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UN approves resolution to commemorate 1995 Srebrenica genocide

General Assembly votes to create memorial day despite fierce opposition from Bosnian Serbs and Serbia. The United Nations General Assembly has voted to establish an annual day of remembrance for the 1995 Srebrenica genocide despite furious opposition from Bosnian Serbs and Serbia. In a letter sent Sunday to all UN delegations, Serbian charge d’affaires Sasa Mart warned that raising “historically …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Hungary will vote against U.N. resolution commemorating the 1995 genocide in Bosnia, minister says

Associated Press

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary will vote against a United Nations resolution commemorating the 1995 genocide of Bosnian Muslims at Srebrenica, the foreign minister said on Wednesday, arguing that it would inflame tensions in the Balkan country and the surrounding region. On Wednesday, Szijjártó said Hungary would vote against the planned U.N. resolution on the genocide — which he called the …

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7 months, 1 week ago

A UN resolution on the Srebrenica genocide ignites old tensions

Al Jazeera

Leaders from Serbia and Bosnia’s Republika Srpska have been campaigning against the adoption of a UN resolution commemorating the Srebrenica genocide. The resolution condemns “any denial of the Srebrenica genocide” and actions that glorify those convicted of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Milorad Dodik, president of Republika Srpska, and a regular denier of the Srebrenica genocide, said the …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

How a ragtag army defended Bosnia and Herzegovina against two aggressors

Al Jazeera

ARBIH, formed in April 1992, managed against all odds to successfully defend the country’s sovereignty. “Even after the aggressor occupied around 70 percent of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the first year of the war, the defenders still occupied the heartland around the Sarajevo-Zenica-Tuzla triangle, with greater resources of manpower than were possessed by the so-called ‘Republika Srpska’.” ‘Insanely brave’ The …

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8 months ago

Residents of four Serb-majority municipalities vote on removing Albanian mayors from office

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Residents of four Serb-majority municipalities …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Kosovo will conduct nationwide census that includes surveying ethnic Serb minority

The Hindu

Kosovo's government began on April 5 its first nationwide census since 2011, which will include surveying the ethnic Serb minority in the north, at a time when tensions with neighbouring Serbia are high. Kosovo was a former Serbian province until a 78-day NATO bombing campaign in 1999 ended a war between Serbian government forces and ethnic Albanian separatists in Kosovo …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Vucic ‘wants war’: Kosovo PM accuses Belgrade of inciting violence

Al Jazeera

In an interview with Al Jazeera, Albin Kurti says Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic aims to create ‘another Republika Srpska’ in Kosovo by attempting to start a conflict. Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti says Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic planned and ordered an attack in northern Kosovo “to destabilise” the country with the goal of starting a war. But I think they …

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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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1 year, 4 months ago

Hungary’s Orbán to host Turkish, Serbian and other leaders alongside world track championships

Associated Press

BUDAPEST, Hungary — As millions of viewers around the world focus on Hungary while it hosts the year’s largest international sporting event, its nationalist prime minister will receive the leaders of Turkey, Serbia, Qatar and a host of Central Asian nations in a sign of the European country’s continuing drift toward the Eastern sphere of influence. In an interview Friday …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Kosovo's new mayor takes up post peacefully in minority area as West warns against ethnic violence

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A new mayor has been sworn in in northern Kosovo …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Djokovic loses to fellow Serb for first time in 11 years

Associated Press

BANJA LUKA, Bosnia and Herzegovina — Novak Djokovic lost to a Serb countryman for the first time in 11 years in the quarterfinals of the Srpska Open on Friday. “Beating him, it’s something that I didn’t even think is going to be possible, but it happened.” Djokovic converted only one of 16 break chances, and missed three set points in …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Bosnia: Protest over draft law to recriminalize defamation

Associated Press

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Dozens of journalists and rights activists protested Tuesday outside parliament in Bosnia’s Serb-run part as lawmakers debated whether to advance a contested law which critics say would restrict freedom of expression and silence critical media. The head of a Bosnian Serb journalists’ association, Sinisa Vukelic, said during the protest that, if the law were approved, “news reporting …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Bosnian Serbs award Putin with medal of honor

