Bosnia-Herzegovina

Bosnian Serb leader flees to Moscow as authorities step up pursuit

Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik surfaced in Moscow, confirming his whereabouts in a video message as authorities in Sarajevo demand an international arrest warrant following his conviction for defying the…

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Additional EUFOR peacekeeper troops arrive in Bosnia amid rising tensions

The EU announced plans to send peacekeepers to Bosnia after the nation's top court suspended laws adopted by its ethnic-Serb majority regional entity. Reserve peacekeepers arrived in Bosnia on Wednesday…

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UN approves resolution to commemorate the 1995 Srebrenica genocide annually over Serb opposition

The United Nations approved a resolution Thursday establishing an annual day to commemorate the 1995 genocide of more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslims by Bosnian Serbs, a move vehemently opposed by…

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Bosnia’s peace envoy imposes ‘integrity package’ to reform election law

Bosnia's international peace overseer on Tuesday imposed changes to the country's election law to ensure its integrity, including barring convicted war criminals from running, ahead of a vote in October.…

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European Commission to recommend EU membership talks with Bosnia, says EU’s Von der Leyen

The European Commission will recommend to the European Council to start accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina, EU's Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday during a speech in the European Parliament.…

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US fighter jets to fly over Bosnia in warning to ‘secessionist’ Serbs

SARAJEVO, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Two F-16 fighter jets will fly over Bosnia on Monday to underline U.S. support for its territorial integrity against "secessionist activity" by Serbs at odds…

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Bosnian cities top world air pollution charts but no quick fix in sight

Bosnian towns have topped the world air pollution charts since last weekend, with the capital Sarajevo declaring an air quality warning and experts blaming residential solid fuel burning and transportation…

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EU Most Wanted drug trafficker arrested in Bosnia

Law enforcement authorities from Bosnia and Herzegovina, supported by Europol, have arrested a fugitive featured on the EU Most Wanted list. The suspect, who held nationalities from Bosnia and Herzegovina…

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NATO’s Stoltenberg says concerned with secessionist rhetoric in Bosnia

SARAJEVO, Nov 20 (Reuters) - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday the alliance was concerned by "secessionist rhetoric" in Bosnia as well as by foreign interference including Russia.…

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Serb leader’s secession policy threatens Bosnia settlement, says peace envoy

The secessionist policy of Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik is a key challenge to the political settlement that ended Bosnia's 1992-1995 ethnic war, international peace envoy Christian Schmidt said in…

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EU, OSCE urge Bosnian Serb government to drop ‘foreign agents’ bill

SARAJEVO, (Reuters) - The European Union and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) urged the Bosnian Serb government to drop a bill that labels non-profit groups funded…

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Germany ends Bosnian Serb projects over secessionist moves

The German government has shut down four infrastructure projects in Bosnia's autonomous Serb Republic over the secessionist aims of its President Milorad Dodik, the German embassy in Bosnia said in…

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Bosnia reports African swine fever outbreak, WOAH says

PARIS, June 23 (Reuters) - Bosnia has reported an outbreak of African swine fever, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Friday. The disease was detected in a…

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Hungary’s PM Orban calls for fast accession of Bosnia into EU

SARAJEVO, June 22 (Reuters) - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban called on Thursday for a quick accession of Bosnia and other Balkan countries into the European Union, saying they could…

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World Bank lends $50.8 mln to cut air pollution in Bosnian region

SARAJEVO (Reuters) - The World Bank has approved a 46.1 million euro ($50.8 million) loan to help Bosnia's autonomous Bosniak-Croat Federation tackle alarming air pollution and its health and economic…

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Bosnia Serb leader Dodik threatens to declare independence

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik told his ally Serbia he was seriously considering declaring the autonomous Serb Republic independent from the rest of Bosnia unless a row…

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Slovenia’s PM urges Bosnia to embrace ‘historic’ moment for EU integration

Slovenia's Prime Minister Robert Golob on Monday urged Bosnia's leaders to embrace a "historic moment" created by the war in Ukraine and kick off reforms required by the European Union…

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EU expansion crucial for peace in Bosnia, says last President of Yugoslavia

Bosnia and Herzegovina gained European Union candidacy status last December, nearly two decades after the country stated its desire to join the bloc, but the question of eventual EU membership…

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Bosnian Serb leader awards Russian President Putin medal in absentia

BANJA LUKA, Bosnia (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin was awarded in absentia by Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik on Sunday, during a ceremony marking the Bosnian autonomous Serb Republic's…

