Germany has deployed troops with the European Union’s peacekeeping mission in Bosnia for the first time in a decade, as concerns that growing instability from the Ukraine war could spill over into the Western Balkans. On Tuesday, the first German soldiers to return to the country were welcomed in a ceremony at the EUFOR headquarters […]
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Netherlands: ‘Half’ apology for Srebrenica massacre
The Netherlands has apologized to the relatives of the victims of the Srebrenica massacre, but only to the extent that it is responsible for the lack of reaction of the international community to the largest mass killing of people on the Old Continent since the Holocaust. “The international community has failed to provide adequate protection […]
London sends military experts to counter Russian influence in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Britain announced today that it would send military experts to Bosnia and Herzegovina to counter Russian influence and to “strengthen the NATO Mission and promote stability and security” in the country. “We can not allow the Western Balkans to become another arena for the destructive aspirations of (Russian President Vladimir Putin). By fomenting the flames […]
N. Dendias from Sarajevo: Revisionism has no place in the modern world and can not be tolerated
The message that Greece, as a matter of principle, is opposed to any discussion of border changes in the region, as well as that revisionism has no place in the modern world and this can not be tolerated wherever it comes from, sent Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias made the statement after meeting in Sarajevo with […]
Strong earthquake in southern Bosnia – A dead and extensive damage
A strong earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS), struck southern Bosnia on Friday, killing at least one person and injuring several others, according to the US Geological Survey. with Bosnian media. A 28-year-old resident of Stolac, who was injured when a rock fell on her house due […]
Andelsblatt: Is Bosnia-Herzegovina Putin’s next ‘gate’?
Dodik is the leader of Bosnia’s largest Bosnian Serb party, the SNSD, and a member of the three-member state presidency, which consists of one Bosniak, one Croat and one Bosnian Serb. And he is a friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who supports him in making Bosnia-Herzegovina history in its current form, according to Handelsblatt. […]
The next source of tension is Bosnia and Herzegovina
of Costas Raptis The Russia-West conflict does not have, and cannot have, as its only front the burning Ukraine. This is evidenced by the recent tensions that have been accumulating around Bosnia and Herzegovina. The delicate balance established by the 1995 Agreement, providing an immediate solution but not a long-term settlement after three years of […]
France: High-speed flights by French jet fighter jets at Bosnia and Herzegovina airspace
The European Union Peacekeeping Force in Bosnia (EUFOR) announced today that France will conduct high-speed training fighter jets over Bosnian airspace following a deteriorating global security situation. The EU last week decided to increase its EUFOR force to 1,100 from 600, deploying reserve forces from Austria, Bulgaria, Romania and Slovakia to prevent possible destabilization following […]
The EU is doubling its military presence in Bosnia for fear of Russia
The European Union (EU) decided on Thursday to almost double the size of its peacekeeping force in Bosnia, sending 500 reservists as a precautionary measure to prevent any instability following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Bosnia is hundreds of miles away from the fighting, but faces an increasingly assertive Bosnian Serb separatist movement that analysts say […]
EU must act to prevent Bosnia-Herzegovina disintegration, Borrell says
European Union foreign ministers meeting in Brussels today must take decisions to avoid a worsening of the “critical situation” in Bosnia, according to EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell. Bosnia is facing its worst political crisis since the end of the 1990s wars in the Balkans, with Bosnian Serbs challenging federal state institutions. “The rhetoric […]