Bosnia and Herzegovina

Seven individuals were arrested in Tuzla, one of ten Cantons in Bosnia’s Federation, suspected of human trafficking and forcing minors into prostitution; four of those arrested are police officers

The country's fragmented political landscape and inadequate digital oversight make adolescents vulnerable to online indoctrination by extremists; fears raised a year ago when a policeman was killed by a radicalized teenager seem confirmed by trends

The Bosnian Serb strongman has named Sinasa Karan as his candidate for the November 23 presidential elections in the Serb-led entity, finally acknowledging his court conviction and exclusion from office in August

Police agencies in Bosnia are increasingly using new technology with facial recognition capacity, such as drones and cameras, to fight crime; doubts are rising over the legal frame allowing their use

Relatives commemorated the 30th anniversary of the wartime massacre at the Markale market in Sarajevo, where 43 people were killed by a shell fired from Bosnian Serb positions during the siege of the city

Journalist Natasa Miljanovic Zubac, known for publishing material on organised crime and high-level corruption, has been detained, her family home searched, for the alleged crime of “disclosure of an official secret” upon orders of State Prosecutor Office

The mandate of Milorad Dodik, President of Republika Srpska, was revoked in a final verdict by the Central Election Commission; Dodik stated that a referendum will be called in the RS in which the people will decide on further actions

The 30th anniversary of the 1995 genocide of Bosniaks by Bosnian Serb forces was celebrated with the mass funeral of seven more victims in a ceremony at the Srebrenica Memorial Centre

Public was shocked at the official press release saying Milorad Dodik, President of Republika Srpska entity, thus subject of an arrest warrant, had voluntarily appeared before the Prosecutor’s Office as a suspect "for attack on constitutional order"

The BiH embassies in Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran and Tel Aviv, State of Israel will be temporarily closed following a Presidency decision taken at an extraordinary session; diplomatic relations will be continued from Sarajevo

Following an outcry over a series of killings of women, parliament in Bosnia’s Federation entity has changed the law to recognise gender-based murder as a separate crime

Bosnia and Herzegovina is not doing enough to support the potential of small entrepreneurs and sole proprietors, experts say; on the contrary, it still has too much bureaucracy, red tape, high taxes and limited access to financing

BiH dropped 17 places in the 2024 World Press Freedom Index, now ranking 81st in 180 countries amid a deepening crisis for local media freedom driven by factors that include attempts to introduce legislation restricting freedom of expression