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: The main topic of the article is the cultural identity of the Croat nation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. By analysing in detail the position and the status of national cultural institutions, the author wants to confirm the thesis that the cultural specifics of the Croat nation are a key for resolving the Croat issue in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Croat issue in Bosnia and Herzegovina is in its core the issue of culture, both in its narrow and wider sense. The author emphasises that not a single political issue is exclusively of a political nature, but that they all include a cultural component, but may on the other hand not be resolved in the cultural field only. What the author suggests is reiteration of the cultural institutions in institutional terms, resp., not to indulge in national romantici-sm, but to put efforts in founding, maintaining and further developing the institutions with public funds, whereby the maintenance of those institutions does not necessarily have to be exclusively market-based, as a cultural industry, as suggested in the global perspective. The author describes and opposes the paradigm that a sensibility for culture may be de-veloped only after the material and political conditions have already been secured. The author argues that maintenance and development of the cultural identity must go hand in hand with the development of other social segments. Moreover, the development of the cultural identity very often boosts and drives the national and social development. Therefore, it is of uttermost importance for the solution of the Croat issue in Bosnia and Herzegovina that the BiH Croats are recognised and respected as a nation with a develo-ped sensibility for culture.

Addiction, dysfunctional use of "new technologies" and difficulties in limiting time spent using it, are not unusual due to the increasing usage of the internet. Young people, who are almost constantly connected, are particularly vulnerable. Recognizing the risk of pathological addiction, this paper explores the use of Internet, social networks and mobile phones among young people (N=310) in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The aim of the research is to examine the extent to which young people use the internet, social networks and mobile phones, and what consequences this has on the emotional, cognitive and social functioning of youth. The study was conducted using the most commonly used diagnostic tool for measuring internet addiction, the so-called Internet Addiction Test, and a survey questionnaire created for this research. Results of the study showed a mild level of "new addiction" in youth, which included emotional and cognitive preoccupation with "new" ICT, neglect of work, lack of self-control and social problems caused by preoccupation with the Internet, social networks and mobile phones.

Generated power of thermal power plant is closely related to efficient work of cooling towers, via condenser pressure affected by output temperature of cooling water. Performance characteristics of cooling system can be rated via several parameters such as: thermal effectiveness, Merkel number, number of transfer units, and overall heat and mass transfer coefficient. Results gathered during acceptance test of cooling system of thermal power plant Kakanj (unit 7) which consists of 12 wet counterflow induced draft cooling towers, are used to evaluate its most important performance characteristics. It is shown that some tower performance characteristic vary during the day more than others due to their dependence on climatic parameters, particularly air wet bulb temperature. Different approaches and methods (analytical and empirical) for evaluation of tower performance are discussed in order to define the most appropriate performance characteristic and calculation method which can be used for establishing the optimal working mode of analysed cooling system.

The Supreme Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina had to determine the applicable law to the arbitration clause contained in general conditions of sale on seller’s website. The sales agreement was concluded orally and the reference to the website with general conditions of sale was made on a pro forma invoice paid by the buyer. The arbitration clause provided for ICC Rules and seat of arbitration in Amsterdam, while French law was chosen to apply to the contract. The buyer, a domestic company from Bosnia and Herzegovina, filed for damages before domestic courts, claiming that the arbitration clause was not consented to, nor was it concluded in written. The Supreme Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina issued in the “chicken breed” case in 2019 a pro-arbitration judgment with reference to the New York Convention of 1958 and European Convention on International Commercial Arbitration of 1961. It is a landmark decision on one of the most difficult questions of applicable law to formal and substantive validity of the arbitration agreement.