Bosnia and Herzegovina

WWF welcomed Parliament's decision to suspend the building of small hydropower plants, as their construction and operation proved to be a terrible blow to rivers and the natural world

Cybercrime is becoming increasingly frequent in the country, as confirmed by the growing number of reports; while the victims of hackers are mostly companies, there are also cases of attacks on citizens, often via social networks

The number of Roman Catholics in the country, most of whom are ethnic Croats, has more than halved from 30 years ago, falling to just 350.000, the bishops warned, denouncing a particularly difficult situation in Republika Srpska

Bosnians have warned Ukrainians that getting justice for human rights abuses in the conflict will be long and painful, as those who survive will have to tell of the atrocities they witnessed

The High Representative in BiH has decided to suspend the law on real estate in Bosnia's Republika Srpska (RS) entity until the Constitutional Court's assessment to avoid negative legal reprisals for citizens and potential investors

Employees of Radio Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of the three public services in BiH, held a protest to denounce the difficult financial situation and political pressures that are bringing the station to the brink of closure

New negotiations on amendments to the electoral law have failed after four days of talks in the EU delegation in Sarajevo, mediated by international negotiators

The project for strengthening the ammunition control capacity of the Armed Forces was completed together with the improvement of the conditions of weapons and ammunition storage

Industry giant "Igman" from Konjic, on the occasion of its 72nd anniversary on Sunday, opened a new production line for ammunition, calibre 7,62 mm, planning to hire 100 new workers

After a chestnut pest started to spread on the border with Croatia in 2015, the response given with the "Chestnut" project, with the creation of a common database and shared knowledge, showed how crucial a cross-border action was in solving common issues

With estimated 50.000 pathological gamblers, Sanela Pekic - associate expert for addiction prevention programs - pointed out that the country has a serious problem with gambling and betting

Representatives of Croatian and Bosnian political parties in the country, who were supposed to agree on changes to the electoral law during a three-day negotiating session, failed to come closer in their views