Bosniak

They will represent Bosniaks (Muslims), Croats, and Serbs, respectively, in this tripartite body.

Bosnia's politial future looked more uncertain on Monday after the hard-line Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik looked set to win the Serbian seat on Bosnia's three-member state presidency.

Polls closed at 7pm on Sunday in an election in which 3,352,933 voters were eligible to vote at 5,794 polling stations.

Bosnian state prosecutor Miroslav Janjic said he received death threats from a witness who testified in the war crimes case against the former Bosniak commander in Srebrenica, Naser Oric.

Turkey on Sunday marked the failed coup attempt of July 15, 2016 with receptions across the Balkans, including photography and art shows as well as religious ceremonies, marches and several sporting events.

Balkan leaders were high on the foreign guest list as Turkey's strongman for 16 years, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was sworn in as President once again at the country's parliament in Ankara on Monday.

Three major Bosnian Serb opposition parties, along with six other political groups, joined forces on Monday in an attempt to defeat the coalition centred around Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik's Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, SNSD, which has been in power in the entity for 12 years.

Bosnian officials reacted angrily to Croatia's signing of a contract on Monday to build the Peljesac Bridge on the Adriatic Sea coast in Dubrovnik, arguing that Zagreb must resolve its outstanding sea border issues with Sarajevo first.

Bosnians have found a new way to pay back politicians who do not deliver on their extravagant promises - make fun of them on video games.

Prime Minister Binali Yildirim told parliament on Tuesday that he will make an official trip to Bosnia and Herzegovina on March 29-30 - one of the highest-level Turkish visits to the Balkan country in recent years.

"We will visit Bosnia this week. As you know, Bosnia is a very important country for us," Yildirim said.

A Bosnian website, Prometej, launched an online petition last Friday in support of Enver Kazaz, a professor well known for his sharp criticism of Bosnia's main Bosniak main party, who said he was assaulted earlier this month.