US and European diplomats continue standoff over top Bosnia and Herzegovina post European powers resist Trump administration’s pick for high representative after incumbent pushed out The Guardian - UK · Jun 30
Europe and US on collision course over next high representative for Bosnia Diplomats from around world meet in Sarajevo in second attempt to agree on top envoy, as US pushes for its choice The Guardian - UK · Jun 30
US threatens to reconsider role in Bosnia and Herzegovina amid rift with Europe US embassy in Sarajevo made threat after European states refused to back its preferred High Representative candidate The Guardian - UK · Jun 6
Top EU official tells Western Balkan countries that bloc's enlargement is real European Council President António Costa says that the European Union summit this week with candidate nations of the Western Balkans will show that the opportunity for enlargement is real The Independent UK · Jun 1
Bosnia and Herzegovina left vulnerable by policy clash with US, representative says Christian Schmidt, who is resigning post, says multi-ethnic nation may fall apart amid pressure from US and Russia The Guardian - UK · May 12
Ally of Bosnian Serb separatist leader leads election as opposition claims fraud An ally of separatist Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik is leading the presidential election in the Serb-run half of Bosnia The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2025
Bosnian Serbs vote to choose president after separatist leader Dodik was removed from office Voters in the Serb-run part of Bosnia cast ballots on Sunday to elect a new president after former pro-Russian leader Milorad Dodik was removed from office because of his separatist policies that were stoking instability in the ethnically tense Balkan nation The Independent UK · Nov 23, 2025
US lifts sanctions on separatist Bosnian Serb leader Dodik and his family The U.S. has lifted sanctions against separatist Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2025
Bosnia's Serb Statelet Calls Referendum On Verdict Against Leader Bosnia's Serb statelet, whose President Milorad Dodik is defying a ban on him holding office, will stage a referendum on October 25 on the federal court verdict against him. International Business Times · Aug 23, 2025
Separatist Bosnian Serb leader Dodik removed from office Dodik’s mandate as Bosnian Serb president was revoked due to earlier appeals court verdict that sentenced him to jail. Al Jazeera · Aug 6, 2025
Electoral authorities strip Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik of presidency after court ban Milorad Dodik lost his presidency according to electoral law after an appeals court upheld a six-year political ban last Friday. He plans to stay in office and appeal the decision. Euronews · Aug 6, 2025
Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik rejects verdict appeal amid political turmoil In an interview with Euronews Serbia, Milorad Dodik said that he would not attend the public hearing in the capital Sarajevo next Thursday, and considers the state-level court's verdict against him "null and void". Euronews · Jun 5, 2025
‘Most dangerous moment since 1995’: renegade Dodik leaves Bosnia in limbo Republika Srpska’s president faces being banned from office for separatist actions, but may yet cling to power The Guardian - UK · May 28, 2025
Top international official in Bosnia cuts financing for ruling Serb parties to pressure separatists The top international official in Bosnia has cut all budgetary financing for ruling political parties in the Serb-run part of the country, adding pressure on the entity’s pro-Russian president who is wanted over his separatist policies The Independent UK · Apr 24, 2025
International Business Times · Apr 1, 2025 The Battle To Control Assets Behind Bosnia Crisis At the heart of the deepening crisis in Bosnia -- where Serb leader Milorad Dodik has been pushing the weak central government to the brink with threats of secession -- is a battle over who owns what.
International Business Times · Mar 27, 2025 Bosnia Issues International Arrest Warrant For Serb Leader Dodik Bosnia issued an international arrest warrant Thursday for Milorad Dodik, the leader of the deeply divided country's Serb statelet who is accused of flouting the constitution.
Euronews · Mar 17, 2025 Bosnia issues new nationwide arrest warrant for Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik The warrant means that any police officer who encounters the president of the country's Serb-majority entity of the Republika Srpska must arrest him immediately.
Al Jazeera · Mar 10, 2025 NATO’s Rutte backs Bosnia after separatist moves by Serbian region Visit to Sarajevo comes after Bosnian Serb leaders bar federal judicial authorities and police from Republika Srpska.
International Business Times · Mar 8, 2025 Bosnia Top Envoy Backs Court Ruling Against Separatist Laws Bosnia's international high representative Christian Schmidt on Saturday threw his support behind a court ruling striking down separatist laws passed by the country's Serb statelet.
Al Jazeera · Mar 7, 2025 Bosnia’s top court suspends separatist laws adopted by Bosnian Serbs Laws passed by Republika Srpska reject the authority of the federal police and judiciary.
International Business Times · Mar 7, 2025 Bosnian Serb Leader Dodik Asks Serbs To Quit Federal Police, Judiciary Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik on Friday called on ethnic Serbs to quit the federal police force and courts and join the government of the deeply divided country's Serb statelet.
International Business Times · Mar 6, 2025 Bosnian Serb Leader Says He Is No Threat To Bosnia Ethnic Serb leader Milorad Dodik insisted Thursday that he was not a threat to Bosnia, a day after signing laws that banned the country's central police and judiciary from his statelet.
The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2025 Bosnian officials challenge separatist Bosnian Serb laws before top court as tensions soar Bosnian officials are challenging a set of laws barring the state judiciary and police from operating in the part of the country controlled by the Bosnian Serbs, legislation that has fueled tensions in the ethnically-divided Balkan country
Al Jazeera · Feb 28, 2025 Bosnia peace envoy says Serb regional leaders seek to destabilise country Christian Schmidt calls for the ‘immediate cessation of all activities that undermine the Dayton Peace Agreement’.
Top News · Feb 27, 2025 Bosnian Serb President Sentenced Over Separatist Actions Bosnian Serb president Milorad Dodik sentenced to prison for separatist actions, escalating tensions in fragile Balkan state.