Serbia-Bosnia border: What's contentious; what Serbia wants
The Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) Border Commission is not involved in the work of the Serbia-Bosnia demarcation.
Source: Nezavisne novine
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The Banja Luka-based daily Nezavisne Novine is reporting this, adding that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic was in the company of RS President Milorad Dodik when he said that the Serbian commission had started working on a demarcation proposal.
BiH Border Commission member Zeljko Obradovic says BiH is ready for talks immediately, remarking that it was up to the commission from Serbia to make its move.
"We do not have any information about what has been agreed, we expect someone to inform us about it soon," Obradovic said.
He also added that during the last meeting, it was determined that about 40 square kilometers of the border area between the two countries were contentious - "which is a lot".
"It was not possible to continue working because our commission did not have the mandate to negotiate," Obradovic added.
According to the newspaper, the border between BiH and Serbia is 335 kilometers long, and the disputed parts are located around Zvornik, Bajina Basta, the area through which the Belgrade-Bar bar railway line passes, and a section around the municipality of Priboj in Serbia, which is separated by the territory of the municipality of Rudo, in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
"When it comes to the railway, its length through BiH is about 12 kilometers, and the station Strpci in located there. Serbia is demanding that the entire territory around the railway line be completely owned by it, but, according to unofficial information, it is not offer any territory in exchange for that portion," the daily writes.
During a news conference after his meeting with Dodik in Belgrade on Sunday, Vucic said that he would "do his best" to ensure constructive and compromise negotiations, and "not to harm the interests of either Serbia and other peoples, both in BiH and in Serbia."
If Repblicka Srpska (RS) decides to negotiate away some territory over to Serbia, it is behaving like a separate entity from the Bosnian Confederation, which the Bosnian Confederation, especially the Bosnian Muslims, will never accept. If I were the president of Serbia, I would offer RS a little piece of Serbia as a sort of 'swap' to complicate the question (as well as placate Bosnian Serb reactionaries who would not want to see loss of territory). By encouraging RS to negotiate land treaties as a separate entity, it is defacto behaving like an independent nation. As a leader of Serbia, I would recognize this is really an effort to undermine BiH's integrity. Brian Ghilliotti
(Brian Ghilliotti, 31 October 2017 23:43)
No Ghegs in the Balkans means peace and stability.
No organ, drug or people smuggling, no blood feuds, criminality, recruits for IS, failed politicians, failed athletes and sporting teams - the list goes on.
(Omonoia, 31 October 2017 12:04)
German president have no power and is Pnl we will get ride of him in 2019 and vote Liviu Dragnea as our president
(adi_bucharest, 31 October 2017 11:47)
for the economist SJ , look how we destroy West bussines we make them to leave , If in West they give minimum thousands of Euro at least 425 euro to ive minimum here ,so if they not understand they can go in hell !
Companies with incomes below one million euros will cancel most of the employment contracts with the staff, given that the turnover tax is 1% and the gross minimum wage in the economy increases to 1,900 lei , the increase of the minimum wage to 1,900 lei will have an impact directly on 90% of the active companies in Romania.
(adi_bucharest, 30 October 2017 16:11)
If Serbs are so patriotic why the Serbian elite don`t have courage to raise minimum salary with 31% as have courage the Romanian elite ?
Romanian elite is the most inteligent from East they understood that if they raise minimum salary they collect more money at budget + they can raise the pensions ( 30% of Romanians are pensionaries ) and they will stay at power FOR A LIFE TIME
So Serbian Elite not only not have COURAGE is even NOT INTELIGENT.
Serbia had keept same minimum salary at same level 2012-2018 ( it raised sometimes a dust in eyes someting mediocre )
VERY VERY VERY SMART SERBIAN ELITE , AND VERY SMART SERBIAN PEOPLE !
And i will explain why
1) Romanian people didn`t vote the ones who were at power 2009-2012
2) Romanian elite understood to raise the things for keep the power
2018 are even not election and they raise with 31% , 2017 they raised pensions 20%-30% without election => THEY UNDERSTOOD
and that is not everything from 2018 january the WEST BUSSINES have obligation raise all salaries with 22%
… BRAVO ROMANIAN ELITE
(adi_bucharest, 30 October 2017 14:56)
I hope and pray for Christian Eastern Orthodoxy survival in the Balkans, if Bosna - Herzegovina becomes Srbija well then no people will be ethnically cleansed all Croats, Serbs and Serbian Muslums will continue together. If Bosna - Herzegovina become Croatian or Serbian Muslums then again the ethnic cleansing and holocast of Serbian people !!!
(Dragoljub Djurkovic, 30 October 2017 12:11)
I hope and pray for Christian Eastern Orthodoxy survival in the Balkans, if Bosna - Herzegovina becomes Srbija well then no people will be ethnically cleansed all Croats, Serbs and Serbian Muslums will continue together. If Bosna - Herzegovina become Croatian or Serbian Muslums then again the ethnic cleansing and holocast of Serbian people !!!
(Dragoljub Djurkovic, 30 October 2017 12:11)
No Ghegs in the Balkans means peace and stability.
No organ, drug or people smuggling, no blood feuds, criminality, recruits for IS, failed politicians, failed athletes and sporting teams - the list goes on.
(Omonoia, 31 October 2017 12:04)
If Serbs are so patriotic why the Serbian elite don`t have courage to raise minimum salary with 31% as have courage the Romanian elite ?
