Bosnia Hertegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina continues to stagnate politically mainly because of politicians’ reluctance to compromise and engage in dialogue, as wells as their tendency to abuse the system, even as State institutions face functional and economic pressure that has undermined their efficiency, the UN Security Council heard on Tuesday. 

Wartime Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic on Monday asked the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia for a one- month pause in his trial to prepare his case against charges of genocide in the eastern town of Srebrenica in July 1995.

Bosnia’s High Representative has accused the country’s political leaders of causing stagnation, according to local media reports. Valentin Inzko says in a report to be submitted to the United Nations on November 15 that the leaders of Bosnia’s six political parties are to blame for failing to adopt a budget …

Bosnian police today detained a Bosnian Serb ex-police commander suspected of having ordered the murder of 10 Muslim civilians at the start of the 1992-95 siege of Sarajevo, prosecutors said.

The Hague Tribunal has convicted Vojislav Seselj, leader of the Serbian Radical Party, of contempt of court and sentenced him to one-and-a-half years prison for disclosing the identity of a protected witness during his trial for war crimes committed in Croatia, Vojvodina and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

An initial hearing has concluded against Mevlid Jasarevic, who opened fire on the US embassy in Sarajevo last Friday. The hearing on Sunday is the first step in the prosecution of Jasarevic, who opened fire on

A delegation of the NATO parliamentary assembly, led by Lord Michael Jopling, has expressed their concern about the political situation in Bosnia, which has been unable to form a new government more than one year after general elections were held.

Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Uzbekistan with a residence in Moscow Zeljko Janjetovic handed over credentials addressed to Uzbek President Islam Karimov to the Foreign Ministry, the ministry reported. During the meeting at the ministry, the sides discussed the Uzbek-Bosnian

Witness due to speak about persecution of Bosniaks and Croats during course of Bosnian war in 1992. The trial of the former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic before the Hague Tribunal has continued with the examination of a protected prosecution witness behind closed doors.

The European Union’s military mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina is to be drastically reduced in size, the bloc’s foreign ministers agreed on Monday. The EU’s Althea mission currently has about 1,300 troops at its disposal – 30 per cent less than what is foreseen in its operational mandate – diplomats …