Bosnia Hertegovina

The latest International Crisis Group report  released on Tuesday states that EU should take the leading role in BiH this year, allowing the Office of the High Representative to withdraw from domestic politics and focus on reviewing past decisions. 

A joint committee of the Republika Srpska (RS) parliament and the Council of Peoples on Tuesday (January 11th) failed to reach a compromise over a decision by the Bosniak caucus to block the appointment of the

The European Union is urging Bosnian political leaders to speed up the creation the ruling coalition following October 2010 general elections, saying that the adoption of a national census law should be the new government’s top priority. EU officials have repeatedly warned Bosnia that the failure to hold a national …

The main Serb parties, the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats and the Serb Democratic Party, the two main Croat parties HDZ BiH and HDZ 1990, as well

Marking the 19th anniversary of the autonomy of Bosnia’s Serb-dominated entity, Republika Srpska, entity President Milorad Dodik took the opportunity to warn on national television that Bosnian Serbs would not allow any further decentralization, which is necessary for EU integration. He described Bosnia-Herzegovina as a ‘divided society’ that ‘is in …

Foreign Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sven Alkalaj is set to visit Azerbaijan on Jan.12-13. During the visit, he will meet with Azerbaijani Prime Minister Artur Rasizade, Economic

Bosnian police have arrested Croatian citizen Tihomir Purdi, who is wanted in Serbia on war crimes charges. Purdi was arrested on an Interpol warrant

High Representative Valentin Inzko suspended a law Wednesday (January 5th) on the status of state property in Republika Srpska (RS), in a bid to avoid any legal uncertainty over ownership, pending a final decision on

The decision of the tripartite Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina to have its UN ambassador chair an upcoming topic session of the UN Security Council is perhaps inappropriate, but not unexpected. Traditionally, these topic sessions are led by a country’s foreign minister (or an official of a similar ranking), and the Bosnian …

The village of Kravice, in eastern Bosnia, held on Wednesday a memorial service to mark 18 years since the murder of 49 of its villagers. The Bosnian Muslim forces commanded by Naser Orić killed the