Wednesday, 4 April 2018

Ahead of Elections, “Alarming” Period in Bosnia and Herzegovina

ZAGREB, April 4, 2018 - Bosnia and Herzegovina has entered an "alarming" political period that could get additionally dangerously complicated as political parties are evidently not willing to change electoral legislation to ensure the regularity of elections scheduled for October, said a local coalition of nongovernmental organisations called "Pod lupom" (Under Scrutiny), which monitors the regularity of the election process in the country based on the model of Croatia's GONG NGO.

Tuesday, 3 April 2018

Former President Mesić Declines Honorary Citizen of Sarajevo Title

ZAGREB, April 3, 2018 - Former Croatian president Stjepan Mesić has declined to accept the title of honorary citizen of Sarajevo and will not visit the Bosnian capital on April 6 when the city authorities still plan to confer the honour on him despite his refusal, the Dnevni Avaz newspaper said on its website on Tuesday.

Tuesday, 3 April 2018

Regional Expert Becomes new CoE Human Rights Commissioner

ZAGREB, April 3, 2018 - Human Rights expert Dunja Mijatović of Bosnia and Herzegovina took up the post of Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday.

Monday, 2 April 2018

Croatian MEP Warns about Wahhabi Presence in Bosnia

ZAGREB, April 2, 2018 - Croatian member of the European Parliament Tonino Picula has said that ignoring the presence of Wahhabis and other radical Islamic groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) can only lead to making them stronger and pose a threat first and foremost to Bosniaks.

Thursday, 29 March 2018

EU, USA Call for Changes to Bosnia's Electoral Legislation

ZAGREB, March 29, 2018 - The EU's Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lars Gunnar Wigemark, and US Ambassador Maureen Cormack on Thursday issued a joint statement calling on local politicians to reach agreement on amending the country's electoral legislation in line with the Constitutional Court's ruling in a case filed by Croat politician Božo Ljubić so as to protect the rights of all constituent peoples in the election of deputies to the Croat-Bosniak entity parliament's upper chamber called the House of Peoples, and warning that otherwise a serious political crisis could break out.

Tuesday, 27 March 2018

Unlike Croatia, Neighbours Will Not Expel Russian Diplomats

ZAGREB, March 27, 2018 - Slovenia hasn't decided to expel any Russian diplomats following the Salisbury case, Foreign Minister Karl Erjavec said, while Bosnia and Herzegovina's Foreign Minister Igor Crnadak told the Klix web portal that his country would not join other Western countries in expelling Russian diplomats due to the poisoning of a Russian spy in Great Britain.

Sunday, 25 March 2018

Taxes in Countries of Former Yugoslavia

There is one common feature: governments like to talk about lower taxes, but rarely fulfil their promises.

Friday, 23 March 2018

Croatia and Bosnia to Cooperate in Natural Disasters Management

ZAGREB, March 23, 2018 - Croatian Defence Minister Damir Krstičević and his Bosnia and Herzegovina counterpart Marina Pendeš agreed at talks in Zagreb on Friday to strengthen the cooperation between the two countries' armies so that they could respond more efficiently to natural disasters and accidents.

Tuesday, 20 March 2018

Controversial Russian Group to Visit Croatian Neighbourhood

ZAGREB, March 20, 2018 - Members of the Russian motorcycle club Night Wolves, that is close to Vladimir Putin, will not back down from coming to Bosnia and Herzegovina even though their leader Alexander Zaldostanov has been banned from entering the country and proclaimed a threat to national security.

Saturday, 17 March 2018

Croatia’s Neighbours Resolved to Get Closer to EU

ZAGREB, March 17, 2018 - The foreign ministers of six Western Balkan countries aspiring for European Union membership (WB6) confirmed in Sarajevo that their governments would continue to implement the reforms necessary for EU membership and that they would work on strengthening stability and cooperation in the region.

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