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Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine, Федерација Босне и Херцеговине) is one of the two political entities that compose the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina (the other entity is the Republika Srpska). A significant portion of Brčko District was also part of the Federation; however, when the district was created, it became shared territory of both entities, but it was not placed under control of either of the two, and is hence under direct jurisdiction of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Each of the cantons also has broad-ranging authorities, such as having its own courts and police forces. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Federation_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina   (784 words)

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina This was caused by the ethnic cleansing of non-Serb population, the influx of Bosnian Serb refugees from the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina due to Bosnian war (1992-1995) and Croatian Serb refugees from Croatia due to the Croatian war (1991-1995). Bosnia and Herzegovina was formerly one of the six federal units constituting Yugoslavia. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina   (4433 words)

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina comprises 51% of the land area of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is home to around 60% of the country's total population. The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine, Федерација Босне и Херцеговине) is one of the two political entities that compose the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina (the other entity is the Republika Srpska). en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Federation_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina   (950 words)

Bosnia and Herzegovina - The 1998 Flag Change - Westendorp First Alternative) If I remember correctly there are ten stars on the flag of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, to reflect the fact that federation has ten cantons. Further, there seems to be a difference between Zeljko's descriptions and the actual proposal: the triangle (a geographic representation of the country?) does not extend either to the hoist nor to the fly. Westendorp's head is obscuring part of this flag in the photo, but 10 seems to be correct. www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/ba-fc1st.html   (320 words)

Publications issued by the Federal office of statistics Edition on more than 100 pages, provides first results of monthly statistical surveys on economic and other trends in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (cantons), as well as selected annual data for the last several years. On more than 480 pages the book gives a number of statistical data on Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, review by respective cantons and municipalities.   The data are gives for the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, cantons and municipalities. www.fzs.ba /publikacijee.htm   (320 words)

Making Federalism Work - A Radical Proposal For Practical Reform - Bosnia Reports - ESI The creation of good working relations between different levels of government is a dimension of state-building which has been largely neglected in Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the same time, as the wealthiest canton with the highest average wage and the best-funded public services, Sarajevo is inclined to look with suspicion on any system which requires the transfer of resources from wealthier to poorer cantons. The Federation cantons can already open discussions on which Federation ministries are not required, and can be abolished immediately, moving resources up to the State or down to the cantons, as required. www.esiweb.org /docs/showdocument.php?document_ID=48   (320 words)

BOSNIA Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina is confederation and it consist of three entities which live in two parts :Federation and Republika Srpska. Federation is divided to cantons and if population of the canton is mixed, name is written on both languages (like Kanton-Županija). This canton is on the border with Croatia www.geocities.com /kokan911/bosnia.html   (320 words)

Bosnia and Herzegovina One of the two entities that make up Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was established in March 1994 and transformed the government structure of the Bosnian territories under Bosniak and Croatian control. The July 1999 decision also established Radio Television of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (RTV FBiH) as the public broadcasting company of the Federation. The 1995 General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina (the Dayton Accords) ended the 1991-95 war and created the independent state of Bosnia and Herzegovina, previously one of the constituent republics of Yugoslavia. www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/eur/index.cfm?docid=693   (320 words)

Una-Sana Canton - Enpsychlopedia Cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Una-Sana Canton is one of the 10 cantons of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The canton is inhabited by around 305,000 people (2001 est.), and divided into municipalities (usually eponymous with towns) of Bihać, Bosanska Krupa, Bosanski Petrovac, Bužim, Cazin, Ključ, Sanski Most and Velika Kladuša. www.grohol.com /wiki/Una-Sana_Canton   (320 words)

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Subdivisions The other enitity of BandH is the Federaion of Bosnia and Herzegovina (note the possible confuzion of the two!), being what was formerly often called Croatian-Muslim(Bosniak) federation. A few days ago, the city of Brcko in Bosnia and Herzegovina was proclaimed to be a separate district, apart from the Serbian Republic as well as the (Moslem-Croatian) Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina I found the a book with all the cantonal constitution of the Federation of BIH. www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/ba-sub.html   (320 words)

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The third level of Bosnia and Herzegovina's political subdivision, after the entities and federal government, is represented by cantons. Bosnia and Herzegovina was formerly one of the six federal units constituting Yugoslavia. The country consists of 137 municipalities, of which 74 are in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and 63 in Republika Srpska. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina   (4332 words)

