Above this plethora of fiefs stands a weak and feud-ridden federal government headed by three presidents representing Croats, Muslims and Serbs. For a time, the area in northwestern Bosnia where Arifagic established his farm encouraged hopes that wartime divisions could be overcome. Their owners visit for a few weeks in summer but have given up on dreams of resettling permanently in Bosnia. “Bosnia needs people like Arifagic to move beyond Dayton, which always reminds everyone that what counts is ethnicity,” she said. Then, last year, the Republika Srpska abruptly rewrote the rules governing milk subsidies, slashing Arifagic’s revenue but leaving intact the money received by smaller Serb-owned dairy farms.

Source: bd News24 November 20, 2020 11:15 UTC