From CNA with my emphases and comments: Bosnian Cardinal denies claims of Vatican commission for Medjugorje Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nov 20, 2009 / 11:45 am (CNA).- Cardinal Vinko Puljic, Archbishop of Sarajevo and President of the Bishops’ Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina denied press reports yesterday which claim that the Vatican is creating a commission to [...] Post from: WDTPRS...
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The United Nations Security Council today extended for another year the European Union stabilization force (EUFOR) entrusted with ensuring continued compliance by all sides in Bosnia and Herzegovina with the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement that ended the ethnic war there. In a unanimous resolution adopted a day after a UN human rights expert reported that political disputes were still impeding the return...
The UN's move to extend the mandate was uncontroversial - foreign troops have been in the country ever since the Dayton accords in 1995. But the EU's wider strategy toward fostering Bosnian democracy may be stalling.
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URL: http://www.ndi.org/Bosnia_After_Dayton_NDI_Report_Assesses_Challenges_that_Lie_Ahead . Source: National Democratic institute (NDI). A new report on the democratic transition in Bosnia-Herzegovina highlights the country's post-war and post-communist legacies. It notes that governmental reforms under discussion, while critical, are not sufficient to address the challenges that Bosnia's political...
They found another mass grave outside Srebrenica this week. But that’s not a particularly unusual event; some 70 such makeshift cemeteries have come to light since the massacre of thousands of Muslim men and boys in that town in July 1995. The Balkans is famously a part of the world where history impacts on the present, [...]
The UN Security Council extended on Wednesday for another year the European Union stabilization force (EUFOR) mandated to ensure continued compliance with the Dayton Peace Agreement that ended fighting in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1995. Unanimously adopting resolution 1895, the council also welcomed the decision to maintain in the country a headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO),...
, Nov 19 (DPA) Porto midfielder Raul Meireles was the hero for Portugal as his side beat a 10-member Bosnia-Herzegovina 1-0 to qualify for next year's football World Cup finals in South Africa.
WALES lost their unbeaten record in Uefa Championship qualifying Group Three and now face a 10-month wait for the next chance to secure a play-off spot.
The teenage defender was hurt when he was kicked on a foot playing for Wales in their Uefa Championship under-21 defeat against Bosnia in Sarajevo last night.
ZENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina - Portugal qualified for its third straight World Cup on Wednesday, beating Bosnia 1-0 after Raul Meireles' second-half goal in the second...
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