Latest radio news broadcast at 12.00 on 12 October
RADIO HERCEG-BOSNA (12,00 hrs) | BH Radio 1 (12,00 hrs) | RTRS (12,00 hrs) |
Nicholas Burns visits BiH | One killed by bomb in Prnjavor | Life cost in RS increase |
E. Llewellin on OHR’s future | World news | Burns in |
Mesic on trials agst Jelavic and Covic | | Gotovina issue |
TV news broadcast on 11 October
RADIO HERCEG-BOSNA (18,00 hrs) | TV PINK (18,00 hrs) | BHT 1 (19,00 hrs) |
Covic case update | EUFOR, RS Police raid in Kotor Varos | Low risk for bird flu spreading in BiH |
FBIH HoR adopted police reform | OHR on police reform | ‘Covic and others’ before |
FBIH HoP session for Thursday | Trial in “Lijanovici” case started | ‘Covic and others’ under control |
Carty on police reform | FBiH HoR on civil victims of war | Extradition deal urgently needed |
NTV Hayat (19,00 hrs) | FTV (19,30 hrs) | RTRS (19,30 hrs) |
No bird flue in BiH so far | | BIH/US Foreign Ministers negotiation |
Feature on cancer diseases in BiH | ‘Covic and others’ before | Zupljanin search update |
FBiH HoR on civil victims of war | FBiH HoR in favour of police reform | Lukic refuses to resign |
Vignjevic on labour disabled | FBiH HoR adopts budget rebalance | DPA discussion in |
Oslobodjenje | There will be no census before 2010 |
Dnevni Avaz | Ismet Celo Bajramovic interrogated (on wartime murder of Bosniak intelligence officer) |
Dnevni List | Are indictees facing detention? (Covic and others case) |
Vecernji List | Experts witnesses: Covic is innocent |
Slobodna Dalmacija | Workers want INA-MOL, lobbies crushing tender |
Glas Srpske | Speech of evil will (on claims about collective guiltiness of Serbs for Srebrenica) |
Nezavisne Novine | They read the indictment in five hours (Covic trial) |
Blic | Features |
Vecernje Novosti | Features |
Srpski Nacional | Features |
LATEST NEWS OF TODAY | |
US’ Burns meets BiH presidency today
| BH Radio 1 Mirela Hukovic – Hodzic – US Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Nicholas Burns is in two-days long visit to BiH. Today, he will meet with the representatives of the youth population and the members of the BiH Presidency. With regard to later, Burns is expected to talk about the importance of the police reform especially in the light of upcoming anniversary of the Dayton Peace Agreement. US Embassy reiterated the RS Radio, |
OHR might be closed down by end of 2006 – senior OHR official | |
Croatian President Mesic on trials of Jelavic, Covic
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Political Developments/Reforms | |
FBiH HoR adopts police reform accord
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FBiH HoR adopts resolution condemning RS Parties for BiH’s halt on path to EU
| Oslobodjenje pg 2 ‘Main obstructionists are parties from RS’ by Se. S. – At the session on Tuesday, the FBiH House of Representatives set a resolution reading that the main obstructionists in the process of reaching an agreement [on police reform] were RS parties. FBiH HoR also expressed its great disappointment with the fact that BiH has halted in its path to Europe, condemning parties from RS for obstructions and calling on the international community to sanction such behavior. |
RS PM Bukejlovic: Adopted agreement on police is a danger
| Dnevni Avaz pg 8 ‘Police would be crossing entity line where it was necessary’ by E. Sarac – OHR spokesperson Oleg Milisic stated that the agreement on the police restructuring will secure to BiH citizens the police based on the three EC principles. Explaining what this means, Milisic, among the other things, stated that the police would be able to cross an inter-entity line where it was necessary. DA says that on the other hand RS Prime Minister Pero Bukejlovic has expressed in his statements a fear over the danger that the aforementioned agreement brings and because of which they will not be able ‘to cope with the OHR efforts about crossing the inter-entity lines and introduction of the unified police structures at the BiH level’. He also said that the RS Government was not informed that the negotiations on the police reform were taking place with RS President Dragan Cavic and SNSD President Milorad Dodik and added that the RS Government would have tried to take part in these negotiations if it had been aware of them. According to Bukejlovic it would be much harder to return in the game now since all other institutions (prosecution, judiciary, local administration) are connected to the police and centralization of all these competences does not lead towards democratization of the society but just creates ground for further tensions. |
RS President Cavic: I saved Srpska!
