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Milorad Dodik, wanted on secession charges, returned to the Serb portion of Sarajevo after federal police hesitated to arrest him fearing conflict with Bosnian Serb forces. Dodik, defying an arrest warrant, accused the federal police of violating Republika Srpska laws. Christian Schmidt suspended government aid to Dodik's party following his rejection of a court ruling.

A German diplomat on Monday took office as the top international envoy to Bosnia, facing opposition from the country's Serbs, who have rejected both his appointment and a ban on genocide denial brought by his predecessor. Christian Schmidt took over from Valentin Inzko, an Austrian diplomat, at a ceremony in the capital, Sarajevo.

The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal said on Thursday the trial of former bosnian serb leader Radovan Karadzic will begin on October 26.

Former bosnian serb leader Radovan Karadzic, sentenced to life for war crimes and genocide, will serve his sentence in a UK prison, the British government said Wednesday.

Bosnian Serb separatist leader Milorad Dodik said on Thursday that police in Bosnia's Serb-dominated region have been instructed to arrest and deport an international peace envoy if he enters the Serb Republic.

As mourners from around Bosnia and the world were arriving in Srebrenica, families of victims were preparing to rebury their loved ones and maybe find some closure after the decades-long search for their remains in mass graves scattered around the town.

United Nations war crimes judges on Tuesday upheld a genocide conviction and life sentence against former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic, rejecting all grounds of appeal against a lower tribunal's verdict. Mladic, 78, led Bosnian Serb forces during Bosnia's 1992-95 war. He was convicted in 2017 on charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.

bosnian serb leader Milorad Dodik arrived Thursday in Moscow to attend Victory Day celebrations, despite an arrest warrant against him over accusations he flouted the divided Balkan nation's constitution. Dodik, 66, is wanted by Bosnia's central judiciary after a series of secessionist moves, but continues to defy an arrest warrant issued in mid-March.

Ahead of a potential UN vote to designate July 11 as an international day to remember the "Srebrenica genocide," an EU spokesperson emphasised that denying the massacre's reality precludes a place in Europe. This statement follows tensions in the Balkans over Bosnia's EU talks and Serbian and Bosnian Serb reluctance to acknowledge the genocide. Former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic, convicted for his role in Srebrenica, remains a divisive figure.

Hungary is hosting World Athletics Championships 2023 , Prime Minister Viktor Orban will meet leaders from Turkey, Serbia, Qatar, Central Asian nations, and more. This reflects Hungary's shift towards Eastern influence, with an emphasis on diplomatic and economic cooperation with other countries.

The United States last month announced new sanctions against bosnian serb leader Milorad Dodik, who has for years been advocating that the Serb-run part of Bosnia should leave the rest of the country and unite with neighbouring Serbia.