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EU leaders grant Bosnia EU candidate status

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders agreed on Thursday to make Bosnia and Herzegovina a formal candidate to join the bloc of 27 nations. "Bosnia and Herzegovina was granted the…

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EU’s von der Leyen: proposed candidate status for Bosnia and Herzegovina

BRUSSELS, Oct 12 (Reuters) - The EU has proposed to grant candidate status to Bosnia and Herzegovina, EU's Ursula Von der Leyen said on Wednesday at the EU Ambassadors Conference…

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Moderate Bosniak candidate leads in race for presidency seat

Bosnia votes amid political crisis Moderate Bosniak leader set to win seat in presidency International peace overseer imposes changes to election law SARAJEVO, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Moderate Bosniak candidate Denis Becirevic is leading in…

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UPDATE – Polls close as Bosnians choose between nationalists and reformists

Polls close as Bosnians choose between 'old and 'new' 35% of voters turned out by 3 p.m (1300 GMT) Election authorities say vote proceeded well By Daria Sito-Sucic SARAJEVO, Oct…

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What is at stake in Bosnia’s general election?

SARAJEVO, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Bosnia is holding presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday amid its since the end of the 1992-95 war. The polls opened at 7 a.m (0500…

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German troops back to Bosnia as fear of instability grows

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany has deployed troops with the European Union's peacekeeping mission in Bosnia for the first time in a decade as concerns mount instability from the Ukraine war…

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Spain’s PM backs EU candidacy for Bosnia

AP - Spain's prime minister on Saturday expressed support for Bosnia to become a candidate for European Union membership amid fears that uncertainty caused by the war in Ukraine could…

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Photo Story: The victims of the Srebrenica genocide remembered

A Bosnian Muslim woman visits gravestones during a funeral ceremony for fifty newly-identified Bosnian Muslim victims, at the Potocari Memorial Center and Cemetery in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 11 July…

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Bosnian Serb leader Dodik says Ukraine war has delayed secession plan

Russia’s war on Ukraine has forced Bosnian Serb nationalists to postpone plans to pull the Republika Srpska (RS) region out of Bosnia-Herzegovina’s national institutions, a Serb member of the Bosnian…

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Bosnia calls October 2 election

SARAJEVO, May 4 (Reuters) - Bosnia will hold presidential and parliamentary elections on Oct. 2, the electoral commission said on Wednesday, although rival ethnic leaders have failed to agree on…

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One killed, several injured in Bosnia quake

SARAJEVO, April 23 (Reuters) - One person was killed and several injured after a magnitude 5.6 quake hit southern Bosnia on Friday night followed by a series of smaller aftershocks,…

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Photo Story: Giant Easter Egg in Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina

People walk past a giant Easter egg placed in the central square of Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The 2.64-meter-tall Easter egg was painted by several Bosnian artists. Via EPA-EFE/FEHIM DEMIR

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Germany’s Baerbock stresses need to bring Bosnia closer to Europe

SARAJEVO, March 10 (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Germany and Bosnia-Herzegovina needed to work most closely and intensively on the issue of bringing the Balkan country closer…

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Bosnian Croats say may push for own region

Bosnian Croat nationalists said on Saturday they could launch a political process to form their own region in Bosnia unless an election law is changed in a way that bolsters…

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EU considering sanctions on Bosnian Serbs if crisis worsens

The European Union should consider sanctions on Bosnia's autonomous Serb Republic (RS) and also withhold financial support if the Balkan country's crisis continues to worsen, according to an internal EU…

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Bosnia risks entering legal and institutional vacuum -corruption watchdog

Bosnia ranks as the third worst country in Europe on the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) and is at risk of entering a legal and institutional vacuum which could threaten the…

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Stop secessionist rhetoric or face sanctions, EU tells Bosnian Serb leaders

The Bosnian Serb leadership risks sanctions and a loss of aid should it continue to incite tensions among Bosnian communities with inflammatory rhetoric as used during the celebrations of its…

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Promise EU membership to Western Balkan countries to solve Bosnia impasse, German MEP proposes

Bosnia Herzegovina and other Western Balkan countries should be given a credible promise of EU membership, German MEP Reinhard Bütikofer said on Monday. The European Parliament is expected to discuss…

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Bosnia’s peace deal at risk of unravelling – envoy warns the U.N

The U.S.-sponsored peace deal that ended war in Bosnia in the 1990s is at risk of unravelling unless the international community takes measures to stop Serb separatists, a peace envoy warned in…

