NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen met with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Tuesday (May 25th) to discuss the situations in Turkey and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). “All … shared the view that BiH’s future lies in Euro-Atlantic structures,” Rasmussen told reporters after the meeting.
Read More »Belgrade and Zagreb wanted to divide BiH, according to Ratko Mladic diaries
The Prosecutor’s Office of the war crimes tribunal in The Hague has revealed new excerpts from general Ratko Mladic’s war-time diaries. They make it evident that the Bosnian Serbs and Croats, with the help of the authorities
Read More »EC to Give Visa Go-Ahead for Albania and Bosnia
In its Wednesday meeting, the European Commission is expected to give its approval of the recommendation for lifting the visa regime for citizens of Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina, but there are many more steps to be taken before the countries’ citizens can travel freely in Europe without a visa.
Read More »ICTY Prosecution Wants to Reopen Trial Against 6 Bosnian Croats
The prosecution at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has asked for permission to reopen the trial of six former Bosnian Croat leaders, including Jadranko Prlic, due to possession of new evidence.
Read More »Situation in Bosnia Deteriorating, Top International Envoy Says
Reforms in Bosnia remain stalled due to internal divisions, with Bosnian Serbs growing increasingly defiant of the international community and undermining the peace agreement which ended the country’s 1992-95 war, Bosnia’s top international envoy told the United Nations Security Council on Monday.
Read More »Odbijen zahtjev za smjenu Cikotića
SARAJEVO Parlamentarna komisija za odbranu i sigurnost nije juče prihvatila zahtjev Slobodana Šarabe za smjenu ministra odbrane BiH Selme Cikotića zbog angažiranja pripadnika Oružanih snaga BiH prilikom sahrane Rasima Delića, ratnog zapovjednika Armije RBiH. Delić, kojeg je Haški tribunal nepravosnažno osudio na tri godine zatvora za ratni zločin, sahranjen je …
Read More »Olakšani bijeg
Momir Savić izricanje pravosnažne sudske presude za ratne zločine, kojom je osuđen na 17 godina zatvora, dočekao je na slobodi i van dometa pravosudnih organa BiH. Savić je osuđen za zločine počinjene u Višegradu. Za presudu Suda BiH saznao je prije nego što je ona javno izrečena. Njemu je Sud …
Read More »Sporan početak primjene rezultata popisa
SARAJEVO Parlamentarna komisija usvojila je u petak većinom glasova Nacrt zakona o popisu stanovništva u BiH. Zakon nije dobio podršku većine članova Komisije iz RS, koji su osporili odredbu o primjeni rezultata popisa za izračun etničke strukture vlasti tek po okončanju procesa povratka izbjeglih i raseljenih. Prijedlog je usvojen glasovima …
Read More »Bosnian presidency official expected in Belgrade
Serbian President Boris Tadić will meet on Tuesday in Belgrade with Bosnia-Herzegovina Presidency official Haris Silajdžić. This will be the Bosnian Muslim politician’s first visit to Belgrade since the war in Bosnia began in 1992. Silajdžić announced last week that succession and the fate of the property of Bosnian companies, as …
Read More »Inzko optimistic about Sarajevo conference
High Representative Valentin Inzko said on Sunday (May 23rd) that the June 2nd EU-Western Balkans conference in Sarajevo could be an important turning point for the region. According to him, the EU’s goal is to guarantee stability and prosperity in the Balkans. In an interview with the Zagreb-based daily Vjesnik, …
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