Romanian elite is the most inteligent from East they understood that if they raise minimum salary they collect more money at budget + they can raise the pensions ( 30% of Romanians are pensionaries ) and they will stay at power FOR A LIFE TIME
So Serbian Elite not only not have COURAGE is even NOT INTELIGENT.
Serbia had keept same minimum salary at same level 2012-2018 ( it raised sometimes a dust in eyes someting mediocre )
VERY VERY VERY SMART SERBIAN ELITE , AND VERY SMART SERBIAN PEOPLE !
And i will explain why
1) Romanian people didn`t vote the ones who were at power 2009-2012
2) Romanian elite understood to raise the things for keep the power
2018 are even not election and they raise with 31% , 2017 they raised pensions 20%-30% without election => THEY UNDERSTOOD
and that is not everything from 2018 january the WEST BUSSINES have obligation raise all salaries with 22%
… BRAVO ROMANIAN ELITE
(adi_bucharest, 30 October 2017 14:56)
for the economist SJ , look how we destroy West bussines we make them to leave , If in West they give minimum thousands of Euro at least 425 euro to ive minimum here ,so if they not understand they can go in hell !
Companies with incomes below one million euros will cancel most of the employment contracts with the staff, given that the turnover tax is 1% and the gross minimum wage in the economy increases to 1,900 lei , the increase of the minimum wage to 1,900 lei will have an impact directly on 90% of the active companies in Romania.
(adi_bucharest, 30 October 2017 16:11)
If Repblicka Srpska (RS) decides to negotiate away some territory over to Serbia, it is behaving like a separate entity from the Bosnian Confederation, which the Bosnian Confederation, especially the Bosnian Muslims, will never accept. If I were the president of Serbia, I would offer RS a little piece of Serbia as a sort of 'swap' to complicate the question (as well as placate Bosnian Serb reactionaries who would not want to see loss of territory). By encouraging RS to negotiate land treaties as a separate entity, it is defacto behaving like an independent nation. As a leader of Serbia, I would recognize this is really an effort to undermine BiH's integrity. Brian Ghilliotti
(Brian Ghilliotti, 31 October 2017 23:43)
German president have no power and is Pnl we will get ride of him in 2019 and vote Liviu Dragnea as our president
(adi_bucharest, 31 October 2017 11:47)
I hope and pray for Christian Eastern Orthodoxy survival in the Balkans, if Bosna - Herzegovina becomes Srbija well then no people will be ethnically cleansed all Croats, Serbs and Serbian Muslums will continue together. If Bosna - Herzegovina become Croatian or Serbian Muslums then again the ethnic cleansing and holocast of Serbian people !!!
(Dragoljub Djurkovic, 30 October 2017 12:11)
If Serbs are so patriotic why the Serbian elite don`t have courage to raise minimum salary with 31% as have courage the Romanian elite ?
Romanian elite is the most inteligent from East they understood that if they raise minimum salary they collect more money at budget + they can raise the pensions ( 30% of Romanians are pensionaries ) and they will stay at power FOR A LIFE TIME
So Serbian Elite not only not have COURAGE is even NOT INTELIGENT.
Serbia had keept same minimum salary at same level 2012-2018 ( it raised sometimes a dust in eyes someting mediocre )
VERY VERY VERY SMART SERBIAN ELITE , AND VERY SMART SERBIAN PEOPLE !
And i will explain why
1) Romanian people didn`t vote the ones who were at power 2009-2012
2) Romanian elite understood to raise the things for keep the power
2018 are even not election and they raise with 31% , 2017 they raised pensions 20%-30% without election => THEY UNDERSTOOD
and that is not everything from 2018 january the WEST BUSSINES have obligation raise all salaries with 22%
… BRAVO ROMANIAN ELITE
(adi_bucharest, 30 October 2017 14:56)
for the economist SJ , look how we destroy West bussines we make them to leave , If in West they give minimum thousands of Euro at least 425 euro to ive minimum here ,so if they not understand they can go in hell !
Companies with incomes below one million euros will cancel most of the employment contracts with the staff, given that the turnover tax is 1% and the gross minimum wage in the economy increases to 1,900 lei , the increase of the minimum wage to 1,900 lei will have an impact directly on 90% of the active companies in Romania.
(adi_bucharest, 30 October 2017 16:11)
German president have no power and is Pnl we will get ride of him in 2019 and vote Liviu Dragnea as our president
(adi_bucharest, 31 October 2017 11:47)
No Ghegs in the Balkans means peace and stability.
No organ, drug or people smuggling, no blood feuds, criminality, recruits for IS, failed politicians, failed athletes and sporting teams - the list goes on.
(Omonoia, 31 October 2017 12:04)
If Repblicka Srpska (RS) decides to negotiate away some territory over to Serbia, it is behaving like a separate entity from the Bosnian Confederation, which the Bosnian Confederation, especially the Bosnian Muslims, will never accept. If I were the president of Serbia, I would offer RS a little piece of Serbia as a sort of 'swap' to complicate the question (as well as placate Bosnian Serb reactionaries who would not want to see loss of territory). By encouraging RS to negotiate land treaties as a separate entity, it is defacto behaving like an independent nation. As a leader of Serbia, I would recognize this is really an effort to undermine BiH's integrity. Brian Ghilliotti
(Brian Ghilliotti, 31 October 2017 23:43)