Latest radio news broadcast at 12.00 on 10 October
| RADIO HERCEG-BOSNA (12,00 hrs) | RTRS (12,00 hrs) |
| RS MoI searches Zupljanin’s house | RS police search after Zupljanin |
| Franciscans: Del Ponte to apologize | SiCG launch |
| On local Trade Union leader’s suicide | Pakistani quake |
TV news broadcast on 9 October
| RADIO HERCEG-BOSNA (18,00 hrs) | TV PINK (18,00 hrs) | BHT 1 (19,00 hrs) |
| 30 000 dead in | WN: 30,000 killed in earthquake | World News |
| Terzic’s condolences to Pakistani PM | WN: | RS MoI searched hotel in K. Varos |
| Regional news | Police raid in Kotor Varos | SNSD on police reform principles |
| Regional news | Ante Jelavic is in | Terzic on |
| NTV Hayat (19,00 hrs) | FTV (19,30 hrs) | RTRS (19,30 hrs) |
| WN: 30,000 killed in earthquake | World News | Terzic on |
| Ante Jelavic is in | World News | 40 000 dead in |
| Police raid in Kotor Varos | Jelavic update | RS MoI search action in Kotor Varos |
| Feature on purchase of apartments | RS MoI searched hotel in K. Varos | |
| Oslobodjenje | Circle 99: BiH is not |
| Dnevni Avaz | BiH CB Governor Kozaric: We can take loans for the corridor |
| Dnevni List | Prosecution announces 60 witnesses (Covic and others case announcement) |
| Vecernji List | Jelavic fled from |
| Slobodna Dalmacija | Features |
| Glas Srpske | Life stopped here (about refugee settlement at Zlatibor) |
| Nezavisne Novine | They were in search of information on Zupljanin and net of organised crime |
| Blic | Search after Zupljanin, MP’s apartment inspected |
| Vecernje Novosti | Features |
| Srpski Nacional | Features |
LATEST NEWS OF TODAY | |
| RS MoI searches ICTY indictee Zupljanin’s house | |
| FBiH Govt to discuss police reform today | |
| Franciscans demand Del Ponte’s apology
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| PDP wants Ashdown to prevent naming airport, streets, squares after Alija Izetbegovic
| FENA – PDP wants High Representative Paddy Ashdown to annul the already made and prevent future decisions according to which the international airport, streets and squares in the FBIH are named after late Bosnia/SDA leader Alija Izetbegovic. “If death prevented Alija Izetbegovic to be held accountable for war crimes, in that case the HR cannot allow such activities”, reads PDP’s statement. |
Political Developments/Reforms | |
| Circle 99 discussed position of BiH in
| FTV, Oslobodjenje cover page, pg 3 ‘BiH is not Europe’s grey but black spot’, Dnevni List, pg 2 ‘Mothers of Srebrenica and Croats sue BiH’, by M. Zorlak, FENA – The Circle 99 Association of Independent Intellectuals held a regular session in Sarajevo on Sunday to discuss current BiH position in Europe. Association President Hidajet Repovac said that BiH intellectuals have on a number of occasions so far raised the issue of the position of BiH in |
| DA interview with HR Ashdown: ‘It would be great honor for me to lobby for BiH’
| Dnevni Avaz pg 2, mentioned on cover ‘Ashdown: It would be great honor for me to lobby for BiH’ by S. Numanovic carries an interview with High Representative Paddy Ashdown and the article says that Ashdown should abandon BiH by February next year. Among the other things, the HR stated that he has become emotionally attached to BiH and talking about his future prospects he added: ‘I would like to lobby for BiH if possible. It would be great honor for me. I want to persuade |
| OSCE: | RTRS, Dnevni List, pg 2 ‘Referendum’, not signed – Head of the OSCE Mission to BiH, Douglas Davidson, stated yesterday (Sunday) that possible Montenegrin independence would not provoke RS, or some other entity’s aspiration for separation from BiH. |
| VL: Row between McElhaney and Jovic
| Vecernji List, pg 2 ‘Republic Srpska is important, not Croats in BiH’, by Vlatko Ivankovic – VL notes there was an ‘incident’ at a reception that was recently organized in Sarajevo under auspices of the US Embassy, when the US Ambassador to BiH, Douglas McElhaney, took BiH Presidency members Ivo Miro Jovic and Borislav Paravac to a separate room, where McElhaney and Jovic had a ‘noisy row’. According to VL, the spat was triggered by McElhaney who ‘impudently’ started complaining to Jovic about segregation in schools in Croat-majority areas in BiH, however Jovic confronted McElhaney by criticizing the |
| DL op-ed criticizing Bosniak officials’ behaviour in police reform
