Latest radio news broadcast at 12.00 on 18 October
| RADIO HERCEG-BOSNA (12,00 hrs) | BH Radio 1 (12,00 hrs) | RTRS (12,00 hrs) |
| BiH experts: no avian flu in country | War crime case in Brcko District | CoE MM with RS officials |
| Macedonian experts on avian flu | FBiH HoP in session | BiH HoP in session |
| BiH HoP on police reform | World News | Bird flue |
TV news broadcast on 17 October
| RADIO HERCEG-BOSNA (18,00 hrs) | TV PINK (18,00 hrs) | BHT 1 (19,00 hrs) |
| Jovic attends UN ceremony in | Terzic on negotiations with the EC | Terzic in |
| FBiH HoR on apartment selling | Terzic and Lagumdzija held talks | Terzic-Lagumdzija agreement |
| Terzic met Lagumdzija | Ivo Miro Jovic in | No bird flue in Hutovo Blato |
| Terzic departure for | Law on the sale of flats rejected | Salmonella infection in Bihac |
| NTV Hayat (19,00 hrs) | FTV (19,30 hrs) | RTRS (19,30 hrs) |
| Anniversary of Izetbegovic’s death | 2 men arrested in | Dodik released of indictment |
| Terzic and Lagumdzija held talks | Salmonella infection in Bihac | Rycroft on |
| Croatian preparations for EU talks | School boycott in Zepce | Terzic and Lagumdzija on |
| Avian flu: BiH still virus-free | Life standard in BiH | Future status of Brcko District |
| Oslobodjenje | Ashdown insulted BiH patriots |
| Dnevni Avaz | [Rycroft] Green light for BiH (to be given) on December 12? |
| Dnevni List | 3 cars destroyed |
| Vecernji List | Arrest of Covic and Lijanovics being preapred ? |
| Slobodna Dalmacija | Virgin Mary’s prayer for young people |
| Nezavisne Novine | Negotiations on 12 December |
| Glas Srpske | Dodik is not guilty |
| EuroBlic | Wild birds hunt banned (ban against hunt of birds in RS) |
| Vecernje novosti | Features Serbian related topics |
LATEST NEWS OF TODAY | |
| BiH HoP adopts police agreement | FENA – BiH House of Peoples has adopted the Agreement on restructuring of police structures in BiH at the session commenced this morning. |
| FBIH HoP to discuss education
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| CoE’s monitoring mission meets RS officials | RTRS – The delegation of the Monitoring Mission of the Council of Europe’ Parliamentary Assembly has been visiting Banja Luka, during which the delegation has met with Dragan Cavic, RS President, and Pero Bukejlovic. Press statements will be issued later on. |
| Terzic meets NATO SG Scheffer
| FENA – Chairman of BiH CoM Adnan Terzic met with the NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at |
BiH efforts to open | |
| British Ambassador Rycroft hopes EU Foreign Minister will recommend start of
| Dnevni Avaz, front pg splash and pg 2 ‘Green light for BiH on December 12?’, by L. Sinanovic – The UK Ambassador to BiH, Matthew Rycroft, told journalists that EU Foreign Ministers, who are to meet on December 12, could give the EC the green light for start of |
| Rycroft on OHR future: Transformation of OHR to EUSR to take a year followed by EU decision on final shutting of OHR
| Dnevni Avaz, front pg splash and pg 2 ‘Green light for BiH on December 12?’, by L. Sinanovic, inset ‘Change of status of OHR’ carries UK Ambassador Matthew Rycroft as reiterating that as soon as BiH starts with |
| Terzic departures for
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| BHT 1 comments atmosphere in
| BHT 1 Elvir Bucalo – With regard to the CoM Chair, Adnan Terzic, visit to |
| Terzic, Lagumdzija discuss
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| Spiric comments Terzic/Lagumdzija mtg: I am not prepared to have full trust in FBiH negotiators | RTRS By Branka Kusmuk– Commenting the meeting between Adnan Terzic and Zlatko Lagumdzija, BiH HoR Speaker, Nikola Spiric, who initiated similar agreement year and half ago, he the agreement reached looks more like Bosniak agreement and association of SDA and |
| DA op-ed on mtg Terzic/ opposition: Good course all should follow
| Dnevni Avaz op-ed pg 3 ‘Front of BiH parties’ by Admir Malagic – Writing about latest talks between Adnan Terzic and opposition officials, author stresses it represents a good course which all the politicians in this state should be following, since all of them should share the view about European integration and hence should work together to accomplish it. He adds that historic chance reflected in possibility of seeing BiH integrated into EU family should not be wasted. |
