Bosnia Hertegovina

The US Secretary of State has begun a tour of the Balkans to press for political reforms, hoping that the changes will lead to the region’s full integration into the European Union and Nato. Hillary Clinton arrived in Bosnia on Monday night to urge the country’s new leadership to make …

An appeals court in Belgrade on Monday (October 11th) overturned the 12-year sentence of Bosnian national Ilija Jurisic, convicted last year of war crimes committed during the 1992-1995 Bosnian conflict. The court

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is pressing political reforms to the restive Balkans with the hope that such changes will lead to the region’s full integration into the European Union and NATO. Clinton is set to visit Sarajevo on Monday, the capital of ethnically divided Bosnia-Herzegovina, which

EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele stressed on Friday (October 8th) that BiH should overcome its differences to join the EU one day. “The future of BiH cannot be built based on differences — this is one of

Hague war crimes tribunal (ICTY) President Patrick Robinson presented the 17th annual report on the tribunal’s work to the UN General Assembly on Friday (October 8th). Robinson said all trials at the tribunal should be completed in 2012, with the exception of the trial of Radovan Karadzic. The former Bosnian

Bosnia and Montenegro signed an agreement Thursday on regional and international cross-border traffic that will open new border crossings between the two countries. The agreement is a revised version of previous documents signed in 2003 and 2005 between Bosnia and the former Union of Serbia and Montenegro. It was signed …

In his continuing testimony at the trial of Radovan Karadzic, General Michael Rose said he believes the projectile that hit the Markale marketplace in Sarajevo on February 5, 1994, was fired from Bosnian Serb positions in the vicinity of Sarajevo.

Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) — The opposition Party of Democratic Progress (PDP) on Wednesday (October 6th) called on the State Election Commission (CEC) to repeat elections for the Serb member of BiH’s tripartite

MEPs have backed proposals to exempt nationals of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Albania from visas by the end of 2010, agreeing with the European Commission that these two countries meet the required conditions on document security and combating illegal immigration and crime.

Sarajevo: A moderate Muslim leader who has won a seat in the country’s presidency said yesterday he would base his policies on multi-ethnic tolerance and will not allow any moves by Bosnian Serbs to break away from Bosnia.