Alija Izetbegović

Several dozen children from Vrbanjci near Banja Luka in Republika Srpska did not start school on September 1 due to their parents' boycott of the school system which does not allow Bosniaks to have their own curriculum at the local school uses the Serbian-language teaching programme.

MOSTAR - Leaders of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) and Montenegro signed in Mostar on Friday the Declaration on missing persons which aims to encourage the search for missing persons and define the responsibilities and role of states in the search for a solution to the problem.

The EU Enlargement Commissioner, Stefan Fuele, called on the international donors' conference, which opened in Brussels on Wednesday, to show solidarity when pledging assistance to flood-hit Bosnia and Serbia.

"I hope we can use this moment of solidarity to help ensure that the countries of this region never have to endure the same destruction as we witnessed in May," he said.

BRUSSELS - Three films about the May floods in Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina and about the reaction from the international community to the event marked the start of the Donor Conference in Brussels on Wednesday under the motto Rebuilding Together, which will be used to help repair the damage caused by the natural disaster.

Brussels hosts donor conference for Serbia and Bosnia

BELGRADE -- An international donor conference will be held in Brussels on Wednesday to raise funds for the reconstruction of areas affected by floods in Serbia and Bosnia.

The state prosecution filed indictments against a Bosnian Army soldier accused of shooting several Croats and a Serb serviceman who allegedly killed two Bosniak women and their three children.

President to attend donor conference in Brussels

BELGRADE -- Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić will attend a donor conference dedicated to repairing the damage from the floods in Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.

The event will be held in Brussels on July 16, Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić said on Wednesday.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will attend a donor conference dedicated to repairing the damage from the floods in Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, and the event will be held in Brussels on July 16, Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Wednesday.

President urged to "change his mind" about Sarajevo trip

SARAJEVO -- Bakir Izetbegović says he "does not understand the reasoning behind Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić’s plans not to go to Sarajevo."

SARAJEVO – Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) Bakir Izetbegovic says he does not understand the reasoning behind Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic’s plans not to go to Sarajevo for an event marking 100 years since the outbreak of World War One (WWI) and his stating that he cannot go to a place where someone will accuse his people.