Latest radio news broadcast at 12.00 on 17 October
| RADIO HERCEG-BOSNA (12,00 hrs) | BH Radio 1(12,00 hrs) | RTRS (12,00 hrs) |
| Ivo Miro Jovic in | Education affairs in Zepce | Terzic to visit |
| SA airport name getting complicated | FBiH HoR in session | Bird from H. Blato sent for analysis |
| World fears avian flu | World news | Kosovo issues |
TV news broadcast on 16 October
| RADIO HERCEG-BOSNA (18,00 hrs) | TV PINK (18,00 hrs) | BHT 1 (19,00 hrs) |
| Jovic visits Krapina | HR on abolishment of the RS | BiH and US officials in Neum |
| | OHR on Lukic’s dismissal | Attack on mosque in Dolac |
| HDZ | Micic wins majority in Bijeljina | HR on renaming of airport |
| RS academics on BIH Constitution | Meeting in | OHR on Lukic’s dismissal |
| NTV Hayat (19,00 hrs) | FTV (19,30 hrs) | RTRS (19,30 hrs) |
| HR on renaming of the airport | War crimes trials issues | OHR on Lukic’s dismissal |
| OHR on Lukic’s dismissal | War crimes in Brcko District | USS Mitcher in Neum |
| BiH Delegation visits | HR on renaming the airport | Municipal elections in Bijeljina |
| Issue of EU membership terms | Regional news | Municipal elections in Vakuf-Uskoplje |
| Oslobodjenje | [Ashdown] I said it is not time to change the name of airport |
| Dnevni Avaz | [Terzic] I demand date for commencement of talks |
| Dnevni List | [Mate Granic] Croatian Government never decided about aid for BiH |
| Vecernji List | BiH does not want to extradite |
| Slobodna Dalmacija | Features |
| Nezavisne Novine | They were giving donations without tenders |
| Glas Srpske | They are more often hungry than full [feature story on a family of 17 members from a village near Derventa] |
| EuroBlic | Features Serbian related titles |
| Vecernje novosti | Features Serbian related titles |
| Srpski Nacional | Features Serbian related titles |
LATEST NEWS OF TODAY | |
| BiH HoR on set of housing related laws
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| Ivo Miro Jovic at UN FAO gathering in | |
Political issues | |
| Ashdown: I said ‘time is not yet right’ for renaming SA airport into ‘
| BHT1, Hayat, FTV, RTRS, |
| Vukovic: letter on renaming the airport was not offensive
| Glas Srpske pg 5 ‘Letter was not offensive’ by N. Z. – Upon HR’s reaction on a letter signed by Borislav Paravac and other Serb representatives, which was sent to HR Paddy Ashdown, Javier Solana and EC Delegation Head Michael Humphreys, Paravac’s advisor Drago Vukovic said the letter only points on facts with regard to Alija Izetbegovic and his acts and he added that HR’s strong reaction might represent ‘search for an equilibrium for his decision to suspend striving of Bosniak representatives of authorities to name the Sarajevo airport after Alija Izetbegovic’. |
| Oslobodjenje op-ed on
| Oslobodjenje pg 9 ‘Airport’ by Senka Kurtovic – Writing about Sulejman Tihic statement regarding Paddy Ashdown (following HR’s decision to suspend change of name of Sarajevo airport), the author notes that Tihic’ statement, which is expression of anger and defeat, could have been expected, since HR’s decision made it clear nothing can be done in this state without HR. She claims HR has been applying double standards every since he assumed post. She concludes by saying that on the eve of marking Alija Izetbegovic’ death, the scandal of this kind should not have happened, stressing that SDA should not have played with the name of Izetbegovic. |
| NN op-ed on
| Nezavisne Novine op-ed pg 7 ‘Wider action’ by Dragan Risojevic – In regard to the change of name of Sarajevo airport, the author notes that HR Paddy Ashdown – slightly unexpectedly – decided the name would not be changed, which resulted in anger and sorrow of Sulejman Tihic. However, Risojevic notes that this decision will not alienate relations between SDA and HR. he further notes that suspension of decision to re-name airport should represent beginning of a wider action throughout BiH, in order to ensure that all peoples of BiH feel like living under the same roof (referring to other names of streets, squares, and akin which might disturb any of three constitutive peoples of BiH). |
| OHR: HR’s decision on removing Lukic must be obeyed
| BHT1, FTV, RTRS, PINK, Hayat, Glas Srpske pg 5 ‘Lukic remains the Dean’ by S. Sekara and N. Zelenovic, EuroBlic pg RS2 ‘Nobody can remove Lukic’ not signed inset ‘OHR: to apply laws’, Nezavisne Novine pg 4 ‘OHR: RS Government is culpable’ by G. Maunaga– The High Representative’s Decision on removing Radomir Lukic from the post of Dean of the Law Faculty at the University of East Sarajevo must be obeyed by all interested parties, including the Law Faculty’s Council, a spokesman for OHR Kevin Sullivan told |
