Tag: Bosnia-Herzegovina

Open newsletter – february 21, 2022

from: Al Jazeera, Asia Times, Corriere della Sera, East Asia Forum, Euractiv, Global Times, Reuters, RFE RL, RUSI, TASS, The Interpreter, The Strategist  AFGHANISTAN The United...

Bosnia’s next crisis (Carl Bildt, Project-Syndicate, The Strategist)

The Russian threat to Ukraine isn’t the only potential crisis in Eastern Europe this year. Bosnia and Herzegovina is heading for a period of...

MEPs accuse EU official of supporting Serb secession (Al Jazeera)

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is being asked to investigate an EU official’s alleged role in assisting Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik’s...

Ethnic Serbs Celebrate Republika Srpska Day Despite Ban By Bosnia Court (RFE RL)

Ethnic Serbs in Bosnia-Herzegovina's Serb-dominated entity celebrated what they call their “national day” holiday, which the country’s top court has twice declared unconstitutional. Ethnic Serbs...

Bosnian Serbs hold nationalist celebration despite ban, sanctions (Al Jazeera)

Bosnian Serbs have held public celebrations to mark their autonomous Serb Republic’s national holiday, defying a top court’s ban of the commemoration and US...

Germany Pulls Plan To Honor Israeli Holocaust Historian Over Srebrenica Comments (RFE RL)

The German government has scrapped plans to award the country’s highest honor to an Israeli Holocaust historian due criticism about his work on genocide...

Widening Cracks in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Dodik’s Russian Mission (Margarita Assenova, The Jamestown Foundation)

Emboldened by Moscow and Belgrade, Milorad Dodik, the Bosnian Serbs leader in Bosnia-Herzegovina, followed on his October announcement that Republika Srpska (Serb Republic) would...

Bosnia Arrests Five More War Crimes Suspects As Sweep Continues (RFE RL)

The Investigation and Protection Agency of Bosnia-Herzegovina (SIPA) says five former soldiers have been arrested in Sarajevo for committing crimes against Serb civilians who...

U.S. Envoy For Bosnian Election Reform Seeks ‘Limited, Targeted’ Constitutional Change (RFE RL)

A special U.S. envoy for election reform in Bosnia-Herzegovina has told RFE/RL's Balkan Service ahead of a trip to the region that Washington sees...

Bosnia Opens Modern Migrant Camp After Outcry Over Humanitarian Crisis (RFE RL)

A new migrant center capable of registering up to 1,500 people opened in Bosnia-Herzegovina on November 19, following heavy criticism about how the Balkan...

U.S. Diplomat Due In Bosnia Amid Serbian Threats To Withdraw From Institutions (RFE RL)

A U.S. diplomat is scheduled to hold meetings in Sarajevo amid growing concerns that the Serbian-majority entity that makes up part of Bosnia-Herzegovina could...

Top U.S. Diplomat Heads To Bosnia Amid Threats Of Serbs’ Secession (RFE RL)

The U.S. administration is sending a top diplomat to Sarajevo amid growing concerns that the Serbian-majority entity that makes up part of Bosnia-Herzegovina could...

Affirming Our Enduring Support for Operation ALTHEA and the Role of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina (US Department of State)

PRESS STATEMENT NED PRICE, DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON The United States welcomes the action of the United Nations Security Council to unanimously renew the mandate for EUFOR’s Operation...

UN Security Council Extends Bosnian Peacekeeping Force After Russia, China Appeased (RFE RL)

The UN Security Council extended a peacekeeping force in Bosnia-Herzegovina in a unanimous vote on November 3 that came after any mention of the...

Thousands Protest Corruption In Bosnia’s Serb Entity (RFE RL)

Several thousand people have demonstrated in the Serb-dominated part of Bosnia-Herzegovina against government corruption and curbs on media freedom. Led by opposition parties, protesters on...