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Serbs say they will pull their region out of Bosnia’s army, judiciary, tax system

Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik, who advocates the secession of the Serb-dominated region from Bosnia, said that the Serb Republic will pull out of the Balkan country's armed forces, top…

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Bosnia’s Mladic, commander of Europe’s worst atrocities since World War Two

Ratko Mladic was dubbed the "Butcher of Bosnia" for terrorising the capital Sarajevo with a 43-month siege and presiding over the 1995 massacre of up to 8,000 Muslims in a…

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Sarajevo siege survivors hope for closure with Mladic verdict

Survivors of the 43-month siege of Sarajevo are hoping for closure when Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic receives a final verdict on Tuesday (June 8) in his appeal against conviction for genocide and war crimes during the 1990s. In 2017,…

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Bosnian Serb wartime leader Karadzic to serve jail term in UK

Britain said on Wednesday it had agreed former Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic, convicted of war crimes during the Balkan conflict of the 1990s, should be transferred to a British…

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Sarajevo struggles with record number of deaths from COVID-19

The Bosnian capital has been hit by record number of deaths from COVID-19 in March, prompting hospitals to warn of a lack of capacity for a rising number of patients…

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Russia warns it will ‘have to react’ if Bosnia moves to join NATO

Russia will react if Bosnia takes steps towards joining NATO because Moscow would perceive this as a hostile act, the Russian embassy in Bosnia said in a statement. Bosnia has…

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Serbia donates COVID-19 vaccines to Bosnia’s Muslims, Croats

SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Former wartime enemy Serbia donated 5,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to the Bosniak-Croat region of neighbouring Bosnia on Tuesday, allowing it to launched its inoculation campaign. The…

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How did NASA’s Martian rover come to land in a crater named after a tiny Balkan village?

The world was excited by the news last week that NASA’s Perseverance rover had successfully landed in a Martian crater. The rover will now set about collecting samples from what scientists say…

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Migrants stranded in freezing Bosnian winter plea for help

Hundreds of migrants are taking shelter in abandoned buildings in and around the northwestern Bosnian town of Bihac, wrapping up as best they can against the snow and freezing weather…

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‘Please help us’: Migrants, exposed to freezing Bosnia winter, await chance to reach EU

BIHAC, Bosnia, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Hundreds of migrants are taking shelter in abandoned buildings in and around the northwestern Bosnian town of Bihac, wrapping up as best they can…

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EU allocates additional €3.5 million to support vulnerable refugees and migrants

The European Commission has announced today an additional €3.5 million in humanitarian aid to help vulnerable refugees and migrants in Bosnia and Herzegovina facing a humanitarian disaster. More than 1,700 refugees and…

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Bosnia sets up tents for freezing migrants

Trying to resolve a humanitarian disaster, the Bosnian military set up tents Friday for hundreds of migrants who have been stuck in a burned-out refugee camp that has no facilities…

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Hundreds of migrants freezing in heavy snow in Bosnia camp

Hundreds of migrants were stranded Saturday in a squalid, burnt-out tent camp in Bosnia as heavy snow fell in the country and winter temperatures suddenly dropped. Migrants at the Lipa…

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In Bosnia’s Mostar, ethnic parties win 1st local vote in 12 years

Preliminary results from the first local election in 12 years in the Bosnian town of Mostar on Sunday showed most votes going to the Croat and Bosniak parties whose rivalry…

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Bosnia’s divided town of Mostar holds first local vote in 12 years

MOSTAR, Bosnia Dec 20 (Reuters) - Citizens in Bosnia's ethnically divided town of Mostar voted for their city councillors on Sunday for the first time in 12 years, after the…

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EPA’s Eye in the Sky: Sarajevo, Bosnia

A general view of the surroundings of the city of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. With 164 AQI (Air Quality Index), Sarajevo is one of the polluted cities in the world.…

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World Bank lends Bosnia $65.3 million to help pandemic-hit businesses

The World Bank announced it had approved a $65.3 million loan to Bosnia to help the Balkan country's micro, small and medium-sized enterprises withstand the coronavirus crisis. The loan will…

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25 years after peace deal, Bosnia endures division and stagnation

Mirsad Zahirovic is a university-educated journalist and activist who moonlights as a waiter because he is not a member of one of the ruling political parties, which is almost the…

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Local elections in Bosnia Herzegovina

A Red Cross volunteer (L) measures the temperature of women before entering the polling station during the local elections in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 15 November 2020. More than three…

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