The number of permits issued for residential and non-residential buildings rose by 14.5% in annual terms to 79 in October, whereas the number of permits for civil engineering projects increased by 476.9% to 75 ones, the Institute of Statistics of the Serb Republic said on Wednesday in a monthly report.
The number of permits issued for dwellings fell by 28.4% in annual terms to 491 in October.
The Serb Republic is one of two autonomous entities that form Bosnia and Herzegovina. The other one is the Federation.