Preliminary results of Sunday 6 local elections suggest Bosnia's major national parties kept their hold over most of the country's town halls, while performing less strongly in big urban centres

At the end of September, there were 324.712 persons registered with employment agencies and services in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a decrease of 5.117, or 1,55%, compared to the previous month

The World Uyghur Congress, an international organisation of exiled Uyghurs, which held its general assembly in Sarajevo in October, claimed that the Chinese embassy exerted pressure to cancel the event with a “coordinated and aggressive campaign”

Direct damage from the drought in Semberija amounts to BAM 12 million (€6 million), while indirect damage is estimated at around BAM 30 million; despite this, a state of natural disaster has not been declared and the autumn sowing season is approaching

Preliminary damage assessments in the flooded areas of Central Bosnia Canton amount to 55.200.000 BAM (€27.600.000), according to the local Civil Defence Administration