Bosnia and Herzegovina
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OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
(OSCE Long-Term Missions)
Since: 12/95
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OHR
Office of the High Representative (Other)
Since: 12/95
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EUPM
European Union Police Mission (EU)
Since: 01/03
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EUFOR Althea
EU Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina (EU)
Since: 12/04
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NATO to include Bosnia in MAP (23.04.2010)
(Source:B92)
NATO ministers agreed on Thursday to include Bosnia-Herzegovina in the Membership Action Plan (MAP).
Departure of Serbs from Srebrenica continues (16.04.2010)
(Source:B92)
Srebrenica Municipal Assembly President Radomir Pavlovic said that Serbs are continuing to leave the municipality. He attributed this trend to the pressure of the local Bosniak (Muslim) government.
Top international official calls situation in Bosnia 'troubling' (08.04.2010)
(Source:Balkan Insight)
The international community’s High Representative in Bosnia Valentin Inzko described the situation in the country as troubling on Tuesday, urging local leaders to push forward necessary reforms and put behind nationalist rhetoric.
Adoption of Srebrenica declaration draws mixed reactions (31.03.2010)
(Source:Balkan Insight)
The adoption of the resolution on Srebrenica in the Serbian parliament has raised mixed reactions in both Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Some have criticised the fact that the text does not use the word genocide, and others object to the fact that the resolution does not address crimes committed by all parties in the wars of the 1990s.
Serbian MPs offer apology for Srebrenica massacre (31.03.2010)
(Source:BBC)
Serbia's parliament has passed a landmark resolution apologising for the 1995 Srebrenica massacre - Europe's worst atrocity since World War II.
Silajdzic slams "peaceful divorce" talk (23.03.2010)
(Source:Balkan Insight)
The Bosniak member of Bosnia's tripartite presidency, Haris Silajdzic, today rejected the talk of a "peaceful divorce" raised by Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik. … Dodik told reporters on Monday: “The priority is to ensure peace and stability and as part of that we can also talk about a peaceful divorce.
OHR to close office in Mostar (19.03.2010)
(Source:Southeast European Times)
High Representative Valentin Inzko announced on Thursday (March 18th) that the Office of the High Representative's (OHR) Mostar branch will close as of June 30th, based on progress there.
BiH fails to meet conditions for OHR closure (26.02.2010)
(Source:Southeast European Times)
The Peace Implementation Council (PIC) Steering Board is dissatisfied with BiH's failure to meet conditions needed to turn the Office of the High Representative (OHR) into a EU Special Representative (EUSR) office.
Bosnian Serbs adopt controversial referendum law (11.02.2010)
(Source:Balkan Insight)
The parliament of Bosnia's Serb dominated entity, Republika Srpska, adopted a controversial law on referendum late on Wednesday. The law has been described by the international community as provocative and potentially unconstitutional.
Bosnian forces conduct massive Wahhabi raid (08.02.2010)
(Source:ISN Security Watch)
The real reason behind a recent large-scale operation to shut down a radical Wahhabi village in Bosnia has more to do with an ongoing terrorism investigation than official statements about ethnic intolerance and territorial integrity, Anes Alic writes for ISN Security Watch.
Bosnia police raid conservative Muslim village (02.02.2010)
(Source:BBC)
Bosnian police have launched a massive operation against a conservative Muslim community, to prevent what they called attempts to destabilise the country.
Inzko: situation in Bosnia serious (27.01.2010)
(Source:B92)
High Representative in Bosnia Inzko Valentin called on the European parliament to take the current challenges in Bosnia seriously. The European Union, including the European parliament, must be active in order to change the current negative political trends in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Inzko said addressing the working group for the Western Balkans of the EP foreign affairs committee.
EUFOR to remain in Bosnia-Herzegovina (25.01.2010)
(Source:B92)
The European Union is prepared, if needed, to remain in Bosnia-Herzegovina after 2010 with its EUFOR peacekeeping mission under the UN mandate. “The Council of Ministers reiterates its full support for Bosnia’s European perspective," the EU Council of Ministers stated in Brussels today.
NATO HQ gets new commander (18.01.2010)
(Source:Southeast European Times)
US Brigadier General John Bullard became commander of NATO Headquarters in BiH, taking over from Italian predecessor Ericco Sabatto during a ceremony Friday (January 15th).