| DL op-ed on Terzic/Lagumdzija mtg: it will not be easy to reach agreement btw opposition and ruling parties
| Dnevni List pg 2 ‘Parties in power and opposition together to Europe’ by I. Glibusic carries an editorial on the Terzic-Lagumdzija meeting and the author says that the announced unification of the parties in power and opposition seems optimistic to BiH citizens at first sight, ‘however, when we see who reached the agreement and who did not take part in this agreement, it becomes obvious that it will not be easy to establish that process of joint acting of the ruling parties and the opposition’. The author also says that BiH should get rid of discrimination, imposing of laws, outvoting etc. before it joins |
Other political issues | |
| FBiH HoR rejects amendments allowing purchase of nationalized apartments expect those owned by legacies
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| RS Govt to discuss Faculty’s decision not to replace dean Lukic
| RTRS, Nezavisne Novine pg 9 ‘Next session of RS Government is dedicated to removal of Lukic’ by G.Maunaga – Head of RS Government’s PR Bureau Cvijeta Kovacevic said that during its next session, RS Government will discuss decision of Eastern Sarajevo University’s Council not to replace Radomir Lukic, from the position of the Dean of the Faculty of Law. |
| OHR: RS must obey decision on suspension of Lukic
| Hayat, RTRS, Oslobodjenje pg 2 ‘RS must obey decision on suspension of Lukic, Dnevni Avaz pg 5 ‘Pecelj now needs to remove Law Faculty Council as well’ by N.D., Glas Srpske pg 2 ‘To erase exams and grades’ – In regard to the issue of Radomir Lukic, Ljiljana Radetic, OHR Spokesperson, Monday said: “RS Government has obligated itself to respecting of the High Representative’s decision, by replacing members of University’s Council. Also, we expect that RS Minister of Education Milovan Pecelj will present written prove on ceasing of salary payment to Mr. Lukic. Also, we expect RS Government to make a public announcement that Mr. Lukic no longer teaches legally on Faculty of Law, by which exams and grades from his lectures are considered invalid. If these steps aren’t taken that will be considered as breach of DPA”.EuroBlic RSpg 2, announced on cover ‘Minister Pecelj to decide today’ by Mirna Soja –According to Zlatko Juric, working at RS Government Bureau for Public Affairs, stated that the upcoming session of Government, which should take place tomorrow or day after tomorrow, will discuss the possibility of not launching procedure for recall of Lukic from position. |
| Beta interview with Wolfgang Petritsch: DPA reform necessary
| RTRS, Glas Srpske pg 5 ‘A step – made backwards’ by Beta – Former HR to BiH Wolfgang Petritsch has assessed that a reform of the Dayton Agreement was necessary in order for BiH to become a country that can negotiate with EU. He noted that ten years since the Dayton Agreement was signed, the international community in BiH should make one step backwards and let BiH start deciding on its future alone. He also assessed it is the time to move on, considering the fact a significant progress was made in development of bodies and institutions, as well as in return of property and refugees. He said BiH now needs a rational model of the Constitution in order for it to resemble to European countries. He said BiH needs a government, while its administration should be more of a public service than a bureaucratic system. Asked whether a change of the Dayton Agreement or the Constitution would represent a threat to survival of RS, Petritsch said this was an unpleasant issue but added: ‘RS is made of people who live there and they must get a perspective of EU, new jobs, better education. This, not a piece of paper, will decide on whether RS would survive or not’, Petritsch said. |
| Monitoring
