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City has been divided on ethnic lines leading to vital services not functioning
The Mostar bridge connecting the two sides of the city, which was destroyed in the 1990s and rebuilt in the early 2000s. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
The Mostar bridge connecting the two sides of the city, which was destroyed in the 1990s and rebuilt in the early 2000s. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
Shaun Walker Central and eastern Europe correspondent
Sun 20 Dec 2020 04.40 EST
First published on Fri 18 Dec 2020 08.57 EST
Polls have opened in the city of Mostar in the first local elections in 12 years following a dispute between parties representing the city’s two main ethnic groups that paralysed municipal institutions for more than a decade.