Associated Press

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — The Bosnian Serb separatist leader on Sunday awarded Russian President Vladimir Putin with the highest medal of honor for his “patriotic concern and love” for the Serb-controlled half of Bosnia. “Putin is responsible for developing and strengthening cooperation and political and friendly relations between RS and Russia,” the Bosnian Serb president, Milorad Dodik, said at the awards …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Bosnian Serbs award Putin with medal of honor

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Bosnian Serb separatist leader on Sunday awarded Russian President …

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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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2 years, 1 month ago

Bosnia: Recount confirms pro-Russia Serb leader won election

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy An election recount confirmed a staunchly pro-Russia Bosnian Serb leader’s …

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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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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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2 years, 2 months ago

Bosnia recounts Serb president race after reports of fraud

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Amid widespread reports of fraud …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Protesters call for action to prevent Bosnia sliding into war

Al Jazeera

Rallies held in 14 countries over fears that Bosnian Serb moves towards secession could trigger conflict. Dodik’s moves, which High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Christian Schmidt said were “tantamount to secession”, violate the Dayton Peace Agreement signed in December 1995 that divided the country into two entities – a Serb-led Republika Srpska entity and a Bosniak-Croat dominated federation. “Although …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Bosnia’s Dodik: From moderate to genocide-denying autocrat

Associated Press

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — He was once described in Washington as an anti-nationalist “breath of fresh air” in the murderous, genocide-scarred Balkan morass of ethnically divided Bosnia. The 63-year-old political science graduate first came to prominence in 1998, as a moderate reformist narrowly elected regional prime minister of Republika Srpska, one of Bosnia’s two postwar administrative units. He notoriously defended the …

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3 years ago

Bosnia-Herzegovina: Is a split inevitable?

Al Jazeera

On Tuesday, December 7 at 19:30 GMT: Bosnia-Herzegovina’s future is in question as the Serb leader within the country’s tripartite presidency pushes to withdraw the largely-autonomous Republika Srpska entity from the country’s army and key political institutions. People across Bosnia-Herzegovina – comprised of a Bosniak-Croat Federation and the Serb-run Republika Srpska – are waiting to see if Republika Srpska’s parliament …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Bosnians worried push to create Serb army may prompt violence

Al Jazeera

If nothing is done to curb Serb president’s push for secession of Republika Srpska entity, Bosnians fear another round of violence could ensue. In July 1995, Serb forces killed the 35-year-old’s father, both grandfathers, four uncles and other relatives during the genocide in Srebrenica, which had been declared a United Nations “safe area”. Last week, Dodik announced Republika Srpska would …

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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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UN approves resolution to commemorate 1995 Srebrenica genocide

Hungary will vote against U.N. resolution commemorating the 1995 genocide in Bosnia, minister says

A UN resolution on the Srebrenica genocide ignites old tensions

How a ragtag army defended Bosnia and Herzegovina against two aggressors

Residents of four Serb-majority municipalities vote on removing Albanian mayors from office

Kosovo will conduct nationwide census that includes surveying ethnic Serb minority

Vucic ‘wants war’: Kosovo PM accuses Belgrade of inciting violence

Bosnian Serbs stage protests in support of their separatist leader

Hungary’s Orbán to host Turkish, Serbian and other leaders alongside world track championships

Kosovo's new mayor takes up post peacefully in minority area as West warns against ethnic violence

Djokovic loses to fellow Serb for first time in 11 years

Bosnia: Protest over draft law to recriminalize defamation

Bosnian Serbs award Putin with medal of honor

Bosnian Serbs award Putin with medal of honor

Bosnia: Recount confirms pro-Russia Serb leader won election

Bosnia: Recount confirms pro-Russia Serb leader won election

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

Bosnia recounts Serb president race after reports of fraud

Bosnia recounts Serb president race after reports of fraud

Protesters call for action to prevent Bosnia sliding into war

Bosnia’s Dodik: From moderate to genocide-denying autocrat

Bosnia-Herzegovina: Is a split inevitable?

Bosnians worried push to create Serb army may prompt violence

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