2007 in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Events from the year 2007 in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Events

January

*January 10: Mirsad Bektašević, a 19-year-old Swedish citizen of Bosnian descent, is convicted of terrorism-related charges by a court in Sarajevo and sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment. [cite news | url=http://www.thelocal.se/6051/20070110/ | title = Terror Swede jailed in Bosnia | publisher = "The Local" | accessdate=2008-03-02]

February

*February 20: NATO troops in Bosnia-Herzegovina carry out early morning raids on the houses of the children of convicted war criminal Radovan Karadžić. [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6377711.stm| title = Nato troops raid Karadzic homes | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]

*February 26: The International Court of Justice finds Serbia guilty of failing to prevent genocide in the Srebrenica massacre, but clears it of direct responsibility and complicity in a case brought forth by Bosnia and Herzegovina. [cite news | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/feb/26/balkans.warcrimes | title = Serbia cleared of genocide | publisher = "The Guardian" | accessdate=2008-03-02]

*February 28: The European Union announces plans to make significant cuts to the European Union Force in Bosnia-Herzegovina. [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6405791.stm | title = EU to cut troop numbers in Bosnia | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]

March

*March 24: The United Kingdom announces the withdrawal of all British Armed Forces serving as part of the European Union Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina. [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6491749.stm | title = UK troops end Bosnia deployment | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]

April

*April 10: Serbia's war crimes court has jailed four Serb paramilitaries who were filmed as they shot dead six captured young Bosnian Muslims. [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6540645.stm | title = Jail for Serb video death squad | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]

May

June

*June 28: UNESCO designates 22 new World Heritage Sites, including Sydney Opera House, Canada's Rideau Canal, Japan's Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine, Turkmenistan's Parthian Fortresses of Nisa, India's Red Fort complexes, the Lope-Okanda Landscape of Gabon, the Richtersveld desert of South Africa, the rock carvings of Twyfelfontein in Namibia, the fortified tower houses of Guangdong Province in the People's Republic of China, Teide National Park in the Canary Islands, Spain, ancient beech forests of Central Europe, Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bordeaux and the Port de la Lune in France, the Old Town of Corfu in Greece, the Palace of Galerius in Gamzigrad-Romuliana in Serbia. [cite news | url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/v5/content/subscribe?user_URL=http://www.theglobeandmail.com%2Fservlet%2Fstory%2FRTGAM.20070628.wunesco0628%2FBNStory%2FFront&ord=51257570&brand=theglobeandmail&force_login=true | title = UNESCO redesignates Auschwitz death camp | publisher = "The Globe and Mail" | accessdate=2008-03-02] [cite news | url=http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/365 | title = Twenty-two new sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, and one deleted during Committee meeting in Christchurch | publisher = "UNESCO" | accessdate=2008-03-02]

July

August

*August 29: The Red Cross reports that at least 17,000 are still missing from the former Yugoslavia, including 13,400 from the Bosnian wars, 2,300 from the Croatian conflict and 2,047 from the Kosovo conflict. [cite news | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/30/world/europe/30balkans.html?_r=1&ref=europe&oref=slogin | title = 17,000 Still Missing From Balkan Wars | publisher = "NYT" | accessdate=2008-03-02]

eptember

October

November

December

Deaths

*May 19: Miroslav Deronjić, 52, politician and convicted war criminal, natural causes.
*September 2: Safet Isović, 71, singer.
*September 30: Milan Jelić, 51, politician, president of Republika Srpska entity (2006–2007), heart attack.

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