All News on Politics in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Vote Count Almost Over From Bosnia's Election
Based on around 95 per cent of votes counted, the three members of Bosnia's State Presidency will Bakir Izetbegovic - for the Bosniaks, Dragan Covic - for the Croats, and Mladen Ivanic - for the Serbs.
Izetbegovic, the existing Bosniak member, standing for the Bosniak Party of Democratic Action, SDA, won about 228,000 votes, some 40,000 more than his main rival, Fahrudin Radoncic.
Regional countries take action against jihadists
Regional countries take action against jihadists
Ex-Bosnian Army Soldier Acquitted of War Crimes
The Supreme Court of Bosnia's Federation entity acquitted former Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina member Hajrudin Trle of war crimes.
Bosnia's SDP in Turmoil After Election Failure
Damir Hadzic and Nermin Niksic, two key figures in Bosnia's Social Democratic Party, SDP, have resigned decision-making posts in the party after its debacle in last Sunday's elections.
At a crisis press conference on October 16, the SDP said an extraordinary party congress would soon choose a new leadership.
Bosniak Party Mulls Options After Bosnia Election Win
The Party of Democratic Action, SDA, based on 86 per cent of counted votes, will likely take the lead position in Bosnia's new state-level government after it won around 28 per cent of the votes in the country's Federation entity - around 233,000 votes in all.
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RS opposition leader wins Bosnian presidency vote
RS opposition leader wins Bosnian presidency vote
SARAJEVO -- New members of the Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina are Bakir Izetbegović, Dragan Ćović, and Mladen Ivanić, the Election Commission has announced.
These results are preliminary.
Nationalists win Bosnia's joint presidency: results
Nationalist candidates from Bosnia's Croat, Muslim and Serb communities won the country's three-man presidency, election results showed
Dodik reelected as head of Serb entity in Bosnia
Dodik reelected as head of Serb entity in Bosnia
BANJA LUKA -- President of the Serb Republic (RS) Milorad Dodik will remain in office for another four years after achieving a narrow victory in Sunday's election.
Violent Clashes Erupt at Montenegro Refugee Camp
At least 20 people were arrested after a fight broke out between refugees from Kosovo and Bosnia and shots were fired at Montenegro’s largest refugee camp in the capital.
Bosnians vote amid ethnic splits, economic concerns
Nearly 20 years since a devastating war, Bosnia, one of Europe’s poorest countries that remains split along ethnic lines, goes to pollls to elect a new administration with very little hopes for change
Bosnia Votes for Parliament, President amid Rising Tensions
Voters in Bosnia-Herzegovina are heading to the polls on Sunday in a period of growing social tensions, ethnic disputes and corruption thwarting any EU accession effort.
Nearly 3.3 million are eligible to vote as the country has to elect the three-member Presidency (consisting of a Croat, Muslim and Serb representatives) and the lawmakers to form a new national legislature.
Bosnians Head to Polls in Close-Run Election
Polls opened at 7am on Sunday for voters to cast ballots in the general and presidential elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bosnia Poll Puts Komsic and Dodik in Lead
A survey conducted by Ipsos and published on October 9 by a Croatian public relations agency showed that the Democratic Front, led by Zeljko Komsic, was the most popular party in Bosnia's Federation entity while Milorad Dodik's governing Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, SNSD, was leading in Republika Srpska.
Insults Fly Ahead of Sunday's Vote in Bosnia
In a battle to win votes ahead of general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina on October 12, Bosnia's sharp-elbowed parties are not choosing their words carefully.
Most prefer to talk about their rivals' multiple errors and grave crimes than talk about what they would do in power.
EU Raps Balkans Over War Crimes Prosecutions
The latest EU progress report said that Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia are still making unacceptably slow progress in prosecuting war crimes.