Bosnia Hertegovina

Police on Friday (February 26th) arrested three people suspected of involvement in the systematic execution of thousands of Muslims in Srebrenica during the 1992-1995 conflict in BiH. The chief prosecution announced that Vlastimir Golijan, 35, Zoran Goronja, 38, and Stanko Savanovic, 42 — all former soldiers in the Bosnian Serb …

BiH Foreign Minister Sven Alkalaj said on Friday that his country will submit its EU membership application by the end of this year. The statement came after a meeting with EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele in Brussels. Alkalaj said BiH cannot afford any further delays on the road to the …

The Peace Implementation Council (PIC) Steering Board is dissatisfied with BiH’s failure to meet conditions needed to turn the Office of the High Representative (OHR) into a EU Special Representative (EUSR) office. This news came Thursday from High Representative Valentin Inzko.

SARAJEVO Tranzicija Ureda visokog predstavnika međunarodne zajednice u Ured specijalnog predstavnika EU za BiH neće biti realizirana prije oktobarskih općih izbora, jer domaće vlasti nisu ispunile postavljene uslove i ciljeve. Potvrdio je to jučer Valentin Incko, visoki predstavnik međunarodne zajednice za BiH, nakon okončanog dvodnevnog zasjedanja Upravnog odbora Vijeća za …

SARAJEVO Jedinstvena BiH nema alternativu a njen teritorijalni integritet je uslov bez kojeg se ne može govoriti o učvršćivanju stabilnosti regije. Izjavio je ovo jučer Milo Đukanović, premijer Crne Gore, govoreći na forumu Bošnjačkog instituta posvećenom evroatlantskim perspektivama. Đukanović je istakao da dijeli stav SAD kada je u pitanju BiH …

The EU foreign ministers yesterday extended the mandates of most special representatives worldwide, including Bosnia and Herzegovina’s (BiH) Valentin Inzko. His was due to expire next week. The EU justice and interior ministers are expected to extend Pieter Feith’s mandate as EU special representative to Kosovo by another six months …

Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) deputies in the parliament of Bosnia’s Serb dominated part Republika Srpska have vetoed a referendum law adopted by the region’s parliament earlier in February, declaring it to be in violation of their community’s “vital national interests”. The chairman of the Bosniak caucus in the Republika Srpska parliament …

Bosnia and Herzegovina is due this month to annul one of the biggest post-war legal absurdities with Croatia and Serbia by signing agreements that will finally allow the punishment of convicted criminals holding dual citizenship, Anes Alic writes for ISN Security Watch. A number of people suspected of or indicted …

Croatia’s new president, Ivo Josipovic, said on Friday (February 19th) that any possible referendum on the independence of Bosnian Serbs would not affect the current structure of neighbouring BiH. Republika Srprka (RS) cannot change the current situation unilaterally, Josipovic said, adding that even if Bosnian Serbs hold a referendum, it …

Zapadni Balkan je glavni prioritet spoljne politike za EU i srećna sam što posjećujem region na jednom od mojih prvih putovanja u inostranstvo kao visoka predstavnica EU”, izjavila je u pisanom intervjuu za “Nezavisne novine” šef diplomatije Evropske unije Ketrin Ešton uoči svog dolaska u Sarajevo. Kako je juče najavljeno, …