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Bosnia and Herzegovina left vulnerable by policy clash with US, representative says

Christian Schmidt, who is resigning post, says multi-ethnic nation may fall apart amid pressure from US and Russia

The Guardian - UK

Ally of Bosnian Serb separatist leader leads election as opposition claims fraud

An ally of separatist Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik is leading the presidential election in the Serb-run half of Bosnia

The Independent UK

Bosnian Serbs vote to choose president after separatist leader Dodik was removed from office

Voters in the Serb-run part of Bosnia cast ballots on Sunday to elect a new president after former pro-Russian leader Milorad Dodik was removed from office because of his separatist policies that were stoking instability in the ethnically tense Balkan nation

The Independent UK

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US lifts sanctions on separatist Bosnian Serb leader Dodik and his family

The U.S. has lifted sanctions against separatist Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik

The Independent UK

Bosnia's Serb Statelet Calls Referendum On Verdict Against Leader

Bosnia's Serb statelet, whose President Milorad Dodik is defying a ban on him holding office, will stage a referendum on October 25 on the federal court verdict against him.

International Business Times

Separatist Bosnian Serb leader Dodik removed from office

Dodik’s mandate as Bosnian Serb president was revoked due to earlier appeals court verdict that sentenced him to jail.

Al Jazeera

Electoral authorities strip Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik of presidency after court ban

Milorad Dodik lost his presidency according to electoral law after an appeals court upheld a six-year political ban last Friday. He plans to stay in office and appeal the decision.

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Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik rejects verdict appeal amid political turmoil

In an interview with Euronews Serbia, Milorad Dodik said that he would not attend the public hearing in the capital Sarajevo next Thursday, and considers the state-level court's verdict against him "null and void".

Euronews

‘Most dangerous moment since 1995’: renegade Dodik leaves Bosnia in limbo

Republika Srpska’s president faces being banned from office for separatist actions, but may yet cling to power

The Guardian - UK

Top international official in Bosnia cuts financing for ruling Serb parties to pressure separatists

The top international official in Bosnia has cut all budgetary financing for ruling political parties in the Serb-run part of the country, adding pressure on the entity’s pro-Russian president who is wanted over his separatist policies

The Independent UK

The Battle To Control Assets Behind Bosnia Crisis

At the heart of the deepening crisis in Bosnia -- where Serb leader Milorad Dodik has been pushing the weak central government to the brink with threats of secession -- is a battle over who owns what.

International Business Times

Bosnia Issues International Arrest Warrant For Serb Leader Dodik

Bosnia issued an international arrest warrant Thursday for Milorad Dodik, the leader of the deeply divided country's Serb statelet who is accused of flouting the constitution.

International Business Times

Bosnia issues new nationwide arrest warrant for Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik

The warrant means that any police officer who encounters the president of the country's Serb-majority entity of the Republika Srpska must arrest him immediately.

Euronews

NATO’s Rutte backs Bosnia after separatist moves by Serbian region

Visit to Sarajevo comes after Bosnian Serb leaders bar federal judicial authorities and police from Republika Srpska.

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International Business Times

Bosnia Top Envoy Backs Court Ruling Against Separatist Laws

Bosnia's international high representative Christian Schmidt on Saturday threw his support behind a court ruling striking down separatist laws passed by the country's Serb statelet.

Al Jazeera

Bosnia’s top court suspends separatist laws adopted by Bosnian Serbs

Laws passed by Republika Srpska reject the authority of the federal police and judiciary.

International Business Times

Bosnian Serb Leader Dodik Asks Serbs To Quit Federal Police, Judiciary

Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik on Friday called on ethnic Serbs to quit the federal police force and courts and join the government of the deeply divided country's Serb statelet.

International Business Times

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.

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The Independent UK

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

Al Jazeera

Bosnia peace envoy says Serb regional leaders seek to destabilise country

Christian Schmidt calls for the ‘immediate cessation of all activities that undermine the Dayton Peace Agreement’.

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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.

International Business Times

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.

Radio France Internationale

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.

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