Democratic People's Alliance

Zoran Tegeltija, the recently appointed chairman of the Council of Ministers - Bosnia's state-level government - on Tuesday finally completed the composition of his cabinet, 14 months after the last legislative elections in the country.

Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik, who was recently elected as the Serb member of the tripartite state-level presidency, said on Thursday that his party colleague Radovan Viskovic should be given a mandate to establish Republika Srpska's new government after this month's elections.

As Bosnia starts preparing for autumn general elections, only one candidate's name is known for now, that of Mladen Ivanic.

The current member of Bosnia's state presidency will be the candidate of the main opposition bloc in the country's mainly Serbian entity, Republika Srpska, the Alliance for Changes.

The plan to hold the referendum in Bosnia's Serb-dominated Republika Srpska entity - widely criticised as potentially divisive - appeared to be in disarray after only representatives of the ruling coalition turned up for a meeting on the issue called by President Milorad Dodik on Friday.

The House of Representatives in the larger of Bosnia's two entities, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, on December 29 adopted a decision on temporary financing of entity institutions for the first three months of 2015, as the annual budget is not yet ready.

Bosnian Serb entity gets new government

BANJA LUKA -- The Serb Republic (RS) has a new government, headed by Zeljka Cvijanovic, who has embarked on her second term as prime minister.

BANJALUKA - Republika Srpska (RS) has a new government, headed by Zeljka Cvijanovic, who has embarked on her second term as prime minister.

At a parliamentary session that ended late Wednesday, 44 MPs voted for the government and 37 voted against. Also elected were the deputy parliament speakers, the RTRS reported.

Three parties, the [Bosniak] Party of Democratic Action, SDA, the Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, and the Democratic Front, DF, signed a coalition programme on November 19, creating a basis for future governments in both the Federation and at state level.

Dodik's party says coalition has majority

BANJA LUKA -- Vice-president of the SNSD Igor Radojičić has said that the ruling coalition has a majority to form a new government in the Serb entity (RS) of Bosnia.