Dragan Mektic
Bosnia ex-Security Minister Charged with Corruption
The Prosecution office in Bosnia and Herzegovina has charged former Security Minister Dragan Mektic, Igor Golijanin, Samir Agic and Edin Garaplija with abuse of position over the implementation of an interstate project on cross-border cooperation in fire fighting, which the European Union's Delegation to Bosnia had financed.
BIRN Fact-check: What Croatia Is Not Saying About the ‘Nigerian students’ Case
The two Nigerian students who said the Croatian police expelled them to Bosnia, assuming that, as Africans, they were illegal immigrants, will soon be returned home - but the mystery around their case has not been cleared up.
Migrants’ Freedom of Movement Restricted in Western Bosnia
The Una-Sana Canton Interior Ministry spokesman Ale Siljdedic told Bosnian media on Tuesday that migrants living rough in public areas and abandoned facilities will be relocated by local police to the Vucjak temporary migrant centre in the area.
Bosnia Awaits Nine ISIS Deportees From Syria Camps
Nine members of the terrorist organisation, the so-called Islamic State, ISIS, who have been on the Syrian front in the past, will soon be deported from US or Kurdish-run camps in northern Syria to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the country's Minister of Security, Dragan Mektic, confirmed to BIRN.
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Bosnia Ponders Where to Hold Former Syria Fighters
The Bosnian Minister for Human Rights and Refugees on Thursday said families of former Islamic State fighter in Syria might be accommodated near the southwest city of Mostar at the Selakovac reception centre.
"If they have no other place to stay, they may be placed in this centre. Salakovac is a possible option," Semiha Borovac told the media.
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Bosnia Minister Calls Protest Over Top Judicial Official
Dragan Mektic, the Minister of Security in Bosnia, has called for public protests on Wednesday in front of the building of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina, HJPC, after a video emerged suggesting its boss had taken a bribe.
Killing of Bosnian Businessman a Wake-Up Call
The brutal murder of prominent local businessman Slavisa Krunic has shaken many in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Minister’s Sharp Tweets Make Waves in Bosnia
Dragan Mektic, Bosnian Security Minister. Photo courtesy of N1
While most Bosnian politicians remain shy of social media, those who are present on it naturally cause a lot of attention, as has has been the case with newly registered Twitter user Dragan Mektic, the Bosnian Security Minister.
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Bosnia: Migrants clash with police, break through cordon
They are headed towards the border.
The cordon was set up by the Border Police of Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH)
According to information from Sarajevo-based media, the clash between police officers and migrants has produced injuries.
Bosnia Urged to House Migrants Camping in Tents
The accommodation of about 300 migrants camping in a tent settlement in Velika Kladusa in north-west Bosnia should be resolved as a priority matter, a meeting of state representatives and the International Organisation for Migration, IOM, agreed on Wednesday.
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