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

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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 …

Serb president pledges EU course, hints Russia sanctions

BELGRADE, Serbia — Aleksandar Vucic was sworn in for his second term as Serbia’s president Tuesday, pledging to keep the Balkan country on its European Union membership path and hinting that a new government might consider joining Western sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine. In his inaugural speech in parliament, Vucic said Serbia’s priority will be its EU …

UK sanctions 2 Bosnian-Serb leader for undermining peace

BRUSSELS — The European Union is ready to limit financial assistance and possibly impose sanctions in Bosnia to help prevent the possible breakup up of the ethnically divided Balkan country as the peace agreement brokered over 25 years ago unravels, the EU’s top diplomat vowed Monday. He said those measures could involve cutting “financial assistance, and restrictive measures, but this …

Bosnian Serbs hold nationalist celebration despite ban, sanctions

Bosnia’s Constitutional Court has declared the holiday illegal as it discriminates against Muslim Bosniak and Catholic Croat communities. Bosnian Serbs have held public celebrations to mark their autonomous Serb Republic’s national holiday, defying a top court’s ban of the commemoration and US sanctions slapped on their leader Milorad Dodik this week. Al Jazeera’s Liljana Smiljanic, reporting from Banja Luka, Bosnia, …

US imposes sanctions against Bosnian Serb leader Dodik

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 …

US imposes sanctions on Bosnian Serb leader Dodik

The United States accuses Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik of corruption and threatening the stability of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The United States has imposed sanctions on Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik, who aims to take the Serb Republic out of Bosnia’s armed forces, accusing him of corruption and threatening the stability and territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In a …

Germany wants EU sanctions slapped on Bosnian Serb leader

BERLIN — The European Union should slap sanctions on Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik for his efforts to get Serb-dominated areas in Bosnia to secede from the Balkan country, Germany’s new foreign minister said Monday. Annalena Baerbock, who took office last week, told reporters in Brussels that the situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina was “worrying” and the Bosnian Serb secession attempts were …

EU candidate Serbia pledges no sanctions against Russia

BELGRADE, Serbia — Belgrade on Thursday pledged never to impose sanctions on Russia, despite calls from the European Union that Serbia must align its foreign policies with the 27-nation bloc’s if it wants to become a member. Serbian parliament speaker Ivica Dacic said Russia is Serbia’s best ally and protects its “territorial integrity” — referring to Moscow’s support for Belgrade’s …