| RTRS, Dnevni Avaz pg 9 ‘The District wishes to participate in the constitutional changes’ by E. R., Glas Srpske pg 2 ‘Brcko too should be asked for an opinion’ by M. Djurdjevic, Vecernje Novosti pg 17 ‘The District in the Constitution’ by M. D., EuroBlic pg RS9 ‘The District defends the status’ by L. Stefanovic,– also reported on the visit of the Monitoring Mission – On Monday, Brcko District Officials met with Monitoring Mission of the Council of Europe’s Parliament, and stressed that Brcko District status has to be clearly defined within the BiH Constitution. Mayor Mirsad Djapo stressed that the District officials want to participate in future constitutional changes, adding that District has no aspirations for changing it status but insist on its clear definition within the Constitution in accordance with final arbitration decision. |
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| Oslobodjenje pg 9 ‘In a glory of genocide’ by Zija Dizdarevic – Commenting the interview SNSD leader Milorad Dodik gave to RTRS show ‘Oci u oci’ last Friday, the author focuses at the Dodik advocating the constitutional changes in a manner that would define the RS as the Federal unit. He is highly critical of Dodik’s presentation – federalization or separation of BiH – calling his statements as the “harshest threat for BiH and Bosniaks since Karadzic had threatened they would be extinct.” In this light, author notes that Dodik’s desire is to seal BiH fate in accordance with the Serb plans in 1992 – for this purpose he makes fun of Paddy Ashdown, but praises US Under Secretary Nicholas Burns, who did not question RS existence, and former PDHR Donald Hays, whose proposal for new BiH Constitution includes the RS.Stating Dodik’s rhetoric was entirely directed ad glorifying genocide, author criticises a silence of his FBiH opposition counter-part, Zlatko Lagumdzija. Dnevni Avaz pg 5 ‘Dodik is most militant nationalists in BiH’, mentioned on cover, by Husein Orahovac – DA brings an interview with Nijaz Durakovic, a delegate in the BiH parliament, who most harshly criticises the same interview by Milorad Dodik, adding it proves that SNSD leader is the most militant nationalist. |
| RS Finance Ministry forwards reports on
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| Daily: Members and officials will ask for elections within BiH HDZ to be repeated?!
| Oslobodjenje pg 2, announced on cover ‘Members and officials will ask for elections within BiH HDZ to be repeated?!’ not signed – Members and officials of BiH HDZ will today in Mostar hold a presentation of “Aidé-memoire of members and officials”. According to Bozo Ljubic, many HDZ delegates at state, F BiH, Cantonal and Municipal parliaments have signed this document already and he refused to reveal the contents of the document prior to its presentation. He says their aim is to democratize HDZ and put it back within frames of Statute. Ljubic refused to comment on whether the document reads elections within HDZ should be repeated. |
| Both primary and secondary school pupils (Croats) in Zepce area do not attend classes
| FTV, BHT1, Slobodna Dalmacija last pg ‘Croat students do not attend classes’ by P. Marincic – Croat pupils in all secondary schools in the area of the Zepce Municipality will not be attending classes as of October 18 (today). This decision was passed at the meeting of parents of primary and secondary school pupils held on Monday. SD says that this decision has resulted in complete suspension of classes in the Zepce primary and secondary schools. The reason for such decision is unfulfilling of the demand for giving up the 9-year primary school education according to the Croat curriculum until conditions for it were not met. They also demand passing of the decision about transferring of powers in the domain of education at the Municipality. |
| VL: 35.000 people sign petition for separation of RS | Vecernji List, pg 8 ‘As many as 35.000 Serbs want separation’, by B. S. – The ‘Serb People’s Movement’ (Srpski Narodni Pokret) has collected 35.000 signatures for separation of the RS from BiH. The Movement was collecting signatures at |
Judicial issues / Crime / Security | |
| Dodik, Kondic acquitted of charges