Inzko criticises lack of reforms (15.01.2010)
(Source:B92)
Due to a lack of political agreement there haven’t been any reforms Bosnia in the past three years, High International Representative Valentin Inzko says.
OSCE attacks interference in Bosnian judiciary (13.01.2010)
(Source:Balkan Insight)
In its latest report the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE, says that pressure on the work of judicial institutions goes beyond "acceptable criticism" and that accusations that war-crimes trials are motivated by ethnic affiliation are groundless.
RS's Dodik plans to organise referendum in first half of year (11.01.2010)
(Source:Southeast European Times)
Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik told the Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti that he will organise a referendum in the entity during the first half of this year. He explained that the government would ask RS citizens two questions: "Do you support the Dayton Agreement, and do you oppose the High Representative [Valentin Inzko] imposing decisions?"
Bosnians fear instability will peak in election year (25.12.2009)
(Source:Balkan Insight)
General elections planned for next autumn are likely to accentuate the political and ethnic divide while deepening economic crisis strains social cohesion.
Bosnian leaders ponder new western proposal (25.11.2009)
(Source:Balkan Insight)
Bosnian leaders are pondering a revised package of constitutional changes offered to them by European Union and US negotiators, in their latest attempt to help end the country’s political deadlock.
UN Security Council urges sides in Bosnia to work together (24.11.2009)
(Source:RFE / RL)
The permanent members of the UN Security Council and the European Union have urged competing sides in Bosnia and Herzegovina to work toward common solutions so the country can get on the fast track to join Euro-Atlantic structures. Speaking at the UN on November 23, Valentin Inzko, the high representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, described the current situation as "worrisome and stagnant."
International Council to discuss future of OHR (18.11.2009)
(Source:RFE / RL)
The 55-member international body that supervises Bosnia's peace process is gathering in Sarajevo to discuss whether to extend the mandate of its main civilian overseer there. ... Some of the 55 international representatives want to see the OHR closed so that Bosnian authorities can start running their own affairs without international oversight.
Security Council extends mandate of European peacekeepers (18.11.2009)
(Source:UN News)
The United Nations Security Council today extended for another year the European Union stabilization force (EUFOR) entrusted with ensuring continued compliance by all sides in Bosnia and Herzegovina with the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement that ended the ethnic war there.
Bosnia’s dual crisis - new ICG policy briefing (12.11.2009)
(Source:International Crisis Group)
Bosnia’s Dual Crisis, a twenty-page policy briefing from the International Crisis Group, examines the current political turmoil in Bosnia after the authority of the Office of the High Representative (OHR) was challenged by Republika Srpska, one of the state’s two entities.
Diplomats gather from East and West on Bosnia (06.11.2009)
(Source:Balkan Insight)
Less than 24 hours after the visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to Bosnia, his British counterpart David Miliband is expected to arrive and add his voice to the diplomatic efforts aimed at breaking the country’s political deadlock.
Inzko: situation in Bosnia "serious" (06.11.2009)
(Source:BBC)
Political situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina is difficult with a tendency to deteriorate said International High Representative Valentine Inzko.
Bosnian officials fear EU withdrawal (28.10.2009)
(Source:Balkan Insight)
In the wake of Tuesday's EU Council meeting, Bosnian officials expressed fears that the Europeans were withdrawing from a diplomatic initiative to end their country's political deadlock.
Bosnia ”fragile” after talks fail (21.10.2009)
(Source:BBC / UK)
Crisis talks aiming to end years of political stalemate among leaders of Bosnia's divided communities have ended with no tangible results.
US and EU push for Bosnian deal (09.10.2009)
(Source:BBC / UK)
The US and EU have agreed with Bosnian politicians from all sides on new talks about constitutional reforms to break a political deadlock in the country.
Karadzic makes court appearance (06.10.2009)
(Source:BBC / UK)
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has appeared at a pre-trial hearing at the International War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague. … The court tentatively set the start of his trial for 21 October instead of the originally planned 19 October date.
EU, U.S. announce emergency talks with Bosnia (02.10.2009)
(Source:Reliefweb / International)
Shaken by growing instability in Bosnia-Herzegovina, senior EU and U.S. foreign policy officials will travel to the country next week for talks with the leaders of the main political parties.