The Latest Breaking News from Bosnia

Bosnian elections entrench splits but foreign policy tips West

Elections in Bosnia entrenched divisions between the fragile country's three ethnic groups at a time of deep political crisis but looked set to tip its foreign policy towards the West rather than Russia, preliminary results showed on Monday.

Reuters · Oct 3, 2022

Voting ends in Bosnia election set to bring little change

Polls have closed in Bosnia’s general election in which voters were choosing their new leaders from among the long-established cast of sectarian candidates and challengers promising to eradicate corruption and clientelism in government

The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2022

Bosniak, Croat moderate leaders set to win seats in Bosnia's presidency

Moderate Croat and Bosniak candidates Zeljko Komsic and Denis Becirevic are leading in the run-up for the seat on Bosnia's tripartite inter-ethnic presidency, according to the Party of Democratic Action (SDA) preliminary vote count.

Reuters · Oct 2, 2022

Moderate Bosniak candidate leads in race for presidency seat

Moderate Bosniak candidate Denis Becirevic is leading in the run-up for the seat on Bosnia's tripartite inter-ethnic presidency, preliminary results based on a partial vote count showed on Monday.

Reuters · Oct 2, 2022

Bosnia election expected to re-legitimize a failing system

Bosnia’s general election should be about fighting rampant corruption and the country’s ailing economy

The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2022

What you need to know about Bosnia’s general election

If Croat and Serb nationalist candidates win presidency seats, an even worse security crisis may unfold, analysts say.

Al Jazeera · Sep 30, 2022

Explainer-What is at stake in Bosnia's general election?

Bosnia is holding presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday amid its worst political crisis since the end of the 1992-95 war.

Reuters · Sep 29, 2022

Nationalist divisions dim hopes for change after Bosnia's election

Divisive nationalism has dominated campaigning for Bosnia's presidential and parliamentary elections on Oct. 2, suggesting reformists keen to modernise a dysfunctional economy and improve rule of law have scant chance of winning.

Reuters · Sep 29, 2022

Bosnian Serb separatist leader blasts West, praises Russia

Bosnian Serb separatist leader Milorad Dodik is facing an election this weekend and he has blasted the West and praised Vladimir Putin over his policies in the Balkans

The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2022

Natasha Harding absent from Wales' World Cup play-off squad as Jess Fishlock returns for big role

Manager Gemma Grainger announced her 26-woman squad for Wales' upcoming World Cup play-off campaign.

Wales Online · Sep 27, 2022