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Kosovo's prime minister calls for fully reopening a bridge in Mitrovica. But the West is wary
4 months, 1 week ago

Kosovo's prime minister calls for fully reopening a bridge in Mitrovica. But the West is wary

The Independent  

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Separatist Bosnian Serb leader refuses to enter a plea on charges that he defied the top peace envoy
1 year, 2 months ago

Separatist Bosnian Serb leader refuses to enter a plea on charges that he defied the top peace envoy

Associated Press  

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — The separatist leader of the ethnic Serb mini-state within Bosnia on Monday refused to enter a plea on a criminal charge that he defied the top international envoy overseeing peace in the Balkan country. Milorad Dodik, the president of the Serb entity who has pushed for secession, called the court in the Bosnian capital illegitimate and displayed …

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Bosnia court confirms charges against Bosnian Serb leader Dodik for defying top international envoy
1 year, 3 months ago

Bosnia court confirms charges against Bosnian Serb leader Dodik for defying top international envoy

The Independent  

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Bosnian Serbs stage protests in support of their separatist leader
1 year, 3 months ago

Bosnian Serbs stage protests in support of their separatist leader

Associated Press  

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Hundreds of Bosnian Serbs waved flags of Serbia and Russia and banners of Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday as they staged a protest in support of their separatist leader who seeks union with neighboring Serbia. The protests were held at the unmarked internal border in Bosnia that separates the country into two entities — the Bosnian …

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Serbia to ignore US sanctions against Bosnian Serbs accused of undermining deal that ended the war
1 year, 4 months ago

Serbia to ignore US sanctions against Bosnian Serbs accused of undermining deal that ended the war

The Independent  

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Serbia to ignore US sanctions against Bosnian Serbs accused of undermining deal that ended the war
1 year, 4 months ago

Serbia to ignore US sanctions against Bosnian Serbs accused of undermining deal that ended the war

Associated Press  

BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Serbia will ignore U.S. sanctions recently imposed on top Bosnian Serb officials for undermining a 1995 peace agreement that ended a war that left more than 100,000 dead and millions homeless, the Serbian president said Friday. “It is hard, but that’s the only possible decision.” The four Bosnian Serb officials sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury on …

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In Srebrenica, thousands gather to remember the 1995 massacre and bury the newly identified dead
1 year, 5 months ago

In Srebrenica, thousands gather to remember the 1995 massacre and bury the newly identified dead

Associated Press  

SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Tens of thousands of people from around Bosnia and abroad gathered in Srebrenica Tuesday for the annual ritual of commemorating the 1995 massacre and to give a dignified burial to the victims unearthed from mass graves and only recently identified through DNA analysis. Twenty-eight years after they were murdered in Europe’s only acknowledged genocide since the Holocaust, …

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Thousands march in Bosnia to mark 1995 Srebrenica genocide as ethnic tensions linger on
1 year, 5 months ago

Thousands march in Bosnia to mark 1995 Srebrenica genocide as ethnic tensions linger on

Associated Press  

NEZUK, Bosnia-Herzegovina — A solemn peace march started on Saturday through the forests in eastern Bosnia in memory of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, Europe’s only acknowledged genocide since World War II. The annual 100-kilometer march retraces a route taken by thousands of men and boys from the Bosniak ethnic group, made up primarily of Muslims, who were slaughtered as they …

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NATO should renew its commitment to Kosovo
1 year, 11 months ago

NATO should renew its commitment to Kosovo

Al Jazeera  

On December 10, ethnic Serbs started setting up roadblocks in northern Kosovo, near the Serbian border, to protest against the arrest of an ethnic Serb former police officer. The fragile relationship between the two neighbouring countries has been on the verge of collapse since last summer, when Kosovo’s government started taking steps to exercise sovereignty over the country’s entire territory. …

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Tensions run high in north Kosovo as Serbs block roads
2 years ago

Tensions run high in north Kosovo as Serbs block roads

Associated Press  

PRISTINA, Kosovo — Tensions were high in northern Kosovo on Sunday, with Serbs blocking roads as shots and explosions rang out and the Serbian president warned that Serbian troops are ready to defend their “homeland” if peace doesn’t prevail. The roads in Serbia’s former province of Kosovo, which proclaimed independence in 2008, were blocked with heavy vehicles and trucks a …

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Tensions run high in north Kosovo as Serbs block roads
2 years ago

Tensions run high in north Kosovo as Serbs block roads

LA Times  

Serbs block the road near the village of Rudare, north of the Serb-dominated part of the ethnically divided town of Mitrovica, Kosovo, on Sunday. Tensions were high in northern Kosovo on Sunday, with Serbs blocking roads as shots and explosions rang out and the Serbian president warned that Serbian troops are ready to defend their “homeland” if peace doesn’t prevail. …

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Why Ukraine should not accept Bosnia-style peace
2 years ago

Why Ukraine should not accept Bosnia-style peace

Al Jazeera  

Over the past few months, Ukraine has managed to prove many of its critics wrong by launching a counteroffensive and regaining large swathes of its territory from Russia. Ukraine, I feel, may be heading towards Bosnia’s fate – a state made dysfunctional by a deeply flawed peace deal. If Western pressure continues, Zelenskyy would be faced with the difficult choice …

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Bosnia: Recount confirms pro-Russia Serb leader won election
2 years, 1 month ago