| Dnevni List, pg 2 ‘Are Bosniaks retarded?’, by Mensud Zorlak – The author is criticizing Bosniak political leaders over their ‘celebration’ of the RSNA’s acceptance of the police reform proposal from the other day, arguing that the RS leadership’s only goal was to preserve the ‘status quo’ i.e. that there is no crossing of IEBL when it comes to new police areas. (NB: the author is using very harsh language in the op-ed). |
| Interview with Ivanic: There will be no abolishment of RS
| Vecernje Novosti pg 2 ‘There will be (no) abolishment’ by Slobodan Pesevic/Dubravka Vujanovic – In an interview to daily, Mladen Ivanic, BiH Foreign Minister, speaks of police reform, moves coalition partners make, survival of RS etc. Daily notes that although PDP President took no part in creation of police reform proposal by Dragan Cavic, PDP respected coalition agreement and voted for police concept proposed, adding nobody reasonable would reject EC principles. On agreement, he notes it is not of determinative nature, but instead it has prolonged everything for a year, and also that agreement stipulates only principles and contains nothing that would determine the character of reform. He notes we should be aware of the fact international officials will most likely try to interpret principles as they have been interpreting so far. He agrees with journalists fear that Cavic and Dodik promised something that is not written in Agreement. On real jeopardy from abolishment of RS, he says: “I have never heard such a proposal from any IC official. However, if you are asking me whether there are attempts to reduce weight and authority of RS through reduction of its powers, then answer is yes. It is evident.” On a third entity in BiH, he says: “I have nothing against Croats getting an entity, however, that issue should be settled without encroaching into RS, i.e. within F BiH.” |
| Cavic on RS existence
| Glas Srpske pg 5 ‘No need to be afraid’ by S. R. T. – RS President and |
| Patriot welcomes police reform agreement adoption by RSNA
| Patriot pgs 4-7 ‘Frame for a picture’ by Slobodan Vaskovic – Writing about last week’s RS NA’ adoption of proposal on police reform by Dragan Cavic, the author, commending the adoption of the Agreement, notes that it would cement the existence of RS within BiH instead of taking it into the world of “obstructionism, retrograding, disintegration…” He says that this adoption has placed a frame for police reform, where final picture will be agreed on later on. Another important aspect of the issue, according to the author, is the fact that Agreement was devised and proposed by irreconcilable political options from RS ( |
| SNSD request for population census in BiH
| RTRS, Oslobodjenje pg 3 ‘They request for census in BiH’, Dnevni Avaz pg 2 ‘To prepare for census’, Nezavisne Novine pg 4 ‘Agreement on the police is the great victory of RS’ by V. Popovic, Glas Srpske pg 5 ‘No census, no budget’ by Z. Ma., EuroBlic pg RS2 ‘Either census or blockade’ not signed – SNSD President Krstan Simic on Sunday assessed that the adoption on the Agreement on police reform before RS NA was in the interest of RS and represented a great victory of RS. He noted the Agreement would enable |
| EC’s Maroevic on police reform principles, Spiric on reform process itself
| Nezavisne Novine pg 4 ‘EU finds adoption at Parliament sufficient’ by R.Cengic – Frane Maroevic, EC to BiH Spokesperson, Sunday stated that: “EC in BiH will find it sufficient if state and both entities’ parliaments adopt principles on police reform to consider this condition from Feasibility Study fulfilled…It does not have to be a document identical to the one RS NA adopted, but the core of the document must be the same and must ascertain three European principles.” Nikola Spiric, Chairperson of the BiH HoR, says that he will do all he can that BiH Parliament adopts this police reform, expressing his view that entities’ accords to reform should be a sufficient basis for BiH Parliament to start working on a Law, instead of declaring the adoption of Declaration a success and reason to celebrate. |
| Hayat story on Brcko District/Interview with International Supervisor Johnson
