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| ICTY charges Brale | Orthodox Church protest | ICTY charges Brale | SFOR search in Bijeljina |
| OHR on PBS laws | ICTY charges Brale | Bank conference | Protests of BL students |
| BIH Presidency in session | Trial of Milosevic | Terzic on signle VAT rate | New traffic law |
| HNK Government session | BiH Presidency in session | LNM takes over BH Steel | SNSD on census |
| Oslobodjenje | Karadzic’s minister cannot be an ambassador; Tihic responds to Bishops: “Media misinterpreted my statements”; LNM officially the owner of BiH Steel Zenica |
| Dnevni Avaz | ‘Mobilkom’ and ‘HT Mostar’ in true war; Silajdzic: It is time for changes; |
| Dnevni List | Lions Club International is establishing clinical hospital for children in Mostar |
| Vecernji List | Rupcic in Mostar, Prce in Kula |
| Slobodna Dalmacija | Government is stopping 100 million KMs for Neum |
| Nezavisne Novine | Miroslav Bralo was accused of committing war crimes in Ahmici; |
| Glas Srpske | Other face of justice; Production has commenced |
| EuroBlic | Walk against high tuition fees |
Political issues | |
| BiH Presidency disagrees on appointments of BiH Ambassadors | RHB, Oslobodjenje cover splash, pg 3 ‘Karadzic’s minister cannot be ambassador’ by V. Zivak, Dnevni Avaz pg 3 ‘Tihic disputed appointment of Karadzic’s minister Dragan Bozanic to the Ambassador position’ by A.B., Dnevni List pg 4 ‘Inter-state Council of BiH and Croatia on November 19’ by E. Mackic, Vecernji List pg 2 ‘Tihic against ‘Karadzic’s Minister’ by dja, Nezavisne Novine pg 4 ‘Dragan Bozanic did not get a support’ by N. K., EuroBlic pg RS2 ‘Dismissal of ambassadors’ by Srna– BiH Presidency has launched the process of appointing ambassadors. Several ambassadors have been removed from duty, and several have been appointed. BIH Presidency President Sulejman Tihictold journalists at the press conference that the candidacy of Dragan Bozanic for BiH representative in the Council of Europe in FTV – Tihic said that another proof for this is the fact that RTRS – Tihic also said agreement on proportional distribution of ambassador positions has not been reached. |
| McElhaney visits BL, meets with Mikerevic and Dodik
| Dnevni Avaz pg 3 ‘Mikerevic told McElhaney that RS will arrest war criminals’ by M. Vidovic, Glas srpske, pg. 2 ‘Election step forward’ by G. D. – RS Prime Minister Dragan Mikerevic and US Ambassador to BiH Douglas McElhaney met in Banja Luka on Wednesday. They agreed during the meeting that a great progress in development of democracy was achieved in BiH, which was confirmed at the recently held elections. Ambassador McElhaney said that, according to assessments of international observers, the elections were held in a fair and democratic atmosphere. He promised that he would, in frame of his democratic service, plead for development of democracy and implementation of rule of law in entire BiH. Prime Minister Mikerevic expressed a determination of RS Government to persist in implementing reform processes and accession to European and Euro-Atlantic integrations. RTRS, Oslobodjenje pg 2 ‘Election results to be implemented as soon as possible’ by Onasa, Nezavisne Novine, pg. 4 ‘Influence of USA is important for future of BiH’ by V. Popovic, Slobodna Dalmacija pg 7 “Dodik wants better relations between Trebinje and Dubrovnik’ by H – Douglas McElhany also met with SNSD leader Milorad Dodik in Banja Luka on Wednesday. Dodik stated that the American influence is important for future development of BiH and RS. He also said he did not expect |
| Tihic sends monsignor Tomasevic an open letter
| Oslobodjenje pg 5 “Media misinterpreted my statements’, mentioned on cover, Devni List, pg 7 ‘Cases of destruction of Catholic churches unknown to Tihic’, mentioned on front, by NINA, Vecernji List, ‘Statement about wartime leadership’, by vr, Slobodna Dalmacija, ‘I respect Pope and Catholic Church’, by D. Pasic, Z. Rerig, Nezavisne Novine, pg. 2 ‘Misunderstanding with Catholic Church in relation to returnees’ by Beta – The Chairman of BiH Presidency, Sulejman Tihic, has sent the Secretary General of BiH Bishops Conference, monsignor Ivo Tomasevic, an open letter regarding the media interpretation of Tihic’s statements from the recently held ‘Igman initiative’ conference in Zagreb, according to which he blamed the Catholic Church as one of accomplices for lack of return of Croats to their pre-war homes. Tihic regrets the way some media interpreted his statements, believing that all ‘disputable’ statements should be resolved in a direct contact, rather than through open letters. Saying that he especially respects the role of the Pope John RHB – At the press conference following the session of BiH Presidency, Tihic expressed his sorrow for being misinterpreted in media. |
