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EUFOR Althea
EU Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina (EU)
Mandatiert seit: 07/04
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OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
(OSCE Long-Term Missions)
Mandatiert seit: 12/95
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OHR
Office of the High Representative (Sonstige)
Beginn: 12/95
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News

27.03.2024
Bosnia’s peace envoy imposes ‘integrity package’ to reform election law

Bosnia’s international peace overseer on Tuesday (26 March) imposed changes to the country’s election law to ensure its integrity, including barring convicted war criminals from running, ahead of a vote in October. … Christian Schmidt said the aim of the “integrity package” was to restore voter trust through measures such as electronic scanning, counting of ballots and voter identification, as well as making election committees more professional.

Source: Euractiv
12.03.2024
EU Commission proposes opening Bosnia accession talks

The European Commission on Tuesday recommended opening European Union membership talks with Bosnia and Herzegovina, saying the Balkan country had made more progress on reforms over the past year than in the previous decade.

Source: Reuters
05.02.2024
Trial of Bosnian Serb leader Dodik formally begins after delays

The trial of Bosnian Serb separatist leader Milorad Dodik on charges of defying the rulings of an international peace envoy formally begun on Monday after delays due to his protests against judges he said were biased and other complaints.

Source: Reuters
15.12.2023
Bosnia arrests seven for mass killings after fall of Srebrenica

Bosnia's State Investigation and Protection Agency arrested seven individuals in the Zvornik area on Friday, suspected of participating in the mass killing of 800 Bosniaks after the fall of the UN-declared 'safe zone' in 1995.

Source: Balkan Insight
15.12.2023
Fresh delay to EU talks leaves many Bosnians bitter

While most politicians in Bosnia and Herzegovina have remained silent on yet another halt to the opening of accession talks with the European Union, its citizens reacted with sorrow to the most recent delay on the EU path.  While opening talks with Ukraine and Moldova on Thursday, prime ministers of EU member countries meeting in Brussels said they would only open talks with Bosnia “once certain criteria are met”.

Source: Balkan Insight
06.12.2023
Bosnian Serb leader Dodik faces trial for defying international envoy Schmidt

Bosnian-Serb nationalist leader Milorad Dodik appeared in court on Wednesday accused of refusing to recognise rulings by the international envoy overseeing peace in Bosnia. Mr Dodik, who is president of Bosnia-Herzegovina's majority-Serb area, rejects Christian Schmidt's authority.

Source: BBC
25.10.2023
NATO chief scheduled to visit Bosnia next month

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will pay his first official visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina on November 19, … . Stoltenberg has said that Bosnia -- along with Georgia and Moldova -- are among the countries that deserve NATO's special attention.

Source: RFE/RL
24.10.2023
Bosnian Serbs push ahead with controversial ‘foreign agents’ bill

The government of Bosnia’s Serb-dominated entity of Republika Srpska started public consultations on a controversial bill that would restrict non-profit organisations from engaging in “political activities”, mandate their enrolment in a special registry and subject them to increased legal oversight.

Source: Balkan Insight
20.09.2023
International envoy urges Bosnia to ban war criminals from holding office

The international high representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina urged the country’s authorities to ban the election, appointment, and employment in the public sector of people convicted of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.

Source: RFE/RL
20.09.2023
At UN Assembly, Bosnia and Herzegovina slams ‘foreign influence’ on its institutions

Zeljko Komsic, the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, addressed the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, railing against the impact of larger countries’ allegedly selective and exploitative immigration policies, a government defined by ethnic divisions, and the intentional undermining of his nation’s stability by its “western and eastern neighbours.” 

Source: UN News