Bosnia approves new government and first female PM

Bosnia’s parliament approved a new government led by the small Balkan country’s first female prime minister Borjana Kristo on Wednesday.

One of Borjana Kristo's first jobs will be to approve sweeping reforms to further Bosnia’s European Union accession bid. The government was supported by lawmakers from 10 political parties that overcame their ideological differences to form a coalition after the ethnically divided country’s October election.

The coalition includes representatives of the country’s three main ethnic groups. The nine ministers were proposed by Kristo. The EU decided in December last year to add Bosnia to the list of official candidates to join the 27-nation bloc.