| RTRS by Nada Arlov – Former RS Prime Minister Milorad Dodik and former RS Minister of Finances Novak Knodic were acquitted of charges for abuse of position. Verdict was passed by the Council of Banja Luka Basic Court. Dodik and Kondic stated that they have had full trust into the Court, stressing that they were convinced that justice would prevail. Chairman of Court’s Council Spasen Keleman stated that evidences have shown that all decisions that Dodik and Kondic were incited for were passed by the Government, thus the Council has acquitted them. Defence Attorney Krstan Simic stressed that this case is a proof that pressures on judiciary exist, adding they must end, while Prosecutor Milenko Delic didn’t want to comment this, adding that he assumes that appeal will be submitted to the Court’s verdict. Reporter concluded that the Prosecution could submit the appeal within fifteen days from receiving a written verdict, stressing that this would make this whole process even more expensive then it was so far, being that all the money for it came from taxpayers’ pockets. FTV, Hayat, PINK, |
| NN op-ed on Dodik trial: Political process
| Nezavisne Novine op-ed pg 7 ‘Political process’ by Aleksandar Sekulic – Referring to the Dodik trial, the author says the process against the leader of the opposition in RS revealed two facts – RS judiciary needs more time to become independent, while directed court processes are still one of powerful means of “political fight” in hands of the current authority. |
| VL: BiH Prosecution wants to arrest Covic this week?
| Vecernji List, front pg splash ‘Arrest of Covic and Lijanovics being prepared?’ and pg 3 ‘Dragan Covic will be arrested this week?’, by Zoran Kresic – VL claims to have learned from sources close to the BiH Prosecution and FBiH police that the Special Department of the BiH Prosecution (for organized, economic crime and corruption) is planning to arrest the President of HDZ, Dragan Covic, this week in order to prevent him from escaping BiH the same way Ante Jelavic did. Similar thing could happen to other indictees in the ‘Covic and others’ case. VL argues that the announcement is an obvious part of the plan by the international administration in BiH, the aim of which is to maintain the current division of BiH into the RS and FBiH with the Bosniak majority and to hush up the euphoria among the Croats after the HDZ asked for re-organization of country and establishment of a Croat federal unit. Inset ‘I am shocked’ carries Covic who briefly stated that he was “shocked if turns out that such thinking is true”. VL concludes that if the scenario does take place, the BiH Croats’ destiny is to be in jail or hide in |
| Update to PBES issue: Sarovic fails to respond to court summons
| Nezavisne Novine pg 5 ‘Ratel: Sarovic will be detained dead or alive’, announced on cover ‘Mirko Sarovic dead for the Court’ by A.Sisic – Jonathan Ratel, Prosecutor with the BiH Special Prosecution Department for organized crime, Monday stated that the former member of BiH Presidency, Mirko Sarovic, will be brought to BiH Court ‘dead or alive”. This statement follows the fact that Sarovic for two times failed to appear before the Court for hearing in the case of Privredna Banka East Sarajevo. Namely, daily got hold of post bill of lading, according to which court summons was not handed to Sarovic on the address of Petra Sarajevskog bb in Lukavica, since he was dead. According to inset ‘Sarovic” I am well and alive’, Sarovic told NN reporter Monday over the phone he is well and alive, and living at the address of Ozrenska 5 in Lukavica. |
| Bomb explosion outside Mostar
| Dnevni List, front pg splash ‘Three cars destroyed’ and pg 48 ‘Gagro knows who planted explosive’, by N. Dedic, Vecernji List, pg 45, mentioned on front ‘Bimb under car at Buna’, by Robert Soldo, Slobodna Dalmacija, pg 23, mentioned on front ‘Explosion damages three cars’, by T. Z., Dnevni Avaz pg 30, mentioned on cover – An unknown explosive device detonated in front of a house of a private entrepreneur Srecko Gagro at Buna near Mostar on the night between Sunday and Monday, destroying three cars and causing damage to other Gagro’s property. In a brief statement for DL, Gagro said he knew the motive behind the attack and that he suspected that the perpetrator of the attack was not from the FBiH. (he believes it was done by his debtor who owes him 5.000 KMs) |
