Golden passports, anal beads, and the world’s most complicated elections

With fourteen governments and a three-person presidency, Bosnia and Herzegovina's political system is often described as the most complicated in the world. It's a system that was designed to keep the peace after a devastating war. But three decades on, is it still working? This week we give Aleksandar Brezar the near-impossible task of untangling the weekend's elections for us. We're also talking about Malta's golden passports and a chess scandal involving anal beads. Yes, you heard that correctly.

Aleksandar is a journalist mostly covering the Western Balkans. You can find him on Twitter here.

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This week's Isolation Inspiration:

'Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War', by Howard W. French

The ZOE podcast: 'How to control blood sugar spikes', with Jessie Inchauspé

02:42 Good Week: A challenge to Malta's golden passport scheme

09:33 Bad Week: Anal bead scandal strikes the chess world

18:44 Interview: Aleksandar Brezar on the Bosnian elections

30:46 Isolation Inspiration: 'Born in Blackness' and Jessie Inchauspé on the ZOE podcast

34:41 Happy Ending: The power of cow poo

Producers: Katy Lee and Wojciech Oleksiak

Music: Jim Barne and Mariska Martina

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