Newsroom Concern Voiced over Lack of EU Progress in Bosnia
Helena Spongenberg, EUobserver
EUOBSERVER | EU officials stressed that Sarajevo needs to fulfil key conditions if it wants to move forward.
READ MORE [Opinion] Bosnia: Time to Change Thinking as Well as Clothes
Christian Schwarz-Schilling
dtt-net.com | My advice to political leaders: Put away the slogans of the past six months along with your winter suits. It is time to change thinking as well as clothes.
READ MORE Kosovo Parliament Approves Ahtisaari's Plan
Southeast European Times
SET | Parliament voted almost unanimously Thursday (April 5th) in support of the UN-sponsored plan that would grant supervised independence to the province.
READ MORE Stalled Reforms Holding Up BiH's EU Integration Progress
Southeast European Times
SET | EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn arrived in Sarajevo with a tough warning to Bosnia and Herzegovina's political leaders: push forward with required reforms or see the country's EU bid put on ice.
READ MORE US Underscores Commitment to Fighting PKK
Southeast European Times
SET | The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) is a terrorist organisation and "needs to be put out of business", retired US Air Force General Joseph Ralston said in an interview published on Thursday (March 15th).
READ MORE Old Wounds Emerge as Bosnia Elections Loom
Dragana Jovanovic, ABC News
ABC News| Bosnians vote this weekend, following what many call an ugly campaign full of nationalistic rhetoric.
READ MORE Bosnia: Serbs Sign "Special Ties" Accord with Belgrade
adnkronosinternational
AKI | Bosnian Serbs signed a 'special ties agreement' with Belgrade aimed at promoting economic and institutional cooperation between Serbia and the Bosnian Serb entity Republika Srpska.
READ MORE Bosnian Serb PM Facing Sack over Speech
Samir Krilic, The Herald
The Herald | The top international administrator in Bosnia said he will sack the Bosnian Serb prime minister if he continues to speak of a secession referendum.
READ MORE Serbs Invoke Bosnia Breakup in Bid To Keep Kosovo
Nedim Dervisbegovic, Reuters
Reuters | Serbia is invoking the spectre of a breakup of neighbouring Bosnia before elections there.
READ MORE Bosnian Serbs Renew Nationalist Rhetoric in Run-up to Election
Barry Wood, VOA
VOA | A rise in nationalist rhetoric before the upcoming parliamentary elections has drawn concern from the European Union.
READ MORE EU Calls for Free Elections in Bosnia
People's Daily Online
People's Daily Online | The European Union (EU) foreign ministers on Friday called on Bosnia to hold the October 1 parliamentary elections according to full international standards.
READ MORE Serbs Do Not see Their Future in Bosnia - PM
Nedim Dervisbegovic, Reuters
Reuters | Bosnian Serb Republic Prime Minister Milorad Dodik said on Tuesday his people did not see their future in Bosnia.
READ MORE Serb Move May Trigger New War
Ian Traynor
The Guardian | The prime minister of the Serbian half of Bosnia has called for a referendum enabling the Serbs of Bosnia to secede, an act that could trigger a new war and spell the end of the state of Bosnia.
READ MORE Experts: Bosnian Elections Not Likely to Bring National Unity
Barry Wood, VOA
VOA | On October 1, Bosnia-Herzegovina will have its first parliamentary and presidential election in four years. Analysts are not optimistic about the outcome.
READ MORE CoE Assembly Urges Bosnia Lawmakers to Adopt Constitution Reform
DTT-NET.COM
dtt-net.com | Bosnia and Herzegovina needs to move on from "ethnic representation," the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) said in a resolution adopted on Thursday.
READ MORE Bosnia's Chief Peace Overseer Plans to End Mission
Voice of America
VOA | The international community's peace overseer in Bosnia says the country has made enough progress for him to close his office next year.
READ MORE Russia Joins EU, US against Referendum Calls of Bosnia Serbs
DTT-NET.COM
dtt-net.com | The Russian government has rejected the latest referendum calls of Bosnia Serbs for Serbian entity of Republika Srpska (RS) to split from the country.