| Early elections in Biljina/Uskoplje:
| BHT1, Hayat, FTV, PINK, |
| Reception at
| Hayat – BiH Delegation consisting of BiH Presidency member Borislav Paravac, BiH Foreign Minister Mladen Ivanic, BiH Defence Minister Nikola Radovanovic and BiH Security Minster Barisa Colak, visited U.S. war ship ‘Mitscher’ anchored in Neum Port. The hosts were the U.S. Ambassador to BiH Douglas McElhaney and NATO officials. McElhaney said that by adopting the police and defence reform, BiH had met two conditions relevant for the membership in the NATO’s Partnership for Peace programme, but stressed that the third one, apprehension of Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic, has to be fulfilled as well. “There is one overwhelmingly important requirement that is yet to be met from the point of view of the United States and the NATO Council – brining all of the indicted war criminals, including Karadzic and Mladic to the Hague”, said McElhaney. “This presents the final, crucial condition, a requirement which has to be solved by BiH, and especially RS institutions”, said Ivanic in terms of the apprehension of war crime indictees. Paravac thanked the U.S. Government for contribution in providing peace and security in BiH. BHT1, RTRS, Oslobodjenje cover page, pg 2 ‘A clear sign US stands by BiH’, Dnevni Avaz pg 3 ‘One should look at the future in which BiH will be EU, NATO member’, mentioned on cover ‘America does not give up, forget’, Nezavisne novine pg 3, announced on cover ‘USA strongly support BiH’ by M. Cubro, Dnevni List, pg 3, mentioned on front ‘America saved BiH from humanitarian catastrophe’, by Ljiljana Vidacak, Vecernji List, pg 3 ‘American officers in peace mission’, by Frano Matic, Slobodna Dalmacija, pg 12 ‘Journalist onboard Mitscher’, by Ivo Raguz – also reported. |
| DA: Terzic visits
| Dnevni Avaz cover pg splash ‘I demand date for commencement of talks’, pg 2 ‘I expect exact date for commencement of talks’ by S.Numanovic – Daily learns that Adnan Terzic, BiH CoM Chair, will today go to Brussels where he will meet with European officials, including Javier Solana and Olli Rehn. The topic of meetings will be further integration of BiH into European and EuroAtlantic institutions. Bearing in mind that its is evident Agreement on police reform will be adopted at BiH Parliamentary Assembly, Terzic finds it necessary to meet with Solana and Rehn in order to try to identify further course and potentially dates for commencement of |
| HR: There are no plans to abolish RS
| PINK, Hayat, Nezavisne Novine pg 4 ‘Stories on abolishment are nonsense’ by Srna, Glas Srpske pg 3 ‘Srpska will not be abolished’ by Tanjug– The High Representative Paddy Ashdown said that speculations on abolishment of the RS were a nonsense adding that there were no such plans. “The existence of the RS is guaranteed under the |
| Mionic: report on Pale and Sokolac
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| DL: Covic has strong control within HDZ
| Dnevni List, pg 5 ‘Lobbying for Covic paid off’, by N. Bise – Commenting on the situation in HDZ BiH, Bise argues that the HDZ President, Dragan Covic, will battle with all he has in order to remain in the office. Bise notices that Covic installed people loyal to him (Lozancic, Kristo, Bosnjak, Jovic, Vrankic etc) to every important office in the party, whilst people who are opposing him (Raguz, Ljubic, Zoric etc) have been elbowed from the party’s bodies. |
| PINK: RS Govt rejects to transfer banking supervision jurisdiction to BiH level
| PINK by Ljubisa Davidovic – The RS Government has rejected the BiH Central Bank’s initiative for transfer of authorities for banking supervision from entity to the state level, namely to an agency which would operate within the Central Bank. The request for this transfer is completely unfounded, says assistant of the RS Minister of Finance Mira Strazivuk. She stressed that the transfer of authorities would be against the Constitution, according to which the banking sector is under entity’s jurisdiction. On the other hand, BiH Banks Association states that it is unacceptable for a country with one currency to have two Banking Agencies. The OHR also supports the idea of centralization of the supervision over banks. “This is no about politics but about establishment of the most efficient banking system”, said the OHR Spokesperson Ljiljana Radetic. |
