Bosnia Hertegovina

A court in the Austrian town of Korneuburg on Friday (March 4th) remanded Bosnian Army General Jovan Divjak to 14 days in custody pending extradition. Divjak was detained on Thursday at the Vienna airport based on

Bosnian wartime general Jovan Divjak was arrested in Vienna by Austrian authorities on a Serbian arrest warrant for participating in war crimes. He was arrested yesterday at 8:00 pm at Vienna airport as he flew in from Sarajevo and was on his way to Bologna, Italy. Prosecutors in Korneuburg, near …

A new diplomatic mission of Azerbaijan started functioning in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Official opening of the representative office took place in Sarajevo on Tuesday, said the Azerbaijani Embassy in Serbia.

Slovenian President Danilo Turk voiced his country’s support for the EU integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) during a meeting Monday (February 28th) with members of BiH’s tripartite presidency

The Muslim-Croat Federation entity of Bosnia-Herzegovina is today marking Independence Day, a holiday in that part of Bosnia. On March 1, 1992, 64 percent of those who took part in a referendum in then Yugoslav republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina

Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders on Monday held the first of two top-level meetings scheduled for this week, under United Nations sponsorship, as they intensified their efforts to reunify the Mediterranean island which has been split for almost 50 years. “The leaders had a good and long discussion on …

Washington has no specific plan or proposals for progress in BiH, because decisions regarding the future are in the hands of local political leaders, US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg said

The slow EU integration of the whole region and the effects of the global economic crisis explain the current political and economic situation throughout the Balkans, BiH Presidency

EU envoy Miroslav Lajcak kicked off a two-day visit to BiH on Thursday (February 24th) focusing on issues related to the country’s EU bid. Prior to the visit, Lajcak stressed the need for functional

The head of a European Parliamentary delegation visiting Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) on Wednesday called on divisive Bosnian politicians to form a government and adopt a budget for the current year, reported the Bosnian news agency Fena.