Outgoing Croat President Stjepan Mesić repeated that he would use the country’s military to intervene in neighboring Bosnia. He was quoted as saying that he would “cut off the corridor connecting the Republic of Srpska (Serb entity in Bosnia) if it were to try and secede from Bosnia-Herzegovina.”
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Three Serbs accused of genocide in Bosnia
January 18th, 2010 |
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The Bosnia-Herzegovina state prosecution’s war crimes department has issued indictments of genocide against three Bosnian citizens. DuÅ¡ko Jević, Mendeljev Äurić and Goran Marković, former members of the Jahorina brigade of the Republic of Srpska Interior Ministry’s special police, are accused of crimes committed in several locations in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Tadić: Serbia won’t support break-up of Bosnia
January 18th, 2010 |
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President Boris Tadić says that Serbia would never support a referendum that would lead to the splitting of Bosnia and Herzegovina. “Serbia will not support any act or referendum that would lead to the splitting of Bosnia, since Serbia is a guarantor of the Dayton Agreement,” Tadić old Sarajevo television OBN, adding that otherwise, Serbia would lose international credibility.
Merkel: Long road to EU for Bosnia
January 13th, 2010 |
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that she does not have much hope for a quick European Union accession for Bosnia-Herzegovina. After meeting with Bosnia-Herzegovina Presidency head Željko Komšić in Berlin, she said that “a very long road†is ahead of Bosnia towards EU membership.
“Bosnia could turn to Palestine in heart of Europe”
January 4th, 2010 |
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Outgoing Croatian President Stjepan Mesić said that there will be negative effects if Bosnia-Herzegovina falls apart. He stated that should the Serb entity, RS, break away, Bosnia’s Croats – who currently form the second entity, the Muslim-Croat Federation – “would do the same”, with all this turning what would remain of Bosnia-Herzegovina into “an Islamic state”.
Bosnia discriminates against Jews, Roma, says court
December 22nd, 2009 |
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The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has condemned Bosnia-Herzegovina over a controversial ban. This country is preventing members of its Roma and Jewish communities from becoming members of the Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina and the House of Peoples of the state parliament.
Inzko: Situation in Bosnia worrisome
December 12th, 2009 |
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The international community’s High Representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Valentin Inzko, said that the political situation in the country is worrisome.
In meeting with Germany Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, Inzko asked for support for the continued work of the international administration in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sarajevo media reported.
“Serbia’s suspicious policies towards Bosniaâ€
November 29th, 2009 |
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Croatian President Stjepan Mesić said that Serbia is leading “suspicious policies towards Bosnia-Herzegovina.†He said that he does not know why Serbian President Boris Tadić got mad at him after he said that Republic of Srpska Prime Minister Milorad Dodik is trying to break apart Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Regional culture ministers meet
November 3rd, 2009 |
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The ministers of culture of Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Croatia met on Monday in Sarajevo. They signed a letter of intent on fostering cooperation among cultural institutions in the region, the Serbian Culture Ministry said.
LajÄak: Bosnia partition in no-one’s interest
October 8th, 2009 |
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Slovakian Foreign Minister Miroslav LajÄak says that the international community will not allow Bosnia-Herzegovina to fall apart. “The only alternative for Bosnia-Herzegovina is to be a united state, but to be decentralized, where all three constitutive groups have mechanisms to defend their own interests,†LajÄak said.
Dodik “obstinate,†says EP rapporteur
October 7th, 2009 |
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European Parliament Rapporteur for Bosnia-Herzegovina Doris Pack says that Milorad Dodik refuses to listen to any advice and that he is “obstinate.†“Milorad Dodik is so obstinate that I don’t think anyone can bring to bear on him or the moves he has in his head, let alone persuade him come to pursue one policy or another in Bosnia-Herzegovina,†Pack said of the Republic of Srpska (RS) prime minister.
Inzko: Break-up of Bosnia not option
September 19th, 2009 |
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International High Representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina Valentin Inzko said that a break-up of Bosnia-Herzegovina is not an option. He said that the international community must work to protect the integrity of Bosnia.
Bosnia’s grand mufti to visit Kosovo
July 31st, 2009 |
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The leader of the Islamic Community in Bosnia-Herzegovina will be visiting Kosovo August 5-9, it was announced today. Reis-ul-Ulema Mustafa Cerić was invited by the Islamic Community of Kosovo and the Forum of Bosniaks of Kosovo.
Call to speed up Karadzic trial
July 23rd, 2009 |
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Judges in The Hague have asked prosecutors to find ways to speed up the forthcoming genocide trial of ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic.
They want the prosecution to reduce the charge sheet against the 64-year-old.
If the prosecution fails to do so, the war crimes court could do the job for them, an order from the judges says.
Mr Karadzic faces 11 charges. The prosecution currently intends to call some 500 witnesses, and estimates it will need 490 hours to examine them.
Mr Karadzic was arrested and brought to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) last year, after more than a decade in hiding.
Not guilty plea
The latest order, signed by Presiding Judge Iain Bonomy, asks prosecutors to propose ways "in which the scope of the trial may be reduced".
"Should the prosecution not provide assistance in identifying specific counts and/or crime sites or incidents… the Chamber may fix the crimes sites and/or incidents itself," it says.
THE INDICTMENT- Eleven counts of genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and other atrocities
- Charged over shelling Sarajevo during the city’s siege, in which some 12,000 civilians died
- Allegedly organised the massacre of up to 8,000 Bosniak men and youths in Srebrenica
- Targeted Bosniak and Croat political leaders, intellectuals and professionals
- Unlawfully deported and transferred civilians because of national or religious identity
- Destroyed homes, businesses and sacred sites
Crime sites, in this case, are the individual incidents that help to make up one or more of the 11 charges against Mr Karadzic.
The judges noted that the charges cover crimes that are alleged to have occurred in 27 municipalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as Srebrenica and Sarajevo.
Mr Karadzic is accused of genocide over the massacre of up to 8,000 Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims) at Srebrenica in 1995, and is also charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The court filed a not guilty plea on his behalf after he refused to offer a plea, saying the court lacked jurisdiction.
The ICTY was originally due to have finished all trials by 2008 and appeals by 2010.
The court now estimates that the Karadzic trial may not conclude until early 2012, with some appeals running into 2013.</p
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Study shows Bosnia as “most corrupt country in regionâ€
July 23rd, 2009 |
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Bosnia-Herzegovina is the most corrupt country in the region, according to the results of a study performed over the last two months.
The Friedrich-Ebert Foundation carried out the “Corruption in Bosnia-Herzegovina†survey along with Transparency International.