| On loans granted by Jelavic that are not being paid back
| Slobodna Dalmacija pg 19 ‘Jelavic’s loans to soldiers illegal’ by Z. Tulic Commenting on the warning given by state Prosecutor John McNair that the FBiH Ministry of Defence should file lawsuits against those do not pay back loans approved by former FBiH Defence Minister Ante Jelavic, Deputy FBiH Defence Minister Marko Strbac stated that it is their legal obligation to secure paying back of the loans. He added that they have already launched certain activities in order to achieve this goal and added that the only problem is that among the persons who do not pay back the loans are those who are holders of Homeland War medals, who lost job meanwhile. Strbac believes that they should show some sort of understanding for these peoples Strbac also disagreed with the number of persons that allegedly do not pay back their loans, which was given by Hercegovacka Banka Provisional Administrator Toby Robinson (she said that 30 persons only pay back the loans). Strbac said that this information is not correct and that over 51 % of them pay back their loans on a regular basis. |
| Serbian Prosecution: BiH Prosecution does not cooperate in process against Scorpions members
| Vecernji List pg 7, mentioned on cover ‘BiH Prosecution does not give Serbia evidence about Scorpions’ by Z. Kresic – Representatives of the Serbian judiciary accused the BiH authorities that they do not cooperate at all in processing of 5 members of Scorpions unit. A source from the Serbia Prosecution stated for VL that for 2 months Prosecutor (of the Serbia Prosecution’s Special Department) Branko Vukcevic has been unsuccessfully trying to get from the BiH Chief Prosecutor Marinko Jurcevic documentation against 5 members of the Scorpions, that the Serbian Prosecution demanded. The source added: ‘Simply, there was no any reply from Prosecutor Jurcevic.’ |
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| Organizing Board cancels ceremony of renaming airport into
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| DA: Tihic not at | Dnevni Avaz pg 2 ‘Why Tihic was not on the |
| Green berets cancel protests scheduled for today; organize gathering on Wednesday | Hayat, Oslobodjenje pg 4 inset ‘Berets gave up on gathering at the airport’ – The Veterans Association “Bosnae – Green berets” cancelled today’s protests against the decision to stop renaming of the airport, and called on all citizens and BiH patriots to attend the ceremony of renaming the Liberation Square in Sarajevo into the Liberation Square – Alija Izetbegovic on Wednesday, October 19 at 11,00 hrs. |
| Srebrenica association ask HR to reconsider his decision
| Dnevni Avaz pg 4 ‘Why Ashdown doesn’t mind Karadzic’s laws in RS?’, Oslobodjenje pg 5 inset ‘We expect from Ashdown to reassess his decision’ – Associations “Mothers of Srebrenica” and “Women of Srebrenica” state on Monday there are deeply hurt by the decision of the HR to suspend renaming the airport into Alija Izetbegovic airport. They added they expect from Paddy Ashdown to once again reassess his decision. They also wonder whether Ashdown is aware of a numerous discriminating laws in RS, including its symbols endorsed by Radovan Karadzic. |
| DL: ‘HR’s too early apology’
| Dnevni List pg 3 ‘Everybody gave up of new name of Sarajevo airport’ by E. Mackic – DL inset ‘Paddy’s too early apology’ carries that immediately after SDA President Sulejman Tihic stated that SDA would not support decisions and work of the High Representative Paddy Ashdown, the HR indirectly apologized for his decision by saying that he did not mean that the airport should not be named after Izetbegovic but that it is too early for such decision. DL says that in this way the HR, who plays as national parties’ leaders say, has shown his real face once again. |