ANALYSIS - Bosnia Vote Crosses Ethnic Lines But Road to New Central Government Remains Steep

SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), October 6 (SeeNews) - Although new faces emerged in ethnically divided Bosnia after last week's elections, the winning moderate Social Democrats will have to carefully clear the mines of nationalism on the long road to forming a new government coalition, analysts said. Bosnia held parallel general and presidential elections on Sunday which experts saw as a crucial test for the country's resolve to tackle ethnic divisions and European integration setbacks. The country has been slipping ever deeper into a political stalemate since the last parliamentary elections in 2006 when politicians rode to power on a wave of vehemently nationalistic rhetoric.