Bosnia-Herzegovina ? Bosnians vote today in what may be the most important elections since the war here ended 11 years ago: a vote for leaders who will get a chance to run the country without international supervision if they can overcome ethnic divisions.

Since the end of the 1992-95 war – Europe’s worst violence since World War II – important decisions have been made by an international administrator. Now his office has announced that it will close next year if newly elected leaders find ways to implement reforms that will take the country closer to joining the European Union.

Today’s elections will be for a state parliament and the country’s three-member presidency representing each of Bosnia’s rival ethnic groups.