Bosnia Hertegovina

SARAJEVO Sigurnosne agencije u Bosni i Hercegovini nadgledaju organizacije koje se povezuju s radikalizmom i zabranit će njihov rad ukoliko izađu iz zakonskog okvira. Izjavio je to Sadik Ahmetović, ministar sigurnosti BiH, u četvrtak na međunarodnoj ministarskoj konferenciji “Interkulturalni dijalog i unutrašnja sigurnost”, održanoj u Sarajevu. “Namjera nam je da …

The foreign ministers of Turkey, Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina met on Wednesday in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday. Ahmet Davutoglu, Gordan Jandroković and Sven Alkalaj agreed that the relations between these three countries are of strategic importance for the improvement of the general situation in southeastern Europe.

The European Union on Tuesday proposed Georgia be included in its visa facilitation and readmission mechanism, increasing the number of such beneficiary countries to nine. The proposal was made by the European Commission, the executive arm of the 27-nation bloc.

Serbia has no alternative to arresting fugitive General Ratko Mladic, the chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Serge Brammertz, said in Srebrenica. “The priority is still the arrest of the two remaining fugitives, including Mladic,” said Brammertz on Tuesday during his first visit to Srebrenica, …

Brussels will lift travel visa requirements for Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) in October, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said on Monday (April 26th), after EU foreign ministers met with EC Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele in Luxembourg.

High Representative Valentin Inzko met on Monday visiting UN war crimes tribunal chief prosecutor Serge Brammertz. The Office of the High Representative issued a statement, saying Inzko reiterated that Western Balkan countries are willing to resolve all issues related to crimes committed during the 1990s’ conflicts. He added that lasting …

Austria will boost its contingent within the EUFOR mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) by sending 200 extra soldiers at the beginning of July, Defence Minister Norbert Darabos announced on Monday on the sidelines of an EU defence ministers’ meeting in Luxembourg. Austria currently has 190 troops in BiH. Darabos …

SARAJEVO, BANJALUKA Nebojša Radmanović, član Predsjedništva BiH iz RS, najavio je u nedjelju da će osporiti Istanbulsku deklaraciju, koju su u turskom gradu potpisali Boris Tadić, predsjednik Srbije, Abdulah Gul, predsjednik Turske, i Haris Silajdžić, predsjedavajući Predsjedništva BiH. On je na konferenciji za novinare u Banjaluci kazao da je Silajdžić …

SARAJEVO Predsjedništvo SDA još nije odlučilo šta će poduzeti nakon što Nadzorni odbor (NO) Razvojne banke FBiH nije prihvatio ostavku direktora ove banke Ramiza Džaferovića. Džaferović je nedavno optužen za zloupotrebe položaja i ovlasti, a SDA insistira da njeni kadrovi koji imaju potvrđene optužnice ne mogu obnašati javne funkcije. “Predsjedništvo …

European Parliament (EP) rapporteur on visa liberalisation for the Western Balkans, Tanja Fajon, believes that BiH has met most criteria for EU visa liberalisation. In an interview with the Nezavisne Novine daily published on Saturday (April 24th), she indicated that the European Commission will submit a proposal to scrap visas …