Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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.

The Bosnian state court. Photo: BIRN.

The first prosecution witness told the Bosnian state court on the opening day of the trial of eight former Bosnian Army soldiers on Friday that he saw the corpses of the victims at a secondary school gym in Krizancevo Selo, near Vitez, on December 22, 1993.

Pressing their demands for bigger benefits, former Bosnian Army and Croatian Defence Council troops blocked the main street in Sarajevo and scuffled with the police.

War veterans have blocked roads in various parts of Bosnia-Herzegovina to demand additional benefits.

Reports said the veterans of Bosnia's 1992-95 war peacefully ended their last blockades in the country's Muslim-Croat Federation on the morning of March 1.

The protest that began on February 28 had left thousands of people trapped in their vehicles in freezing temperatures.

Former Bosnian Army and Croatian Defence Council troops called on MPs to respond to their demands for benefits for unemployed veterans and a proper unified register of those who fought in the 1992-95 war.

Military exercises with the participation of NATO's A-10 aircraft squadrons are being planned in Bosnia and Herzegovina's (BiH) Serb Republic (Republika Srpska) in 2019. That's according to a report by "Dnevnik," a Sarajevo-based website, referencing official documents of the Ministry of Defense of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

RS President Milorad Dodik says Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) Armed Forces will no longer participate in the celebration of January 9.

January 9 is the day of the Serb Republic (RS), the Serb entity in BiH.

January 9 is the day of the Serb Republic (RS), the Serb entity in BiH.

"I refused any participation of the Armed Forces of Bosnia-Herzegovina in the marking of RS Day. I do not want to have any more arguments about this," Dodik told TV K-3 late on Thursday.

Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik said on Thursday evening that plans are underway to mark the disputed Day of Republika Srpska on January 9, even though the state Constitutional Court declared the holiday unconstitutional.

Dodik also said that members of the Bosnian armed forces would not be allowed to participate.

Almost a year since Bosnia and Serbia agreed to build a highway linking their capitals, Bosnia's two entities remain in a deadlock over the route.

Currently the trip between Sarajevo and Belgrade takes some five hours by car.

The fast road is expected to cut travel time drastically and provide a link between the two countries, both physically and symbolically.