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Additional EUFOR peacekeeper troops arrive in Bosnia amid tensions

The EU announced plans to send peacekeepers to Bosnia after the nation's top court suspended laws adopted by its ethnic-Serb majority regional entity.

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Bosnia's prosecutors issue arrest warrant for Bosnian Serb leader

Bosnia's state-level prosecutors issued arrest warrants for the entity of the Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik and two other officials, accusing them of anti-constitutional conduct.

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Bosnian Serb leader's new laws spark major political crisis

The Bosnian Serb leader enacted laws to ban state-level security and judicial bodies in one part of the country's territory, following his controversial sentencing last Wednesday.

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Top court ruling may bar Bosnian Serb leader Dodik from politics

Dodik, who serves as the president of the Western Balkan country's Serb-majority entity of the RS, has the right to appeal Wednesday's verdict.

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High stakes in Bosnia: Dodik's trial could ignite ethnic tensions

If the president of the Republika Srpska entity, Milorad Dodik, is sent to prison by Bosnia's state court, the Serb-majority entity could find itself further distanced from the country's capital.

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Citizen's legal battle exposes Bosnia's unresolved ethnic voting issue

The Kovačević vs Bosnia and Herzegovina legal case before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has reopened Pandora’s box of the Western Balkan country's tenuous constitutional foundation.

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Euroviews. With the Kovačević ruling, let justice be done for Bosnia’s democracy

The European Court of Human Rights must uphold its last year's ruling on Bosnia's constitution because it is the function of the court to affirm only one basic principle: the principle of justice, not politics, Dr Jasmin Mujanović writes.

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Can a motorway to Bosnia strengthen the Belgrade-Ankara ties?

The construction of the Belgrade-Sarajevo motorway, an ambitious Turkish investment in the heart of the Western Balkans, has been long in the making. Can it help bring everyone closer?

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Will Bosnia join EU and NATO, or veer closer to Moscow instead?

Years of economic stagnation, an ongoing massive-scale brain drain, and the inability of the country's leaders to find common ground amid escalating nationalist rhetoric have dampened ordinary people's expectations that their lives will ever be any different.

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Bosnian police arrest 23 suspected of being part of drug lord's circle

The world-notorious kingpin was arrested in 2022 and ultimately sentenced to seven years in prison.

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Euroviews. Bosnia's future is in the EU — but it needs help to get there

Our commitment and destiny lie within the EU, but the speed of our journey towards membership will directly impact democracy and the living standards of our citizens, Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Denis Bećirović writes.

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Separatist Bosnian Serb leader vows to tear country apart

Milorad Dodik's words have concerned the US, especially since Bosnia is still recovering from a 1990s war which killed more than 100,000 people.

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Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik appears in court

The political leader made a brief appearance at the opening of his trial on Wednesday before his defence asked it to be relocated to his home town.

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Bosnian Serbs reject national constitution sparking political crisis

Politicians in Republika Srpska reject the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina sparking fears of regional political crisis

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Protests erupt in Bosnia over 'discrimination' by peace envoy

Bosnians protested against constitutional changes imposed by the country's peace envoy on Friday, claiming he is discriminating against the main ethnic group.

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EU leaders let Bosnia into the waiting room to join bloc

Thursday's session of the Council of the EU resulted in the small Balkan nation finally receiving candidate status after a six-year wait. Yet, there's a long road ahead to full membership.

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Bosnia-Herzegovina is a step closer to EU membership

EU foreign ministers agreed to recommend the country be granted candidate member status on Tuesday.

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Bosnia's new presidency takes office, vows to resolve mounting crises

The politicians inaugurated Wednesday were elected in a 2 October general election.

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EU is committed to Bosnia’s sovereignty, bloc's diplomat says

Deputy Head of the EU mission to Bosnia Aurelie Valtat made the comment as thousands of troops from 20 different countries take part in drills.

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Brussels backs Bosnia as candidate to join EU... but with conditions

The country will be asked to implement reforms related to judiciary, corruption, migration management and media freedom.