Bosnian Serb Leader Says Court Ruling Against Him “Null and Void”
Milorad Dodik will not appear at a court hearing in the country’s capital next week.
Milorad Dodik will not appear at a court hearing in the country’s capital next week.
The proposal adds a new twist to the tense standoff over Bosnia’s fragile post-war governance.

European authorities warn about the creation of a “biodiesel mafia,” as one Bosnian network is accused of benefiting from overly generous EU subsidy schemes, flooding Northern Europe with falsely marketed biodiesel.

The public recognition of Bosnia and Herzegovina as an official candidate for EU membership was accompanied by a list of reforms deemed necessary by the European Commission to allow further negotiations.

Election results followed the same trend seen over the past 25 years of ethnocentric politics, in sync with the country’s enduring ethnic rifts. But a contested result has led to protests.
Foreign minister Bisera Turkovic said that the Ukraine war “is causing fear and concern in our region that this might now be the beginning of a larger trend in Eastern Europe,” and that “the Balkans is Europe’s Achilles heel.”

Bosnia is not the way it is because of the Dayton system; it is the way it is because of the divided nature of Bosnian society.

The country’s Serb-run entity, Republika Srpska, will quit key state institutions to achieve full autonomy.