WEP-Bosnia In the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina responsibility for education policy and implementation has been decentralized to the Ministries of Education in the ten cantons. In Republika Srpska (as well as within the cantons of the Federation) there is a centralized structure in which the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport, together with pedagogical institutes, is responsible for deciding priorities, preparing budgets, controlling standards and teacher numbers. www.wes.org /ca/wedb/bosnia/bkedov.htm   (4332 words)

Cantons of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cantons are provincial units used in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Five of the cantons (Una-Sana, Tuzla, Zenica-Doboj, Bosnian Podrinje, and Sarajevo) are Bosniak cantons, three (Posavina, West Herzegovina, and West Bosnia) are Croat cantons, and two (Central Bosnia and Herzegovina-Neretva) are 'ethnically mixed', meaning there are special legislative procedures for protection of the constituent ethnic groups. Bosnia and Herzegovina, there are no cantons and instead the municipalities are grouped into regions (see en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cantons_of_Bosnia   (4332 words)

Human Rights Watch World Report 2002: Europe & Central Asia: Bosnia and Herzegovina At a November 2000 session the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe welcomed the progress achieved by Bosnia and Herzegovina toward meeting the criteria for accession to the Council of Europe and added that further progress was needed, including the adoption of an electoral law. The U.N. Commission on Human Rights adopted a resolution on April 18 on human rights in parts of southeastern Europe, in which it welcomed the establishment of non-nationalist parties in Bosnia and in the federation and condemned the continued harassment of minority returnees. During a visit to Sarajevo in May, Chris Patten, the E.U. External Relations Commissioner, and Anna Lindh, Foreign Minister of Sweden (which held the E.U. Presidency at the time), stated that Bosnia's accession to the Council of Europe was a precondition to further negotiations on a stabilization and association agreement with the European Union. www.hrw.org /wr2k2/europe5.html   (4332 words)

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina According to Znamierowski [zna99] (P. 155) the Croat-Muslim Federation should be called: Bosniak-Croat Federation; "Red stands for the Croats, green for the Bosniak people and white for purity and peace." Officially Bosnian (with n) is any inhabitant of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bosniak (with k) is that part of the population formerly known as Muslim. Znamierowsky 99 [zna99 ] show wrong flag - Page 155: Croat-Muslim Federation (officially the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina)- The circle of stars is shown as five-pointed and yellow, instead of six-pointed and white, while the proportions are correctly illustrated at 3:5 but given in the text as "2;3". Bosnia and Herzegovina Federation - (CSW/--- 1:2) Regarding the name, I believe that the official documents use name "Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina" in Englsh instead. www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/ba-fed.html   (4332 words)

Bosnia and Herzegovina (11/04) Bosnia and Herzegovina today consists of two entities -- the Muslim/Croat Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is largely Bosniak and Croat, and the Republika Srpska, which is primarily Serb. Since the Dayton Accords were signed, over $14 billion in foreign aid has moved into Bosnia and Herzegovina, approximately $940 million of it coming from SEED funds. Bosnia and Herzegovina's relations with its neighbors Croatia, Albania, and Serbia have been fairly stable since the signing of Dayton in 1995. www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2868.htm   (4332 words)

CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERATION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA P eoples and citizens of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is a constitutive part of the sovereign state of Bosnia and Herzegovina, [3] determined to ensure full national equality, democratic relations and the highest standards of human rights and freedoms, hereby pass the Constitution of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Cantons with a Bosniac-majority or a Croat-majority population may establish Councils of Cantons in order to coordinate policies and activities on matters of common interest to their communities and to advise their representatives in the House of Peoples. II, originally “The peoples and citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina&;. www.ohr.int /const/bih-fed?content_id=5907   (4332 words)

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine, Федерација Босне и Херцеговине) is one of the two political entities that compose the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina (the other entity is the Republika Srpska). A significant portion of Brčko District was also part of the Federation; however, when the district was created, it became shared territory of both entities, but it was not placed under control of either of the two, and is hence under direct jurisdiction of Bosnia-Herzegovina. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Federation_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina   (747 words)