| Hayat Asim Beslija – When it comes to its future, Brcko District is on some kind of crossroad. It is time that the entities and the state of BiH decide how they will regulate the position of Brcko District in BiH. Although it has never been officially said, Hayat reporter claims that Office of the High Representative is the leading institution in BD, which controls all the aspects of its functioning. Supervisor Susan Johnson, “an energetic, brave and very diligent woman” as Hayat reporter characterised her, is the Head of the OHR Office in BD. “We think that the foundations are very solid. Now, it is the question of will to build on those foundations. It is the time to focus on the connections between BD and entities”, said Susan Johnson. Brcko is the result of joint work of International Community representatives and the District authorities, said Johnson, but now the citizens and authorities of Brcko should take the leading role. “The Supervisor still occasionally has to intervene, but I would rather call it the role of mediator or supporter. Occasionally, if the solution is not easy to find, Supervisor has to impose something, or to break the lock – but it is not very often”, said Susan Johnson. “Hopefully, the institutions are getting closer and closer to being ready for the biggest challenge – the defining of the BD connections with the state of BiH, and its position within the state”, concluded Johnson. |
Organised Crime/Legal Proceedings/War Crimes | |
| Jelavic wants to surrender to Croatian authorities
| Pink, BHT, Hayat, FTV, RTRS, Oslobodjenje pg 7, mentioned on cover ‘Jelavic to surrender to Croatian authorities?’, EuroBlic RSpg 3 ‘Surrender and then a new trial’ by |
| Jelavic case update: Jelavic fled from
| Vecernji List, front pg splash and pg 3 ‘Jelavic fled from Sarajevo half an hour before verdict’, by Vlatko Ivankovic – VL learns from an anonymous source that is close to a security agency in BiH that Ante Jelavic, who has been sentenced to 10 years by the BiH Court, was in Sarajevo half an hour before the verdict was made known to the public. The source notes that a procedure the aim of which to establish shortcomings in the Jelavic escape case is being conducted. Jelavic’s lawyer, Dragan Barbaric, confirmed for VL that his client has made contacts with Croatian authorities in order to surrender himself and start court proceedings before a Croatian court. Dnevni List, pg 3, mentioned on front ‘Croatia wants new trials for Jelavic’, by Marko Karacic – According to unofficial information DL has got from Croatian Justice Ministry, it is expected that the Croatian judiciary will ask for transfer of the ‘Jelavic’ case from the BiH onto the Croatian judiciary in the next few days. Croatian Interior Ministry spokesman, Zlatko Mehun, notes that the Croatian police has no right to arrest Jelavic, who is according to media reports hiding in |
| NN:
| Nezavisne Novine pg 3 ‘Jelavic might be “secretly” extradited to BiH’ by D. Muminovic – A collocutor from BiH Court on Sunday confirmed there is a possibility that Ante Jelavic would be extradited to BiH should it be found out he was hiding in Croatia, despite to laws stipulating that no Croatian citizen could be extradited to anyone but to the Hague Tribunal. |
| Trial of Covic and the others to start on October 11
| BHT, Oslobodjenje pg 2 ‘ Main hearing against Covic to start tomorrow’, Dnevni Avaz pg 8 – Trial of HDZ leader Dragan Covic in the case “Covic and the Others” is to start on 11 October before the Court of BiH. The indictees have already pleaded not guilty to all counts of the indictment related to their alleged involvement in illegal transactions connected to the Lijanovici Company business operations. . Dnevni List, front pg splash and pg 2 ‘Prosecution announces 60 witnesses’, by Ivica Glibusic announces that the trials in the ‘Covic and others’ case, in which Dragan Covic, the Lijanovic brothers, Mato Tadic and Zdravko Lucic, are charged with tax evasions, will start before the BiH Court tomorrow (Tuesday). DL notes that the prosecution announces it will question 60 of its witnesses, mostly customs officials. Trial is also announced by Vecernji List, pg 2 ‘Main hearing in ‘Covic and others’ case begins tomorrow’, by F. |
| RS Police, EUFOR raided a hotel and a flat in Kotor Varos
| Pink, BHT, Hayat, FTV, RTRS, Dnevni Avaz pg 4 ‘House of deputy Branislav Stojanovic raided’, Dnevni List, pg 4 ‘Two raids in Kotor Varos’, by not mentioned, Vecernji List, pg 5 ‘Police looking for Zupljanin?’, by Branka Stevandic, Nezavisne Novine cover pg splash ‘They were in search of information on Zupljanin and net of organised crime’, pg 3 ‘Polcie and EUFOR were searching for information on Zupljanin’ by S.Karic, Glas Srpske pg 3 ‘They peered into caves as well’ by D.Kerezovic, EuroBlic cover pg splash, RSpg 3 ‘Search after Zupljanin, MP’s apartment inspected’ by daily’s team – RS Police, in cooperation with the EUFOR, early on Sunday morning in Kotor Varos raided “Sent Peter” Hotel and apartment of Branislav Stojanovic, |
