Divided West Leaves Bosnia’s ‘Governor’ Exposed
SARAJEVO, 31.AUG. 2016 – The Office of the High Representative has suffered a major blow after the international community declined to support it against the Bosnian Serb referendum – which may have...
View ArticleSerbia Declines to Intervene in Bosnian Serb Referendum
BELGRADE, 01. SEPT. 2016 – Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic and PM Aleksandar Vucic stressed after the meeting with top officials from the Republika Srpska(RS) they did not support the holding of the...
View Article“Bosnia’s Republika Srpska Serbs united in their intent to defend RS Day”
BELGRADE, 01. SEPT. 2016 – There is unity in the Serb Republic (RS) when it comes to the intent to defend RS Day, RS President Milorad Dodik said in Belgrade. “Activities in that regard” will continue,...
View ArticleIVANIC: SARAJEVO TO ACCEPT THAT RS DAY IS IMPORTANT TO SERBS
BELGRADE, 01. SEPT. 2016 – Serb member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency Mladen Ivanic said in Belgrade on Sept. 1 that the fact that Serbs cared about Jan. 9, Republika Srpska Day, needed to be...
View ArticleBosnian Court Approves Temporary Ban on Serb Referendum
SARAJEVO, 17. SEPT.2016. – The state-level Constitutional Court ruled in favour of a request from Bosniak politicians and temporarily banned an referendum planned by Bosnia’s Serb-dominated entity...
View ArticleSerbian PM Vucic on threats against Serb entity in Bosnia-“Peace is fundamental”
NEW YORK, UN, 21. SEPT. 2016 – Peace is the fundamental priority for Serbia, and the Serb Republic (RS) in Bosnia will not disappear, Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic said in New York, reacting on the Sefer...
View ArticleEU Council requests EC to prepare opinion on Bosnia’s membership candidacy
BRUSSELS, 20. SEPT. 2016 – The Council of the European Union (EU) called on the European Commission to launch the process of preparing an opinion (avis) on Bosnia and Herzegovina’s application for...
View ArticleSputnik:Putin tells Dodik referendum is “right of people”
MOSCOW, 23. SEPT. 2016 – Serb Republic (Republika Srpska, RS) President Milorad Dodik has met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow’s Kremlin. The two leaders spoke about economic...
View ArticleBosnia- Serbs decide in referendum: January 9 remains RS Day
BANJA LUKA, 25. SEPT. 2016 – The Serb Republic (RS) on Sunday held the first referendum in Bosnia-Herzegovina after the Dayton peace agreement and citizens in the Serb entity overwhelmingly voted “yes”...
View ArticleU.S. condemns “illegal RS referendum” in Bosnia
WASHINGTON, 27 SEPT. 2016 – The United States condemned “the illegal referendum” held in the Serb Republic (RS), the Serb entity in Bosnia-Herzegovina and “called on all parties” in the country to...
View ArticleDodik “will respond to summons – but won’t go to Sarajevo”
BANJA LUKA, 27 SEPT. 2016 – Republika Srpska(RS) President Milorad Dodik said that was yet to receive the Bosnian prosecution’s announced summons for questioning, as the consequence of the referendum...
View ArticleRussia: RS referendum doesn’t undermine Bosnia
MOSCOW, 28. SEPT. 2016 – Moscow is appealing against politicizing the issue of the RS Day referendum, and believes it does not undermine the territorial integrity of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Russian Foreign...
View ArticleLavrov to Steinmeier: No need to fuel tensions over RS Day referendum
MOSCOW, 29. SEPT. 2016 – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has told his German counterpart Frank Walter Steinmeier there was “no need to fuel tensions” over the Bosnian Serbs entity Republika...
View ArticleDodik Party Emerges Victor in Bosnia Local Elections
SARAJEVO, 02. OCT. 2016 – The Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, SNSD, the ruling party in the Serb-dominated entity, Republika Srpska, has regained its dominant position following local...
View ArticleBosnia and Iran Vow Joint Struggle Against Extremists
TEHERAN, SARAJEVO, 26. OCT. 2016 – Senior Bosnian and Iranian officials said they had found common ground in the struggle against violent Islamic extremism while also vowing to boost trade between the...
View ArticleBosnia-Croatia Relations Hit by Arrest of Croats for war crimes
SARAJEVO, ZAGREB, 01. NOV. 2016 – Relations between the two countries face a new challenge as Croatian and Bosnian Croat officials expressed concerns after ten Bosnian Croat ex-fighters were arrested...
View ArticleBosniak tycoon: “Bosnian state mafia“ triggered the 1992-5 war
SARAJEVO, 02. NOV. 2016, by OCCRP(Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project) – The controversial Bosniak party leader and former media mogul Fahrudin Radoncic told a court in Kosovo that a...
View ArticleGRABAR-KITAROVIC “SURPRISED” WITH ARREST OF EX-CROATIAN FIGHTERS IN BOSNIA...
ZAGREB, 03. NOV. 2016 – Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic said on Nov. 2 that she was surprised with the arrests of ten former members of the Croatian Defense Council on suspicion of having...
View ArticleCroatian Defence Minister Accused of War Crimes in Bosnia
ZAGREB, BANJA LUKA, 10. NOV. 2016 – Serb officials have filed a criminal complaint accusing Croatian Defence Minister Damir Krsticevic and 15 other former high-ranking Croatian officers of committing...
View ArticleCroatia Wants to Prosecute Alleged War Crimes in Bosnia
ZAGREB, 12. NOV. 2016 – After reports that Croatia’s Vice-Prime Minister is under investigation for war crimes in Bosnia, a Croatian expert says Zagreb could take over the prosecution of crimes...
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