Bosnia Hertegovina

Bosnia has now fulfilled the last technical requirements for an EU visa-free regime, but despite promises, politics may enter the fray and the rush of asylum seekers from Serbia and Macedonia could get in the way, Anes Alic writes for ISN Security Watch. With the appointment of several officials to …

European Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele said that Bosnia-Herzegovina is on the right road to achievement its visa liberalization this year. He called on the Bosnian government to continue with its reforms, changes in the constitution and election laws, in order to hold democratic elections in October. “It is important to …

Several hundred residents of the Bosnian Serb-dominated city of Visegrad gathered on 12 March to greet Mitar Vasiljevic, a convicted war criminal just released from prison after serving two-thirds of his sentence, Anes Alic writes for ISA Intel. Trumpet players from Serbia played a fanfare on the streets as his …

SARAJEVO, BRATUNAC, SREBRENICA Sadik Ahmetović, ministar bezbjednosti BiH, pod istragom je zbog seksualnog zlostavljanja maloljetne Romkinje iz Bratunca i juče je saslušan u Sarajevu. Kako saznajemo, pored Ahmetovića, pod istragom je još 16 osoba. Ukupno 15 osumnjičenih je juče privedeno na saslušanje u CJB Bijeljina, dok je jedna osoba u …

European Parliament (EP) member Jelko Kacin has sent a letter to EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele saying that Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has met all technical conditions for inclusion in the EU’s visa-free regime, local media reported on Monday (March 15th). Kacin suggested …

Catherine Ashton, the EU’s recently-appointed foreign policy chief noted in her ordinary report the political situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina is getting worse.

Rješavanje viška naoružanja i municije godinama je aktuelan problem u BiH na koji upozoravaju sve relevantne institucije. Oružane snage BiH naslijedile su velike količine oružja od nekadašnjih entitetskih vojski kojem je istekao rok važnosti, stoga je ovo oružje postalo nestabilno i opasno. Njegovo uništenje je jedan od ključnih prioriteta odbrambenih …

SARAJEVO, LUKAVAC Almir Biković (32) iz Lukavca poginuo je jučer rano ujutro u raketnom napadu koji su na najveću američku vojnu bazu u Afganistanu izveli talibani. Ovaj Lukavčanin, koji je u bazu Bagram Air Field, sjeverno od glavnog grada Kabula, došao kao uposlenik američke kompanije KBR, tri godine je radio …

EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele is set to begin his first Western Balkans tour on Wednesday, with scheduled stops in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania and Kosovo.

Serbian President Boris Tadić said on Sunday that Serbia has nothing against the extradition of Ejup Ganić to Bosnia-Herzegovina.