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,

Lawmakers in Bosnia's Serb-dominated statelet were to discuss legislative options on Thursday to hit back at the central government after its leader was sentenced to a year in prison for defying an international envoy.

Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik has been sentenced to one year in prison for defying the rulings of the top international official overseeing peace in the Balkan country.