Republika Srpska is officially a part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.Public education emerged in 1995 under the Dayton agreement.The capital is considered to Banja Luka.
Do not confuse the two countries as Serbia and Republika Srpska is not the same thing.While all of these lands were once part of a single Yugoslavia.
history
founded the state in 1992 in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina.Movement for disconnecting began after that, when Bosnia and Herzegovina declared its secession from Yugoslavia.Most Bosnians - Muslims, Serbs and basically - Orthodox Christians.
Amidst all the events started the Bosnian war, Serbian Republic declared itself an independent state.The recognition was received three years later under pressure from NATO and the UN.Officially, the self-proclaimed country is part of the federal state.
All these events have also been linked to the conflict in Kosovo.This area is populated by Muslims, it refers to Serbia.Today recognized the independence of Kosovo by a majority vote of countries - members of the United Nations.This is achieved, in addition to Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is on the resolution must now give the Bosnian Serbs the opportunity to secede from the state.
Location
Republika Srpska is in the center of the Balkan Peninsula.Its area - 24 thousand 641 square kilometer.It has no outlet to the sea.The international community recognizes the borders of the state, it passes with Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro.Drawing boundaries takes into account only the military-political situation, without taking into account ethnic, historical and natural factors.Location is quite difficult to describe the country as its territory is divided into two parts on both sides of Bosnia and Herzegovina.The map will enable better understanding of the situation.
Republika Srpska is divided into six regions:
- Prijedor;
- Banja Luka;
- Doboj;
- Bijeljina;
- Eastern Sarajevo;
- Trebinje.
population
The republic is home to about 1.4 million people.This is mainly Bosnian Serbs (83%), who are Christians eastern religions.It is also considered the constitutional nations Croats and Bosniaks.They live as Jews, Ukrainians, Czechs, Slovaks.In recent years, the population is reduced due to the excess of deaths over births.
Policy of the Republic of Srpska
The form of a parliamentary republic, the head of it is the president.He proposes the parliament the candidacy of the Prime Minister for approval.The President has the right to engage in foreign policy, to address issues of defense.
main executive body is the parliament.There is a law according to which ministers should be among the eight Serbs, five Bosniaks, three Croats.The Parliament consists of 83 members and is called the National Assembly.This is the highest constitutional and legislative authority.
existence of Serbian Krajina
A similar situation existed in 1991-1995 on the territory of Croatia.The Republic of Serbian Krajina was formed by ethnic Serbs.However, after all the wars and political agreements formed the state has ceased to exist.His government has been working since 2005 in exile.
Republika Srpska Krajina had its own territory, population, government, state symbols.But it lasted only five years.The government of Croatia for Serbs has three seats.In addition, there are legal political parties of the Croatian Serbs, namely SDSS, SNA and others.With their help, the Croatian Serbs to participate in the life of the country.
State symbols of the Republic of Srpska Republic
As yet officially a part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, its state symbols are not recognized as constitutional.However, there is the flag of the Republic of Srpska.It consists of three horizontal stripes on the panel, the sides of which have a ratio of one to two.
colors of the flag from the top down:
- red;
- blue;
- white.
order of these colors inverse order of stripes flag of the Russian Federation.It was approved in 1992.
Emblem adopted only in 2008.It is located on the round board.In the center is the flag of the country, bordered by oak leaves with acorns.Below are intertwined with a ribbon coloring flag.The flag is written in golden letters "RS", and around the entire image in the Serbian and English says "Republika Srpska."Top and bottom placed monarchical crown.Lower kotromanić dynasty belongs to the dynasty that ruled in Bosnia in the Middle Ages.
emblem used in four colors:
- gold;
- white;
- blue;
- red.
Bosnia and Herzegovina recognized the emblem as an emblem of the Republic of Srpska.
hymn called "My Republic" was adopted in 2008.The author of the words is Mladen Matovic.Before that there was an attempt to approve the national anthem "God of truth", but it was declared unconstitutional by the Bosnia and Herzegovina.
