Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia

He recalled how the unknown soldier then told his father: "Turn around and look at your house one last time."

Alija Konjhodzic never saw his father again.

After the arrest, he went to the military police station to try to find out why his father had been taken.

"We recommended to the Bosnian state prosecution to reconstitute regional teams that they had in order to maintain expertise in a particular area of Bosnia and Herzegovina. I think a part of [the problem] is the management, a part of it is the quality of indictments, so I think that there is an issue there," Berton explained.

Representatives of former wartime prisoners in the southern town of Stolac said that the anniversary march on Thursday organised by Bosnia and Herzegovina's main Croat party, the Croatian Democratic Union, sent a "dangerous message".

A spokesperson for Angela Merkel said on Wednesday that the German Chancellor was not familiar with the nationalist song that was performed at the Croatian Democratic Union rally that she attended on Saturday, and was not informed about the content of the event's musical programme in advance.

The UN court in the Hague granted early release to Valentin Coric, one of the six leaders of the unrecognised Bosnian Croat statelet of Herzeg-Bosnia who were convicted for war crimes during 1992-1994.

A year after six officials from the Bosnian Croat wartime statelet of Herzeg-Bosnia were convicted in The Hague, campaigners urged Croatia’s president to revoke the honours she awarded them before the verdict.

Former US President Bill Clinton is line for an award on May 5 from the Washington-based Advisory Council for Bosnia and Herzegovina, when a gala dinner will honour him and other longstanding supporters of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Berislav Pusic, who was convicted of wartime crimes alongside five other senior officials from the unrecognised Bosnian Croat-led Herceg-Bosnia statelet, has been granted early release.

Prime Minister Boyko Borisov is on a visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Today the prime minister will open the International Economic Fair held for the 21st time in Mostar, the press service of the Council of Ministers announced.

Dragan Mektic, Bosnia's Security Minister told a Wednesday meeting in Sarajevo with representatives of police agencies and interior ministers that no agreement had been reached to establish a joint contact point with Europol.

Joint contact with the Europol is the last obligation Bosnia must meet to begin implementation of an operational agreement with the European police office.