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Bosnia and Herzegovina

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How to call Middle Bosnia Bosnia - Herzegovina|

Yugoslavia's unraveling was hastened by the rise of Slobodan Milosevic to power in 1986. Milosevic's embrace of the Serb nationalist agenda led to intrastate ethnic strife. Slovenia and Croatia both declared independence in 1991, and Bosnia-Herzegovina soon followed. In February 1992, the Bosnian Government held a referendum on independence, and Bosnian Serbs, supported by neighboring Serbia, responded with armed resistance in an effort to partition the republic along ethnic lines in an attempt to create a "greater Serbia." Muslims and Croats in Bosnia signed an agreement in March 1994 creating the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This narrowed the field of warring parties down to two. The conflict continued through most of 1995, ending with the Dayton Peace Agreement signed on November 21, 1995 (the final version was signed December 14, 1995 in Paris). The Muslim/Croat Federation, along with the Serb-led Republika Srpska, make up Bosnia-Herzegovina.|

United Nations appeals court overturns war crimes conviction of Momcilo Perisic, former Yugoslav Army chief who was sentenced to 27 years in prison for aiding and abetting atrocities in Bosnia and Croatia; decision, coming as shock to victims' groups, is one of series of such reversals appearing to change story line of war by narrowing definition of crimes for which military leaders can be held responsible.|

Bosnian police arrest Zivko Budimir, president of the Bosnian-Croat Federation, and 18 others as part of corruption investigation.|

United Nations apologizes for standing ovation during conclusion of Serbian song March on the Drina at concert in United Nations General Assembly; Secretary Gen Ban Ki Moon and other senior officials did not realize that song is associated with massacres carried out in 1990s against civilians under protection of United Nations peacekeepers; Bosnian survivor organizations protested paying of song and reaction to it.|

The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the supreme, final arbiter of legal matters. It is composed of nine members: four members are selected by the House of Representatives of the Federation, two by the Assembly of the RS, and three by the President of the European Court of Human Rights after consultation with the Presidency. Terms of initial appointees are 5 years, unless they resign or are removed for cause by consensus of the other judges. Once appointed, judges are not eligible for reappointment. Judges subsequently appointed will serve until the age of 70, unless they resign or are removed for cause. Appointments made 5 years after the initial appointments may be governed by a different law of selection, to be determined by the Parliamentary Assembly.|

Serbia and Bosnia, former enemies, cooperate to arrest 5 Serbs and 10 Bosnian Serbs more than two decades after torture and murder of about 20 people at a remote rail depot in Bosnia and Herzegovina; arrests are reminder of the unresolved crimes of the conflict in the former Yugoslavia; members of Bosnian Serb militia are also captured, and prosecutors hope to glean more information from them about their superiors who spearheaded massacre.|

Olympic gold medalist Joss Christensen and other skiers visited Sarajevo, Bosnia to explore, ski, and discover the remnants of a Winter Games.|

Photos from Jordan, Bosnia, Ireland and China.|

Bosnian Embassy 43 Alipasina 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina tel: [387] (71) 445-700|

Representing Bosnia and Herzegovina in European and international organizations and institutions and seeking membership in such organizations and institutions of which it is not a member;|

Bosnians, diplomats and analysts say the violence that erupted across Bosnia and Herzegovina has roots that can be traced to the 1995 Dayton accords, which brought peace but imposed a dysfunctional government that has stymied progress.|

Olympic gold medalist Joss Christensen and other skiers visited Sarajevo, Bosnia to explore, ski, and discover the remnants of a Winter Games.|

Trial of Ratko Mladic, the wartime Bosnian Serb general, resumes after a break for his defense team to prepare; Elvedin Pasic breaks down in tears several times as he testifies about one of the 1992-95 Bosnian war’s early large-scale killings of civilians that included many of his friends and relatives.|

Kenan Trebincevic Lives essay describes returning to Bosnia and confronting a neighbor who had stolen from his family 18 years earlier because they were Muslim.|

Remains of those killed in the genocide that occurred in Srebenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, during the Bosnian war continue to turn up, part of international effort to identify victims and perpetrators of the war; effort is unsettling reconciliation between Muslims and Serbs in the town, which was the site of the worst slaughter to occur in Europe since World War II.|

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