Europe Diplomatic Recognition Bosnia Herzegovina

Ignoring Serbian threats to escalate a siege of Bosnia-Herzegovina, the European Community announced Monday that it will recognize the independence of this former Yugoslav republic now racked by ethnic clashes and paralyzed by roadblocks. At least six people were killed and dozens were wounded in Sarajevo, the Bosnian capital, when snipers opened fire from a hotel controlled by the Serbian Democratic Party on a peace demonstration outside the republic's Parliament building.

Warplanes of the Yugoslav federal army bombed Croatian strongholds in this newly independent country Tuesday as the United States officially conceded Yugoslavia's demise by recognizing Bosnia-Herzegovina and two other republics that seceded last June. Serbian radicals, angered by the growing international acceptance of independence for former Yugoslav republics, declared that they are forming their own state around the guerrilla-held Bosnian city of Banja Luka.

Warplanes of the Yugoslav federal army bombed Croatian strongholds in this newly independent country Tuesday as the United States officially conceded Yugoslavia's demise by recognizing Bosnia-Herzegovina and two other republics that seceded last June. Serbian radicals, angered by the growing international acceptance of independence for former Yugoslav republics, declared that they are forming their own state around the guerrilla-held Bosnian city of Banja Luka.

Ignoring Serbian threats to escalate a siege of Bosnia-Herzegovina, the European Community announced Monday that it will recognize the independence of this former Yugoslav republic now racked by ethnic clashes and paralyzed by roadblocks. At least six people were killed and dozens were wounded in Sarajevo, the Bosnian capital, when snipers opened fire from a hotel controlled by the Serbian Democratic Party on a peace demonstration outside the republic's Parliament building.