Bosnia

Israel opens first Chamber of Commerce office in Republika Srpska, Bosnia

New Banja Luka office aims to expand Israeli trade, investment and technology ties • Chikli: ‘We are opening a door’

 1: Outgoing Israeli Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina Galit Peleg, Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli and Milorad Dodik attend the inauguration of the Israel Chamber of Commerce representative office in Banja Luka, Republika Srpska, September 3, 2026.
Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic leaves a meeting at the airport in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina April 13, 1993.

Ratko Mladic, Bosnian Serb general convicted of genocide, dies in Hague detention

BOSNIAN SERB leader Milorad Dodik delivers a speech in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina, in February 2025.

Sanctioning Dodik won't bring a Muslim apocalypse, just accountability for his crimes - opinion

Former President of the Republic of Srpska, Milorad Dodik, gestures during a parade as Bosnian Serbs celebrate their autonomous region's statehood day with a parade of special forces and armoured vehicles in, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, January 9, 2026.

Washington letter on Bosnia sparks fears of expanding foreign influence in Europe - opinion


Bosnian Jews mourn Moris Albahari, one of Sarajevo’s last Ladino speakers

Moris Albahari, a Holocaust survivor, former partisan fighter and one of the last Ladino speakers in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s dwindling Jewish community, passed away at the age of 93 last month.

 Moris Albahari, shown in a documentary about his story called “Saved by Language,” was a pillar of Sarajevo's Jewish community.

Bosnian Serb pro-Russian leader renews secession threat

Pro-Russian Milorad Dodik triggered the gravest political crisis in postwar Bosnia last December when he tried to pull the Serb Republic out of key state institutions.

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Serb member of the tripartite Bosnian Presidency Milorad Dodik during a meeting in Moscow, Russia, September 20, 2022.

Serbian president reveals grandfather was murdered in Holocaust - exclusive

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said he felt as if this part of history is almost buried and not discussed.

 Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic speaks during an interview with Reuters in Belgrade, Serbia August 29, 2022.

Leaked memo shows Israeli support for far-right law in Bosnia

While most ethnonationalist parties support the proposition, many prominent Bosnian politicians do not, and the leak created a political storm.

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Genocide denial must be unacceptable to Jewish leaders - opinion

On July 11, world leaders joined survivors in commemorating the Srebrenica Genocide, the worst atrocity to occur on European soil since the Holocaust.

 RESAD GOGALIJA, an employee of the Bosnian Ministry of Culture, displays the famed Sarajevo Haggadah at a Passover dinner in the city’s synagogue, in 1995.

New Bosnian political law may deepen divide between Jews, public

Bosnia's Jewish community leaders have been fighting against inequality in the country’s electoral system for over a decade.

 Protesters gather outside the Office of the High Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in Sarajevo, July 25, 2022.

Bosnia & Herzegovina's parliament adopts IHRA definition of antisemitism

This important decision is due to the the leadership of Dargan Čović and Milorad Dodik, who visited Israel last month.

 The Bosnia & Herzegovina parliament approving the IHRA definition of antisemitism

On This Day: Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia begins, 27 years ago

The event stands as the most brutal mass death of individuals in Europe since World War II and is the only atrocity since World War II in Europe that constituted genocide.

A woman cries at a graveyard, ahead of a mass funeral in Potocari near Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina July 11, 2020. Bosnia marks the 25th anniversary of the massacre of more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys, with many relatives unable to attend due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) ou

Berlin set to again deploy troops with EUFOR Bosnia 10 years after withdrawal

The government in Berlin agreed to provide up to 50 troops for EUFOR, marking a return to the force in Bosnia that Germany had left at the end of 2012.

 A member of European Forces (EUFOR) stands in front of the Bosnia and Herzegovina and European Union flags during Change of Command Ceremony in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina March 28, 2017.

Jerusalem’s Western Wall is part of Israel - Bosnia and Herzegovina official

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Parliamentary House of Peoples Speaker Dragan Covic asked for forgiveness for the Holocaust on behalf of his people.

  The tall diplomat stood before the Western Wall on Wednesday, wearing a white skullcap, and placed a prayer for peace between its ancient stones.