| Vecernje Novosti pg 2, announced on cover ‘I saved Srpska!’ by Dubravka Vujanovic – In an interview to daily, Dragan Cavic, RS President, responds to accusations he had secret talks in Sarajevo at the detriment of RS, saying he has saved Srpska and noting: “Milorad Dodik and myself did not do anything in secrecy. MP’s made their voices clear on what we proposed and anything beyond that is pure speculation that have nothing to do with the truth.” He says he ahs chosen Dodik as his partner since Dodik is the leader of the biggest opposition party, which is conjunction with |
| Glas Srpske pg 5 ‘Sale of the Republic’ by D. Mo. – Referring to defense and police reforms, Predrag Markocevic from |
NN op-ed on police reform: partial amnesia
| Nezvaisne Novine op-ed pg 7 ‘Partial amnesia’ by Natasa Krsman – Writing about police reform, the author says that it is most likely that 90% of BiH population is not aware of possible results of police reform implementation. She is critical of the fact not a single BiH politician did not even deign to explain provisions of police reform, what its benefits might be for population or policemen, etc. she claims that police reform success, as represented these days, is only a proof of destructive progress of BiH towards European integration, of which BiH people know nothing. |
Komljenovic:
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OHR: Police reform agreement must be approved by all parliaments in BiH this week in order for
| Pink, Oslobodjenje pg 6 ‘Agreement must be adopted this week’, EuroBlic pg RS2 ‘Three EU principles remain’ by D. S. – OHR Spokesman Mario Brkic stated at a press conference in Sarajevo on Tuesday that FBiH Parliament is going to discuss the agreement on police reform that was accepted last week by the RSNA on Wednesday, and BiH Parliament Assembly will discuss it on Friday. “This means that by the end of this week parliamentarians can have cleared the way for BiH to begin moving down the path to EU membership”, said Brkic. He added that the parliaments must adopt the text of the agreement as it stands, without any amendments, and they must do this without delay. Procedurally, the European Commission will require a certain amount of time to prepare a positive recommendation to the European Council, so if BiH wants to begin |
EUPM Commissioner Carty: Police will cross IEBL
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US welcomes progress in police reform; Under Secretary Burns visits BiH
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EC officials:Recommendation for beginning of negotiations on
| Oslobodjenje pg 3, mentioned on cover ‘Recommendation for beginning of negotiations is almost ready’ from Osl. special correspondent – EC officials in |
| Oslobodjenje pg 5 ‘Negotiations with EU demand the best experts’, Dnevni List, pg 6 ‘Plan activities for negotiations with EU’, by NINA, FENA – Talks with the EU are not a political but above all a patriotic duty, which calls for the best experts to negotiate on behalf of our country, Social-Democratic Party ( |
British diplomats Rycroft, Lawson meet with Paravac
| Dnevni Avaz pg 8 ‘EU now has clear vision for future of RS and BiH’, Dnevni List, pg 5 ‘Ready for start of talks’, not signed – BiH Presidency member Borislav Paravac met with the UK Ambassador to BiH Matthew Rycroft and Head of the UK Embassy’s Office in Banja Luka Matthew Lawson in Sarajevo on Tuesday, the BiH Presidency stated. The British diplomats expressed satisfaction with the reached Agreement on Police Reform. At the end of the meeting they all concluded that all conditions have now been met for signing the agreement on starting |
European parliament holds conference on BiH entitled “Dayton Peace Agreement, ten years after”
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DL op-ed: Abolishment of FBiH would be suitable for Croats
| Dnevni List, pg 2 ‘Extinguishing of Federation of BiH?’, by Ivana Rozic – Commenting on the course/talks regarding constitutional changes in BiH, Rozic says that, when it comes to the BiH Croats, the best solution for them would be to abolish the FBiH so the Croats could exercise their right through cantons. To back her claim up, Rozic argues that the Croats are often outvoted in the FBiH Parliament, which prevents them from enjoying rights of a constituent people. |
