Tag: Bosnia

EU enlargement chief in Bosnia in effort to keep crisis from boiling over (Vlagyiszlav Makszimov, Euractiv)

European Enlargement Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi travels to Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday and Thursday (24-25 November) in an effort to defuse the ongoing political...

EU top military official voices support for Bosnia’s joint forces (Al Jazeera)

The European Union’s top military official has voiced support for the unified Bosnian armed forces on Thursday, after Serb leader Milorad Dodik had threatened...

Bosnia – Why Bosnia’s ban on genocide denial was a necessity (Al Jazeera)

On July 23, the outgoing head of Bosnia's Office of the High Representative, Valentin Inzko, criminalised the denial and glorification of genocide in the...

Germany/Russia/Bosnia – Germany, Russia and the Gambit for Bosnia (RUSI)

Harun Karčić Berlin wants to replace the country’s High Representative with its own candidate, but Russia has plans of its own. https://rusi.org/commentary/germany-russia-and-gambit-bosnia

(Bosnia) Former Bosnian general given 10-year sentence for war crimes (Al Jazeera)

Sakib Mahmuljin’s lawyers argue he was not responsible for killings carried out by foreign fighters of El Mujahid unit. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/22/former-bosnian-general-given-10-year-sentence-for-war-crimes

EUROPE/BOSNIA – EU offers aid, urges Bosnia to rebuild burned refugee camp (Al Jazeera)

The European Union has announced additional funding to help vulnerable migrants and refugees in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but urged the government there to rebuild...

BOSNIA/MIGRANTS – ‘We will die’: Hundreds of migrants freezing in Bosnia camp (Al Jazeera)

Hundreds of migrants have been stranded in a squalid, burned-out tent camp in Bosnia and Herzegovina as heavy snow fell in the country and...

BOSNIA – Bosnia’s divided Mostar town holds first local vote in 12 years (Al Jazeera)

Citizens in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s ethnically divided town of Mostar are voting for their city councillors for the first time in 12 years, after...