For Bosnia, historic Mostar is a test for change


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  • Thursday, 17 Dec 2020

An election sign is seen in front of a house that was destroyed during the 1992-1995 war, in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina December 14, 2020. Picture taken December 14, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

MOSTAR, Bosnia (Reuters) - The historic Bosnian town of Mostar, a gem of 15th century Ottoman architecture, has not held an election since 2008. On Sunday it has a chance to shake off years of political paralysis.

Despite drawing millions of tourists, the town is suffocating under uncollected garbage and it still bears the scars of war from the 1990s: local echoes of a similar dysfunction at the national level in Bosnia.

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