SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Most Bosnians want to join the European Union in the next 20 years, a survey for the UN Development Agency (UNDP) showed yesterday, one of the few issues the country’s fractious ethnic communities agree on. But rock-bottom levels of trust between the Muslims, Croats and Serbs who make up Bosnia and Herzegovina threaten the very constitutional reforms that outside observers say the country needs to achieve that goal, the survey showed. “Social trust in Bosnia is virtually non-existent. International comparisons, including countries such as Iraq, relegate Bosnia to the last position,” the report said.

BANJA LUKA (AFP) – Bosnian Serb groups said yesterday they were planning a major protest later this week against Kosovo’s independence, which has raised concerns in ethnically divided Bosnia. “We have called for a massive, peaceful demonstration in Banja Luka starting at midday (1100 GMT) Thursday to... show our disagreement” with Kosovo’s declaration of independence, organizer Branislav Dukic told AFP. The demonstration will be held on the same day as a rally in Belgrade, dubbed “Kosovo is Serbia,” at which the Serbian government is expecting a massive turnout. The Bosnian Serb protest is backed by Banja Luka University students who have already staged a similar rally.

Romanian authorities will close both of Bucharest’s airports for three days during the April 2-4 summit for security reasons, officials said yesterday. The main Henri Coanda and Baneasa airports will be closed, and only used by top summit guests, including US President George W. Bush, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has also indicated he will attend. (AP)

Bulgarian police have arrested three Chinese nationals for allegedly attempting to smuggle 350,000 euros ($515,000) in illegal proceeds out of the country, prosecutors said yesterday. The three were part of a larger ring involved in smuggling the proceeds from the sale of contraband goods and clothing in Bulgaria back to China, Sofia’s deputy prosecutor Roman Vasilev told journalists. (AFP)

An empty commuter train rammed into an intercity passenger train at a station near the Turkish capital Ankara yesterday, slightly injuring 13 people, railway authorities said. (AP)