Bosnien und Herzegowina

[…] 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. 

EUFOR will temporarily increase the size of its force. This is a proactive measure … .

After the Republika Srpska Assembly passed a set of laws challenging the authority of Bosnia's state-level institutions in the Serb-majority entity, Bosniaks have denounced what they called a 'coup d'état'. 

Republika Srpska leader Milorad Dodik vowed to defy a Bosnian court verdict sentencing him to a year in prison and banning him from holding the presidential office - a ruling condemned by Serbia, Hungary and Russia. 

A court in Sarajevo sentenced Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik to a year in prison and banned him from politics for six years for his defiance of an international peace envoy's orders, a ruling Dodik warned would radicalize the situation in the country. 

The Security Council today extended until 2 November 2025 the authorization to establish a European Union-led stabilization force in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as the 15-member Council reviewed the political, security and economic situation in the Western Balkan country.

The local election campaign has begun in Bosnia under tough new regulations imposed by the High Representative, which have already resulted in fines for political parties.