Oslobodjenje: There will be no census before 2010
| Oslobodjenje cover pg splash, pgs 4-5 ‘There will be no census before 2010’ by Alda Omeragic – Raising the issue of whether the time has come for BiH to face with reality and finally resolve dilemmas regarding census, author says that there will be no new census before 2010. daily carries statements of Krstan Simic from SNSD and Mladen Bosic from |
Party for BiH on census initiatives: They advocate legalization of ethnic cleansing
| Dnevni Avaz pg 11 ‘They advocate legalization of ethnic cleansing’ by H.Orahovac – Reacting on demand of RS parties regarding census, Sefik Dzaferovic, SDA Vice President and BiH HoR CO-Chairman, says that census is necessary, but certain technical pre-requisites need to be met in order to implement it (including full implementation of return process). He notes that conditioning of budget adoption with census implementation represents a politically irresponsible and incorrect act. Safet Halilovic from Party for BiH shares his view, adding that if RS parties persisted on census at the time when return process is not completed equals with advocating of legalization of ethnic cleansing. According to inset “OHR: To resolve urgent matters’, OHR is of the view that the issue of census is to be dealt with by appropriate BiH institutions in charge. Oleg Milisic, OHR Spokesperson, stated that in order to resolve the issue of census, authorities should resolve some more urgent matters, including more adequate collection of statistics’ data, which is one of demands from Feasibility Study. |
Organised Crime/Legal Proceedings/War Crimes | |
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| Dnevni List, front pg splash and pg 5 ‘Are indictees facing detention?’, by Erna Mackic, Vecernji List, front pg splash ‘Experts witnesses: Covic is innocent’ and pg 5 ‘Experts witnesses accuse, Lijanovici deny’, by Zoran Kresic, and pg 7 ‘Covic and Lijanovics defending themselves from outside’, by Dejan Jazvic, Slobodna Dalmacija, pg 19 ‘Expert witnesses defend Covic’, by Zlatko Tulic – All report on the start of trials to Dragan Covic and others. They all also note that the expert witnesses’ findings show, as pointed out by Covic’s lawyer Josip Muselimovic, that Covic is not responsible for any possible damages to the budget because he was acting within the law. In addition, DL notes that prosecutor Jonathan Rattel will submit a request asking for some sort of guarantees for the indictees (that they would not flee the country). He will present his request at the continuation of trials scheduled for October 27. In this context, DL reckons it could only mean that Rattel will ask that the indictees be put in custody, following events regarding the Jelavic case. |
Mladen Ivankovic Lijanovic says indictment is politically motivated
| Vecernji List, pg 7 ‘Mladen Lijanovic” I will not run away’, not signed, Slobodna Dalmacija, pg 19 ‘Attack on party’, by D. I. – According to Mladen Ivankovic Lijanovic, an indictee in the ‘Covic and others’ case, the indictment is just another political game against him and the party (Radom za Boljitak) he is leading. He underlines that he will not flee from BiH despite having the double citizenship (Croatian citizenship) because he believes in the BiH judiciary. |
VL on trials against Croat officials:
| Vecernji List, pgs 6-7 ‘Justice above nationality’, by Petar Grubisic – Commenting on processes conducted against Ante Jelavic, Dragan Covic and other Croat officials in BiH and the role Croatia should play in it, Grubisic argues that Croatia should at least help its citizens in BiH, as described in the Croatian constitution. Grubisic notes that |
VL: Legal explanation what could happen with regards to Jelavic case
| Vecernji List, pgs 6-7 ‘If Jelavic is validly sentenced, he will go to Croatian prison’, by Silvana Perica – Carries a legal explanation of what might happen with regards to the Jelavic case, namely the article argues that the most likely scenario is that Ante Jelavic serves the sentence in a Croatian prison. VL argues that according to the Croatian legislation, |
SD: McNair wants to secretly arrest Jelavic, everything done under watchful eye of OHR
