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The US announced on Monday it sanctioned four officials in Bosnia and Herzegovina for actions it says undermines the Dayton Peace Agreement. This comes after the Republika Srpska National Assembly (RSNA) passed a law saying decisions from Bosnia and Herzegovina’s constitutional court were null in the Republika Srpska, one of the two states that makes [...]

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The UN International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) on Wednesday expanded the convictions and increased the sentences of two individuals who helped to murder and deport non-Serbs during the Balkan wars. The two, Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović, are former Serbian security officials. The IRMCT’s Appeals Chamber dismissed the men’s appeals of their convictions [...]

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The former supervisor of an infamous Bosnian prison camp during the Balkan Wars of the 1990s was arrested in the Boston area this week on charges of fraudulently obtaining U.S. citizenship by making false claims of persecution. Kemal Mrndzic, now a resident of the Boston suburb of Swampscott, is accused by US prosecutors of having [...]

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Corruption was endemic throughout the Trump administration. Throughout the entire length of his administration, corruption and high turnover was a daily occurrence, threatening the strength and integrity of government institutions and, in some cases, indirectly resulting in the deaths of Americans. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was in no way immune to allegations of [...]

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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Tuesday ordered Russia to recognize same-sex unions. The ruling came in response to an appeal by three gay couples who were denied the ability to marry by Russian authorities. It remains to be seen whether Russia will implement the court’s ruling. A bench of 17 judges presided over [...]

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The Bosnian Prosecutor’s Office Friday indicted 24 people in five separate indictments for various charges involving crimes against humanity and war crimes. The first indictment was filed on December 29 against six people for crimes against humanity committed in 1992 in the city of Prijedor. The accused were employed as guards in camps established in [...]

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In 2013, the United Nations (UN) established the Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) to address conflict in the Sahel region. Support for MINUSMA, the deadliest UN mission, has declined, especially after Western leaders have increasingly focused on the Russian intervention in Ukraine. In fact, several Western countries have announced their withdrawal from MUNUSMA, [...]

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The European Commission (EC) Wednesday recommended Bosnia and Herzegovina be granted candidate status for accession to the European Union (EU). In a press release, the EC announced Bosnia and Herzegovina’s candidate status. The EC emphasized that the candidate status dictates that Bosnia and Herzegovina take steps towards reinforcing democracy, functionality of state institutions, rule of [...]

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Life-threatening air pollution in Bosnia and Herzegovina has caused the deaths of thousands of citizens, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Monday. Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the countries that is highly polluted during the winter months and has the fifth-highest mortality rate from air pollution. The main cause of this air pollution is the [...]

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