Constitutional issues | |
| Ivo Miro Jovic: Croats are neglected at all levels of authority
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| Comments of RS parties on constitutional changes
| Dnevni Avaz pg 9 ‘Dodik: Either federal state or break-up’ by N.Diklic – Carrying reactions on the issue of constitutional changes, daily notes that the representatives of political parties from RS, who take part in “Dayton project” along with the parties from F BiH, agree changes should be made to BiH Constitution, voicing different stances on it. Dragan Cavic, |
| Interview with Petritsch on the eve of
| Dnevni Avaz pg 5 ‘Dayton is past, a functional state must be built’ by Sead Numanovic – In an interview to daily, Wolfgang Petritsch, former High representative to BiH and currently Austrian Ambassador to UN and World Trade Organisation in Geneva, says that the aim of the upcoming Geneva conference on BiH is to discuss further process of building BiH as a modern European state. He says that Dayton Agreement is past now, and the time has come to “look behind |
| DA op-ed on linking constitutional changes in BiH and Kosovo status
| Dnevni Avaz pg 3 ‘Dreams and illusions on Great Serbia’ op-ed by Sead Turcalo – Editorial refers to the efforts of the |
| DL:
| Dnevni List, pg 12 ‘Croatia forsake Croats in BiH’, by Ivica Glibusic – Commenting on the course of constitutional changes in BiH, Glibusic argues that the BiH Croats are going into the process utterly unprepared, namely without anyone’s support and internal agreement of Croat parties about the issue. On top of this, the author argues that even |
| Granic: No country in world, including | |
Police reform | |
| Oslobodjenje: State directorate for police reform being formed
| Oslobodjenje, pg 6, mentioned on front ‘State directorate for police reform being formed’, by V. Zivak-Faladzic – The article is explaining the course of police reform in BiH, citing one of the police reform agreement’s article which says the police reform is a “complex and long-lasting process”, in which the parties agree that the implementation period will last five years. The daily explains that the agreement foresees the establishment of Directorate for police restructuring, which is a temporary body that should be formed by end of 2005 and which should comprise of professionals and experts from all levels of authority. The BiH CoM is to appoint members of the Directorate. Oslobodjenje also stresses that the High Representative recently denied politicians, who believed that the future police areas would not be crossing the IEBL. |
| Raguz (HDZ) on police reform: ‘Cantonal MoIs will share destiny of entity ones’
| Dnevni List, pg 4 ‘Cantonal MoIs will share destiny of entity ones’, by Ivica Glibusic – Commenting on the agreement on police reform that was adopted by the BiH House of Representatives on Friday, the chamber’s Deputy Speaker, Martin Raguz (HDZ), explains that the HDZ proposed two conclusions, the aim of which is to clarify a few issues. The first conclusion requests that the cantonal MoIs share the same destiny as the entity MoIs, which was not approved by MPs from the RS. Raguz explains that the conclusion is now being harmonized in the HoR’s Collegium, and if the Collegium does not reach a consensus, the conclusion will be put up for voting during the next session, therefore there is a realistic chance for the conclusion to get the necessary two-thirds majority. The second conclusion, which requires the BiH CoM to inform the BiH HoR about the course of police reform in a regular manner, was adopted. |
| VL on police reform: McElhaney’s intervention saved RS
| Vecernji List, pg 2 ‘McElhaney’s intervention saved RS’, by Dejan Jazvic – The article reads that the US will have a direct supervision over the police reform restructuring in BiH, which the US diplomacy took upon itself during the last session of the Peace Implementation Council Steering Board. Furthermore, VL claims to have learned from several domestic and international sources in |
| Hadzipasic disappointed with police reform agreement
| BHT 1 – The FBiH Prime Minister Ahmet Hadzipasic expressed his dissatisfaction following the adoption of the Agreement on the police reform, explaining the FBiH Government was entirely neglected in this process and the agreement had to be adopted without a possibility to propose amendments/changes. Hadzipasic says that the agreement is not entirely defined and set deadlines are not precise. |
