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Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik, walks to his car after the opening ceremony of the rectory building in Istocno Sarajevo, Bosnia, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)

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.
 
Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (Mikhail Tereshchenko, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Tensions rise in Bosnia after reports of failed arrest attempt of Serb separatist leader

 
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech during the International Conference on Combating Antisemitism in Jerusalem, Israel,Thursday, March 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Israel’s antisemitism conference draws Europe’s far-right leaders to Jerusalem

 
Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik gestures during a news conference after Bosnian prosecutors ordered the detention of three top Bosnian Serb officials over a series of separatist actions, in the Bosnian town of Banja Luka, 240 kms northwest of Sarajevo, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Radivoje Pavicic)

Bosnian court seeks international arrest warrant for pro-Russian Serb president Dodik

 
Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik, center, speaks during a news conference with Prime Minister Radovan Viskovic, left, and Parliament Speaker Nenad Stevandic after Bosnian prosecutors ordered the detention of three top Bosnian Serb officials over a series of separatist actions, in the Bosnian town of Banja Luka, 240 kms northwest of Sarajevo, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Radivoje Pavicic)

Bosnia prosecutor seeks detention of separatist Serb leaders amid mounting tensions

 

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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks to the media during a joint news conference with the members of the Bosnian Presidency in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Monday, March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)

NATO chief vows ‘unwavering’ support for Bosnia’s integrity after Serb separatist actions

 
Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik watches ruling by the court after a court sentenced him to one year in prison and banned him from engaging in politics for six years over his separatist actions, during a rally in the Bosnian town of Banja Luka, 240 kms northwest of Sarajevo, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Radivoje Pavicic)

Bosnia’s top court temporarily suspends separatist laws adopted by Bosnian Serbs

 
Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik speaks after a court sentenced him to one year in prison and banned him from engaging in politics for six years over his separatist actions, during a rally in the Bosnian town of Banja Luka, 240 kms northwest of Sarajevo, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Radivoje Pavicic)

Bosnian officials mount legal challenge to separatist Bosnian Serb laws as tensions soar

 
Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik watches ruling by the court after a court sentenced him to one year in prison and banned him from engaging in politics for six years over his separatist actions, during a rally in the Bosnian town of Banja Luka, 240 kms northwest of Sarajevo, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Radivoje Pavicic)

Bosnian Serb lawmakers bar joint institutions after a court convicted president and tensions soar

 
Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik watches ruling by the court after a court sentenced him to one year in prison and banned him from engaging in politics for six years over his separatist actions, during a rally in the Bosnian town of Banja Luka, 240 kms northwest of Sarajevo, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Radivoje Pavicic)

Bosnian Serb leader Dodik is convicted and sentenced for separatist activities as tensions surge

 
Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik, center, rallied as tensions soared on the eve of a scheduled court verdict that could order the pro-Russia Serb leader banned from politics or even sentenced to prison in the Bosnian town of Banja Luka, 240 kms northwest of Sarajevo, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Radivoje Pavicic)

Supporters of separatist Bosnian Serb president Dodik rally as he awaits verdict fueling tensions

 
In this photograph made available by the Republika Srpska Presidential Press Service, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks after receiving the Order of Republika Srpska from Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik during his visit to Banja Luka, Bosnia, Friday, April 5, 2024. Orban is on a two-day visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina. (Republika Srpska Presidential Press Service via AP)

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban receives a medal from pro-Russia Bosnian Serb president Dodik

 
Members of the police forces of the Republic of Srpska march during a parade marking the 32nd anniversary of the Republic of Srpska, in the Bosnian town of Banja Luka, 240 kms northwest of Sarajevo, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. The United States on Tuesday warned that ongoing celebrations of a Bosnian Serb self-proclaimed national holiday were in violation of Bosnia's constitution and a 1995 peace agreement, and as such amounted to a criminal offense. The Jan. 9 holiday commemorates the date in 1992 when Bosnian Serbs declared the creation of their own state in Bosnia, igniting the country's devastating four-year war that killed more than 100,000 people. (AP Photo/Radivoje Pavicic)

As Bosnian Serbs mark controversial national day, US warns celebration amounts to ‘criminal offense’

