Bosnien und Herzegowina

[…] The German parliament, the Bundestag, extended the mandate for the EU mission EUFOR Althea in the Balkan country. The mission monitors compliance with the Dayton Peace Agreement, which ended the Bosnian War in 1995. The Bundeswehr will continue to support this with up to 50 troops.

Once again, leaders of the majority-Serb entity Republika Srpska are threatening to break away from Bosnia. While tensions between the entity and Sarajevo are longstanding, national collapse may be closer than ever before. 

A recent rise in tensions in Bosnia and Herzegovina has sparked an “extraordinary crisis” as the country continues to emerge from the shadows of the Balkan wars 30 years ago, the UN Security Council heard on Tuesday. High Representative Christian Schmidt briefed on latest developments surrounding implementation of the 1995 General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which ended more than three years of bloodshed and genocide following the breakup of the former Yugoslavia.

Bosnia's High Representative on Thursday suspended public funding for the Bosnian Serb leader's party, citing its attacks on Bosnia's 'constitutional order' - as the political crsisis in the divided country continues to escalate. 

Bosnia's state-level law enforcement agency's attempt to apprehend Bosnian Serb separatist leader Milorad Dodik, on a warrant issued over his first-instance court sentence for violating constitutional order, was blocked by his security and entity-level police. 

Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik announced on March 31 that he had arrived in Moscow after prosecutors in Bosnia-Herzegovina requested an international arrest warrant over accusations that he flouted the Balkan country's constitution.

[…] The OSCE said the recent moves made by the Respublika Srpska leadership directly violate the constitutional order of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The laws passed by the entity's parliament in recent weeks have also earned condemnation from US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, and several foreign embassies in the country.

After Bosnia's state prosecution issued an arrest warrant for the separatist Bosnian Serb leader and two others on March 12 – which they ignored – the state court issued a new nationwide arrest warrant for them on Monday.

Escalating Bosnia's political crisis, and despite criticism, the Republika Srpska assembly adopted a new draft constitution and law allowing for the formation of a separate army and judiciary. … The adoption of the draft constitution and law comes a day after the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina issued an arrest warrant for RS President Milorad Dodik and two others, accusing them of an “attack on the constitutional order” of the country.

Bosnian state prosecutors on Wednesday ordered the arrest of Russian-backed Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik and his aides for ignoring a court summons, raising the stakes in a standoff that threatens the Balkan country's stability.