Bosnia: Recount confirms pro-Russia Serb leader won election

Associated Press  

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — An election recount confirmed a staunchly pro-Russia Bosnian Serb leader’s victory over an opposition challenger who accused him of vote-rigging in the contest for the presidency of Bosnia’s Serb-run part. Bosnia’s top electoral body announced Thursday the recount showed the contested Oct 2. election was won by Bosnian Serb hardliner Milorad Dodik. Dodik’s increasing anti-Western rhetoric has …

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Bosnia: Thousands protest recount of vote in Serb-run region
2 years, 1 month ago

Bosnia: Thousands protest recount of vote in Serb-run region

Associated Press  

BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Tens of thousands of people rallied in Bosnia Tuesday to demand that electoral authorities end a recount of ballots from a contested general election this month and confirm a staunchly pro-Russian politician as president of the country’s Serb-run part. The protesters carried photos of Bosnian Serb politician Milorad Dodik and waved flags of his SNSD party, …

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Bosnia recounts Serb president race after reports of fraud
2 years, 2 months ago

Bosnia recounts Serb president race after reports of fraud

Associated Press  

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Amid widespread reports of fraud in Bosnia’s general election, the ethnically divided country’s top electoral body announced Monday it will conduct a recount in the race to become the next Bosnian Serb president, a ballot that was allegedly rigged by a staunchly pro-Russian leader. Bosnia’s central election commission on Monday ordered all ballots cast in the race …

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Bosnia recounts Serb president race after reports of fraud
2 years, 2 months ago

Bosnia recounts Serb president race after reports of fraud

The Independent  

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Russian embassy in Bosnia warns of destabilisation
2 years, 8 months ago

Russian embassy in Bosnia warns of destabilisation

Al Jazeera  

Tensions are rising over a property law seen as part of a Serb independence drive in Bosnia. The Russian embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina has criticised the suspension of a Bosnian Serb property law and warned of potential destabilisation in the tense Balkan country unless the decision by the top UN representative is revoked. German diplomat Christian Schmidt, head of …

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UK sanctions 2 Bosnian-Serb leader for undermining peace
2 years, 8 months ago

UK sanctions 2 Bosnian-Serb leader for undermining peace

Associated Press  

LONDON — Britain sanctioned two leading Bosnian-Serb politicians Monday, accusing them of encouraging ethnic hatred and jeopardizing the peace accord that ended the civil war in Bosnia-Herzegovina more than 25 years ago. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine had emboldened the pair to further erode the international rules based system in the Western Balkans. …

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US imposes sanctions against Bosnian Serb leader Dodik
2 years, 11 months ago

US imposes sanctions against Bosnian Serb leader Dodik

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced sanctions Wednesday against Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik, accusing him of “corrupt activities” that threaten to destabilize the region and undermine a U.S.-brokered peace accord from more than 25 years ago. Also Wednesday, the State Department accused one current and one former senior Bosnia and Herzegovina official of corruption, designations that prevent them from …

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Bosnia’s political crisis: What you should know, in 600 words
3 years, 2 months ago

Bosnia’s political crisis: What you should know, in 600 words

Al Jazeera  

Bosnia is facing its worst political crisis since the international armed conflict in the country ended in 1995. Milorad Dodik, the Serb member of Bosnia’s tripartite presidency, announced this month that the country’s Serb-run entity, Republika Srpska, will quit key state institutions to achieve full autonomy within the country, in violation of the 1995 peace accords. Dodik insists “this isn’t …

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Bosnia’s peace envoy imposes ban on genocide denial
3 years, 5 months ago

Bosnia’s peace envoy imposes ban on genocide denial

Al Jazeera  

Valentin Inzko has set jail terms for anyone who ‘publicly condones, denies, grossly trivialises or tries to justify’ the genocide in Srebrenica or war crimes committed in Bosnia. Inzko set the jail terms for anyone who “publicly condones, denies, grossly trivialises or tries to justify” the genocide or war crimes committed during Bosnia’s 1992-95 international armed conflict. ‘Serbs must never …

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From war to peace, with a spiritual guru in tow: Novak Djokovic's path to tennis immortality
3 years, 10 months ago

From war to peace, with a spiritual guru in tow: Novak Djokovic's path to tennis immortality

Firstpost  

A strict vegetarian diet, spiritual guru and family hugging-sessions are among the unusual methods that have helped Novak Djokovic to take his place among the immortals of tennis. Melbourne: A strict vegetarian diet, spiritual guru and family hugging-sessions are among the unusual methods that have helped Novak Djokovic to take his place among the immortals of tennis. Djokovic’s willingness to …

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Bosnia marks 25 years since inking of US-brokered peace deal
4 years, 1 month ago

Bosnia marks 25 years since inking of US-brokered peace deal

Associated Press  

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — As their ethnic leaders gathered around a table outside Dayton, Ohio, to initial a U.S.-brokered peace deal a quarter-century ago, Edisa Sehic and Janko Samoukovic still were enemies in a war in Bosnia that killed over 100,000 people. But more than a generation after the shooting and shelling stopped, full peace still feels elusive in Bosnia, where …

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Scenes from hell: 1995 Srebrenica genocide in photos
4 years, 5 months ago

Scenes from hell: 1995 Srebrenica genocide in photos

Associated Press  

SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina — It’s been 25 years since the slaughter of men and boys in the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica, but every year more bodies are found and reburied, and every year the survivors — mostly women — return to commemorate their fathers and brothers, husbands and sons. At least 8,000 mostly Muslim men and boys were chased through …

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