Bosnia-Herzegovina’s Ambassador to Spain Željana Zovko has received a threatening letter, saying she is a “Croatian terrorist†and that she will “be blown upâ€.
Names of certain Mohamed Nezirović and Faik Dizdarević are mentioned in the letter, among other things.
EU interior ministers voted today to abolish visas for the citizens of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Albania. EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmstrom assessed that this is a historic day for the two countries.
High International Representative in Bosnia Valentin Inzko says the first package of constitutional changes will likely be small.
He said it was of utmost importance to make sure they secure a maximum level of protection of human rights and avoid putting blocks in the road of Bosnia-Herzegovina’s EU accession.
Some 60 people, including 22 active police officers, were arrested in a joint operation of the Bosnia-Herzegovina police forces. This was announced by the Prosecution of Bosnia-Herzegovina today in Sarajevo.
International High Representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina Valentin Inzko says a partition of the country would be a posthumous victory for Slobodan Milošević. He said that this would not be accepted either by “Bosniaks or the international community.
Legal counsel of former Member of Bosnia-Herzegovina’s Presidency Ejup Ganić’s has stated that his client is thinking suing Serbia. Ganić’s lawyer Damir Arnaut has assessed that his client spent five months in London “as a hostage of abuse of the British legal system for political purposes“.
Bosnia-Herzegovina Prime Minister Nikola Å pirić said that the confirmation of Kosovo’s independence by the UN could cause a reaction by the Republic of Srpska. He said that with a confirmation of Kosovo’s independence, the UN would “make the first move towards the road to independence for the Republic of Srpska (RS) and many other states that want independence.â€
Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković today in Sarajevo pledged Serbia’s full support for the territorial integrity of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Cvetković started his official visit to that country with a meeting with with Bosnian Council of Ministers President Nikola Špirić.
The Bosnia-Herzegovina Prosecutor’s Office issued an indictment against former member of the Republic of Srpska Army (VRS) Marko BoÅ¡kić.
Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Ivica DaÄić met with the Republic of Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik in Banja Luka on Sunday. DaÄić said after the meeting that, as side that signed the Dayton Agreement, Serbia was not only a guarantor of the Serb entity, RS, “but of the entire Bosnia-Herzegovinaâ€, and pointed out that Serbia-RS cooperation based on the Special Parallel Relations Agreement was efficient.
Bosnian police arrested 45 people in a large operation on Tuesday, the state prosecution stated. The operation was implemented on the order of the Bosnia-Herzegovina prosecution, and it was aimed at uncovering organized crime suspects, especially related to the drug trade and the sale of weapons and military equipment.
Bosnia’s FM Sven Alkalaj says that concrete progresses in improving ties between his country and Serbia was regularly conditioned by the political situation. “We think that Serbia’s interest in the welfare of Serbs who live in Bosnia-Herzegovina is legitimate, however, what’s worrisome is the way and methods with which Serbia is trying to influence the issues which are originally and exclusively interior-political issues of Bosnia-Herzegovina,” the FM told Belgrade daily Blic.
Bosnia-Herzegovina Army General Rasim Delić died this morning in his apartment in Sarajevo, Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina TV reported. The cause of death is unknown, but the media are saying that the former general had been seeing doctors recently.
RS President Rajko Kuzmanović said that it is unrealistic to expect any radical changes to be made to the Bosnia-Herzegovina Constitution. “This is an election year, a pre-election campaign, and judging by the approaches of most politicians, it has already started. Every opportunity is being used to promote parties and to, most of the time without argument and with insults, criticize political opponents,†the president of the Serb republic in Bosnia (RS) was quoted as saying.
Catherine Ashton said that Kosovo has a European perspective even though all EU member-states have not recognized its independence. The EU Foreign and Security Policies Chief visit Kosovo after Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia.
Police in Bosnia-Herzegovina this Tuesday blocked a village near the town of BrÄko where Wahhabis reside. Bosnia’s law enforcement and various other agencies officers detained more than ten Wahhabis, including women, and brought them in for questioning, reports said.
Bosnia-Herzegovina FM Sven Alkalaj said on Monday in Podgorica that by adopting a resolution on Srebrenica, Serbia would take a great step for the region. Alkalaj, who is on a official visit to Montenegro, told the press that what Serbia intends to do will be a great and important step for the region.
Montenegrin PM Milo Äukanović thinks that a whole Bosnia-Herzegovina does not have an alternative. He said in Washington on Thursday while giving a lecture at a university that “any secession idea could have tragic consequences to stability of the regionâ€.
International High Representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina Valentin Inzko said that he appreciates Boris Tadić’s initiative for the Srebrenica resolution. “When the adoption of the Srebrenica declaration is in question, I think that it would be a very important and large step towards restoring and implementing full trust and reconciliation between the two countries,†he told daily VeÄernje novosti.
On Jan. 1, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Lebanon, Nigeria, Gabon and Brazil joined the UN Security Council as new non-permanent members. Their mandates will last through 2011.
