A Bosnia court on Wednesday sentenced Bosnian Serb separatist leader Milorad Dodik to one year in jail and ordered him to step down as president of the country's Serb-dominated region for six years for defying orders of an international peace envoy.

A court in Bosnia has sentenced separatist Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik to one year in prison and banned him from engaging in politics for six years because of his unconstitutional actions.

Bosnia's state-level court reached a first-degree verdict Wednesday against Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik, sentencing him to one year in prison and barring him from politics for six years in a high-profile case that has sparked renewed tensions in the Western Balkan country and EU membership hopeful.

Bosnia's state court on Wednesday convicted Bosnian Serb separatist leader Milorad Dodik for defying orders of an international peace envoy and sentenced him to one year in prison, the court said in a statement.

Supporters of separatist Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik have rallied as tensions soared on the eve of a scheduled court verdict that could order the pro-Russia Serb leader banned from politics o

Bosnian Serb separatist leader Milorad Dodik will find out on Wednesday whether he faces jail for allegedly defying decisions by an international official overseeing peace in the Balkan country. Dodik,

By Denitsa Koseva in Sofia A Bosnian state-level court has sentenced Milorad Dodik, president of Republika Srpska, to one year in prison and banned him from holding the presidential post in the entity for six years,