Mirsad Behram is a correspondent with RFE/RL's Balkan Service.
Flooding caused by heavy rainstorms in central and southern Bosnia-Herzegovina has killed at least 19 people, officials said on October 4. In addition to the confirmed dead, many others are missing or injured.
The crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic has caused the hospitals in the Bosniak and Croatian parts of the ethnically divided Bosnian city of Mostar to work together, in a rare show of unity and cooperation.
Mostar is in a state of limbo over its debilitated "eternal mayor." But he can't be legally replaced until fresh local elections, but court rulings and a political impasse have prevented a vote there since 2008.
A concert by a Croatian nationalist in the Bosnian city of Mostar looked set to proceed despite fears that it would fan flames in the ethnically divided country.
