Minister removed over indictment while colleague facing charges keeps job
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Vojin Mijatović has been removed from his ministerial post following an indictment, a move that would suggest a sudden preference for political hygiene if his colleague, Ramo Isak, were not staying on despite facing charges of his own. The prime minister has remained silent on why one set of charges necessitates a resignation and the other does not.
The cost of driving is diverging from the cost of crude. Diesel prices have reached a three-month high of 4.13 KM per liter even as global oil prices hit their lowest levels since August. Elsewhere, the Foreign Minister has admitted the government is to blame for the state of Sarajevo's public transport, an unusually frank assessment after voters began punishing the ruling coalition for the quality of their commute.
A coalition of the SDA, DF, and SBiH claims to have secured a majority for both the state and federal levels, potentially ending a period of post-election maneuvering. They may find their first challenge is the weather: meteorologists expect a sharp temperature drop and snow to follow the current heavy rains and southern winds.