17 June 2003 When asked by a Bosnian reporter a couple of months ago what the basic condition was for stability and accession into the European Union for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chris Patten, European commissioner for external relations, said: “Bosnia should act as a normal country.”Patten had very concrete reasons for that response. Several contracts must first be signed before […]

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