The Latest Breaking News from Bosnia

Bosnian Serb leader Dodik rejects prosecutor summons over separatist laws

Dodik barred Bosnian authorities from Serb-dominated statelet, sparking fears of ‘coup’ that could break up Bosnia.

Al Jazeera · Mar 6, 2025

Bosnian Serb Leader Says He Is No Threat To Bosnia

Ethnic Serb leader Milorad Dodik insisted Thursday that he was not a threat to Bosnia, a day after signing laws that banned the country's central police and judiciary from his statelet.

International Business Times · Mar 6, 2025

Bosnian officials challenge separatist Bosnian Serb laws before top court as tensions soar

Bosnian officials are challenging a set of laws barring the state judiciary and police from operating in the part of the country controlled by the Bosnian Serbs, legislation that has fueled tensions in the ethnically-divided Balkan country

The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2025

Tensions Rise As Bosnian Serb Leader Faces Court Verdict

Bosnian Serb President Dodik faces potential ban and prison sentence for defying international envoy, raising tensions in a region scarred by ethnic violence.

Top News · Feb 25, 2025

Call For 'Maximum' Sentence For Bosnian Serb Leader

Prosecutors demanded a near five-year jail sentence Wednesday for Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik for defying the envoy who oversees the peace accords that ended the country's bloody 1990s war.

International Business Times · Feb 19, 2025

Bosnian students rally for justice, drawing inspiration from anti-graft struggle in Serbia

Bosnian students have rallied to demand accountability for deadly floods last year in a protest inspired by massive anti-corruption gatherings by fellow students that have paralyzed neighboring Serbia

The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2025

Miron Muslic: ‘Real life is a lot more difficult than playing a football game’

New Plymouth Argyle manager on fleeing from genocide in Bosnia when he was nine and the ‘fantasy’ of managing against Liverpool in the FA Cup

The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2025

Former Bosnian prison camp guard sentenced for lying to get refugee status and earn US citizenship

A judge has sentenced a naturalized U.S. citizen who's been living in Massachusetts to more than five years in prison for falsely claiming to be a Bosnian War refugee

The Independent UK · Jan 23, 2025

Bosnia’s EU membership hopes hinge on overcoming deep political rift

Bosnia's path to European Union membership hangs in the balance as the country faces its deepest political crisis since the 1990s war. Western powers are weighing their response after Bosnian Serb lawmakers this week moved to paralyse state institutions, threatening reforms crucial for the country's EU integration.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 27, 2024

Balkans snowstorm leaves tens of thousands of homes without power, causes traffic chaos

Tens of thousands of homes in Bosnia were without electricity on Tuesday after heavy snow and winds which also brought traffic chaos in neighboring Croatia and Serbia

The Independent UK · Dec 24, 2024