When a court sentenced Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik to jail last month for defying the order of an international peace ...

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.

The Serb Republic police also entered the SIPA headquarters in the town of East Sarajevo, local media reported. Reuters could not independently verify the media reports.

The court also issued a warrant for the speaker of the Serb Republic’s parliament, Nenad Stevandic. The timing raised eyebrows. Dodik had already arrived in Israel when the announcement was made.

Belgrade begins war crimes trial of four Croatian Air Force pilots accused of firing rockets at Serbian refugee columns in ...

In nearly three decades in top government jobs in Bosnia's autonomous Serb Republic, Dodik, 66, has shaped the national political agenda and - according to his critics - deepened ethnic divides ...