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Bosnia-Serbia highway project faces delays

Delays look set to hold back construction work on the planned highway that will connect Bosnia with Serbia. The route will join Bosnia’s capital Sarajevo with Bosnia’s capital Belgrade when it is complete.
June 23, 2017 Read time: 1 min

Delays look set to hold back construction work on the planned highway that will connect Bosnia with Serbia. The route will join Bosnia’s capital Sarajevo with Bosnia’s capital Belgrade when it is complete. Further discussions will be carried out between the authorities in Bosnia and Serbia in due course to try to cement the plans for the highway. Funding for the project could be supplied, in part at least, from Turkey.

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