| BHT 1 feature on inter-religious relations
| BHT 1 by Marina Boskovic – Serb Orthodox Church announced that the Office of the Metropolitan See would move away outside of |
| OHR discouraged with failure to adopt Law on public broadcasting system
| RHB, Oslobodjenje pg 10 ‘Rejected proposal for three channels’ by Onasa, Dnevni Avaz pg 4 ‘Demand for three ethnic TVs is not in compliance with Dayton’ by Fena, Dnevni List pg 14 ‘OHR disappointed by HDZ and RS representatives’ by D. Kozina, Slobodna Dalmacija pg 9 ‘OHR against channel in Croatian language’ by H – OHR spokesperson Dnevni Avaz pg 3 ‘Ethnic TV stations’ op-ed by Husein Orahovac – Editorial reads that delays in adoption of the draft Law on Public Broadcasting System by HDZ can only damage BiH: “What did HDZ achieve by opposing the offered law? Nothing. Instead of ensuring that Croats have more or less good quality TV program, they still keep them in position that doesn’t suit them at all. In addition, by delaying fulfillment of one of the most important conditions under the Feasibility Study they only causes directly the damage to BiH.” |
| RTRS on SNSD’s initiative for population census
| RTSR by Vesna Cibic – BiH House of Representatives has not supported SNSD’s initiative to carry out new population census in BiH. RS representatives feel that the census should be started with as soon as possible whilst parties from FBIH feel the opposite. Nikola Spiric, Deputy Speaker of BIH HoR, claims that the census will determine the exact number of BIH citizens as well as the number of victims of the recent war. He adds that certain individuals have lied about both the number of citizens and the number of people killed in BIH, adding that BIH citizenry should have credible information on both. Head of SDA Caucus Seada Palavric says doesn’t know population size of BIH, but knows the motives of SNSD. “SNSD motives are not to fulfil conditions needed to join Euro-Atlantic integrations but to freeze the return process at this moment”, Palavric says. SNSD claims that the census is one of the conditions from the Feasibility Study and is surprised that international community hasn’t yet reacted. Miodrag Zivkovic, head of SNSD Caucus, says that the International Community is following the policy of FBIH. RTRS reporter claims that knowing the correct information on refugees, number of killed people and number of BIH citizens doesn’t suit some. Vinko Zoric, head of HDZ Caucus, says that the matter needs to be regulated under the Law. Collegiums of BIH Parliament will bring decision on the population census in the next 3 days. Nezavisne Novine, pg. 8 ‘Census is an obligation of BiH’ by V. P., Glas Srpske, pg. 2 ‘Running away from truth’ by G. Dakic – carry the statement by Zivkovic. |
| BiH Presidency invites Tadic, Vujanovic to visit BiH for Interstate Council
| RHB, FTV, Dnevni List pg 4 ‘Inter-state Council of BiH and Croatia on November 19’ by E. Mackic– At the session on Wednesday, BiH Presidency on Wednesday adopted the Report from the fourth session of the Interstate Council for Cooperation between BiH and Serbia-Montenegro, which was held May 26 in Belgrade. At proposal of the BiH Ministry of Foreign Affairs, BiH Presidency has issued invitation to the Serbian President, Boris Tadic, and Montenegrin President Filip Vujanovic to visit BiH for the purpose of making the preparations for holding the next session of the Interstate Council, which should be held in December. It was defined that the session of the Interstate Council for Cooperation between BiH and |
| Nacional’s petition for separation of RS
