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BRUSSELS. Belgium EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn warned that Bosnia and Herzegovina’s (BiH) has to speed up EU-related reforms in order not to hurt its EU accession prospects in a meeting with Foreign Minister Sven Alkalaj in Brussels on Friday (May 15th) the country.
Read More »Bosnia Asks Interpol to Cancel Serbia Warrant
Bosnian Ministry of Security has asked Interpol to call off international arrest warrants reportedly issued by Serbia against a number of former Bosnian leaders who Belgrade accuses of being involved in an attack on Yugoslav Army soldiers in 1992. Serbian authorities opened up an investigation into the so-called “Dobrovoljacka street” …
Read More »Bosnian Serbs Leaders Challenge Top Envoy, US
Bosnia’s new top international envoy, High Representative Valentin Inzko, faces his biggest challenge so far as Bosnian Serb leaders grouped together to demand he stop using his governing powers. The challenge was issued at a session of the Assembly of the Serb-dominated Bosnian entity of Republika Srpska, which on Thursday …
Read More »Work of Bosnian State Government Suspended
Work of the Bosnian and Herzegovina state government, the Council of Ministers, has been suspended until further notice, due to the ongoing disputes over which ethnic group will nominate the country’s new top negotiator with the EU, media reported on Friday. “The Council of Ministers will not hold sessions until …
Read More »Blokada dok ne budu riješena imenovanja
Author: Mirza Čubro SARAJEVO Vijeće ministara BiH neće zasjedati dok se ne riješi problem imenovanja direktora Direkcije za evropske integracije BiH. “Prekinuli smo sjednicu tokom rasprave o imenovanju direktora Direkcije za evropske integracije BiH. Dva člana Komisije za izbor direktora ove direkcije, koji dolaze iz bošnjačkog naroda, podnijela su ostavke. …
Read More »Živković: Potrebno anketirati građane, Džaferović: Ne igrajte se integritetom BiH
Author: Mirza Čubro SARAJEVO Zamjenik predsjedavajućeg Predstavničkog doma parlamenta BiH Milorad Živković na jučerašnjoj sjednici predložio je pa potom povukao inicijativu za anketiranje građana BiH o “želji, volji i spremnosti da žive zajedno”. “Postoje prevelika očekivanja od ustavnih promjena u BiH, što nas čini nemoćnima da ih napravimo. Potrebno je …
Read More »Bosnian Serbs Leaders Challenge Top Envoy, US
Bosnia’s new top international envoy, High Representative Valentin Inzko, faces his biggest challenge so far as Bosnian Serb leaders grouped together to demand he stop using his governing powers. The challenge was issued at a session of the Assembly of the Serb-dominated Bosnian entity of Republika Srpska, which on Thursday …
Read More »US Congress Bosnia Resolution Triggers Disputes
The US Congress Wednesday passed a resolution on Bosnia and Herzegovina, calling for an appointment of a new US special envoy and continued constitutional reform in the troubled country. The prospect of renewed US focus on the country has sparked immediate reactions within Bosnia, and threatens to trigger a fresh …
Read More »Incko neće tolerisati blokade
Author: Mirza Čubro SARAJEVO Visoki predstavnik međunarodne zajednice za BiH Valentin Incko u jučerašnjem obraćanju parlamentu BiH upozorio je vlasti BiH da neće tolerisati blokiranje puta zemlje u EU i zatražio da prestanu raditi suprotno interesima građana. “Kao specijalni predstavnik EU nastojat ću da savjetima pomognem da usvojite potrebne reforme. …
Read More »Loss of Srebrenica Victims’ Possessions Shocks Families
Relatives of those massacred in 1995 are dismayed by reports that their loved ones’ exhumed possessions may since have been destroyed without their permission. Families of the men and boys killed in Srebrenica are in uproar over claims that personal things taken by ICTY investigators from mass graves located in …
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