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Bosnia’s coal plants the biggest polluters in Western Balkans, CEE Bankwatch survey shows
BNE Intellinews
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Coal plants in Bosnia & Herzegovina were the biggest SO2 emitters in the Western Balkans in 2024, according to a survey by CEE Bankwatch, an environmental NGO. Last year, Bosnian plants emitted 212,840 tonnes of SO2 – 11.3 times higher than the...
Germany Vows Continued Backing For Bosnia's European Future
MENAFN
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June 24, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 24. On June 23, 2025, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Elmedin Konaković, met in Sarajevo with the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Bosnia and...
Bosnia’s Becirovic: Strengthening ties with UK across key sectors
N1 Info - Bosnia & Herzegovina
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Among his various engagements, which included meetings with top British officials, ministers, prime ministers, members of Parliament in the House of Commons, and the Mayor of London, Becirovic warned that it would be extremely dangerous to...
Gaza Tribunal in Sarajevo Documents How Genocide Has Eroded International Law
Truthout
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June 12, 2025
Part of the Series Dozens of lawyers, academics, human rights advocates, and journalists from Palestine, Israel, and global civil society issued a call to conscience on May 29 from a gathering in the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Dubbed the...
Frozen State: Council of Ministers Paralyzed by Hatred and Self-Interest
Sarajevo Times
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June 23, 2025
Nothing from the reconstruction of the Council of Ministers of BiH. The leader of the HDZ, Dragan Čović, made a clear statement. The most important state executive institution has been turned into a training ground for political showdowns and...
Bosnia and Herzegovina Thirty Years After Dayton: Are There Prospects for National Unity?
Valdai Discussion Club
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The idea of a “civil,” that is, ethnically undivided Bosnia and Herzegovina, as the West imagines it, seems hardly viable. The only factor restraining the residents of Bosnia and Herzegovina of all nationalities from seeking an alternative to...
Sarajevo Canton Prime Minister announces New Measures to strengthen the Economy
Sarajevo Times
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June 18, 2025
The Government of the Sarajevo Canton has been continuously conducting an open dialogue with the Association of Employers in the Federation of BiH and the Association of Employers of Sarajevo Canton, and the Prime Minister of Sarajevo Canton,...
Law, peace and paradox: A perspective on Thailand’s response to the ICJ filing
The Phnom Penh Post
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In a world governed by law, principles must triumph over paradoxes. Cambodia's recent imminent intention to file an application to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), regarding the dispute over the Mum Bei area and the Temples of Ta Moan...
BiH Foreign Minister spoke with the Secretary of the Conference of European Rabbis
Sarajevo Times
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June 23, 2025
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Elmedin Konaković, spoke by phone with the Secretary of the Conference of European Rabbis (CER) Gady Gronich. In a statement to Klix.ba, Konaković said that the reason for the conversation...
ArcelorMittal to sell Bosnian steel plant and mining business to Pavgord Group
Mining Technology
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June 23, 2025
ArcelorMittal has entered into a sale and purchase agreement to divest its operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina to Pavgord Group. The divesture will include the integrated steel plant, ArcelorMittal Zenica, and the iron ore mining business...
Human Rights Defenders in BiH Face Stigma Amid Legal Uncertainty
Sarajevo Times
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June 23, 2025
Authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina must protect those promoting and protecting human rights, ensure accountability for attacks against them, and tackle negative narratives around their work, a UN expert* said today. “While I have encountered...
Bosnia's Foreign Minister meets Head of Jewish Community: Jews inseparable part of BiH
N1 Info - Bosnia & Herzegovina
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Particular attention was paid to the recent cancellation of the European Rabbinical Conference, which had reportedly been scheduled to take place in Sarajevo. Minister Konakovic reaffirmed Bosnia's commitment to upholding religious freedom,...
Turkish President Erdogan’s operative in the US put on airline blacklist
Nordic Monitor
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June 22, 2025
Abdullah Bozkurt / Stockholm Ibrahim Halil Demir, a longtime executive of a Chicago-based Islamic charity with close ties to the Turkish government, has been flagged as a security risk in the United States, subjecting him to repeated airport...
UNA’s Undoing: The Rise and Fall of Bosnia’s ‘Dodik TV’
Balkan Insight
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June 23, 2025
According to a share purchase agreement obtained by BIRN’s reporter, Jocic sold a 50 per cent stake in the umbrella company UNA World Network to Infinity Media for 50,000 euros in October 2021, months before UNA TV even began broadcasting. Kusovac...
Chicago survivor of concentration camp wants to erect memorial to Bosnian War victims
Chicago Sun Times - Illinois
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June 22, 2025
After the deaths of two brothers and six months in a concentration camp during the Bosnian War, a Chicago man is now working to erect a monument to spread awareness of the conflict. If Mirsad “Mike” Causevic is successful, a 12-foot-tall statue on...
Railway Line Between Sarajevo and Vares Set to Be Established Soon
Sarajevo Times
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June 22, 2025
The tourist train on the Sarajevo-Vareš route could soon become a major tourist attraction in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is a joint project of the Railways of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Municipality of Vareš and the Tourist...
OIC ministers in Istanbul reach conclusion on BiH: Condemnation of 'destructive policies' of RS entity leadership
N1 Info - Bosnia & Herzegovina
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The conclusion concerning Bosnia and Herzegovina also reads that the RS entity "thereby undermining the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina and posing a serious threat to the foundations of the Dayton Peace Agreement...
Major Hull City transfer twist emerges as €9m Matija Frigan transfer set to be completed
Football League World
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July 5, 2025
Hull City are set to complete the signing of Croatian forward Matija Frigan from Belgian outfit K.V.C. Westerlo, despite the club being subject to transfer restrictions. Reports in June suggested that Hull were in for the 22-year-old forward, who...
UN expert urges Bosnia and Herzegovina authorities to protect human rights defenders
JURIST
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June 22, 2025
UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders Mary Lawlor on Friday urged authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to ensure the protection and promotion of human rights defenders, after concluding her visit to the country....
Bosnia and Herzegovina Lost Over One Million Inhabitants Between 1991 and 2023
Sarajevo Times
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June 15, 2025
The keynote speaker at today’s session of Circle 99 on the topic “Structural Weaknesses of the Dayton System and Their Cost: Demographic and Economic Insights”, professor at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Belgrade and member of the...