Herzegovina-Neretva Canton

A Day of Mourning has been declared across Bosnia and Herzegovina in remembrance of those who lost their lives due to the recent floods and landslides. At least 20 fatalities have been reported as a result of these natural disasters. The decision for this observance was made by the Entity Governments for both Entities and the Brčko District Government.

The Bosnian Defence Ministry told BIRN that it is planning to invest 540,000 Bosnian marks, some 270,000 euros, over the next three years on rebuilding part of the former Heliodrom detention camp in Mostar as the Military Museum of the 1st Infantry Regiment of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

According to the announcement of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, the incident happened yesterday, when, as stated, an unknown person blocked the road with a Hyundai vehicle and tore off the rotating light from the official vehicle of the Republika Srpska and threw it off the road.

After police in the Hercegovina-Neretva Canton, one of ten cantons in Bosnia's Federation entity, intercepted a convoy of migrants last Friday, accusations have continued to fly between the canton and the state government over whether the police had a right to stop it or not.

Environmental campaigners the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton in the Mostar region have launched a petition calling on the tourism and environment ministry in the Federation, one of the country's two political entities, to prevent the building of the hydro-power plants.

Two of the main opposition Bosnian parties, the Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina (SDPBiH) and the Democratic Front (DF), are presenting a joint proposal for the reform of Mostar's electoral statute in order to end the city's political deadlock.