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Shrapnel damage in Mostar. 'The international community has engaged in Mostar in fits and starts for years, seeking to address the needs of a city that had been bitterly divided during the war' (Photo: il desiderio di una vita normale)

The West's dirty Mostar deal

As the world marks the 25th anniversary of the Dayton Peace Accords on Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), citizens of the city of Mostar will for the first time in 12 years vote in local elections on Sunday (20 December).

Since 2010, when the Constitutional Court of BiH suspended part of the election law on Mostar that it deemed discriminatory, political parties have not agreed on a remedy.

A June agreement between the leaders of the two biggest Croat and Bosniak parties, the Croat D...

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Bodo Weber is a political analyst at the Democratization Policy Council (DPC)

Shrapnel damage in Mostar. 'The international community has engaged in Mostar in fits and starts for years, seeking to address the needs of a city that had been bitterly divided during the war' (Photo: il desiderio di una vita normale)

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Bodo Weber is a political analyst at the Democratization Policy Council (DPC)

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