The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina ordered on Sunday the release of the prime minister of one of Bosnia’s two semi-autonomous regions who wasdetained late Thursday over his alleged involvement in the procurement of pricy, inadequate ventilators during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bosnia’s police detained late Thursday Fadil Novalić, the prime minister of one of Bosnia’s two semi-autonomous regions, for his alleged involvement in the procurement of inadequate ventilators during the COVID-19 pandemic.