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European Union members should open talks with Bosnia on joining, the EU's executive branch says

Mar. 12, 2024 14:49 PM EDT

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's executive arm will recommend that member countries open membership negotiations with Bosnia-Herzegovina, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Tuesday, despite lingering ethnic divisions in the Western Balkan country. ...

As Bosnian Serbs mark controversial national day, US warns celebration amounts to 'criminal offense'

Jan. 09, 2024 13:11 PM EST

BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The United States warned on Tuesday that ongoing celebrations of a Bosnian Serb self-proclaimed national holiday — which included a parade of paramilitary and police troops — were in violation of Bosnia's constitution and a 1995 peace agreement, and as...

US fighter jets fly over Bosnia in a sign of support to the country as Serbs call for secession

Jan. 08, 2024 14:06 PM EST

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Two U.S. fighter jets flew over Bosnia on Monday in a demonstration of support for the Balkan country's integrity in the face of increasingly secessionist policies of the Bosnian Serb pro-Russia leader Milorad Dodik. The U.S. Air Force F-16...

Separatist Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik vows to tear his country apart despite US warnings

Dec. 30, 2023 03:30 AM EST

BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The Bosnian Serbs' separatist leader vowed to carry on weakening his war-scarred country to the point where it will tear apart, despite a pledge by the United States to prevent such an outcome. “I am not irrational, I know that America’s...