Cyprus objects to non-EU citizens in envoy office; EU set to change powers of special representative. Cyprus is obstructing plans by the EU to reinforce its presence in Bosnia and Herzegovina because it objects to the possible presence of non-EU citizens in the office of the EU Special Representative (EUSR). …
Read More »IMF approves stalled loan to Bosnia
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a 1.57 billion dollar loan to Bosnia and Herzegovina that was stalled over the country’s failure to implement a series of economic measures. The loan, which is intended to mitigate the effects of the global economic crisis on the small nation, was negotiated …
Read More »Karadzic Motion To Drop Charges Denied
The Hague-based International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, ICTY, yesterday rejected a motion from former Bosnian Serb leader and war crimes indictee Radovan Karadzic to drop war crimes charges against him. The Tribunal determined that regardless whether there was an agreement for immunity from prosecution for Radovan Karadzic, such …
Read More »Komsic takes over rotating BiH presidency chairmanship
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Zeljko Komsic, the Croat member of BiH’s tripartite presidency, took over the chairmanship of the institution Monday (July 6th) based on the usual rotation. His term will last eight months. His predecessor was the Serb member of the presidency, Nebojsa Radmanovic.
Read More »Bosnia peace walk to commemorate Srebrenica anniversary
Sarajevo -Around 2,500 people began a three day Peace March on Wednesday to commemorate the 14th anniversary of Srebrenica massacre. The 111 kilometre long march will end on Saturday at the Memorial Park Potocari near Srebrenica where some 8,000 people were murdered by Bosnian Serb troops in 1995. The march …
Read More »Serbia Deports War Crimes Suspect to Bosnia
Serbian authorities have deported a man wanted by Bosnia for his suspected role in the execution of 23 Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) civilians in the central Bosnian city of Jajce in 1992. Zoran Maric, a former member of the Bosnian Serb army, was extradited on Tuesday on the basis of a …
Read More »Bosnia Says Working Toward Schengen
The chief of Bosnia’s negotiating team for visa liberalisation has told local media that most of the work on fulfillment of conditions for a visa-free regime with the EU could be completed by September this year. Negotiator Samir Rizvo said that among the requirements that remain to be addressed are …
Read More »Dvoličnost lidera SDA
Predsjednik SDA Sulejman Tihić nakon pobjede na posljednjem stranačkom kongresu pokazuje svoje pravo lice. Tačnije, dvoličnost. Prije kongresa je igrao na kartu kompromisa, dogovora i dijaloga. Radio je to kako bi priskrbio podršku međunarodne zajednice u nastojanju da ostane na čelu najveće bošnjačke stranke. Uspio je u svojoj nakani. Danas …
Read More »Vlada dala koncesiju prije usvajanja zakona
GORAŽDE – Vlada Bosanskopodrinjskog kantona Goražde u mandatu premijera Salka Obhođaša, aktuelnog ministra prostornog uređenja i okoliša Federacije BiH, dala je 2003. godine lovište “Vražalice” na koncesiju od 30 godina. Emir Frašto, poslanik u Skupštini ovog kantona, tvrdi da to nije moglo biti urađeno jer je Zakon o lovstvu donosen …
Read More »Djevojčica oboljela od novog gripa
SARAJEVO, MOSTAR – Ministarstvo zdravstva FBiH potvrdilo je jučer da je 13-godišnja djevojčica koja je primljena u Sveučilišnu kliničku bolnicu Mostar oboljela od nove gripe tipa A (H1N1), što je drugi slučaj pojave ove gripe u BiH. “Laboratorijski nalazi pokazali su da je djevojčica koja je primljena u mostarski Klinički …
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