Fly to Bosnia - BiH Republika. Avio tickets to Butmir Sarajevo Bosnia Herzegovina In the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Herzegovina belongs to cantons Herzegovina-Neretva, West Herzegovina and partially to the Herzeg-Bosnia Canton. Herzegovina (aka Hercegovina) is a historical region in the Dinaric Alps that composes the southern part of present-day Bosnia and Herzogovina. Bosnia and Herzegovina were united to form a constituent republic of Yugoslavia from 1946 to 1991. www.flytobosnia.com   (760 words)

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is into ten cantons (kanton or županija): The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine) informally referred to as the Muslim-Croat Federation is the larger of the two de facto autonomous Entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina which is primarily inhabited by Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims) and Bosnian Croats. A significant portion of Brcko district was also part of the however when the district was created out the territory of both entities it was under control of neither of the two is hence under direct jurisdiction of Bosnia-Herzegovina. www.freeglossary.com /Bosnian_Federation   (760 words)

Making Federalism Work - A Radical Proposal For Practical Reform - Bosnia Reports - ESI The creation of good working relations between different levels of government is a dimension of state-building which has been largely neglected in Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the same time, as the wealthiest canton with the highest average wage and the best-funded public services, Sarajevo is inclined to look with suspicion on any system which requires the transfer of resources from wealthier to poorer cantons. The Federation cantons can already open discussions on which Federation ministries are not required, and can be abolished immediately, moving resources up to the State or down to the cantons, as required. www.esiweb.org /docs/showdocument.php?document_ID=48   (760 words)

Encyclopedia: Canton (subnational entity) Cantons of Bosnia and Herzegovina: a subdivision of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Cantons are provincial units used in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The twenty-six cantons of Switzerland are the states of the federal state of Switzerland. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Canton-(subnational-entity)   (760 words)

ipedia.com: Zenica-Doboj Canton Article Cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia... Cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina This Canton is situated in the central part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. www.ipedia.com /zenica_doboj_canton.html   (760 words)

medjugorje The Croat leadership does not advocate purely ethnic cantons, but finds that the cantons smaller in size and area, primarily in central and northern Bosnia, would encourage returns, and enable success in economic and social issues, the solving of which was often blocked, as a result of the conditioned consensus as a way of deciding. Further cantonization in the Federation would greatly contribute to the fortifying of practical implementations of the equal position of Croats, which is guaranteed by the Constitution. For instance, in the Central Bosnia canton, where the population is equally divided, and suffering and damage was widespread, the international community has rebuilt twice as many Bosniak as Croat homes (5, 800 vs. 2, 900). www.medjugorje.hr /ftrpolpi.html   (760 words)

flag of West Bosnia Canton (Bosnia and Herzegovina) flags The Herzeg-Bosnia Canton, in Croatian 'Hercegbosanska zthe Canton 10 of the Dayton Agreement, was formed in the mentioned agreement in 1995 as one of the ten cantons of the Federaion of Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to governmental web pages of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the present canton name is: 10. The flag of the Herzeg-Bosnia Canton as well as some other provisions of the aforementioned constitution are found unconstitutional by the Contitutional court of the Federation of BandH. www.flagsflagsflags.net /flags/ba-hb.php   (760 words)

BOSNIA Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina is confederation and it consist of three entities which live in two parts :Federation and Republika Srpska. Federation is divided to cantons and if population of the canton is mixed, name is written on both languages (like Kanton-Županija). Here You can see federation patches, for Serb and Croat patches look on other pages: www.geocities.com /kokan911/bosnia.html   (760 words)

News in English Croatian and Bosniak leaders in the Herzegovina-Neretva canton and international community representatives reached an agreement in Mostar that consultations were necessary if one wished to avoid incidents and facilitate the safe return of refugees to the Herzegovina-Neretva and Central Bosnia cantons and elsewhere in the Federation. The Independent Media Committee (IMC) in Bosnia and Herzegovina has asked all news agencies in Republika Srpska to report any attempts to obstruct their work or the broadcast of repeats of foreign radio and television programming. Croatian Prime Minister Zlatko Matesa met with representatives of Croats living in Bosnia and Herzegovina to discuss the signing of the Agreement on Special Relations between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. www.hrt.hr /vijesti/arhiv/98/10/09/ENG.html   (760 words)

West Bosnia Canton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina West Bosnia Canton is the tenth canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in the western part of Bosnia. It is sometimes referred to neutrally as Kanton 10 (Canton 10). en.wikipedia.org /wiki/West_Bosnia_Canton   (177 words)

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