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text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">BOSNIA HAS FAILED TO ACHIEVE IMPROVED RESULTS IN ITS FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">  </span></b></span></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Read related 2 part article: <span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;">CRIME AND CORRUPTION ARE TWO OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST MULTINATIONAL INDUSTRIES </span></span>at<span style="color: red;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/09/crime-corruption-and-political-system.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/09/crime-corruption-and-political-system.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The EU delegation in Sarajevo, claimed that there has to be more force behind the fight against corruption in the country </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Watchdog organisation Transparency International has ranked Bosnia 72nd out of 176 countries in its annual index of corruption perception, which means the country is still far behind its neighbours and is one of the most corrupt countries in Europe.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Srdjan Blagovcanin, executive director of Transparency International in BOSNIA, said that solving problems related to corruption will lead the country out of its economic and political crisis, but lamented that politicians are not willing to tackle these issues.“The corruption problem is affecting the political agenda in this country,” he said. “But corrupted political elites are systematically obstructing the implementation of reforms because they aim to protect themselves.” Blagovcanin made his remarks at a conference on corruption held in Sarajevo following the release of the rankings.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="266" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/z_u8FaykyZc?feature=player_embedded" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="320"></iframe></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Related article: </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">THE GOAL OF OLD POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT:TO KEEP <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>BIH IN A STATE OF DISORDER AS LONG AS POSSIBLE, IN ORDER TO REMAIN IN POWER</span> </span>at </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><br />  <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2013/01/bosnia-and-herzegovinas-internal-twist.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2013/01/bosnia-and-herzegovinas-internal-twist.html</a></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">CORRUPTED POLITICAL ELITES OF BIH SYSTEMATICALLY OBSTRUCTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REFORMS BECAUSE THEY AIM TO PROTECT THEMSELVES</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMYo6OORRvbHdOSFj8Y1NN2MYMMloDXIiTAbss7Ifhr90FYv3y2evInCLW4Em70CSR-JyFqLS6RMkjru5Qwq5B8b7nQwU-0KTkErXiPV8_QxYBSKLcdkTgvOG6kvlBByt3xO2om4a-Y4CA/s1600/corruptiongraphic.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMYo6OORRvbHdOSFj8Y1NN2MYMMloDXIiTAbss7Ifhr90FYv3y2evInCLW4Em70CSR-JyFqLS6RMkjru5Qwq5B8b7nQwU-0KTkErXiPV8_QxYBSKLcdkTgvOG6kvlBByt3xO2om4a-Y4CA/s320/corruptiongraphic.png" width="232" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At the conference, officials from Transparency presented a study on corruption in BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA, The National Integrity Study, which is based on the analysis of institutions involved in the fight against corruption. Blagovcanin said that CROATIA'S fight against corruption, in particular the conviction of former Prime Minister Ivo Sanader on charges of corruption, is a close-to-home example that shows BOSNIAN politicians what the rule of law looks like.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I am sure that it has to happen in BOSNIA too, sooner or later,” Blagovcanin said.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Related article: </span></b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY (IC) AND ORGANIZED CRIME (OC) ARE THE MAIN OBSTACLES IN SOLVING THE CURRENT POLITICAL SITUATION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (BIH)</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"></span>at: </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/07/bosnia-european-unions-stepchild.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/07/bosnia-european-unions-stepchild.html</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2013/01/bosnia-and-herzegovina-bih-stagnation.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2013/01/bosnia-and-herzegovina-bih-stagnation.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/07/bosnia-suffers-from-unresolved-issues.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/07/bosnia-suffers-from-unresolved-issues.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">LACK OF WILL TO FIGHT CORRUPTION</span> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“The good news is that the fight against corruption has been set by the EU as a priority prior to accession to the bloc, but the bad news is that we have not yet had the political will to fight this problem.”Renzo Daviddi, deputy head of the EU delegation in Sarajevo, said there has to be more force behind the fight against corruption in the country.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“We need a clear and strong political commitment on the part of political leaders,” Daviddi said, adding that civil society must also be involved more actively in the fight against corruption.The study conducted by Transparency International found that BOSNIA'S system of national integrity is based on very weak institutions.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The key conclusion of the study is that there is a gap between corruption laws and their implementation in all segments of the country's institutions, which contributes to the failure of some anti-corruption measures. The study also described executive governments on all levels in BOSNIA as inefficient, nontransparent and irresponsible, adding that they lack coordination.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Related 7 part article:<span style="color: #cc0000;"> SOUTHEASTERN EUROPEAN ORGANIZED CRIME, EXTREMISM & GEOPOLITICS</span> at</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">: <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2013/01/the-balkans-organized-crime-and.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2013/01/the-balkans-organized-crime-and.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><b>More articles on BIH: </b> <br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Related article: <span style="color: #cc0000;">INFLUENTIAL ISLAMIC COMMUNITY IN BOSNIA</span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span>at </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/07/ethnic-rift-key-hindrance-to-bosnias.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/07/ethnic-rift-key-hindrance-to-bosnias.html</a>.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2013/01/bosnia-and-herzegovinas-internal-twist.html"></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span> <div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Related article: </span></b><span style="color: #cc0000;">POTENTIAL POWER OF YOUTH MOVEMENTS IN THE BALKANS</span></span></b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">and <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">BOSNIA, CURSED BY EUROPEAN UNION (EU) TECHNOCRATS</span></span></b></span><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/08/bosnia-cursed-by-european-union-eu.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/08/bosnia-cursed-by-european-union-eu.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Related article:</span></b> <span style="color: #cc0000;">BALKAN PEOPLE FEEL THAT THE EU NO LONGER EMANATES CONFIDENCE</span></span></b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2013/01/crisis-in-western-balkans-integration.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2013/01/crisis-in-western-balkans-integration.html </a></span></div>

BOSNIA: CORRUPTION HALTS PROGRESS

BOSNIA HAS FAILED TO ACHIEVE IMPROVED RESULTS IN ITS FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION Read related 2 part article: CRIME AND CORRUPTION ARE TWO...

BOSNIA: CORRUPTION HALTS PROGRESS

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