Corruption allegations/ Judiciary / Security / War crimes | |
| Former Croatian Foreign Minister Granic on financial transactions between
| Dnevni List, front pg splash and pg 8 ‘Croatian Government never decided about aid for BiH’, by Marko Karacic – carries an interview with former Croatian Foreign Minister, Mate Granic, in which he, among other issues, talks about the Croatian financial support to the BiH Croats during and after the war. Granic explains that very few people know how much money was transferred to BiH, saying it was only the (Croatian) defence and finance ministers and prime minister, who knew the amounts of money and channels through which the money was going to BiH, however it was only the defence minister (late Gojko Susak) who knew how the money was being distributed in BiH. Furthermore, Granic says the Croatian Government never discussed the issue, since it was only late Susak who was responsible to late Croatian president Franjo Tudjman. |
| NN accuses FBiH officials of giving donations without publishing tenders prior to this
| Nezavisne Novine cover pg splash ‘They were giving donations without tenders’ and pg 3 ‘They donated in total 160.000 KM’ by R. Cengic – the article accuses F BiH officials Niko Lozancic, Sahbaz Dzihanovic and Desnica Radivojevic of giving in total 160.000 KM of donations to various organizations and individuals without publishing any tender prior to it. The article published a list of receivers of the donations and individual amounts of donations they have received. |
| Croatian MoI on Jelavic case: Prosecution neglected documents on Jelavic
| Vecernji List, pg 10, mention on front ‘Prosecutor ignored documents on Rojs’, by Zoran Kresic – According to the Head of Croatian MoI’s |
| VL: BiH neglecting request of Croatian MoI since 1995 to investigate into alleged terrorist
| Vecernji List, front pg splash ‘BiH does not want to extradite Rijeka terrorist’ and pg 10 ‘BiH has not checked Rijeka bomber for nine years’, by Zoran Kresic – VL notes that police authorities in Sarajevo have been neglecting the request of the Croatian Interior Ministry, which requested an investigation about the owner of the car that blew up in front of the Rijeka police station in 1995, which was allegedly organized by the ‘Al Jamaa Islamiya’ Islamic group. According to the Head of Croatian MoI’s |
| SD: 10.000 BiH citizenships to be revised
| Slobodna Dalmacija, pg 13 ‘Revision of 10.000 citizenships’, by Zlatko Tulic – Commenting on recent visit by the US Under-Secretary of State, Nicholas Burns, Tulic says that apart from constitutional changes and arrest of Karadzic and Mladic, Burns asked from BiH authorities to start fighting terrorism, which includes a revision of BiH citizenships that had been given to foreign fighters during the war. According to the Chairman of Commission for revision of citizenships, Miodrag Pandurevic, changes to the Law on Citizenship are being worked on. According to SD, when the changes do take effect, the Commission will have broader authorities, including the right to take away someone’s citizenship. Pandurevic explains that some 10.000 citizenships will be subjected to revision. |
| FTV: witnesses on crimes tried before local judiciary refuse to testify
| FTVby Salih Brkic – FTV reports that numerous witnesses of the war crimes and family members of the victims refuse to testify in the proceedings before the local judicial institutions. “it is very concerning that victims and their family members even refused to willingly cooperate with the prosecution,” says Brcko District Prosecutor Zekerijah Mujkanovic. “It is characteristic in the cases where we have eye-witnesses of the mass executions that one witness who survived the execution refuses to testify,” says Head of War crimes Department in Tuzla Cantonal Prosecution, Alma Dzaferovic. |
| Jurisic from FBIH Comm. for Missing Persons: BiH, ICTY prosecutions not interested in crimes against Croats | Dnevni List, pg 9, mentioned on front ‘Prosecutor del Ponte ignores Croat victims’, by Ivana Rozic – According to the President of FBiH Commission for Missing Persons, Marko Jurisic, both the FBiH Prosecution and ICTY’s Prosecution are not paying interest in crimes committed against the Croats, especially the issue of missing 35 Croats from Bugojno. Jurisic stresses it is well known who was commander of the prison camp in Bugojno and who were the people responsible for what happened in the camp. |