Bosnia Hertegovina

The Hague war crimes tribunal (ICTY) on Friday (February 12th) rejected an appeal of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to fire his court-appointed lawyer. According to the court, the appointment did not violate the legal rights of the defendant. The ICTY appointed British lawyer Richard Harvey to represent Karadzic …

The real reason behind a recent large-scale operation to shut down a radical Wahhabi village in Bosnia has more to do with an ongoing terrorism investigation than official statements about ethnic intolerance and territorial integrity, Anes Alic writes for ISN Security Watch. In massive raid conducted by Bosnian police and …

SARAJEVO Predstavnički dom bh. parlamenta zadužio je jučer Vijeće ministara BiH da do kraja ovog mjeseca napravi akcioni plan za provedbu presude Evropskog suda za ljudska prava iz Strazbura. Akcioni plan podrazumijeva izmjenu Ustava i Izbornog zakona BiH najkasnije do maja ove godine kako bi opšti izbori u oktobru bili …

The parliament of Bosnia’s Serb dominated entity, Republika Srpska, adopted a controversial law on referendum late on Wednesday. The law has been described by the international community as provocative and potentially unconstitutional.

Serbia has agreed to accept the appointment of a new ambassador from Bosnia, ending a three-year diplomatic impasse between the two countries, Bosnia’s foreign ministry has announced. The ministry said in a statement that Belgrade’s approval resulted from a series of trilateral meetings between the foreign ministers of Bosnia, Serbia …

The parliament of Bosnia’s Serb dominated entity, Republika Srpska, will hold a special session on Tuesday to discuss a draft law on referendum in defiance of repeated calls by the international community against the move. The draft law which is to be discussed was submitted to the parliament in January …

European Parliament (EP) rapporteur on visa liberalisation for the Western Balkans Tanja Fajon says BiH has made significant progress in implementing conditions in its EU visa liberalisation road map. In an interview with the Sarajevo-based daily Dnevni Avaz on Sunday (February 7th), Fajon said she expects the country to get …

SARAJEVO Ekspertni timovi Evropske komisije, koji su jučer u BiH započeli provjeru provedbe uslova za ukidanje viza bh. građanima, nisu imali primjedbi na realizaciju uslova, rekao je Samir Rizvo, šef bh. Interresorne radne grupe za liberalizaciju viznog režima. “Predstavnici Evropske komisije zaduženi za oblasti granica, migracija i azila započeli su …

Ministarstvo pravde BiH pripremilo je, a Vijeće ministara BiH i parlament BiH usvojili izmjene Zakona o ministarstvima i drugim organima uprave, kojima je Ured za reviziju svrstan među upravne organizacije. Tim su izmjenama na mala vrata dokinuli nezavisnost ovog ureda.

SARAJEVO Jedini put u sigurnu i prosperitetnu budućnost za BiH su evropske i evroatlantske integracije. Poručili su to jučer senatori Džon Mekejn i Džozef Liberman, koji su predvodili delegaciju Kongresa SAD, koja je boravila u jednodnevnoj posjeti BiH. Naglasili su da BiH mora prestati gubiti vrijeme te krenuti putem jedinstva …