| Slobodna Dalmacija, pgs 4-5 ‘Jelavic in fear of arrest and extradition’, by S. D. – SD reads that according to well informed sources, prosecutor John McNair is prepared to ask from the FBIH MoI, SIPA and other security/police agencies to forcibly bring Ante Jelavic to BiH, and this would apparently happen with knowledge and in agreement with Croatian authorities. In addition, SD says McNair’s plan will be done under watchful eye of the OHR. SD also reads that the BiH Prosecution had a similar plan in late 2004 when it wanted to secretly arrest Ivan Medic (charged in ‘Hercegovacka bank’ case), however the Croatian authorities disapproved the plan. |
ICTY President addresses UN Security Council
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Ljajic: ‘ | Vecernji List pg 2 ‘SCiG supports Mladic’s extradition for first time’ by F – Serbia and Montenegro Minister for Human Rights and President of the Commission for Cooperation with the ICTY, Rasim Ljajic, stated that for the first time most of the SCiG public supported extradition of Ratko Mladic to the ICTY since they see that practically the whole country is his hostage. |
Three-day search for war crimes indictee Zupljanin ends without arrest
| Slobodna Dalmacija, pg 20 ‘Still without results’, by A. Macanovic, Sarajevo media, Nezavisne Novine pg 3 ‘Not a trace from Stojan Zupljanin’ by R. Segrt – Three-days long joint search action for Stojan Zupljanin by RS police and EUFOR ended on Tuesday. RS police spokesperson Radovan Pejic says there were no incidents and also says seized computers and documents will be used in purpose of cooperation with the Hague Tribunal. |
Kunic, Popovic and Radojicic respond to demand of Club of Intellectuals from Srebrenica
| Glas Srpske cover pg splash ‘Speech of evil will’ by S.Milakovic – Responding to demand of Club of Intellectuals from Srebrenica (that advocates collective responsibility of Serbs), daily carries comments of Banjaluka Law Faculty Professors Petar Kunic and Vitomir Popovic, Igor Radojicic SNSD Secretary General. Kunic denies claims responsibility is collective, adding that accusations against one people do not lead anywhere and that responsibility is everywhere on individual basis. Radojicic says that raising the issue of collective responsibility is “extremely hostile and chauvinist act”. Popovic is of the view it is a great problem that 10 years after |
Ismet Bajramovic Celo interrogated on Bosniak intelligence officer Nedzad Ugljen’s murder | Dnevni Avaz cover splash, pg 3 ‘Ismet Bajramovic Celo suddenly interrogated’ by B.C. – DA writes that Ismet Bajramovic Celo has been taken to the Sarajevo Cantonal Prosecution for the interrogation in case of a murder of Nedzad Ugljen, former head of AID [ex/wartime Bosniak Intelligence Agency]. |
RS and Cantonal MoIs agree joint activities to fight crime
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Economic/Social Issues | |
Int. Conference on poverty in BiH: VAT might cause crisis
| BHT, Hayat, FTV, RTRS, Oslobodjenje back page ‘VAT will cause a difficult crisis’ by S. Rozajac, Vecernji List pg 8 ‘Poverty in BiH’ by E. Medunjanin, Dnevni Avaz pg 11, Nezavisne Novine pg 5, announced on cover ‘Every fifth citizen of BiH is poor’ by A. Susnjar – Four religious humanitarian organizations from BiH – Caritas, Merhamet, Dobrotvor and La Benevolencija – held an international conference in Sarajevo on Tuesday. The organizations concluded every fifth citizen of BiH is poor and, should VAT on food and clothes be introduced, BiH will face a chaotic situation. The organizations signed a document with recommendations for prevention of poverty in BiH. Inset ‘Terzic: BiH is not poor’ – CoM Chairman Adnan Terzic assessed BiH is not a poor country, yet it has a great problem regarding the poverty considering the fact every fifth citizen is poor. Terzic addressed the symposium “Social security systems” in Sarajevo and said: ‘An adequate social care of all BiH citizens is an obligation of the state, although the Dayton Agreement does not mention this segment’. EuroBlic pg RS3, announced on cover ‘Terzic: BiH is not poor, but every fifth citizen is’ by Srna also carries Terzic’s statement. |
SD: Workers want INA-MOL to take over ‘Energopetrol’, lobbies have their own agenda