READ MORE Mladic, Karadzic Blocking Serbia’s, Bosnia’s Partnership with NATO
DTT-NET.COM
dtt-net.com | NATO said that Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina are not to enter the partnership with the alliance unless top Bosnian Serb war crimes fugitives are arrested.
READ MORE Bosnia Serb PM Insists on Referendum
DTT-NET.COM
dtt-net.com | The Prime Minister of Republika Srpska has repeated its calls for a referendum on independence despite opposition from EU and US.
READ MORE U.S. Envoy: Bosnia Serbs Cannot Secede
UPI
UPI | A U.S. ambassador says Bosnian Serbs cannot vote in an independence referendum in a bid to secede from Bosnia-Herzegovina.
READ MORE US, EU against Referendum Calls of Bosnia Serbs
DTT-NET.COM
dtt-net.com | US and EU officials have rejected calls of Bosnia Serbs for referendum on self-determination for Republika Srpska.
READ MORE Bosnia Serb PM Drops Talk of Independence Vote
Reuters
Reuters | Prime Minister Milorad Dodik on Wednesday dropped the idea of an independence referendum for his Bosnian Serb Republic.
READ MORE EU Opposes Bosnian Referendum
ISN Security Watch staff
ISN | EU officials have rejected a Bosnian Serb proposal to hold an independence referendum in Bosnia's Serb-dominated Republika Srpska entity.
READ MORE Bosnia Citizens Support Constitutional Reform
DTT-NET.COM
dtt-net.com | A majority of citizens are in favour of the Bosnian constitutional reform package, a survey said.
READ MORE EU Calls on Bosnia Ethnicities to Resume Talks on Constitution Reform
DTT-NET.COM
dtt-net.com | European governments urged the leadership of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s (BiH) three ethnicities to resume talks on constitutional reform package.
READ MORE Bosnian Constitutional Reform Remains Elusive
Barry Wood, Voice of America
VOA | Donald Hays, a U.S. diplomat who served as the United Nations deputy high representative in Sarajevo, is optimistic that Bosnia's constitutional reform package will ultimately be implemented.
READ MORE Bosnian President Asks U.S. to 'Stay With Bosnia' Despite Reform Setback
Voice of America
VOA | Bosnian President Sulejman Tihic urges the US not to abandon Bosnia
READ MORE Bosnia Serbs Say No Police Reform without Consensus
DTT-NET.COM
dtt-net.com | The parliament of Republika Srpska warned that police reforms agreed last year can not be implemented without consensus, a move which represents a hurdle to EU and US demands to strengthen Bosnia's central institutions.
READ MORE Hays Accuses Party for BiH and HDZ 1990 for Failure to Adopt Constitutional Amendments
Federalna Novinska Agencija (FENA)
FENA | The former Principal Deputy High Representative in BiH, Donald Hays, accused the Party for BiH and the newly founded party HDZ 1990 of being responsible for the failure of constitutional reform and for not looking after the BiH interests.
READ MORE U.S. "Disappointed" by Defeat of Bosnian Constitutional Reforms
Vince Crawley, Washington File Staff Writer, USInfo
USInfo | The United States has expressed disappointment that Bosnia’s parliament on April 26 rejected constitutional amendments to create a single presidency.
READ MORE Bosnia: Reform Bill's Failure Sparks International Criticism
Adnkronos International
ATI | The international community's representative in Bosnia, Christian Schwarz Schilling, on Thursday slammed lawmakers' rejection late on Wednesday of a US-backed constitutional reform.
READ MORE Envoy Says Failure of Bosnia Constitution Reform is Bad Signal
DTT-NET.COM
dtt-net.com | The international envoy has expressed disappointment on the rejection of constitution reforms by BiH lawmakers and said the failure is a bad signal to EU, US and to the country it self.
