Bosnia Hertegovina

SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Former Bosnian Serb leader Momcilo Krajisnik arrived in Pale on Monday (June 22nd) to see his family. The Hague war crimes tribunal granted him three days to visit his ill mother. In March, Krajisnik was sentenced to 20 years in prison for war crimes committed …

The recent visit of Serbian President Boris Tadic to Banja Luka, the seat of the Bosnian Serb leadership, continues to draw strong criticism from other Bosnian leaders. “Tadic is reneging on the Dayton agreement,” leader of the strongest Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) Party of Democratic Action, SDA, Sulejman Tihic, said in …

Serbian President Boris Tadic has issued a strong statement of support for the Bosnian Serb leadership in a joint condemnation of Bosnia’s top western envoy, who has moved to abolish a Bosnian Serb declaration challenging his powers. Bosnian Serb leaders continue to contemplate their response to Bosnia’s High Representative Valentin …

The International Monetary Fund, IMF, has put on hold Bosnia’s €1.2 billion stand-by arrangement after the country failed to implement the agreed cuts to its ‘excessive’ public spending. The next round of negotiations could start in September, but only if Bosnia and Herzegovina goes back to the initial agreement and …

SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana voiced full support Sunday (June 21st) for High Representative Valentin Inzko’s decision to annul a resolution passed by Republika Srpska’s (RS) parliament. It obliged entity institutions and officials to oppose any future transfer of power to BiH.

Bosnia is facing growing criticism from the EU and its neighbours over a new protectionist law that would tax agricultural products, media in the region reported over the weekend. Despite strong advice and warning from the EU, neighbouring countries and its own government, the Bosnian parliament adopted the controversial law …

Author: Mirza Čubro Svaki pojedinac u BiH u proteklih 14 godina bar je jednom doživio diskriminaciju. Postoje oni koji, primjerice, nisu mogli dobiti posao zbog vjerskog opredjeljenja, nacionalnosti, pola… U oči bode činjenica da su pripadnici manjinskih naroda diskriminirani u dijelovima zemlje u kojima su dobri poslovi, kvalitetni projekti rezervirani …

Author: Mirza Čubro SARAJEVO – Popis stanovništva u BiH neće biti održan 2011. godine kako je to planirano jer će ministri SDA u Vijeću ministara BiH i poslanici ove stranke u parlamentu BiH glasati protiv zakona o popisu, tvrdi Sulejman Tihić, predsjednik SDA. “Revidirana strategija provedbe Aneksa 7 Dejtonskog mirovnog …

SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) The EU said on Friday (June 19th) that BiH has violated its commitments under the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) by adopting a controversial law on customs duties, media reported. On Thursday, parliament endorsed the bill, which imposes higher duties on nearly 1,000 items, …

AutHor: Mirza Čubro SARAJEVO – Vijeće ministara BiH utvrdilo je jučer Prijedlog izmjena Zakona o plaćama, kojim se osnovica za obračun plaće smanjuje sa sadašnjih 535 KM na 498. Izmjenama će plaće biti snižene u rasponu od 40 do 400 KM, usvojenim prijedlogom se i naknade za topli obrok smanjuju, …