A long queue has formed of Balkan countries seeking to follow in the footsteps of Slovenia and Croatia in joining the EU. Bosnia-Herzegovina would appear to be at the back of this queue but commands global attention for the circumstances of its birth as a fragile multi-ethnic state that emerged from the ravages of its civil war in the 1990s.
May's annual meeting of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina’s capital, will focus attention on the country's progress as well as its unique problems.