Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina

This situation is even more remarkable given even a cursory glance at global aluminum prices. While aluminum prices have not fully recovered from their peak just before the 2008 financial crisis, they have returned to their price point in the early 2000s - which is higher than what the metal was trading for during most of the 1980s and 1990s.

Politicians in Bosnia and Herzegovina have already started announcing who will run for posts on the country's three-member presidency in elections not due until October.

They have done so despite the risk that the elections might be postponed, owing to problems with reform of the electoral process.

Due to the crisis between the Federation entity's ruling parties, the [Bosniak] Party of Democratic Action, SDA, the Alliance for Better Future of Bosnia and the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia, HDZ BiH, no budget for 2018 has been adopted by the entity as yet. No budget has been adopted at state level, either.

Croat presidency member argues in favor of "federalization"

SARAJEVO -- Federalization of Bosnia-Herzegovina is necessary because the current situation is untenable, Dragan Čović has said.

Čović heads the Croatian Democratic Alliance in Bosnia (HDZ BiH) and was earlier this month elected to the Bosnian tripartite Presidency as the Croat representative....