Bosnia Hertegovina

In testimony lasting several hours, Damir Ivankovic recalls in detail the crime committed in August 1992 at Koricanske stijene. “I fired a single burst, but not to the end. I moved on the sides, careful not to hit any members of the special response team. I did not use the …

Bosnia and Herzegovina is hopeful that a compromise has been reached with the International Monetary Fund, IMF, which would allow this financial institution to activate a Euro 1.2 billion stand-by arrangement for the country. “The IMF is finally satisfied,” reads a front page article in the Sarajevo daily Oslobodjenje on …

Political deadlock and stalled reforms have forced the international community to postpone its decision to close the Office of the High Representative, OHR, media reported on Wednesday. “Today we have not made the decision about the closure of the OHR, or about the transition of the OHR,” Bosnia’s High Representative, …

SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) High Representative Valentin Inzko met with members of a US congressional delegation on Sunday (June 28th) to discuss the political situation in BiH. He called for a broader commitment by the international community to pressure authorities into meeting their obligations related to the Stabilisation and …

BRUSSELS, Belgium High Representative Valentin Inzko said on Friday (June 26th) the EU may lift visa requirements for Bosnia and Herzegovina’s (BiH) citizens as of July 2010, media reported. “BiH may expect getting a visa-free regime six months after Serbia, which would be on July 1st, 2010,” he said after …

Top world countries charged with overseeing peace-implementation in Bosnia and Herzegovina will begin meetings today in Sarajevo to decide the future of the international presence in the troubled country. The meeting of the Peace Implementation Council, PIC, comes amidst the worst post-war crisis in Bosnia and at a time of …

Članovi parlamenta BiH su veoma osjetljivi na siromaštvo, glad i nezaposlenost. Na svakoj sjednici većinu vremena parlamentarci potroše u traženju rješenja za ove probleme. Na njihovim licima svakodnevno se može iščitati snažna suosjećajnost sa siromašnim, obespravljenim, gladnim, nezaposlenim, izbjeglim, protjeranim… Teško je to breme koje je život natovario na pleća …

SARAJEVO – Predsjedavajući Predsjedništva BiH Nebojša Radmanović pozvao je juče političke lidere u Bosni i Hercegovini da pomognu u smirivanju situacije u državi. Ocijenio je da prudski proces mora biti nastavljen i proširen, poručivši da je princip dogovora jedino rješenje za BiH. “Nije vrijeme za slavlje zbog moguće propasti prudskog …

SARAJEVO – Predsjednici osam najvećih stranaka pozicije i opozicije trebalo bi da se sastanu u nedjelju u Mostaru kako bi razgovarali o aktuelnoj političkoj situaciji u zemlji uoči predstojećeg sastanka Vijeća za implementaciju mira u BiH. Izjavio je to Dragan Čović, predsjednik HDZ BiH, koji će biti domaćin ovog sastanka. …

SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) High Representative Valentin Inzko insisted on Thursday (June 25th) that there is no alternative to dialogue among the three constituent peoples in the country. He was meeting with Milorad Dodik of Republika Srpska’s Alliance of Independent Social Democrats and Dragan Covic of the Croat Democratic …