Bosnia Hertegovina

Former Hague Tribunal prosecutor Geoffrey Nice says the country has a moral obligation to get the World Court to revisit the issue – but others note the existence of formidable obstacles.

A state government in Bosnia could be formed in August, according to Sulejman Tihic, president of the Party of Democratic Action, SDA. Bosnian Croats are not so sure. 

Bosnia’s ten month political impasse since the last general election appears far from resolution as the country’s Croatian parties push for their own candidate to chair the Council of Ministers. 

Author: Anes Alic for ISA Intel. Six Bosnian political parties who won the majority of votes in October 2010 elections and are eligible to form the new government issued a total of 1,373 campaign promises, most of which will remained unfulfilled and forgotten. With 432 elections promises, the main Bosniak …

The government in Priština this week introduced a ten-percent tax on goods coming from Bosnia-Herzegovina, prompting this country to react. Sarajevo said it would file a complaint with the regional free trade organization CEFTA.

Hague indictee Ratko Mladić gave his consent on Wednesday to lawyer Branko Lukić to be his representative before the Hague Tribunal. However, necessary procedures need to be completed for him to be appointed as Mladić’s defense attorney. An authorization signed by Mladić was delivered to the Hague Secretariat.

Bosnia’s party leaders have just over a week to come up with new potential candidates for the post of chair of the Council of Ministers after the last nominee, Slavo Kukic, failed to gain parliamentary endorsement. After Slavo Kukic failed to survive a second round of voting in parliament last …

The leaders of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia expressed a need for maximum cooperation and mutual support in the process of European integration on Monday. 

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s territorial integrity and the look-out for ways of functioning of the central power in Sarajevo will be the major topics for discussion at the meeting of the presidents of Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, which will be held at the Croatian Brioni resort on Monday. The …

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s parliament on Thursday rejected the appointment of Prime Minister Slavo Kukic over the resistance of the Serbian MPs. The results of the vote have been announced by the parliament chairperson, who said that the appointment of Bosnian Croat Slavo Kukic for prime minister of the country has …