READ MORE Constitutional Reform Falters
Mirna Skrbic and T.K. Vogel
TOL | The Bosnian parliament's failure to vote for constitutional amendments puts off any major reform until after a general election, to be held this October.
READ MORE Bosnia Draft Constitution Rejected
DTT-NET.COM
dtt-net.com | At the second day of heated discussions at the parliament the draft constitution failed to win the support of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s House of Representative.
READ MORE Burns: BiH Parliament Needs to Adopt Constitutional Ammendments
Federalna Novinska Agencija (FENA)
FENA | Burns said that the United States hopes very much that both houses of the BiH parliament will adopt amendments to the BiH Constitution that have been put forward.
READ MORE Envoy Urges UN to End Bosnia Role
BBC NEWS
BBC NEWS | The top international envoy to Bosnia has urged an end to United Nations control over the country.
READ MORE 2006 a Decisive Year for the Balkans
The Christian Science Monitor
The Seattle Times | Experts are forecasting a whirl of diplomatic activity in the Balkans in the coming months, making 2006 a decisive year for the war-torn region.
READ MORE Speech by the High Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling to the UN Security Council
Christian Schwarz-Schilling
Remarks by Christian Schwarz-Schilling before the UN Security Council on the need for the international community to end its decade-long control over Bosnia and allow the Balkan nation to assume the responsibilities of a "normal" democracy.
READ MORE EU’s Solana Urges Bosnia Parliament to Approve Constitution Changes
DTT-NET.COM
dtt-net.com | EU’s chief of diplomacy has called on parliament members of Bosnia and Herzegovina to approve changes agreed last month by eight main political parties.
READ MORE Fixing the Balkans, Europe's Tinderbox
Jela De Franceschi
VOA | 2006 has been billed as a “decisive year” for the states of the former Yugoslav federation that broke up in a series of brutal ethnic wars during the 1990s. The issues concern boundaries and matters of statehood in a region, which is still struggling to overcome a divisive legacy.
READ MORE Bosnia Ethnicities Reach Deal on Constitution
DTT-NET.COM
dtt-net.com | Leaders of eight main political parties of have reached a final deal on constitutional changes, aiming to strengthen central institutions of the country.
READ MORE Bosnians Agree to Reform Presidency, Parliament
Nedim Dervisbegovic
Reuters | Bosnia's Muslim, Serb and Croat leaders agreed on constitutional reform.
READ MORE Time to Reach Agreement on Constitutional Reform in Bosnia
R. Bruce Hitchner
English text of an op-ed by R. Bruce Hitchner published in the Sarajevo newspaper Dnevi Avaz (March 17, 2006).
READ MORE Bosnia within Days of a Constitution Deal, President Says
Mark Beunderman (EUobserver)
EUOBSERVER | The president of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sulejman Tihic, said that his country is "just about" to sign a deal on constitutional reform.
READ MORE EU’s Solana Encourages Bosnia Leaders for Constitution Reforms
DTT-NET.COM
dtt-net.com | EU’s chief of diplomacy called on Bosnia and Herzegovina’s three ethnicities leaders to continue effort to change the current constitution.
READ MORE Bosnia to Begin Talks on EU Entrance
Pravda
Pravda | Bosnia is ready for launching talks on building closer ties with the European Union.
READ MORE US, EU "Disappointed" over Failed Bosnian Talks
Reuters
Reuters| U.S. and European Union envoys voiced disappointment on Tuesday after Bosnia's leaders failed to agree on reforms.
READ MORE 2005 Review: Bosnia Ends 2005 Closer to Euro-Atlantic Integration
Zdravko Ljubas, Deutsche Presse-Agentur
Deutsche Presse-Agentur | Bosnia-Herzegovina edged ever closer to the European Union and NATO in 2005.
READ MORE Sarajevo: Talks on Constitutional Changes in BiH Resume
Federalna Novinska Agencija (FENA)
FENA | The talks on constitutional changes among the leaders of the eight most significant political parties in BiH will resume on Wednesday.
