Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina

BELGRADE - According to figures released by the national statistical office RZS, a total 176,514 foreign tourists visited Serbia in April.

The majority came from Turkey (18,323), Russia (14,468) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (13,504).

Interestingly, 11,086 were from China.

MOSTAR - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic met on Tuesday in Mostar with Deputy Chairman of the House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina Dragan Covic, who chairs the Croat People Caucus of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The meeting in the Caucus building began shortly before 10 am.

The Sarajevo Cantonal Assembly, one of ten cantons in Bosnia's mainly Bosniak and Croat-dominated Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity, has voted to shorten school classes in the Muslim Ramadan to give extra time to observant pupils and teachers to break the religious fast. 

Sarajevo's mayor's office shone in the colors of Bulgaria's flag, the first country to recognize Bosnia and Herzegovina's independence 30 years ago, the local daily Dnevni Avaz reported.

The UN Committee Against Torture has ruled that the Bosnian authorities must pay compensation to a victim of sexual violence during the 1992-95 war and provide her with appropriate and free medical and psychological help as soon as possible.

Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, on a three-day visit to Israel, on Wednesday denied calling neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina an unstable country taken over by militant Islam and connected to Iran - remarks reported in a Jerusalem Post article that sparked hostile reactions in Bosnia and Herzegovina - and which the newspaper has since deleted.

The Turkish prime minister warned Bosnia and Herzegovina that the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ) could harm it as it did Turkey.

The Croatian government said on Thursday that it will revoke controversial Ordinance on the Increase of Import Taxes that threatened to lead to a trade war between Zagreb and neighbouring Balkan countries.

Croatia recently adopted new rules that increased fees for inspections of fruit and vegetable imports from 12 euros to 270 euros.

BELGRADE - Good relations between Serbs and Bosniaks are key to maintaining peace and stability in the region as well as to economic progress of the Western Balkans, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic noted on Thursday in a conversation with Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Presidency member Mladen Ivanic.

The extraordinary manager of Croatia's ailing food and retail concern, Agrokor, on Friday said he would now be shifting the focus to Bosnia, where the firm is battling to stabilising operations.

Agrokor's units in Bosnia and Herzegovina are experiencing difficulties with their suppliers, Ante Ramljak said, following a third meeting in Sarajevo with the Bosnian authorities.