By Denitsa Koseva in Sofia Milorad Dodik, the separatist president of Bosnia & Herzegovina’s Republika Srpska, has threatened that the entity might declare the EUFOR Althea mission an army of occupation.

The president of Bosnia's autonomous Serb Republic defied rulings by the international envoy to Bosnia, whose role is to prevent the multi-ethnic Balkan state slipping back into conflict.

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.

The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday sentenced Republika Srpska (RS) president Milorad Dodik to one year in prison, imposing a six-year ban on his political participation within the RS

The Bosnian-Serb leader Milorad Dodik is facing a year in prison for defying Bosnia-Herzegovina's highest court. The separatist leader called last week's verdict "nonsense."

Bosnia's Constitutional Court on Friday suspended legislation proposed by Serb leader Milorad Dodik rejecting the authority of the federal policy and judiciary in the deeply divided country's Serb statelet.

Bosnian state prosecutors have ordered the arrest of Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik and aides after they ignored a summons and have requested assistance from the State Investigation and Protection Agency,