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McDonald's rejected in Bosnia
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After almost one year of negotiation, the government of Republic of
Bosnia and Hercegovina declared that they'll not allow McDonald's to
open their restaurants on their territory. Bosnian government has put
certain condition in front of McRepresentatives, asking them to invest
more in the local production, while McD insisted in importing almost all
repromaterial. At the end no agreement was made. Bosnians have also
declared how McDonald's would endanger a huge privat sector of
traditional small food shops selling Burek and Cevapcici.
It'd be naive to think how Bosnian government decided to put an end to
western imperialism. After all that was just neggotiations between a
multinational company and a government. But, they did chooze local
and traditional instead of western culture, and McDonalds is the most
widespread symbol of it. So far, Bosnia is the only Eastern European
country which has refused them. Let's be happy while it lasts.