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U.S. Approves Helicopter Sale to Bosnia, Herzegovina
(MENAFN) The U.S. State Department has given preliminary approval for the potential transfer of AW-119Kx helicopters and associated materials to Bosnia and Herzegovina, according to a statement released by the Pentagon on Tuesday. The projected...
Owner: Sawsan Dababneh & Ramzi AbdelJaber
Bosnia and Herzegovina local elections 2024: ODIHR election observation mission final report
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s 2024 local elections were competitive and efficiently managed, but took place in an environment lacking social and political cohesion. Extensive legal reforms increased the integrity of the process, but the scope of the...
Owner: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
OSCE Enhances Regional Border Security in South-Eastern Europe with Training-of-Trainers for Forensic Document Experts in Tirana
Thirteen forensic document experts from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and North Macedonia strengthened their technical expertise and training skills at a training-of-trainers course organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, in...
Owner: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Law Students Shine in National Competition
Mostar, 10 October 2025 – From 8 to 10 October, the Faculty of Law of the University of Mostar, in co-operation with the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina (HJPC BiH) and the OSCE Mission to BiH (Mission), organized...
Owner: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
15 years working together to tackle hate crime in South-Eastern Europe
Hate crimes remain a threat to security and social cohesion, particularly in post-conflict and transitional societies. At a side event of the Warsaw Human Dimension Conference, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...
Owner: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
War crime trials across the OSCE region in focus at Warsaw conference
The sharp rise in the number of war crimes trials being heard by local courts across the OSCE region was the topic of discussion during a side event at the Warsaw Human Dimension Conference entitled “Beyond the Hague: the OSCE and current...
Owner: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Statement by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina on the Occasion of World Press Freedom Day
Sarajevo, 3 May 2025 – A free society depends on a free press. In recognition of World Press Freedom Day, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (Mission) reaffirms its continued commitment to defending the fundamental right to free and...
Owner: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
OSCE strengthens law enforcement and judicial response to gender-based violence through survivor engagement and theater play in Bosnia and Herzegovina
On 28 and 29 April, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, held a two-day training course on gender-based violence (GBV) for 24 police and judicial professionals from the...
Owner: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
ODIHR experts present the 2024 local elections final report and discuss electoral recommendations in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Election experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented the final report on Bosnia and Herzegovina’s 2024 local elections to government officials, the election administration, courts and representatives...
Owner: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Op-Ed by Ambassador Brian Aggeler on current situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Today Bosnia and Herzegovina is facing the most serious constitutional crisis since the end of the war nearly thirty years ago. The Dayton Peace Agreement that ended that devastating war entrusted the OSCE with a vital role: to help secure lasting...
Owner: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Allied Parliamentarians Stress Importance of Continued Engagement in the Western Balkans During Joint Visit to Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina
17 April 2025 Amid evolving geopolitical dynamics and deepening political divisions in the Western Balkans, NATO and the EU must redouble their commitment to the region to preserve fragile stability in this part of Europe. The stakes are high, as...
Owner: NATO Parliamentary Assembly
Leviathan Gold commences first phase of trenching at the Foča Project, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Recent Induced Polarization survey results show a clear chargeable feature approximately 75-100 metres in width coincident with a prominent ENE-WSW trending system of faults, upslope from an area of very high-grade silver, lead and zinc in float...
Interpol rejects demand to detain Bosnian Serb president
(MENAFN) Interpol has turned down Bosnia and Herzegovina's request to issue a Red Notice for Milorad Dodik, the president of Republika Srpska, and Nenad Stevandic, the region's parliament speaker. The Bosnian state court confirmed that the attempt...
Owner: Sawsan Dababneh & Ramzi AbdelJaber
OSCE Mission Head visits Banja Luka to advance dialogue, and discuss ongoing challenges
Banja Luka, 8 October 2025 - The Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ambassador Rick Holtzapple, completed today a two-day visit to Banja Luka, where he met with political, institutional, and civil society actors to reaffirm the...
Owner: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
OSCE Secretary General Sinirlioğlu to visit Bosnia and Herzegovina
VIENNA/SARAJEVO, 31 March 2025 – The OSCE Secretary General, Feridun H. Sinirlioğlu, will be in Sarajevo on 31 March and 1 April 2025 for his first official visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina as OSCE Secretary General. Secretary General Sinirlioğlu...
Owner: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Valtonen concludes visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina, reiterates OSCE’s continued support for stability and security in the country
VIENNA/HELSINKI, 18 March 2025 — OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen concluded her visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina, where she engaged in discussions with high-level officials on fostering security, safety and...
Owner: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Valtonen to visit Bosnia and Herzegovina
VIENNA/HELSINKI, 17 March 2025 — The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Finland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen, will visit Bosnia and Herzegovina on 17 and 18 March, where she will meet with high-level officials and discuss security issues...
Owner: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Ilham Aliyev met with Chairwoman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
AZERBAIJAN, March 13 - 13 March 2025, 14:20 On March 13, Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, met with Željka Cvijanović, Chairwoman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. President Ilham Aliyev recalled with pleasure his...
Owner: Azerbaijani Government
Ilham Aliyev received Deputy Chairman of Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
AZERBAIJAN, March 17 - During an informal meeting in Moscow, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, President of the Republic of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko, and President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon made a phone...
Owner: Azerbaijani Government
Joint statement by OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Valtonen and Secretary General Sinirlioğlu on recent political developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina
HELSINKI/VIENNA, 7 March 2025 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland Elina Valtonen and OSCE Secretary General Feridun H. Sinirlioğlu issued the following statement regarding several laws and measures adopted by the...
Owner: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe