It’s all kicking off. This from Euronews.
Thousands of Bosnians have been demonstrating for a sixth day, calling for the resignation of the government. There have been mass protests in more than 30 cities and the heads of four regional cantons have already resigned. The protests started in the former industrial heartland town of Tuzla after four state-owned
companies were privatised and sold off leaving workers unpaid and without jobs.
In Tuzla on Monday, locals were clearing up after government buildings were destroyed in riots. In Sarajevo, demonstrators gathered outside the presidency building which was set on fire on Friday. Protesters say overpaid politicians have left the country with more than 40 percent unemployment and rampant corruption. The are calling for non-partisan technocrat regional governments to take over. Political analysts say it is hard to tell how the demonstrations will develop. Continue reading
The arrest of former Serbian military chief, Ratko Mladic, finally begins to draw a line underneath the unspeakable savagery that characterised the break-up of the former Yugoslavia. Mladic was the remaining ‘big fish’ still unaccounted for, and his capture poses almost as many embarrassing questions for the Serb authorities as for the Pakistani authorities with the discovery that Osma bin Landen was living next door to one of the most significant military bases in the country. 