 
In this photo provided by the US Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a US Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon flies as part of joint air-to-ground training involving American and Bosnian forces, on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. Two U.S. fighter jets flew over Bosnia on Monday in a demonstration of support for the Balkan country's integrity in the face of increasingly secessionist policies of the Bosnian Serb pro-Russia leader Milorad Dodik. (US Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina via AP)

US fighter jets fly over Bosnia in a sign of support to the country as Serbs call for secession

 
Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik uses his phone prior to the start an interview with the Associated Press, in the Bosnian town of Banja Luka, 240 kms northwest of Sarajevo, Friday, Dec. 29, 2023. Bosnian Serb separatist leader wowed to carry on weakening his multiethnic, war-scarred country to the point where it will tear apart, despite the pledge by the United States to prevent such an outcome. "I am not irrational, I know that America's response will be to use force…but I have no reason to be frightened by that (realization) into sacrificing (Serb) national interests," Milorad Dodik, the president of Bosnia's Serb-run part, told The Associated Press in an interview Friday. (AP Photo/Radivoje Pavicic)

Separatist Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik vows to tear his country apart despite US warnings

 
FILE - Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik speaks during a news conference after claiming victory in a general election in the Bosnian town of Banja Luka, 240 kms northwest of Sarajevo, on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. The Bosnian Serb separatist leader on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023 refused to enter a plea on court charges that he has defied the top international envoy overseeing peace in the Balkan country, displaying his disrespect for the state that went through a bloody war in the 1990's and is again facing possible disintegration. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)

Separatist Bosnian Serb leader refuses to enter a plea on charges that he defied the top peace envoy

 

EU calls on Bosnian Serb parliament to reject draft law that brands NGOs as ‘foreign agents’

 
Protesters rally to support Milorad Dodik, pro-Russian leader in Bosnia, in Lukavica, Bosnia, Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. Several hundreds of Serb supporters of Milorad Dodik, pro-Russian leader in Bosnia have gathered at several entity lines in Bosnia, demanding a stop to what they call illegal criminal persecution of their leadership by state prosecution. Carrying Russian flags with pictures of Russian president Putin, Serbs demanded that Bosnian state prosecution removes its indictment against Dodik which is accused of defying the decisions by international peace agreement over-seer Christian Schmidt. (AP Photo)

Bosnia court confirms charges against Bosnian Serb leader Dodik for defying top international envoy

 

Bosnian Serb separatist leader threatens top international envoy with arrest and deportation

 
Protesters hold a flag depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin during a rally supporting Milorad Dodik, pro-Russian leader in Bosnia, in Lukavica, Bosnia, Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. Several hundreds of Serb supporters of Milorad Dodik, pro-Russian leader in Bosnia have gathered at several entity lines in Bosnia, demanding a stop to what they call illegal criminal persecution of their leadership by state prosecution. Carrying Russian flags with pictures of Russian president Putin, Serbs demanded that Bosnian state prosecution removes its indictment against Dodik which is accused of defying the decisions by international peace agreement over-seer Christian Schmidt. (AP Photo)

Bosnian Serbs stage protests in support of their separatist leader

 
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, center, reviews the honour guard with Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik during a welcome ceremony in Banja Luka, northern Bosnia, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023. Serbia will ignore U.S. sanctions recently imposed on top Bosnian Serb officials for undermining a 1995 peace agreement that ended a war that left more than 100,000 dead and millions homeless, the Serbian president said Friday. (AP Photo/Radivoje Pavicic)

Serbia to ignore US sanctions against Bosnian Serbs accused of undermining deal that ended the war

 
Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Porfirije, center, speaks with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, left, and Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, July 20, 2023. They talked about the situation in the region and upcoming important meetings between the delegations of the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Srpska.(AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

International officials, groups warn Bosnian Serbs new libel law is contrary to proclaimed EU path

 
Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Porfirije, center, walks with Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik, left, and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, before their meeting in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, July 20, 2023. They talked about the situation in the region and upcoming important meetings between the delegations of the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Srpska. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Bosnian Serb lawmakers pass law recriminalizing libel which critics say threatens free speech