War criminal Biljana Plavsic says she’s glad to see Bosnian Serb ministate is thriving
War criminal praises ministate she helped create Bosnian president cancels trip to Sweden to protest war criminal’s early release
Bosnian president angry over war criminal release Bosnian president cancels trip to Sweden to protest war criminal Plavsic’s early release
Bosnian president angry over Plavsic release US, EU officials give Bosnian officials advice about joining NATO, the EUSARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — European and U.S. officials met with Bosnian leaders on Friday to discuss ways of overcoming a stalemate that has kept the nation behind others seeking to join NATO and the 27-nation European Union. US, EU officials meet with Bosnians in talks dubbed ‘Dayton 2′SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — European and U.S. officials sat down with leaders in Bosnia on Friday for talks aimed at putting the country on a quicker path to EU and NATO membership. EU, US officials to meet with Bosnia leaders in effort to break political deadlockSARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — European and U.S. officials will meet with Bosnian leaders next week on how to break a political deadlock in the Balkan country, officials said Friday. Photos of UN judges burned in Sarajevo to protest handling of Karadzic war crimes caseSARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Protesters have set photos of several U.N. war crimes tribunal judges on fire in Sarajevo to oppose the shortening of the genocide indictment against former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic. Bosnia’s ethnically divided schools seen as one of Europe’s worst examples of segregationSTOLAC, Bosnia-Herzegovina — It’s shortly after noon, and teenagers who were taught their capital is Zagreb, in neighboring Croatia, are streaming out of Stolac High School. In an hour, their classrooms will be filled with children who have learned that their capital is Sarajevo, Bosnia. EU’s financial package aimed to help Bosnia mitigate the impacts of economic crisisSARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — The EU says it has approved a euro39 million ($55.39 million) financial aid package for Bosnia to help it deal with the effects of the financial and economic crisis. Families bury 534 Srebrenica victims on 14th anniversary of Europe’s worst massacre since WWIISREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Tens of thousands of Bosnian Muslims prayed for the dead in Srebrenica and buried hundreds more recovered bodies Saturday on the 14th anniversary of Europe’s worst massacre since World War II. Bosnian mothers in agony as experts piece together jigsaw puzzles of loved ones’ bonesTUZLA, Bosnia-Herzegovina — How many times can you bury your child without going mad? Veterans, widows force Bosnian government not to cut their benefits by 10 percentSARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Veterans in wheelchairs and on crutches and the widows and children of slain soldiers protested Thursday in Sarajevo, forcing the government to abandon plans to cut their benefits 10 percent. Bosnian TV shows home videos of top war crimes fugitive Ratko MladicSARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Bosnian state television has broadcast several video clips it says show war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic living freely in Serbia despite genocide charges filed against him by a U.N. tribunal in 1995. Court confirms genocide indictment against Bosnian Serb, for murder of 1,000 peopleSARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Bosnia’s war crimes court says a former Bosnian Serb police officer accused of taking part in the killing of at least 1,000 Muslim Bosniak men from the town of Srebrenica will be tried for genocide. Martin Luther King III lays wreath at a monument to his father in Bosnian cityTUZLA, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Martin Luther King III is visiting the northwest Bosnian town of Tuzla, where authorities erected a monument last year to his father, U.S. civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King III promotes tolerance and unity among Bosnia’s segregated youthSARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Martin Luther King III told young people in Bosnia on Tuesday that the country’s ethnic and religious diversity can be converted from a weakness to a strength. Martin Luther King III promotes tolerance and unity among Bosnia’s segregated youthSARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Martin Luther King III is telling young people in Bosnia that the country’s ethnic and religious diversity can be converted from a weakness into a strength. Bosnian Serb leader says he wants a change in US position before VP Biden’s visitBANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina — The leader of the Bosnian Serbs said Thursday he hopes U.S. Vice President Joe Biden realizes that Serbs don’t want to surrender their autonomy. $1,120 trash can, $790 ashtrays prompt probe of alleged fraud in new Bosnian Serb HQSARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Most Bosnian Serbs barely make ends meet, but you’d never know it from their new government complex: It features a euro15,000 ($19,725) love seat, an euro850 ($1,120) wastebasket and euro600 ($790) ashtrays. |