<p>SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — A Bosnian court on Monday sentenced the Balkan country’s former security minister to six months in prison for corruption. </p>
<p>The Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina on Monday ruled that Sadik Ahmetovic abused his position for illegal financial gains at cost to the state budget. </p>
<p>The case is related to project agreements for the ministry from 2011 and 2012 that were worth some 7,000 euros ($8,500.)</p>
<p>Ahmetovic says he will appeal the verdict that he described as a political ploy against him. He called on the prosecutors to turn to “big crime” in Bosnia, which is among the most corrupt states in Europe. </p>
<p>“Those who ordered all this cannot frighten me,” he said. “We shall see what the institutions will say, I believe in justice in this country.”</p>
<p>Ethnically divided following a devastating war in 1992-95, Bosnia remains politically and economically weak, with widespread corruption and frail institutions. </p>
<p>The country of 3.3 million is seeking entry into the European Union but the reform process has been largely stalled and slow. </p>
