Bosnia and Herzegovina in crisis as Bosnian-Serb president rallies for secession

Srebrenica, 30 Years Later: The Battle for Memory in Bosnia-Herzegovina

On a recent cold morning in the heart of Republika Srpska, beneath a sky scrubbed clean of clouds, all was quiet surrounding the warehouse where one of modern Europe’s darkest horrors unfolded. The only living creature was a medium-sized dog, chained to guard the site.  There is no plaque, no marker, no acknowledgment of any kind of the mass execution of over 1,000 Bosniaks who were killed in a matter of hours on July 14, 1995, their bodies hast…

Bosnia and Herzegovina in crisis as Bosnian-Serb president rallies for secession

The country of Bosnia and Herzegovina is embroiled in a crisis that may affect its political future and the stability of the western Balkans. Recent events in the bitterly divided country read a little like a spy novel. But the tensions that threaten three decades of tenuous peace since the region was torn apart by ethnic strife in the 1990s are only too real. On February 26, 300 armed Hungarian police officers in civilian clothes crossed into R…

Bosnia's peace envoy moves to unblock state finances, Serbs cry foul

SARAJEVO - Bosnia's peace envoy issued a ruling on Thursday to clear a long-standing state debt that has blocked the 2025 budget and deepened a political crisis, but Serb politicians rejected his move, raising the prospect of more turmoil. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Bosnia on Edge: Envoy Unblocks Finances Amidst Serb Secessionist Push

Bosnia and Herzegovina is grappling with a deepening political crisis as international peace envoy Christian Schmidt moved to unblock state finances, a decision vehemently opposed by Bosnian Serb leaders. This intervention comes amidst escalating secessionist threats from Republika Srpska, led by Milorad Dodik, further destabilizing the fragile peace established by the Dayton Accords. Bosnia’s Deepening Political Crisis Bosnia and Herzegovina fa…