Bosnia Hertegovina

OHR reacts to RS govt. conclusions on Srebrenica

The Office of the High Representative (OHR) said the final RS government conclusions represent another outrageous attempt to deny the Srebrenica genocide. OHR said that the government in Banja Luka deliberately distorted determined historical and legal facts by presenting wrong and false information with the intention

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Croatian President Ivo Josipović and Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor have met

Croatian President Ivo Josipović and Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor have met after a period of high tension in the past several days. The government’s brief announcement issued in Zagreb stated only that Kosor and Josipović had met and talked about “current topics in the country and agreed on further cooperation”.

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EU Parliament member: Lifting visa requirements for BiH by December 19

The liberalization of the visa regime with the EU is likely to enter into force at the end of the year, EU Parliament member Jelko Kacin said. “I think it is right to say that lifting visa requirements for Bosnia and Herzegovina might enter into force on December 19

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Delić sahranjen uz najviše vojne počasti

SARAJEVO Rasim Delić, bivši komandant Armije RBiH, sahranjen je u ponedjeljak u šehidskom mezarju Kovači u Sarajevu. Dženazi, koju je predvodio reis-ul-ulema Islamske zajednice u BiH Mustafa efendija Cerić, prisustvovalo je nekoliko hiljada građana, među kojima su, između ostalih, bili predsjedavajući Predsjedništva BiH Haris Silajdžić te čelnici parlamenta BiH, Vijeća …

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Vienna hosts conference on BiH constitutional changes

A two-day international conference on constitutional changes in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) ended in Vienna on Saturday (April 17th), Bosnian media reported on Sunday. Participants agreed that the constitution should be amended in accordance with a recent ruling by the European Court of Human Rights

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Deblokada uslovljena konsenzusom

Sjednice međudržavnih vijeća BiH i Srbije, odnosno BiH i Hrvatske vjerovatno neće biti održane do kraja mandata aktuelnog saziva Predsjedništva BiH zbog neslaganja unutar kolektivnog šefa države Bosne i Hercegovine. Predsjedavajući Predsjedništva BiH Haris Silajdžić protivi se održavanju sjednice Međudržavnog vijeća sa Srbijom, opravdavajući taj potez riječima da je Srbija …

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Bosnian FM: Belgrade-Sarajevo Relations Stagnating

Bosnian Foreign Minister Sven Alkalaj has characterized bilateral relations between Sarajevo and Belgrade as oscillating considerably, but generally facing a state of stagnation. Alkalaj said that concrete progress in improving relations between the two countries depended on the state of political cooperation.

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Seselj Contempt of Court Trial to Resume at ICTY

Vojislav Seselj is scheduled to appear once again in the contempt of court case before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY. The hearing is scheduled for April 20. Seselj, the leader of the Serb Radical Party, SRS, is currently on trial for war crimes committed in Bosnia …

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Inzko says BiH’s visa liberalisation may be delayed

High Representative Valentin Inzko said on Saturday (April 17th) that BiH’s EU visa liberalisation process may be delayed by three or four months, beyond the summer timeframe. “Some were hoping, including myself, that this will happen on July 1st, in the beginning of the holiday season,” Inzko told Deutsche Welle. …

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