Divided Bosnians go to the polls

Bosnians were heading to the polls today for a general election likely to further entrench the country’s ethnic divisions, threatening closer ties to the West and possible EU entry.

Three million voters in a country split uneasily between Serbs, Bosniaks and Croats are choosing from a total field of 8,000 candidates for the central and several regional parliaments and the presidency, which is shared by the three ethnic groups.