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SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Bosnian Serb television RTRS aired on Wednesday (July 22nd) footage allegedly proving crimes committed by Bosnian Muslim forces against Serb prisoners of war in 1994. The video shows General Atif Dudakovic ordering his troops to shoot two captured soldiers dead. Three years ago, Republika Srpska …
Read More »Survey: BiH most corrupt country in region
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) A new survey by Transparency International concludes BiH is the most corrupt country in the region, according to results released on Wednesday (July 22nd). Corruption is widespread both in Republika Srpska and in the Federation of BiH, according to findings collected over the past two …
Read More »Inzko says BiH’s Prud process basically dead
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) High Representative Valentin Inzko says the so-called Prud process of dialogue among leaders of the three main political parties is basically dead, and is now a process involving more parties, local media reported on Sunday (July 19th). In an interview with Sarajevo-based OBN TV, Inzko …
Read More »Karadzic: One Year On
A year after the wartime president of Republika Srpska was arrested, war victims and legal analysts in Bosnia say it is high time for his trial to begin. Exactly one year since the arrest of Radovan Karadzic in Belgrade, it is still unknown when his trial, considered by many as …
Read More »EU “Hypocrisy” Radicalises Bosnian Muslims
The Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) religious leadership and media and many European officials and politicians warn that the EU’s visa-liberalisation plan could lead to the radicalisation of Muslims in Europe and seriously destabilize the entire region. “Bosniaks feel squeezed into a corner from which they do not see a way out. …
Read More »Srebrenica: The Same Old Lines
Genocide, mass graves, excavations, bags of bones, endless burials, denials despite the facts, politics and a general lack of humanity continue to characterize the annual 11 July Srebrenica memorial services, Anes Alic comments for ISN Security Watch. The bulk of news on Bosnia in the western media since the war …
Read More »Bosnia: Tensions over Murder of Muslim Radical
Tensions are running high in Mostar, in southern Bosnia and Herzegovina, following the murder of a member of a local radical Muslim Wahhabi sect. “The town is still tense,” Mostar journalist Mirsad Behram told Balkan Insight on Monday. Local police are continuing their investigation into the incident, which took place …
Read More »BiH’s security minister sacked
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Prime Minister Nikola Spiric decided on Friday (July 17th) to dismiss Security Minister Tarik Sadovic, the government announced. Earlier this week, Bosniak Party of Democratic Action (SDA) asked for Sadovic’s replacement after he refused to step down. The party sought the minister’s removal due to …
Read More »Bosnia: Suffering the Status Quo
As the European Commission moves to adopt visa liberalization for the Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia, leaving out Albania and Bosnia, it is fair enough to criticize the EU for major political blunders and possibly Muslim ghettoization, but in the end, the Bosnian government should be severely taken to task for …
Read More »Zarada i do 300 KM po riješenom predmetu
SARAJEVO Predsjedavajući disciplinskih komisija Agencije za državnu službu BiH po jednom riješenom predmetu dobijat će 300 KM, dok članovi imaju pravo na naknadu od po 200 KM. Regulisano je ovo odlukom Vijeća ministara BiH, koje je u četvrtak usvojilo set odluka o visini naknada za članstvo u komisijama i upravnim …
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