Bosnia’s Presidency adopts 2025 state budget proposal worth 1.5 Billion Bosnian marks

The proposal, submitted by the Ministry of Finance and Treasury of BiH, was adopted unanimously and without amendments.

The new version differs from the earlier draft proposed by the Presidency in that it does not include previously requested increases in funding for the Armed Forces of BiH, seven cultural institutions of national significance, or debt repayments for the public broadcaster BHRT.

Under the adopted draft, the 2025 budget amounts to 1.5 billion Bosnian marks (approx. €767 million). It also includes funds for a one-time payment of 1,000 marks (about €510) to employees in state institutions who receive the minimum wage. This payment is intended as compensation, given that salaries have not been adjusted due to the delayed budget adoption.

Earlier, Presidency members Zeljko Komsic and Denis Becirovic agreed that failing to adopt a budget would have more damaging consequences for the country than accepting a version they do not fully support. They decided to back the current proposal after their preferred version failed to secure an entity majority in the House of Representatives of the BiH Parliamentary Assembly, as well as support from the Serb caucus in the House of Peoples.

The newly adopted draft will now move to the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly, where a previous proposal was rejected late last month due to a lack of entity majority among MPs from Republika Srpska.

If the House of Representatives adopts the proposal, it will then proceed to the House of Peoples for final approval.