Bosnia Hertegovina

The defence of Rasim Delic and the Hague Prosecution are presenting their appeals to the first instance verdict, under which the former Bosnian Army commander was sentenced to three years in prison. “I must tell you that I had confidence in this Court and I supported it with my work,” …

Komisija za odbranu i sigurnost parlamenta BiH trebalo bi da raspravlja o zakonitosti odluke direktora Državne agencije za istrage i zaštitu BiH da policajca pod istragom za ratne zločine rasporedi na dužnost načelnika Odjela za zaštitu svjedoka u SIPA. Raspravu o ovoj odluci direktora SIPA Mirka Lujića na jednoj od …

Vlada Federacije BiH najavila je realizaciju deset milijardi KM vrijednih projekata u elektroenergetskom sektoru. Federalni premijer i ministar industrije, energetike i rudarstva, koji potiču iz dvije bratske, ali zaraćene stranke, udružili su snage i javnosti poručili da slijedi gradnja nekoliko termoelektrana i hidroelektrana. Lijepo zvuči, ali… Gradnja elektroenergetskih objekata svakako …

Due to a lack of political agreement there haven’t been any reforms Bosnia in the past three years, High International Representative Valentin Inzko says. Those reforms, the Austrian diplomat added, could have made Bosnia-Herzegovina a more functional state. At the meeting of the EU political directors in Madrid, Inzko said …

Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić and his Turkish and Bosnian counterparts Ahmet Davutoglu and Sven Alkalaj will meet today in Belgrade. The meeting will be the fourth regular monthly meeting of the three foreign ministers. 

One year after the European Parliament adopted a resolution condemning and commemorating the genocide committed in Srebrenica in 1995, politicians in Bosnia’s Serb-dominated entity of Republika Srpska remain reluctant to consider taking a similar move. Serbia’s President Boris Tadic is urging Serbia’s Parliament to adopt a resolution condemning the massacre, …

Dragan Jokic, sentenced for crimes committed in Srebrenica in 1995, should be released from prison in Austria by mid February, while seven former high ranking military and police officers await their verdict for crimes committed in the Bosnian Serb enclave. The decision to release Jokic was made by the International …

As Jewish and Roma officials win a major victory in Strasbourg against Bosnian constitutional discrimination, which should pave the way for the ‘Others’ to participate in government, recent history indicates that the Court’s decision is unlikely to be implemented, Anes Alic writes for ISN Security Watch. The European Court of …

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that she does not have much hope for a quick European Union accession for Bosnia-Herzegovina. After meeting with Bosnia-Herzegovina Presidency head Željko Komšić in Berlin, she said that “a very long road” is ahead of Bosnia towards EU membership. Without changes to the Constitution, which …

A Swedish citizen of Bosnian origin was arrested Tuesday in relation to war crimes charges, according to local media. The identity of the person who was arrested in northern Sweden is still not known to the public, except that he is 43 years old and served as a guard at …