U.S. authorities designated on Monday Fadil Novalić, the prime minister of one of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s two semi-autonomous regions, for his alleged involvement in corruption, as well as “divisive and destabilizing activities in the Western Balkans.”

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.