2012 in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The following lists events that happened during the year 2012 in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Incumbents
- Presidency:
- Prime Minister: Nikola Špirić (until January 12), Vjekoslav Bevanda (starting January 12)
Events
January
- January 22 - Police in Bosnia and Herzegovina recapture Bosnian Serb fugitive Radovan Stanković after he escaped from prison five years ago.[1]
February
- February 5 - Bosnia and Herzegovina declares a state of emergency as a result of the cold snap.[2]
July
- July 11 - 520 men and boys killed in the Srebrenica massacre in 1995 are buried in Potočari.[3]
September
- September 12 - Police in Bosnia and Herzegovina arrest 25 people on suspicion of multiple murders, drug-trafficking and robbery in the biggest crackdown on organised crime since the Bosnian War.[4]
December
- December 13 - Former Bosnian intelligence chief Zdravko Tolimir, believed to be a top aide to Ratko Mladić, is sentenced to life imprisonment by ICTY for his role in the Srebrenica massacre.[5]
References
- "Bosnia Arrests Fugitive War Criminal". 22 January 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- "Deadly freeze moves west across Europe". 5 February 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- "Bosnia buries Srebrenica victims". 11 July 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- "Bosnia swoops on organised crime". 12 September 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- "Bosnian Serb intel chief sentenced for Srebrenica massacre". 12 December 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
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