Bosnia unrest is 'local fire' that can be put out - PM


  • World
  • Tuesday, 25 Feb 2014

Bosnia's new Prime Minister Vjekoslav Bevanda speaks during interview with Reuters in his office in Sarajevo, February 21, 2012. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

LONDON (Reuters) - The recent unrest in Bosnia is a local "fire" than can be quickly put out by moves to raise living standards, Prime Minister Vjekoslav Bevanda said on Monday.

Speaking at an EBRD conference, Bevanda played down the impact of this month's protests in parts of the Balkan country that have seen government buildings set ablaze in what has been the worst violence since the 1992-95 war.

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