Bosnia Hertegovina

The council for protection of vital interests within Republika Srpska’s (RS) Constitutional Court decided on Wednesday (January 19th) to allow a complaint filed by the Bosniak caucus in the RS upper house against the

The Constitutional Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina’s Serb-dominated entity, Republika Srpska, on 19 January issued a ruling that will allow the hearing of a complaint filed by the entity’s Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims) in the upper house of parliament against the formation of the new RS government. The Bosniak caucus on 5 January …

Italy’s anti-mafia prosecutor has announced that the indictment against recently resigned Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic could now be reopened due to his loss of diplomatic immunity. Prosecutor Giuseppe Scelsi from the Italian city of Bari told local media that even though the crime of which Djukanovic is accused took …

Serbian President Boris Tadic said during his meeting with Republic of Srpska President Milorad Dodik that the economic situation was unlikely to improve significantly in 2011.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has reportedly invited BiH political leaders for talks in Berlin in an attempt to overcome the deadlock in forming the new

The leaders of 12 parties represented in the BiH state-level parliament decided on Monday (January 17th) to meet again in 15 days, the parliament’s interim Chairman Adnan Basic said. He confirmed a meeting held earlier in the day ended with no breakthroughs. Within the next two weeks, the parties are …

Police in Israel have arrested a Bosnian man suspected of participating in the genocide in Srebrenica in 1995. Cvetkovic, 43, was arrested today by Israel’s National Unit for the Investigation of Serious and International Crime.

Miroslav Milojevic, representing Republika Srpska’s Interior Ministry, takes over the post of deputy head of the UN mission in Cyprus on Monday (January 17th). Milojevic has been serving within the mission since May 2009.

Voters in eight municipalities turned out on Sunday (January 16th) for snap local elections. According to preliminary results, Albin Muslic of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) won 53.7 % of the votes in the Bihac

The Dutch government will end its mission to Bosnia-Herzegovina in mid-November this year at the latest, bringing to a conclusion the Netherland’s participation in Operation Althea since December 2004. Initially, 530 Dutch soldiers were stationed in Bosnia which was ravaged by a civil war between 1992 and 1995, but today …