A mining project revives a dying Bosnian town
A country paralysed by ethnic divisions gets a big investment
“If you write that, they will kill you,” says an interviewee after explaining how local politics is connected to crime and corruption. Your correspondent would hardly be the first to address the topic. On November 8th the European Commission issued a scathing report on Bosnia-Herzegovina, writing of “criminal infiltration” in the country’s politics, courts and economy. It also attacked a Putinesque draft law in the Republika Srpska, the Serb-dominated part of the country, which would classify many civil-society groups as “foreign agents”.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Prospecting for hope”
Europe December 9th 2023
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- A mining project revives a dying Bosnian town
- French fighter jets join the Baltic mission
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- “Grief camps” help Ukrainian children face the loss of parents
- In Europe, green policies rule while green politicians struggle
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