| Smail Cekic on Srebrenica TF Report
| Oslobodjenje pgs 4-5, announced on cover ‘Not all the processes will last as long as those in The Hague do’ by Nagorka Idrizovic – In an interview to daily, Smail Cekic, member of Srebrenica Task Force, speaks of the work of Srebrenica TF, noting he sees no reason why BiH Court would fail in establishing the level of responsibility in Srebrenica crimes, adding that not all the processes would last as Hague ones. He is of the view RS has fulfilled its duty to a great extent, stressing TF results, including list and its addenda, are still open. He adds that documentation available proves that participation of SiCG units in Srebrenica events confirms that SiCG took part in Srebrenica genocide. Daily also brings a copy of a document, which, according to it, proves cruelty of orders given. |
| US’ Burns on Karadzic and Mladic
| Glas Srpske pg 3 ‘A hard line of Washington’ by |
Economic/Social Issues | |
| BiH Central Bank Governor: ‘BiH can incur debts for construction of Corridor Vc’ | Dnevni Avaz cover pg splash ‘We can incur debts for Corridor’ and pg 3 ‘BiH can incur debts for construction of Corridor Vc’ by T.L. – Governor of the BiH Central Bank Kemal Kozaric stated that as moderately indebted country BiH has space and potential for possible incurring of debts for financing Corridor Vc. He added that the biggest problem at the moment is the issue of the internal debt that the BiH authorities have to resolve as soon as possible since all neighboring countries have already done it. |
| Minister Dokic on Corridor Vc: Cost to be lower than originally anticipated
| Dnevni List, pg 6 ‘International investment conference in October’, by Tanja Dragic – According to the BiH Minister for Traffic and Communications, Branko Dokic, following a revision of documents pertaining to the Corridor Vc, it has been established that costs for the future highway through BiH will be 30% lower than originally assessed, namely around 6,2 billion KMs. Dokic also announces an international investment conference on Corridor Vc that is to take place on November 17. |
| Professor from Heidelberg M. Rose: Unified VAT rate would endanger poorest ones | Dnevni Avaz pg 9, mentioned on cover ‘Unified VAT rate would endanger poorest ones’ by S. Turcalo carries professor of finances at the German University Heidelberg, Manfred Rose, as saying that the only advantage of a unified VAT rate is its easier collection. He added that the unified VAT rate would endanger the poorest ones and he believes that the best solution is introduction of a zero VAT rate for basic provisions. |
Miscellaneous | |
| DA: EUFOR Commander Leakey to hand over duties to an Italian general next month | Dnevni Avaz pg 2 ‘David Leakey leaves post of the commander’ – EUFOR Commander British General David Leakey is to leave the office at the beginning of December. Learns the daily. He is expected to hand over the duties to an Italian general. |
| “Azot” workers address a letter to HR Ashdown
| Oslobodjenje pg 6 ‘Premier on side of justice and law’ by E.Aganovic – The Syndicate of the former Chemical Industry “Azot” from Vitkovici near Gorazde addressed an open letter to Paddy Ashdown, HR to BiH, in which it points at illogical initiatives of raising the responsibility and exerting pressure against Premier of BPK Salko Obdjodhas “to give up on everything he has done for “Azot workers.” In a letter, “Azot” workers call on HR to support the side of justice and law and accordingly stop exerting pressure against BPK authority in regard to “Azot” affairs. |
| Open letter to HR Ashdown: Is Bosansko Grahovo forsaken?
| Dnevni List, pg 2 ‘Open letter to Paddy Ashdown’, by NINA – Former head of municipality of Bosansko Grahovo and member of |
| Eastern Sarajevo Law Faculty Dean Lukic issue
| Nezavisne Novine pg 9 ‘Decision of OHR regarding measures against Lukic today’ by V.Popovic – Reminding that deadline for removal of Radomir Lukic, East Sarajevo Law Faculty Dean, expires today, daily carries a statement of Oleg Milisic, OHR Spokesperson, saying that “OHR will give its stance on this issue after it reviews conclusions of the special RS Government session regarding removal of Dean Lukic.” EuroBlic RSpg 2 ‘Professors salary suspended’ by N.B. – also carries Milisic’s statement RTRS also addressed the issue. |