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During his visit to Bosnia Herzegovina, Sutanovac said that the past cannot be forgotten, but more can be done for a better future. The defence ministers of Serbia and Bosnia Herzegovina, Dragan Sutanovac and Selmo Cikotic, announced on Wednesday in Sarajevo the possibility of strengthening the cooperation of the two …
Read More »BiH House of Representatives approves constitutional amendments
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) – The House of Representatives adopted the proposed constitutional amendments on Wednesday (March 25th) regarding the Brcko District’s status.
Read More »SDP files no-confidence motion against FBiH cabinet
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) – The Social Democratic Party (SDP) filed a no-confidence motion against the cabinet of the Federation of BiH (FBiH) on Wednesday (March 25th), citing the aggravated economic situation as a cause for the motion. Several smaller parties are expected to support the proposal. The Dnevni …
Read More »UN Security Council approves Inzko’s appointment as high representative in BiH
NEW YORK, United States – The UN Security Council on Wednesday (March 25th) unanimously approved the appointment of Austrian diplomat Valentin Inzko as the new high representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH).
Read More »Bosnia’s New Envoy Starts Work, OHR Stays
The new head of the Office of the High Representative, OHR, and EU Special Representative, Austria’s Valentin Inzko, officially took up his challenging position from the outgoing Miroslav Lajcak on Thursday. “I fully appreciate the responsibility and importance of this new role,” 59-year-old Inzko said at a joint press conference …
Read More »Bosnian Orthodox Priest Charged for Pedophilia
The Office of the Public Prosecutor in Bosnia’s northern district of Brcko, has pressed charges against a local Bosnian Serb Orthodox priest, who is accused of sexually abusing two underage girls, local media reported on Thursday. The priest was charged after police investigated the case for more than a year. …
Read More »Western Powers Debate Bosnia’s Future
Representatives from the EU, the US, and Russia among others are meeting in Sarajevo, where they are expected to debate the international community’s future role in Bosnia and Herzegovina and confirm the country’s new top international envoy. The conference of the Peace Implementation Council started in the Bosnian capital on …
Read More »Bosnia Court Jails Two Bosnian Serbs For Warcrimes
Krsto Savic, 49, the ex-police chief in the town of Gacko, was sentenced to 20 years for killing, detention, forcible transfer and torture. Bosnia’s war crimes court jailed two Bosnian Serb wartime policemen on Tuesday for 20 years and five years for persecution of non-Serbs in southeastern Bosnia early in …
Read More »Constitutional commission backs amendment on BiH’s Brcko District
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) – The parliament’s constitutional commission approved the draft amendment regarding the status of the Brcko District on Monday (March 23rd). According to the bill, the district’s legal status, as defined by a binding arbitration process that took place from 1996 to 1999, will be protected …
Read More »Western Powers to Debate Bosnia’s Future
Representatives from the EU, US, Russia among others are meeting in Sarajevo where they are expected to debate the international community’s future role in Bosnia and confirm the country’s new top international envoy. “The main focus of my mandate will be aimed at fulfillment of conditions for the closure of …
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