Bosnia Hertegovina

The Serbian Supreme Court (VSS) has rejected the Croatian Justice Ministry’s extradition request for Željko Milovanović, the court announced on Tuesday. Milanović is suspected of killing weekIy Nacional owner Ivo Pukanić.

Enlargement commissioner Olli Rehn has confirmed Brussels’ stance that Bosnia and Herzegovina cannot think seriously about European integration until the Office of the High Representative, OHR, is closed. “No quasi-protectorate can join the EU,” Rehn said. The EU “membership of Bosnia and Herzegovina could only be considered once [the] OHR …

Bosnian Serb leaders have rebuffed a package of reforms and incentives proposed by the US and EU to end Bosnia’s political crisis. The package was presented at emergency negotiations held at Butmir military camp near Sarajevo last week. A group of EU and US technical experts has remained in the …

Tužilaštvo Federacije BiH potpuno je razvlaštena institucija. Zvanično postoje, imaju milionski budžet, desetine zaposlenih, ali kada se sve sabere, njihov je utjecaj, najblaže rečeno, skroman. Institucije koje su lav od papira čest su slučaj u BiH. Nije to izum ovdašnjih političkih umova, ali je praksa koju su svesrdno prigrlili. Zemlja …

Western patience with Bosnia’s bickering local leaders is running out, the country’s top international envoy, High Representative Valentin Inzko, reportedly said Tuesday. “We will no longer tolerate blockades and a lack of willingness to reform on the part of the Bosnians, Croats and Serbs,” local media outlets quoted Inzko as …

Tužilaštvo Federacije BiH u ovoj godini nije vodilo niti jednu samostalnu istragu, a samo za plaće i naknade njegovih djelatnika bit će potrošeno oko milion KM. Nadležnost za procesuiranje krivičnih djela u prvostepenom postupku je ovom tužilaštvu oduzeta prije tri godine. “Ovo tužilaštvo, kako nema prvostepene krivične nadležnosti, u prvostepenom …

Predstavnici sedam partija u BiH na jučerašnjem sastanku sa zvaničnicima EU i SAD u Butmiru nisu potpisali nikakav dokument, već su razgovarali o pitanjima važnim za budućnost BiH. Karl Bilt, ministar inostranih poslova Švedske, predsjedavajuće EU, rekao je da odluke koje su potrebne da bi se omogućilo da BiH aplicira …

Republic of Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik said that Bosnia-Herzegovina could fall apart if the international community continues pressuring its institutions. Dodik said that the international community is “constantly working on violating the sovereignty of Bosnia and the two entities, as well as their institutions”.

Bosnia’s rival ethnic leaders have been warned to settle their differences or risk political isolation. It follows a meeting between Western diplomats and heads of Bosnia’s main parties to discuss ways of ending a stalement that’s kept the nation behind others seeking to join NATO and the EU.

Fourteen years after the war ended in Bosnia and Herzegovina, mines continue to claim lives and cause serious injuries, and it would seem that the deminer’s job is never done, Anes Alic writes for ISN Security Watch. “This is not earning for living, it is working for death,” said Habiba …