Dnevni medijski izvještaji

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, will meet today with the members of the BIH Presidency and discuss with them the extension of the UN mission’s mandate in BiH. “He will also congratulate the Presidency members on their mature attitude with respect to this problem. Ashdown shares the view of the chairman Beriz Belkic that this pro [...]

SFOR troops searched on Sunday the premises of the Sarajevo Tabacco Factory after they received a tip-off that illegal arms and ammunition have been stored there. SFOR spokesman, Scott Lundy, confirmed this information, adding that no arms or ammunition were found during the four hour operation. “We did not have any problems during the raid a [...]

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, said in Vienna yesterday that it would be serious but not disastrous if the UN police force in BiH was withdrawn. “It is serious, but not a catastrophe. Europe has the will to step in if the UN can’t continue. It won’t be tidy and quick but it can be done. I have no doubt that it can be done [...]

During his meeting in Brussels with the EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, Javier Solana, the High Representative in BiH, Paddy Ashdown, said that the possible veto on renewing the UN peacekeeping mission would be a set back but not a disaster for the country. “It would be serious but not catastrophic if these talk [...]

In a Op-Ed piece for The Times and Dnevni Avaz (front page), the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, urges Western diplomats to produce a sensible solution to the ICC dispute. “Bosnia still needs peacekeepers, not because it is a hopeless case, but for the very opposite reason. Six years on from the worst bloodletting in Europe since the Seco [...]

In a short telephone conversation with the US Secretary of State, Colin Powell, the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, expressed his concern at the possibility that the mandate of the UN Mission to BiH would not be extended on July 3. (Dnevni Avaz, p. 2, Oslobodjenje, p. 3, Jutarnje Novine f.p., Nezavisne Novine, p. 3, BHTV 1, FTV, first block of [...]

Jutarnje Novine (p. 7) reports that the last week’s visit of the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, to Srebrenica had a very positive effect on the developments in this town. “Returnees are encouraged by his decisive position on their open demands on return, and municipal authorities with his view that Srebrenica indeed deserves a spec [...]

At a ceremony held in Mostar on Thursday, the Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi symbolically marked the beginning of the reconstruction of the town’s Old Bridge, The ceremony was also attended by top BiH and international officials including the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown. (Oslobodjenje – front page, p 6, Dnevni Avaz – [...]

The Federation Defense Minister, Mijo Anic, said in an interview for Oslobodjenje (front-page, pages 4-5) that the irresponsible delaying of presidential decision about the new structure of the BiH federation Army was creating bad atmosphere in the barracks. He aloe reiterated he would resign if the dismissed soldiers do not receive severance pays [...]

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, met the UN SRSG, Jacques Paul this morning. During a two-hour meeting also attended by all the senior staff of the UN & IPTF, the High Representative and the UN SRSG had detailed discussions on various rule of law issues. The High Representative congratulated the UNMiBH on the success of its mission and the w [...]