| Slobodna Dalmacija, front pg splash and pg 16 ‘Workers want INA-MOL, lobbies crushing tender’, by Dinko Pasic – SD learns from unofficial sources that despite the FBiH Government deciding at its last session that it would not prejudice the destiny of the tender on co-capitalization of ‘Energopetrol’, lobbies that are even active within the FBiH ministries are working on annulment of the tender in which the ‘INA-MOL’s’ bid was declared as the best one. On the other hand, reports SD, the Union of ‘Energopetrol’ employees argues that the ‘INA-MOL’s’ bid is the best one since the consortium promised it would keep all 1059 workers, which is something that other bidders are not prepared to do. |
Miscellaneous | |
New EUFOR commander to take over in December
| BHT, Dnevni Avaz pg 2 ‘New EUFOR Commander, general Carini, served in Iraq’, Nezavisne Novine pg 2 ‘Leakey to handover the command to Chiarini’ by N. N., Vecernje Novosti pg 3 ‘Chiriani leads EUFOR’ by D. St. – Major General David Leaky is to hand over command over EUFOR troops at the beginning of December to Italian Major General Gian Marco Chiriani, who was earlier commander of SFOR multinational division South East, with HQ in Mostar and recently commanded Italian Army troops stationed in the Iraq. |
Lukic refuses to resign; Cavic offered his help; Bukejlovic: laws must be respected; Students defend Lukic; Council still to discuss the removal
| EuroBlic pg RS1 ‘I do not want pardon’ by Dusanka Stanisic and Mirna Soja – OHR on Tuesday again sent an appeal to RS Government and RS Ministry for Education to realize the decision of HR Paddy Ashdown and remove Dean Radomir Lukic from his position. ‘RS Government has various mechanisms to implement the HR’s decision and the main responsibility lies upon the Education Ministry, which must undertake specific actions’, OHR Spokesperson Mario Brkic said. Lukic, on the other hand, refuses to comment on OHR statements and refuses to resign until the Council of the Faculty of Laws presents its stance with regard to his removal. Lukic says he had no contacts with RS Education Minister Milovan Pecelj, however he did have a phone conversation with RS President Dragan Cavic at the end of last week. He says Cavic told him he had two options – either not to resign by October 10 and be put on the black list of HR together with Ratko Mladic or to resign by October 10 and be pardoned by HR on October 13 or October 20. He refused to resign because ‘he had done nothing to be pardoned by anyone’. Glas Srpske pg 5, announced on cover ‘Neither resignation nor dismissal’ by S. Sekara – also carries Lukic’s refusal to resign. Glas Srpske pg 5 ‘Minister on the move’ by Srna – OHR’s statement. EuroBlic pg RS1 ‘I do not want pardon’ by Dusanka Stanisic and Mirna Soja inset ‘Cavic: Friendly advice’ – Cavic’s Cabinet confirmed he did have a private phone conversation with Lukic and the conversation was motivated by their friendship. The Cabinet stated Cavic offered Lukic to intervene at international representatives in order to find a solution for him to stay at the position of the Dean. EuroBlic pg RS1 ‘I do not want pardon’ by Dusanka Stanisic and Mirna Soja inset ‘Students support Lukic’, Glas Srpske pg 5 ‘Raise your voice – give resistance’ by M. Mi. – The Students’ Association of East Sarajevo University on Tuesday appealed to academic public, authorities in BiH, Association of European Faculties and all governmental and non-governmental organizations to raise their voice against HR’s decision to remove Lukic. Nezavisne Novine pg 8 ‘The council of Faculty on removal of Radomir Lukic soon’ by G. Maunaga – carries OHR’s statement and announcement of Kosta Cavoski, the Chairman of the Council of the Faculty of Laws, saying that the Council will hold a session in four or five days and discuss Lukic’s removal. RS Minister of Labor Miodrag Deretic says the HR’s decision was an act above the Constitution and above the laws and it must be implemented. Nezavisne Novine pg 8 ‘The council of Faculty on removal of Radomir Lukic soon’ by G. Maunaga inset ‘Cavoski defends Karadzic’ – notes that Cavoski is also the Chairman of the International Board for Truth on Radovan Karadzic. Glas Srpske pg 5 ‘The Council will pay the bill’ by Sl. P. – RS PM Pero Bukejlovic stated on Tuesday in Doboje that, as far as he knows, the Council still had not held a session to discuss Lukic’s removal, although it should have and he noted everyone must respect BiH laws. He announced, as in accordance with RS Government’s conclusions, the Council members will be replaced in order to implement HR’s decision. RTRS also covered the issue. |