Bosnia & Herzegovina news

Bosnian unit of Italy's banking group Unicredit, UniCredit Bank d.d. Mostar, sold a 100 million marka ($59 million/51 million euro) bond issue, Austrian law company Schoenherr, which advised the bank on the issuance, said on Friday.

Erste Group said it now expects that the economy of Bosnia and Herzegovina will expand by just 1.9% this year, lower than its December estimate for 2.5% growth in 2026, decelerating from the better-than-expected 2.1% expansion achieved in 2025 thanks to domestic drivers.

The average monthly net wage in Bosnia and Herzegovina was 1,684 marka ($987/861 euro) in April, 2% higher in real terms and up 9% nominally compared to the same month a year earlier, the country's statistics office said.

The European Parliament said on Wednesday that it has adopted a report on Bosnia and Herzegovina's progress towards EU membership, urging the Western Balkan country to strengthen its democratic institutions, uphold the rule of law, fight corruption and organised crime, and guarantee fundamental rights for all citizens.

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s economic growth is expected to slow down to 2.0% in 2026 from last year's 2.1% as higher energy import costs and weaker external demand, spurred by the Middle East war-related energy price shock, are offsetting the expansionary fiscal policy and strong consumption, the International Monetary Fund said.