Rebuffing comments from a former US ambassador, the US Embassy in Sarajevo reiterated Washington’s support for a united Bosnia and Herzegovina. “Our position … remains unchanged. The US fully supports the sovereignty and territorial integrity of BiH,” the embassy said. The Office of the High Representative issued a similar statement, …
Read More »Catherine Ashton urges BiH authorities to come up with development strategy
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton called on Bosnia and Herzegovina’s (BiH) politicians Wednesday (October 27th) to come up with a new development strategy for the country. In an address to the European Parliament’s (EP)
Read More »Montenegro to publish documents related to the deportation of Bosnian refugees in 1992
Montenegro’s government will declassify all documents related to the deportation of Bosnian refugees in 1992, in order to shed full light on the events, Deputy Prime Minister Svetozar Marovic announced
Read More »Dragan Rodic sentenced eight years in prison for war crimes
The court of BiH accepted on Tuesday (October 26th) a plea bargain between prosecutors and Bosnian Serb Dragan Rodic, sentencing him to eight years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed against Bosniak and Croatian
Read More »The first annual Balkans special operation forces conference started in Sarajevo on Tuesday
The first annual Balkans special operation forces conference opened on Tuesday (October 26th) in Sarajevo. Organised by NATO’s Allied Joint Force Command Naples, the conference runs through Thursday and aims to build
Read More »Remains of 97 people found on Bosnia-Serbia border
The remains of around 100 people believed to have been Muslims killed early in the Bosnian 1992-95 war have been unearthed from a lake bed on the border between Bosnia and Serbia, forensic experts said on Tuesday.
Read More »Dragan Rodic pleads guilty to war crimes
Bosnian Serb Dragan Rodic has agreed to plead guilty to war crimes and crimes against humanity committed against Bosniak and Croatian prisoners of war during the 1992-1995 Bosnian conflict, local media reported on Saturday (October 23rd). Rodic is charged with taking part in establishing and maintaining a punishment and abuse …
Read More »Croat, Serb leaders to push for new entity in Bosnia
Bosnia’s Croat and Serb leaders, Dragan Covic and Milorad Dodik, have agreed to to work together to create a Bosnian Croat entity. The move drew criticism from Muslims, who claimed it would lead to the “destruction of Bosnia.” Muslims, Croats and Serbs form the country’s three largest groups but it …
Read More »OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina trains police inspectors on war crimes investigation
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina concluded today a training course for police investigators on war crime cases. Twenty-five police inspectors and two prosecutors from the District Prosecutor’s Office of Banja Luka and Doboj, as well as two investigators from the BiH Prosecutor’s Office in Sarajevo took part in …
Read More »EU president says Brussels to support united Bosnia
The European Union will support Bosnia in its bid to join the bloc as a united country that would be able to speak with one voice, visiting EU President Herman Van Rompuy said here on Wednesday. He was speaking after
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