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Bosnia: Recount confirms pro-Russia Serb leader won election

An election recount has confirmed a staunchly pro-Russia Bosnian Serb leader’s victory over an opposition challenger who accused him of vote-rigging in the contest for the presidency of Bosnia’s Serb-run part

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Bosnia: Thousands protest recount of vote in Serb-run region

Tens of thousands have rallied in Bosnia to demand that electoral authorities end a recount of ballots from a contested general election this month and confirm a staunchly pro-Russian politician as president of the country’s Serb-run part

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Election commission confirms preliminary results of Bosnia general vote

Bosnia's election commission (CIK) confirmed preliminary results of Oct. 2 presidential and parliamentary elections on Saturday, showing the dominance of nationalist parties in parliaments at various levels of the Balkan country's governance.

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Bosnia recounts Serb president race after reports of fraud

Amid widespread reports of fraud in Bosnia’s general election, the ethnically divided country’s top electoral body has announced it will conduct a recount of a Bosnian Serb presidential ballot allegedly rigged by a staunchly pro-Russian leader

The Independent UK

Election commission orders recount of votes for Bosnian Serb region's president

Bosnia's election commission (CIK) ordered on Monday a recount of votes for president of its autonomous Serb region after a bloc of opposition parties filed complaints alleging the ballot was rigged by Serb separatist leader Milorad Dodik.

Reuters

Bosnian Serb pro-Russian leader renews secession threat

Bosnian Serb separatist leader Milorad Dodik renewed his secession threat on Monday, a week after the general election in the ethnically-divided country showed his party remained dominant among the Serbs.

Reuters

Bosnian Serbs protest alleging vote-rigging by Dodik

Thousands have rallied in Bosnia for the second time in a week, alleging that a pro-Russian Bosnian Serb leader rigged the presidential vote during Bosnia’s general election

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Bosnia election officials investigate possible vote-rigging

Bosnia’s election authorities are voicing concerns over widespread problems at polling stations and reports of irregularities and vote-rigging in the general election last weekend

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Protesters allege pro-Russia Bosnian Serb leader rigged vote

Several thousand people in Bosnia held an election protest where they accused a pro-Russia Bosnian Serb leader of rigging a vote to win the position he sought

The Independent UK

Bosnian Serb opposition calls election 'rigged', stages protest

Thousands of people on Thursday protested in Banja Luka over what they said was a 'rigged' election in favour of pro-Russian nationalist Milorad Dodik in the vote for president of Bosnia's autonomous Serb Republic.

Reuters

Bosnia's sectarian parties poised to retain power after vote

Bosnia’s long-entrenched sectarian parties are poised to be the overall winners of the country’s general election despite symbolic successes by some opposition candidates who ran on a corruption-fighting agenda

The Independent UK

Bosnian elections entrench splits but foreign policy tips West

Elections in Bosnia entrenched divisions between the fragile country's three ethnic groups at a time of deep political crisis but looked set to tip its foreign policy towards the West rather than Russia, preliminary results showed on Monday.

Reuters

Bosnia election: Growing ethnic tensions dominate polls

Voters are choosing the members of the shared Bosnian presidency, parliament deputies, and Republika Srpska’s president.

Al Jazeera

Voting begins in Bosnia election, little expected to change

Polls opened in Bosnia on Sunday for a general election that is unlikely to bring any structural change despite palpable disappointment in the small, ethnically divided Balkan country's political leaders

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Bosnia election expected to re-legitimize a failing system

Bosnia’s general election should be about fighting rampant corruption and the country’s ailing economy

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What you need to know about Bosnia’s general election

If Croat and Serb nationalist candidates win presidency seats, an even worse security crisis may unfold, analysts say.

Reuters

Explainer-What is at stake in Bosnia's general election?

Bosnia is holding presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday amid its worst political crisis since the end of the 1992-95 war.

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Nationalist divisions dim hopes for change after Bosnia's election

Divisive nationalism has dominated campaigning for Bosnia's presidential and parliamentary elections on Oct. 2, suggesting reformists keen to modernise a dysfunctional economy and improve rule of law have scant chance of winning.

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Bosnian Serb separatist leader blasts West, praises Russia

Bosnian Serb separatist leader Milorad Dodik is facing an election this weekend and he has blasted the West and praised Vladimir Putin over his policies in the Balkans

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Putin meets Bosnian Serb separatist leader, praises Serbia

Bosnian Serb separatist leader Milorad Dodik has met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow

The Independent UK

US scoffs as Bosnian Serb leader claims he can spy on US

The U_S_ Embassy in Sarajevo has described claims by the Bosnian Serb leader that his security services are eavesdropping on the American ambassador to Sarajevo as “blustering.”

Reuters

German troops back to Bosnia as fear of instability grows

Germany has deployed troops with the European Union's peacekeeping mission in Bosnia for the first time in a decade as concerns mount instability from the Ukraine war could spread to the Western Balkans.

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Russia's influence in the Balkans is growing just as the region's fragile peace is threatened

The EU continues to keep Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Serbia on the waiting list to join, despite the possibility that the region could shift closer to Russia.

Reuters

Germany suspends funds over Bosnian Serb secessionist moves - envoy

The German government has suspended 120 million euros ($125 million) worth of infrastructure projects in Bosnia's Serb region over its leaders secessionist policies, international peace envoy Christian Schmidt said on Monday.

The Independent UK

Bosnian Serb leader prays for Trump's return, praises Putin

The leader of Bosnia’s Serbs says he hopes former U.S. President Donald Trump returns to power

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