Bosnia Hertegovina

SARAJEVO Evropska unija neće razmatrati aplikaciju BiH za članstvo dok ne bude okončan proces tranzicije Ureda visokog predstavnika (OHR) u ured specijalnog predstavnika EU iako je Sven Alkalaj, šef bh. diplomatije, najavio podnošenje ovog zahtjeva do kraja godine. Nevenka Savić, direktorica Direkcije za evropske integracije, kaže da BiH formalno-pravno ispunjava …

BiH — Members of the international community sent a joint letter to Bosnian Prime Minister Nikola Spiric on Friday (August 13th), warning that the failure to enforce police co-ordination could endanger the

Prosecutors at the UN war crimes tribunal on Friday (August 13th) requested a rejection of Radovan Karadzic’s request to delay his trial by three weeks. Last week Karadzic said he needs more time to review recordings found in the apartment of fugitive Ratko Mladic’s wife. They were delivered to the …

Bosnia-Herzegovina FM Sven Alkalaj stated on Thursday that, by the end of this year, this country could submit the application for EU candidate status.

Prosecutors filed genocide charges against four former members of the Republika Srpska (RS) Army on Tuesday (August 10th). They allegedly took part in killing of more than 800 Bosniaks after the fall of Srebrenica during the 1992-1995 Bosnian conflict. The four are identified as Branimir Manojlovic, Stanko Kojic, Vlastimir Golijan …

SARAJEVO Nikola Špirić, predsjedavajući Vijeća ministara BiH, primio je anonimnu prijetnju smrću, saopšteno je iz njegovog kabineta. U pismu koje je stiglo u Špirićev ured, a koje je, navodno, upućeno iz Mostara, Špiriću prijete smrću jer “radi protiv Bosne i bosanskog naroda”. Pismo obiluje porukama uvredljivog sadržaja, psovkama, prijetnjama i …

SARAJEVO Proces pridruživanja Bosne i Hercegovine NATO savezu mogao bi biti dodatno usporen jer bh. vlasti nisu usvojile neophodna zakonska rješenja u vezi s pristupom tajnim podacima. Selmo Cikotić, ministar odbrane BiH, kaže da se trenutno primjenjuju prelazna rješenja, ali da NATO insistira na usvajanju zakonskih izmjena.

BiH — The Constitutional Court said on Monday (August 9th) it cannot rule on a lawsuit filed by representatives of the national minorities who want the October 3rd general elections postponed until parliament amends

SARAJEVO Ministri sigurnosti i odbrane, te direktori obavještajne i sigurnosnih agencija za uskraćivanje informacija bh. parlamentu plaćat će kazne od 500 do 3.000 KM, ukoliko parlamentarci podrže zakon o parlamentarnom nadzoru nad odbrambenim, sigurnosnim i obavještajnim sektorom. Kako je predviđeno prijedlogom zakona, uposlenici u ovim institucijama za neodazivanje pozivu za …

Thousands of people across several Balkan countries have held services to commemorate those who died in Operation Storm 15-years ago. Croatia’s Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor headed a delegation