READ MORE Bosnian Parties Agree to Stronger Central Cabinet: US
Reuters
Reuters | Bosnia's leaders have agreed to create a stronger central cabinet, a step toward easing ethnic divisions and forming a more efficient decision-making body.
READ MORE Sarajevo: McElhaney, Rycroft and Humphreys at Meeting on Constitutional Changes
Federalna Novinska Agencija (FENA)
FENA | Talks between the leaders of the eight most important political parties on constitutional changes in BiH continued in Sarajevo on Friday.
READ MORE Hays: Agreement on Constitutional Changes To Be Reached by the End of Next Week
Federalna Novinska Agencija (FENA)
FENA | A political agreement on the constitutional changes in BiH must be reached by the end of the next week, if it is to be implemented before the 2006 Elections, Director of the U.S. Institute of Peace Donald Hays warned on Friday.
READ MORE Letter to Bosnia: Your leaders initiated changes
Donald S. Hays
DPAP | An open letter from Amb. Donald S. Hays to the citizens of Bosnia Herzegovina, published by the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network.
READ MORE Bosnia Launches SAA talks with EU
DTT-NET.COM
dtt-net.com | Bosnia and Herzegovina took its first step toward joining the European Union, as it launched Stabilisation and Association Agreement talks on Friday.
READ MORE Bosnia and Herzegovina: Moving Closer to Europe
Olli Rehn,
Member of the European Commission
Remarks by Mr. Olli Rehn,
Member of the European Commission responsible for Enlargement, at the official opening of SAA negotiations in Sarajevo.
READ MORE New Accord Gives Bosnia Chance for Real Unity
Steven Weisman
The Sydney Morning Hearld | Leaders of the main ethnic groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina have pledged to overhaul their constitution for the first time since the Bosnian war ended 10 years ago.
READ MORE Opening the Conference of Bosnia's Religious Leaders
US State Department
USInfo | Opening Remarks by US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns at a Conference of Bosnia's Religious Leaders
READ MORE Accord Reached to Unify a Divided Bosnia
Barry Schweid, AP Diplomatic Writer
AP | Bosnia's Three Major Ethnic Groups Reach Deal to Revamp Constitution, Unify Divided Balkan Country
READ MORE Remarks by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Honor of the Tenth Anniversary of the Dayton Peace Accords
Condoleezza Rice
Remarks by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice a luncheon at the State Department attended by Bosnia’s three-member presidency after a meeting with them to discuss updating the 1995 Dayton peace agreement.
READ MORE U.N. Security Council Extends European Force in Bosnia
US Department of State
USInfo | The UN Security Council passed a resolution extending the missing of EUFOR for another 12 months.
READ MORE EU Ministers Approve SAA Talks for Bosnia
DTT-NET.COM
dtt-net.com | Foreign ministers of EU approved on Monday the launch of the talks on Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
READ MORE Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns
On Renewed U.S. Commitment to the Balkans
US State Department
USInfo | US under secretary of state Nicholas Burns speaks on 10th anniversary of Dayton Accords
READ MORE Security Council authorizes EU force in Bosnia and Herzegovina for another year
United Nations News Centre
UN News Centre | Announcement of Security Council's resolution extending the mission of EUFOR in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
READ MORE Bosnia to Start SAA Talks with EU on 25 November
DTT-NET.COM
dtt-net.com | Bosnia and Herzegovina will make the first step toward EU accession next week, as it is expected to launch Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) negotiations.
READ MORE US Envoy Sees Bosnia Leaders OKing Constitutional Changes
Associated Press
AP | Bosnia's leaders may unveil an agreement on constitutional changes when they gather next week in Washington to mark the 10th anniversary of the peace agreement that ended the war, the U.S. Ambassador to Bosnia said.
READ MORE Key Bosnian Leaders to Speak at Local forum
Jim DeBrosse, Dayton Daily News
Dayton Daily News | After an intense weekend of negotiations in Brussels on a new constitution that would transform Bosnia into a unified democracy for the first time, the three Bosnian leaders who will try to push those reforms through Parliament will appear Friday in Dayton, Ohio.
