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U.S. embassy in Bosnia: Serb referendum violation of Dayton agreement

SARAJEVO, 16. July 2015 – The U.S. embassy in Bosnia is “alarmed at the direction in which this planned referendum is taking the Republika Srpska (Serb Republic; RS) as an entity.” The embassy said it...

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Russian embassy: Serbian referendum Bosnia’s internal matter

SARAJEVO, 16. JULY 2015 – The holding of a referendum in the RS on state-level justice institutions is a matter of Bosnia’s internal politics, the Russian embassy in Sarajevo has said. A statement said...

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Serbian PM Vucic asked RS Dodik to “reconsider referendum”

BELGRADE, 17.JULY 2015 – Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic stated he has asked Bosnian Serb Republika Srpska(RS) President Milorad Dodik during the meeting in Belgrade to once again consider the...

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Slovak FM convinced RS referendum won’t be held

BRISEL, 20. July 2015 – Slovak FM Miroslav Lajcak says a planned referendum in the RS on the state-level judicial system in Bosnia is “unacceptable, and will certainly not be held.” He spoke on the...

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RS President Dodik “not against compromise” on referendum

BANJA LUKA, 20. July 2015 – Republika Srpska(RS) President Milorad Dodik says he is “not against” reaching a compromise when it comes to a referendum on state-level judiciary in Bosnia-Herzegovina. “If...

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Bosnian Presidency members visit Serbia:”Time for hundreds of years of peace”

BELGRADE, 23. July 2015 -There can be “no development and progress without trust, reconciliation and stability in the Western Balkans.” That is the message Bosnia-Herzegovina Presidency members sent to...

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ISIS Poses Threat to Balkans, Ministers Say

PODGORICA, 29 JUL 2015 -The interior ministers of Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia said that ISIS was a real threat which could be fought only by cooperation between regional security...

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Republika Srpska referendum will spur reforms

BRUSSELS, 25. AUG. 2015 (EUobserver), By MARIO DJURAGIC***- Republika Srpska’s (RS) planned referendum on the Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Court and Prosecutor’s Office is an opportunity for RS...

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Bosniak Commander Naser Oric Charged With War Crimes

SARAJEVO, 27. AUG.2015 – Former Bosnian Army general Naser Oric, who led Bosniak(Muslim) forces in battles against Serb troops in eastern Bosnia, was charged with war crimes against Serb prisoners in...

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Bosnia Promises United Stance at Anti-ISIS Summit

SARAJEVO, 06. SEP. 2015 – Bosnian officials said they will take part in an international summit on violent extremism in the US later this month and promised that politicians would adopt a coherent...

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Izetbegovic:Vucic denies genocide-Vucic:Serbia condemned the heinous crime

SARAJEVO, 04. NOV. 2015 – Bosniak(Moslem) member of the Presidency of Bosnia Bakir Izetbegovic says he is disappointed Serbian PM Vucic was not ready to accept what is written in the judgments on...

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Serbia and Bosnia strengthen economic cooperation

SARAJEVO, 04. NOV. 2015 – The Bosnian Council of Ministers and the Serbian government held a joint session in Sarajevo and agreed to strengthen cooperation and undertake joint activities in the...

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Bosnian Imam Sentenced for Recruiting Islamic State Fighters

SARAJEVO, 06. NOV.2015 – A Bosnian Muslim cleric was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment on Wednesday for recruiting fighters for Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, under a new law aimed at stopping...

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Serbian PM Vucic visits Srebrenica memorial center

SARAJEVO, 11. NOV. 2015 – Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic laid flowers and paid respects to the Srebrenica victims at the memorial center Potocari in Srebrenica.nVucic led a Serbian delegation that paid...

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Vucic: Serbia earmarks EUR 5 million for Srebrenica

SARAJEVO, 11. NOV. 2015 – Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic stated in Srebrenica that his government would donate EUR 5mn to this town in the east of the RS, the Serb entity in Bosnia. Serbia will transfer...

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Bosnian authorities: Killing of soldiers by Muslim extremist act of terrorism

SARAJEVO, 19. NOV. 2015 – Bosnian Muslim extremist Enes Omeragic killed two soldiers of the Bosnia-Herzegovina Armed Forces in Sarajevo before committing suicide in his home.The house was surrounded by...

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VUCIC: SERBIA RESPECTS BOSNIA, COMMITTED TO REPUBLIKA SRPSKA

BELGRADE, 22. NOV. 2015 – Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said that twenty years after the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement Serbia still respect Bosnia and Herzegovina, and did not in any...

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Bildt: Dayton peace agreement the only deal that was possible-In Bosnia also...

BRUSSELS, 20.NOV. 2015 – Former UN special envoy to former Yugoslavia Carl Bildt stated, on occasion of the 20th anniversary of Dayton peace agreement, that « the story of the search for peace in...

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MOSCOW NOT BEHIND ARTICLE ON TOPPLING BOSNIAN SERB LEADER DODIK

SARAJEVO, 25. NOV. 2015 – Russian Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina Petr Ivantsov notified Bosnia’s Foreign Minister Igor Crnadak that the claims made in a Sputnik news service article headlined...

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Bosniak(Muslim) Leaders Condemn Violent Extremism

SARAJEVO, 04. DEC. 2105 – Bosniak(Muslim) political and religious leaders signed a joint statement condemning terrorism and violent extremism and calling on Muslims to distance themselves from radical...

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