Dnevna medijska izvješća

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, on Monday issued a Decision removing Kemal Terzic from his position as Mayor of Donji Vakuf. The Decision, which takes immediate effect, bars Mr Terzic from holding any official, elective or appointive public office and from running in elections or for office within political parties. The High Representative [...]

According to Oslobodjenje (front-page, continues on p 7), non-existing (fictitious, phantom) company “Stjeprep,” registered in Sarajevo, has laundered more than 15.6 million KM through six banks in the BiH Federation and Republika Srpska. It is allegedly about money obtained through various criminal activities including the tax evasion. [...]

“The returnees need more than the security itself. They need jobs and a sustainable economic future,” the Hih Representative, Paddy Ashdown, told a press conference in Mostar on Thursday, at which he in ten points summed up his impression after a two-day visit to Central Bosnia and Herzegovina (Dnevni Avaz – p 2, Oslobodjenje R [...]

Dnevni Avaz (Sead Numanovic – p 2) report that the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, on Wednesday ended a three-hour “Town Hall” meeting with around 50 citizens of Siroki Brijeg, delivering them a message that they should leave the past and hatred behind for the better future of their children. “This unique political event [...]

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, met in Sarajevo on Tuesday with the Croatian President Stipe Mesic. At a press conference following the meeting, Ashdown said he had always believed in Mesic as a statesman. “We discussed the developments in the region, the situation in BiH and Croatia, and fight against terrorism. We agreed that all di [...]

Oslobodjenje (page 3 with photo of Ashdown, announced on the front page with photo of Ashdown) reports that, in his address to the BiH Parliamentary Assembly scheduled for Wednesday, the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, will propose establishment of special chambers within the Court of BiH and the BiH Prosecution Office, which will deal with org [...]

ONASA, Oslobodjenje (front page) and Dnevni Avaz (p 8) report that the Serb returnees to the villages of Gornja and Donja Bocinja, Bakotic and Krasno Polje organized a peaceful demonstration on Sunday against, as they said, the return of mujahedeens to the area. Glas Srpski(page 2, Sl. Puhalo), Nezavisne Novine(page 2)andEuroBlic (page 10)also repo [...]

BiH Radio 1 and the RTRS reported late last night that the RS Finance Minister, Milenko Vracar, submitted his irrevocable resignation to the RS Prime Minister, Mladen Ivanic. Ivanic, on his part, removed Zeljko Tadic, the Minister of Trade and Tourism in the RS government. At a press conference held late last night, Vracar explained that he resigne [...]

In today’s editorial in Nezavisne Novine (p. 2), Kruno Malenica writes that, if one judges by the initial moves he made, the start of the New High Representative to BiH, Paddy Ashdown, is more then successful. Malenica wrote: “In the first 15 days in Sarajevo, Ashdown did much more then he was expected to. I suppose that is why the peop [...]

Oslobodjenje (front page by Azhar Kalamujic) reports that the investigation into the AM-SPED Affair is entering its final phase. According to preliminary results, Mirko Anic, the director of AM-SPED company, has received 1,75 million KM of customs deposit [approved by the Ministry] via the Univerzal Banka, urgently withdrew 800,000 and transferred [...]