Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

The exhibition "Children of War, People of Peace" opened at the War Childhood Museum in Sarajevo, presenting a series of paired images of children pictured in wartime Sarajevo and again today, decades later, photographed by Milomir Kovacevic Strasni

The Republika Srpska assembly adopted a draft constitution and law allowing for the formation of a separate army and judiciary; according to OHR, which oversees the accords that ended the 1992-95 war, it is a violation of the Dayton Peace Agreement

An international arrest warrant has been issued for Milorad Dodik by the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the country's highest judicial body; Milorad Dodik is the president of Republika Srpska, the Serb-majority entity of the two that make up BiH

The political situation has deteriorated in recent days, after the State Court last week found Milorad Dodik, the president of Republika Srpska, guilty of resisting the High Representative's decisions

With a +31,67% peak in tourist arrivals and a 25,03% increase in overnight stays compared to the previous year, in 2024 BiH recorded its highest tourist results ever

Students gathered in front of the Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina because of the tragedy in Jablanica in which 19 people died, demanding that the authorities be held accountable and making demands of those responsible

A second programme loan for health sector development policies worth $75 million has been approved by the World Bank Board of Directors to support the implementation of policies to improve the financial stability of healthcare institutions