READ MORE Bosnia Leaders Slowly Moving toward Deal on Constitutional Changes
DTT-NET.COM
dtt-net.com | Leaders of Bosnia and Herzegovina three ethnicities have made a step forward to an agreement on changing the constitution, as they ended the three day meeting held in Belgium with optimism.
READ MORE Bosnian Factions Agree to Boost Government Powers for EU Talks
Associated Press
AP | Bosnia-Herzegovina's rival Serb, Croat and Muslim leaders agreed on Monday to grant more power to the country's weak central government so it can negotiate with the European Union to become a member.
READ MORE 10 Years after the Dayton Accords
Beth Kampschror, Cox News Service
Dayton Daily News | This article reviews life – and continued ethnic strife – in Bosnia a decade after the agreement that stopped the fighting.
READ MORE United States Seeks To Update Dayton Peace Accord
Vince Crawley, Washington File Staff Writer, USInfo
USInfo | US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to host leaders of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Washington November 21 to mark the 10th anniversary of the historic Dayton Accords peace settlement.
READ MORE The Way to the Future
R. Bruce Hitchner
Op-ed by R. Bruce Hitchner published in the Sarajevo newspaper Dnevi Avaz.
READ MORE Panelists Push for Political Will to Reconcile Former Yugoslavia
Voice of America
Press release concerning a panel discussion held at the Voice of America concerning ethnic reconciliation in the Balkans.
READ MORE Panelists Push for Political Will to Reconcile Former Yugoslavia
Voice of America
Voice of America press release following a panel discussion examing ethnic reconciliation in the former Yugoslavia.
READ MORE USA: BiH Needs a Modern and United State on the Road to EU and NATO
Federalna Novinska Agencija (FENA)
News story from the Federal News Agency of BiH (FENA) concerning testimony presented to the US House Committee on International Relations on the issue governmental reforms and EU accession in Bosnia.
READ MORE The Status and Future of Governing institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Role of the International Community and United
R. Bruce Hitchner
Testimony by R. Bruce Hitchner before the US House Committee on International Relations concerning constitutional reform in BiH.
READ MORE Defining Moment
R. Bruce Hitchner and Paul R. Williams
Op-ed by R. Bruce Hitchner and Paul R. Williams for The Baltimore Sun urging US reengagement in the determination of Kosovo's final status.
READ MORE George Soros to Receive Dayton Peace Prize
DPAP
Press release from the University of Dayton announcing George Soros as the recipient of the 2002 Dayton Peace Prize.
READ MORE Rebuild Afghanistan or Terrorists Will Find Fertile Ground for Growth
Bruce Hitchner and Paul Williams
Op-ed by Bruce Hitchner and Paul Williams for The Washington Times concerning the need for the US to rebuild Afghanistan following the defeat of the Taliban.
READ MORE Challenges to Peace
William Jefferson Clinton
Address delivered by Former President William Jefferson Clinton, the first recipient of the Dayton Peace Price, at the United States Air Force Museum, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio.
READ MORE Dayton Still Plays Part In Peace Process
Bruce Hitchner
Op-ed by Bruce Hitchner for the Dayton Daily News on the continuting importance of the city Dayton, OH to peace implementation in the former Yugoslavia.
READ MORE Dayton Accords Working In Balkans
R. Bruce Hitchner
Op-ed by Bruce Hitchner for the Dayton Daily News evaluating the Dayton Peace Accords 12 months after their implementation.
READ MORE Painting Honors Those Who Have Struggled Through Balkan Conflicts
Dayton Daily News
Editorial from the Dayton Daily News concerning the dedication of Thomas Newbolt’s painting Nocturne at the Dayton Art Institute.
READ MORE Comment: The Tribunal’s Own Failings
R. Bruce Hitchner
An editorial by R. Bruce Hitchner on the ineffectiveness of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.
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