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Inside this issue
• The economic crisis has been less severe than elsewhere but this reflects a lower starting point
• A prison system marred by crowded conditions and poor oversight - -
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A state still in search of team spirit
On Saturday, Bosnia-Herzegovina’s attention will momentarily stray from politics. The national football team, on the verge of qualifying for its first World Cup, must beat Portugal over two matches to capture one of the last slots for next year’s tournament in South Africa.
Bureaucracy remains greatest sticking point
The Bosna Restaurant displays its complaints book above the counter, within easy reach of any customer with a grievance. But the pages are blank.
Bridge-building across ethnic divide proves tricky
Sixteen years ago this week, Mostar’s graceful arched stone bridge, built on the orders of the Ottoman sultan, Suleiman the Magnificent, in 1566, crumbled into the Neretva river after a direct hit from a Croat shell.
Join the queue to pay your debt to society
Like most official dealings in Bosnia-Herzegovina, serving a prison sentence can take longer than you might expect.
Tourists take to bubbling rivers
Aleksandar Pastir speaks of “meeting the river” as if it were a transcendental experience. For him, it probably is.
The time of the electric car arrives
The worldwide quest for an eco-friendly “car of the future” has spurred mechanically-minded entrepreneurs into action in a surprising corner of Europe.
