At first glance, there are signs of progress in the last three months. Roses are blooming, children are playing, people are sunbathing. The NATO troops that once had to take up position between the two sides have gone, replaced by police patrols. Across Bosnia, the cease-fire has held. But teen-agers no longer hang out on the bridge here, hoping to see friends from the other ethnic side.
Nationalist flags fly from windows.
It is still unclear which apartment building belongs to which political entity in Bosnia. Today, three months of negotiations have yet to solve the issue. Nor have three months of peace done anything to quell fears that ethnic groups have for one another. Krstovic still will not cross to the Muslim-Croat side to visit her sister's grave, saying hatreds run too deep. The high school graduate is not even contemplating going to the University of Sarajevo, just 15 minutes away but in the Muslim-Croat Federation.