Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said that Bosnia’s internal stability is has a direct impact on the peace and stability of the Balkans. On Friday in Sarajevo, Davutoglu stated during a joint press conference
Read More »Austria, Slovenia pledge support for Bosnia’s NATO integration
Bosnian FM Zlatko Lagumdzija said he hopes for positive results after NATO summit in Chicago this month. Austrian Minister for European and International Affairs, said in a joint press conference with Slovenian and Bosnian FMs that his country will support Bosnia’s efforts to complete its reforms. Slovenian Foreign Minister, agreed. “Bosnia …
Read More »Karadzic says there was no genocide in Bosnia
Radovan Karadzic said there was no genocide against Muslims in Bosnia. He explained that there had been no genocide since 2.6 percent of the Muslim
Read More »Bosnia: first woman convicted for 1993 war crimes
Sarajevo: A Bosnian Muslim former soldier on Monday became the first woman to be convicted of war crimes by a local court after pleading guilty to killing Croat civilians and prisoners during the 1990s war.
Read More »Bosnian FM pledges to implement ECHR ruling
On April 25 in Strasbourg, Bosnian Foreign Minister, Zlatko Lagumdzija, expressed hope and commitment that the country would soon implement the 2009 European Court of Human Rights, ECHR, ruling, which says Bosnia must change its constitution to allow ethnic minorities to run for top posts.
Read More »Stefan Fule urged for Bosnian summit in Brussels on EU tasks
Fule said in Sarajevo on April 24 that Bosnian politicians should come to Brussels and sort out a programme of coordination of EU-related issues. He said agreement was needed between all
Read More »Croatia and Bosnia to seek solutions for bilateral disputes
Croatian and Bosnian officials on April 24 exchanged views on a range of outstanding issues, ranging from the Neum corridor to the port of Ploce and EU-standard border checkpoints. Croatian officials on Tuesday presented Bosnia’s Foreign Ministry
Read More »Borislav Mikelic set for retrial
Borislav Mikelic will be retried at the request of his lawyer after being sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in 1993 in absentia. A pretrial hearing will be held on April 23
Read More »Bosnia begins trial of eight Muslims for war crimes
Eight Bosnian Muslim wartime officials went on trial on Thursday accused of the torture and abuse of Serbs in detention camps near the Serb-besieged capital Sarajevo, 20 years after the start of the 1992-95 war.
Read More »Bosnia adopts budget seeking IMF deal on next month
Bosnia’s central government approved the budget for 2012 on Wednesday as the country seeks talks next month with IMF on a new loan deal. The adoption of the budget was delayed so far because misunderstandings of Serb, Croat and Muslim leaders.
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