Bosnia and Herzegovina News

Sarajevo 30 June 2009 Banja Luka Bosnia and Herzegovina has reported its first potential case of the A virus, commonly known as the swine flu, Bosnian media reported on Tuesday, citing local health experts.

Bosnia Hopeful over IMF Deal Sarajevo Mujezinovic, right center, holds his first government session Bosnia and Herzegovina is hopeful that a compromise has been reached with the International Monetary Fund, IMF, which would allow this financial institution to activate a Euro 1.2 billion stand-by arrangement for the country.

24 June 2009 Sarajevo 29 June 2009 OHR Top world countries charged with overseeing peace-implementation in Bosnia and Herzegovina will begin meetings today in Sarajevo to decide the future of the international presence in the troubled country.

Is there any difference between an Albanian election and a turbo-folk festival? In a joint statement issued on Monday, the international election observer missions for Sunday's parliamentary poll concluded that Albania's election process demonstrated a oemarked improvementsa but did not yet meet international standards.

Is there any difference between an Albanian election and a turbo-folk festival? 26 June 2009 Bulgarian authorities on Thursday released former Kosovo prime minister Agim Ceku from custody, after he was arrested two days earlier on an international warrant requested by Serbia for alleged war crimes.

By a final decision rendered by the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Branimir Glavas will not be extradited to the Republic of Croatia, where he has been sentenced for war crimes in a first-instance verdict.

Trip: Visits Zagreb, Split, Plitvice Lakes National Park, Trogir, Dubrovnik and Cavtat, Croatia, and Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

By a final decision rendered by the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Branimir Glavas will not be extradited to the Republic of Croatia, where he has been sentenced for war crimes in a first-instance verdict.

Sarajevo Srecko Latal Serbian President Boris Tadic has issued a strong statement of support for the Bosnian Serb leadership in a joint condemnation of Bosnia's top western envoy, who has moved to abolish a Bosnian Serb declaration challenging his powers.

In one Bosnian town, a mosque was destroyed during the war in 1992, and a church was later built on the spot where the mosque used to be; soon, however, the church will be moved "a couple of hundred meters away so that the mosque can be 'rebuilt' on its original location." More on this - at BalkanCities .

Bosnia and Herzegovina will not make the cut in gaining visa-free travel by the end of the year, European Commission foreign ministers said last week.

Following a coordination meeting held yesterday in Vienna, the parent banks of the six largest foreign banks incorporated in Bosnia and Herzegovina reaffirmed their commitments to take action needed to support their subsidiaries in the country.

Sarajevo Koricanske stijene At the trial for crimes committed at Koricanske stijene in central Bosnia, the first indictee signs a guilt admission agreement with the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Leading figures at the European Union and NATO have warned politicians in Bosnia and Herzegovina that the country cannot progress towards NATO and EU integration in the present political climate.

"Happy Birthday, Mr President" The Serbian National Movement, based in Banja Luka, Bosnia, has put up posters in nine cities across Bosnia and Herzegovina, wishing war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic a happy birthday.

Sarajevo Bosnian Parliament in session The law is believed to be in violation of the regional CEFTA free trade agreement and could have dire effects on Bosnia and its relations with the rest of the region.

The international community's envoy in Bosnia moved Friday to invoke extraordinary legal powers over the country after Bosnian Serb leaders passed legislation that he said undermined the Dayton peace accords , which ended Bosnia's brutal war in 1995.

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina -- Veterans in wheelchairs and on crutches and the widows and children of slain soldiers protested Thursday in Sarajevo, forcing the government to abandon plans to cut their benefits 10 percent.

Hungary's oil and gas company MOL Nyrt. said Wednesday it will get a euro200 million loan from the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development to complete a natural gas storage facility and increase energy security in the region.

BELGRADE, Serbia -- Rasim Ljajic, head of Serbia's National Council for Co-operation with The Hague war crimes tribunal , rejected Bosnia and Herzegovina media reports Tuesday that alleged it has been holding negotiations on the arrest of war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic.