Bosnia Hertegovina

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 …

In its latest report the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE, says that pressure on the work of judicial institutions goes beyond “acceptable criticism” and that accusations that war-crimes trials are motivated by ethnic affiliation are groundless. “These statements exceed the limits of acceptable …

Administrativna komisija parlamenta BiH jučer nije prihvatila inicijativu SDP BiH o smanjenju plaća i naknada dužnosnicima u institucijama BiH. Predsjedavajući ove komisije Remzija Kardić potvrdio je da su juče ukinute dnevnice od po 50 KM za dolazak na sjednice redovnih parlamentarnih komisija. “Nismo mogli prihvatiti inicijativu SDP-a o smanjenju plaća …

Pet hrvatskih stranaka potpisnica Kreševske deklaracije podržalo je jučer u Kiseljaku inicijativu o održavanju hrvatskog foruma posvećenog ustavnom položaju Hrvata u BiH. Termin održavanja foruma trebalo bi da bude usaglašen na sastanku predsjednika ovih stranaka, koji bi trebalo da bude održan 1. februara ove godine. Ljiljana Lovrić, predsjednica HSS-NHI, rekla …

After an 11-month break, the trial before the Hague Tribunal of Serb Radical Party (SRS) leader Vojislav Šešelj continues on Tuesday. Šešelj is accused of war crimes against non-Serbs in Croatia, Vojvodina and Bosnia-Herzegovina. The prosecution is expected to bring out its last witness in the case, and the trial …

EU Foreign Policy High Representative Catherine Ashton says the future of Western Balkans will be one of the priorities of her activities. Ashton also and pointed out that she wants for the whole region to progress towards the Union in the future. In a speech before MPs of the Foreign …

Serbia’s Parliament will debate drafts of two resolutions for condemning war crimes committed during the wars on the territory of the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s. One will condemn the crimes committed against Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims) in Srebrenica, and the other will condemn all other war crimes.

The EU’s newly appointed foreign minister Catherine Ashton expressed her support behind international efforts to stabilise Bosnia, noting that there is no other choice but for the differing communities to live together. At her parliamentary hearing in front of MEPs Ashton noted that: “They can have as many referendums as …

Državne institucije u ovoj godini potrošit će oko 10,5 miliona KM za telefonske i poštanske usluge, a gotovo nijedna institucija na javnom natječaju nije izabrala najpovoljnijeg mobilnog operatera iako značajan dio ovih troškova otpada na račune za službene mobitele. “Dva su problema u vezi s telefonskom uslugama. Na ovoj stavci …