Bosnia Hertegovina

SARAJEVO The federal government of Bosnia-Herzegovina has declared July 11 a national day of mourning in commemoration of the Srebrenica Massacre. As part of the commemorative activities a mass funeral will be held on Saturday for 500 bodies that have been discovered at a mass grave recently, the government said …

SARAJEVO – Predstavnički dom parlamenta BiH odbio je jučer raspravljati o inicijativi za proglašenje 11. jula danom sjećanja na žrtve genocida u Srebrenici. Poslanik SDA Sadik Ahmetović inicirao je uvrštavanje ove tačke u dnevni red. Poslanici iz SNSD-a, SDS-a i PDP-a bili su suzdržani, zbog čega nije bilo entitetske većine …

SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) High Representative Valentin Inzko urged officials in Mostar on Wednesday (July 8th) to speed up the mayoral election there. The Mostar City Council has met 13 times since the October 5th local elections, but has failed so far to fill the post, as no candidate …

Cyprus objects to non-EU citizens in envoy office; EU set to change powers of special representative. Cyprus is obstructing plans by the EU to reinforce its presence in Bosnia and Herzegovina because it objects to the possible presence of non-EU citizens in the office of the EU Special Representative (EUSR). …

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a 1.57 billion dollar loan to Bosnia and Herzegovina that was stalled over the country’s failure to implement a series of economic measures. The loan, which is intended to mitigate the effects of the global economic crisis on the small nation, was negotiated …

The Hague-based International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, ICTY, yesterday rejected a motion from former Bosnian Serb leader and war crimes indictee Radovan Karadzic to drop war crimes charges against him. The Tribunal determined that regardless whether there was an agreement for immunity from prosecution for Radovan Karadzic, such …

SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Zeljko Komsic, the Croat member of BiH’s tripartite presidency, took over the chairmanship of the institution Monday (July 6th) based on the usual rotation. His term will last eight months. His predecessor was the Serb member of the presidency, Nebojsa Radmanovic.

Sarajevo -Around 2,500 people began a three day Peace March on Wednesday to commemorate the 14th anniversary of Srebrenica massacre. The 111 kilometre long march will end on Saturday at the Memorial Park Potocari near Srebrenica where some 8,000 people were murdered by Bosnian Serb troops in 1995. The march …

Serbian authorities have deported a man wanted by Bosnia for his suspected role in the execution of 23 Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) civilians in the central Bosnian city of Jajce in 1992. Zoran Maric, a former member of the Bosnian Serb army, was extradited on Tuesday on the basis of a …

The chief of Bosnia’s negotiating team for visa liberalisation has told local media that most of the work on fulfillment of conditions for a visa-free regime with the EU could be completed by September this year. Negotiator Samir Rizvo said that among the requirements that remain to be addressed are …