Radovan Karadzic’s legal adviser says the former Bosnian Serb leader has rejected his court-appointed lawyer and is unlikely to be ready to resume his genocide trial as scheduled on March 1.
Read More »Montenegro Joins NATO’s MAP; Bosnia Must Wait
NATO has accepted Montenegro in its Membership Action Plan, MAP, an essential stepping stone towards full membership in the Alliance. However, Bosnia and Herzegovina failed to join the Plan because the country has not made enough progress in necessary reforms, foreign ministers said. However they promised that Bosnia and Herzegovina …
Read More »Bosnian leaders on Steinberg visit
RS Prime Minister Milorad Dodik and other political leaders in Bosnia met yesterday with U.S. deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg. Dodik, who heads the government of the Serb entity, said after the meeting that solutions would not be imposed in Bosnia-Herzegovina and that Bosnian leaders would have to reach …
Read More »Karadzic challenges appointment of defense lawyer
Radovan Karadzic will challenge the decision by war crimes judges to appoint him a defense lawyer in a trial in which the former Bosnian Serb leader is representing himself, his legal adviser said on Thursday. Judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia last month appointed London-based barrister …
Read More »Sadik Ahmetović: Savjet ministara talac imenovanja
Dogovor o imenovanjima pomoći će uspješnijem radu Vijeća ministara BiH i stoga treba biti postignut u što skorijem roku, kaže Sadik Ahmetović, novoimenovani ministar sigurnosti BiH i zamjenik predsjedavajućeg Vijeća ministara BiH. Nije mogao govoriti o stanju u sigurnosnim agencijama s obzirom na to da je tek u ponedjeljak preuzeo …
Read More »Stajnberg nije ponudio novi paket
SAD nisu pripremile novi paket ustavnih promjena u BiH koji bi domaćim liderima bio ponuđen po principu uzmi ili ostavi.Potvrdili su to predstavnici domaćih političkih stranaka koji su jučer poslijepodne i sinoć na odvojenim sastancima razgovarali s Džejmsom Stajnbergom, zamjenikom američkog državnog sekretara, koji boravi u dvodnevnoj posjeti BiH. “Imao …
Read More »Ex Bosnian Presidency Member Dies
Former member of Bosnian Presidency Jozo Krizanovic died in Zagreb on Wednesday following surgery, his party said. Krizanovic, who was member of the opposition Social Democratic Party, was 63.
Read More »Deputy U.S. secretary of state in Bosnia
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg is expected to meet today with political leaders in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The American embassy in Sarajevo confirmed this, and said that the talks will be dedicated to a recent
Read More »Bosnia Gets €39 Mln Grant to Tackle Crisis
The European Union and Bosnia signed on Tuesday an agreement on an anti-crisis package for the Balkan country worth 39 million euros. “This is a solidarity package which will enable Bosnia to overcome and respond to the global economic crisis,” the head of the European Union delegation to Bosnia Dimitris …
Read More »Bosnian Muslim Spiritual Leader Denounces Swiss Minaret Ban
The spiritual leader of Bosnia’s Muslims Mustafa Ceric said that Switzerland’s ban on building minarets is a violation of basic human rights and a sign that Europe is in deep moral crisis. Ceric said that on the day of one of the two greatest Muslim holidays, Eid-al-Adha, Switzerland sent a …
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