town is still tense,” Mostar journalist Mirsad Behram told Balkan Insight on Monday. Local police are continuing their investigation into the incident, which took place …
Read More »BiH’s security minister sacked
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Prime Minister Nikola Spiric decided on Friday (July 17th) to dismiss Security Minister Tarik Sadovic, the government announced. Earlier this week, Bosniak Party of Democratic Action (SDA) asked for Sadovic’s replacement after he refused to step down. The party sought the minister’s removal due to …
Read More »Bosnia: Suffering the Status Quo
As the European Commission moves to adopt visa liberalization for the Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia, leaving out Albania and Bosnia, it is fair enough to criticize the EU for major political blunders and possibly Muslim ghettoization, but in the end, the Bosnian government should be severely taken to task for …
Read More »Zarada i do 300 KM po riješenom predmetu
SARAJEVO Predsjedavajući disciplinskih komisija Agencije za državnu službu BiH po jednom riješenom predmetu dobijat će 300 KM, dok članovi imaju pravo na naknadu od po 200 KM. Regulisano je ovo odlukom Vijeća ministara BiH, koje je u četvrtak usvojilo set odluka o visini naknada za članstvo u komisijama i upravnim …
Read More »Špirić smijenio Sadovića
SARAJEVO Predsjedavajući Vijeća ministara BiH smijenio je jučer ministra sigurnosti BiH Tarika Sadovića na zahtjev rukovodstva SDA, koja je odlazećeg ministra i nominirala na ovu funkciju, potvrdili su u Špirićevom kabinetu. Sulejman Tihić, predsjednik SDA, potvrdio je da je obaviješten o Sadovićevoj smjeni.
Read More »Špirić smijenio Sadovića
SARAJEVO Predsjedavajući Vijeća ministara BiH smijenio je jučer ministra sigurnosti BiH Tarika Sadovića na zahtjev rukovodstva SDA, koja je odlazećeg ministra i nominirala na ovu funkciju, potvrdili su u Špirićevom kabinetu.
Read More »Bosnia: Political Rows Hinder Reform
Representatives of Bosnia’s top five political parties have agreed to speed up reforms required to win a green light for EU visa liberalisation and close the doors of the international community’s Office of the High Representative, OHR. The atmosphere of the Thursday evening meeting was tense and characterized by back-and-forth …
Read More »Problem zvani BiH
Građani BiH još će najmanje godinu stajati u redovima pred stranim ambasadama kako bi dobili vize za putovanje u zemlje EU. Tako je u srijedu saopćila, a mnogo ranije odlučila EK. Šefovi vlada Evropske unije smatraju kako su Srbija, Crna Gora i Makedonija uradile više od BiH i Albanije, te …
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