PROTESTS and ILLUSIONS. How Bosnia and Herzegovina lost a decade
PROTESTS and ILLUSIONS. How Bosnia and Herzegovina lost a decade

Author(s): Author Not Specified
Subject(s): National Economy, Economic policy, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Socio-Economic Research
Published by: ESI – European Stability Initiative
Keywords: Tuzla, Bihac; Polihem; Elektroprivreda; privatization in Bosnia;
Summary/Abstract: On 7 February 2014 violence broke out in Tuzla, the regional capital of Tuzla Canton in Northern Bosnia. War veterans, unemployed youth and football supporters of the local club took to the streets. The core group of protestors were former workers in socially owned enterprises who had been demonstrating to save their companies for more than a decade. Demonstrators entered the cantonal government building and set it on fire. The same day violent clashes spread to other Bosnian cities, Zenica, Sarajevo, Mostar and Bihac. Three more cantonal buildings and the state archive in Sarajevo all went up in flames. Already on 7 February Tuzla protestors published a declaration that stated that “Today in Tuzla a new future is being created.” (a Bosnian writer)

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