Bosnia

May 2005 | Risk Summary

Though still a long way off, Bosnia is making progress towards EU membership, with the establishment of a Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) looking increasingly possible in 2006. Critically, the European Commission has praised the authorities in the Serb entity for recent efforts to transfer war crimes suspects to the tribunal in The Hague - an issue which had previously formed a key obstacle to further integration. However, both EU and NATO officials have been strongly critical of the Republika Srpska's refusal to dissolve its defence ministry and confer responsibility to authorities at state level. This issue and further police

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