Latest News from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Izetbegović wants Bosnia to join "NATO elite"
Izetbegović wants Bosnia to join "NATO elite"
SARAJEVO -- Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina Bakir Izetbegović has spoken in favor of that country joining NATO.
Izetbegović, who represents Bosniaks - one of the three constituent peoples in Bosnia - said "elite countries" were members of the western military alliance.
Montenegro Improves Rating on Global Peace Index
The index of the International Institute for Economics and Peace, which aims to measure peace and stability in the world, said Montenegro has made progress compared to 2012, rising to 73rd place out of 162, up from 81st place in 2012.
Controversial Ex-Yu Facebook Group Pops Up Again
Photographs and "selfies" of teenage girls from Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia, shown half-naked in lace underwear, mini-skirts and other sexually suggestive clothing, have reappeared on Facebook under the name "Biggest sluts in elementary schools and high schools."
"The page was deleted but we made a new one :) Send us photos in inbox," the Facebook group says.
Bosnia Arrests Four Croat War Crimes Suspects
The Bosnian State Investigation and Protection Agency arrested four former Croat fighters on suspicion that they committed war crimes including rape in the Odzak area in 1992.
Bosnian Serbs Shrug off Row Over Residency Checks
Zeljka Cvijanovic, Prime Minister of Republika Srpska, said Bosniak parties and organizations were raising unnecessary tensions over a recent decision regarding checks on residence in the entity.
Sarajevo To Honour Much Loved Pope With Statue
A statue of the late Pontiff John Paul II, who was Pope from 1978 to 2005, is to be erected soon in Sarajevo beside the Catholic Sacred Heart Cathedral in the city centre.
The statue of the former Pope is to be unveiled on April 30, after a ceremonial council of the priests of the Archdiocese of Vrhbosna, as the Sarajevo diocese is known.
EC: GDP higher than expected in most candidate countries
EC: GDP higher than expected in most candidate countries
BRUSSELS -- The European Commission has stated that the increase of GDP in Serbia and other EU member candidates was higher than expected - except in Albania.
In that country, a decline has been observed, the Beta news agency quoted the latest economic analysis of the European Commission.
Aspiring Member States Risk Violating EU Pollution Limits
Several new European coal plants, authorized by the Energy Community, risk breaching EU pollution limits if they proceed according to their plans.
Commitments made under the Energy Community treaty by Moldova, Ukraine among others oblige them to comply with the EU's Industrial Emissions Directive by 1 January 2018, Euroactiv.com reports based on EU law firm analysis.
Bosnia Museum Defies Pressure to Re-open
The boss of Bosnia's National Museum says the embattled institution, which was shut because of its debts more than a year ago, will not reopen simply because the Federation entity government has promised it some money - but only when months of owed salaries are paid.
Patriarch Irinej sends Easter message
BELGRADE - Patriarch Irinej of the Serbian Orthodox Church on Wednesday sent his Easter message to all Christians and said that he is particularly praying for the brothers and sisters in the Middle East and Ukraine, with the wish that his prayer and the Easter holidays enlighten the minds of hate-mongers against the Holy Orthodoxy.
Kremlin threatens gas supplies to Southeast Europe
Kremlin threatens gas supplies to Southeast Europe
Several nations receive Russian gas via Ukraine. In other business news: Albania's credit rating sees improvement and Turkey's military spending surpasses Canada.
The EU says Russia should not politicise its contractual shipments of gas. [AFP]
Serbian Leader Defuses Row Over TV N1
Aleksandar Vucic, Serbia's likely next Prime Minister, on Tuesday told David Petraeus, chairman of the Global Institute of the KKR investment firm, that its first direct Balkan investment - a new cross-border TV station, N1, - was welcome in Serbia.
EU Ministers Slate Separatist Talk in Bosnia
The EU Foreign Affairs Council has condemned “unacceptable secessionist and divisive rhetoric and ideas” in Bosnia, and said the European integration process in the country had stalled because of a lack of political will among politicians.
Dodik, ambassador discuss combating “electoral engineering”
Dodik, ambassador discuss combating “electoral engineering”
BANJA LUKA -- Milorad Dodik met with Serbian Ambassador to Bosnia Stanimir Vukićević to discuss the RS lawmakers' activities to enact regulations on place of residence.
Serbia Ruling Party Backs Republika Srpska Opposition
Nikola Selakovic, vice-president of Belgrade’s ruling Serbian Progressive Party, SNS, told a conference of the Serb Democratic Party, SDS, in Bijeljina on Sunday that it had his backing ahead of polls due in Bosnia and Herzegovina in October this year.