by Anes Alic The parliament of Bosnia’s Serb-dominated entity of Republika Srpska decided on Wednesday to call for a referendum on whether Bosnian Serbs should continue to cooperate with the country’s war crimes court, citing the court’s alleged anti-Serb bias. Out of the 75 lawmakers present, 66 voted for the …
Read More »Inzko warns against challenging BiH Court and Prosecutor’s Office
High Representative Valentin Inzko says the international community will not allow the BiH Court and Prosecutor’s Office to be dismantled or have its activity challenged by either entity. Inzko warned that challenging the two judicial institutions would mean undermining the Dayton Peace Agreement and the state. Inzko added that Republika …
Read More »Serbian, Turkish and Bosnian Presidents to have a trilateral meeting
A trilateral summit of Serbia, Turkey and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) takes place on Tuesday (April 26th) in Karadjordjevo. President Boris Tadic, his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul and members of BiH tripartite presidency — Nebojsa Radmanovic, Bakir Izetbegovic and Zeljko Komsic — will discuss co-operation among their countries.
Read More »EU ready to help solve Bosnia’s political deadlock
The EU is ready to help find a way out of the situation created when Republika Srpska’s (RS) parliament decided recently to call a referendum on High Representative-imposed laws, particularly on the BiH Court and
Read More »PIC condemns RS’s decision to call referendum
The Peace Implementation Council (PIC) ambassadors condemned on Friday (April 15th) a decision by Republika Srpska’s (RS) Parliament to call a referendum on High Representative-imposed laws, particularly regarding
Read More »RS parliament voted for referendum on laws enacted by the high representative
The RS parliament voted in favor of a decision to call a referendum where citizens would declare their support for the laws enacted by the high representative. This in particular concerned those referring to the court and the prosecutor’s office.
Read More »BiH seeks extradition of Bozidar Vucurevic from Serbia
The state prosecutor’s office asked the Justice Ministry on Tuesday (April 12th) to request the extradition of Bozidar Vucurevic, the wartime mayor of the Bosnian town of Trebinje. Serbian police arrested him on April 4th at
Read More »UN war crimes chief prosecutor Serge Brammertz says cooperation with Bosnia is good
UN war crimes tribunal chief prosecutor Serge Brammertz said on Monday (April 11th) that BiH’s co-operation with the court is good. After meeting with BiH Presidency Chairman Nebojsa Radmanovic and BiH presidency member Bakir Izetbegovic in Sarajevo, Brammertz stressed that the arrest of the two remaining war crimes fugitives, Ratko …
Read More »Serge Brammertz visited BiH
UN war crimes tribunal chief prosecutor Serge Brammertz visited Sarajevo on Monday (April 11th) for talks with BiH Presidency Chairman Nebojsa Radmanovic and BiH presidency member Bakir Izetbegovic. The visit preceded Brammertz’s report on co-operation by former Yugoslav countries that he is due to submit to the UN Security Council …
Read More »EC President Jose Manue Barroso reiterate Balkans’ future is in Europe
European Commission (EC) President Jose Manuel Barroso and EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele wrapped up a regional tour promoting EU integration after stops in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Montenegro and Macedonia. It began Friday (April 8th) in Sarajevo where Barroso reiterated “BiH should have a European future,” after a meeting …
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