| Nacional Belgrade daily, pg. 2 ‘We are joining with brothers across Drina!’ not signed – Upon an initiative on separation of RS from BiH launched by Nacional daily as a reaction to initiative on separation of Kosovo from Serbia and Montenegro, the daily carries statements of Tomislav Nikolic, Nebojsa Bakarec, Zarko Obradovic, Vlajko Senic and Milos Jevtic. From the above-mentioned persons, only Vlajko Senic thinks no borders should be changed. |
| VL int with Velimir Jukic on education
| Vecernji List pg 5 ‘Higher education will be financed at BiH level’ by M. Relota carries an interview with Deputy Chairman of the House of Peoples of the BiH Parliamentary Assembly Velimir Jukic regarding the Law on Higher Education. Asked as to when the Law on Higher Education will be sent to the parliamentary procedure, Jukic says that at the moment, they are working on a new Law on Higher Education and it has been expected that it will be finished by the end of this year. According to Jukic, it should be sent to the BiH Council of Ministers in one month and then it goes to the parliamentary procedure. Jukic also said that in spite of their demand they, as representatives, were not allowed to actively participate in drafting of the aforementioned law and added that their stands regarding this issue have stayed the sama. He also expressed believe that a satisfactory solution for all 3 BiH peoples will be found when this issue is in question. |
| DA int with Silajdzic | Dnevni Avaz pg 5 ‘BiH’s accession to EU is important because of political stability’ by E. Sarac – The article refers to the meeting held between the founder of Party for BiH, Haris Silajdzic, and EU Ambassadors which focused at the moves to accelerate BiH’s accession to EU. Silajdzic states that both parties agreed that this is a priority for BiH, and he added this will bring political stability to the country. |
War crimes | |
| ICTY unseals indictment against Miroslav Brale
| FTV, RTRS, Oslobodjenje pg 4 ‘Indictment against Miroslav Brale unsealed’ by Sense, Dnevni List pg 7 ‘Bill of indictment against Miroslav Brale unsealed’ by De.L., Vecernji List pg 3 ‘Bill of indictment against Miroslav Brale’, mentioned on cover ‘ICTY issued bill of indictment against Miroslav Brale’ by Hina, Slobodna Dalmacija pg 20 ‘Bralo suspected of committing crimes in Lasva’, mentioned on cover, by B. Kristo, Nezavisne Novine cover and pg. 3 ‘Miroslav Brale was accused of committing war crimes in Ahmici’ by Borjana Radmanovic, insets: ‘SFOR was avoiding to arrest Bralo’, Glas Srpske pg. 11 ‘Order for arresting of “joker”’ by Beta – The ICTY unsealed on Wednesday a bill of indictment against Croat Miroslav Brale who used to be a member of the HVO unit ‘Jockers’. He was charged with violation of customs of war and violation of the Geneva Convention during the Croat-Bosniak conflict in RHB – According to RHB, the indictment accuses Brale of illegal imprisonment of Bosniak civilians, torture and murder of 3 inmates, and multiple rape and torture of a female prisoner. BHT 1 – The Interior Ministry of the Central Bosnia Canton claim they have not receive the instructions for his arrest. Nezavisne Novine pg 3 ‘The police should arrest him’ – The FBiH Prime Minister Ahmet Hadzipasic believes that FBiH Interior Ministry should arrest Bralo. “If Bralo is in the country and available, the FBiH MoI must do its part of the job and arrest him,” Hadzipasic adds. |
| Update to list of missing persons from Srebrenica
| BHT 1 – The Vice Chair of Srebrenica Commission, Djordje Stojakovic, stated that the Commission has prepared the list of persons missing from Srebrenica. According to Stojakovic, this list is larger than previous ones, but he refused to disclose the exact number of persons on the list. Final report of the Srebrenica Commission will be submitted by 15 October. RTRS, Oslobodjenje pg 8 ‘Media claims on number of missing persons are speculations’ by Onasa, Dnevni Avaz pg 4 ‘Media reports on 7500 victims are just speculations’–Stojakovic refused to comment to media speculations that the final number of Srebrencia summer 1995 events is 7500. Oslobodjenje pg 7 ‘At least 80% of missing’ by S.R. – The Association of the Mothers of Srebrenica and Zepa announced they would not acknowledge the report if it fails to list at least 80% of the names of missing Srebrenica people. The Chair Munira Subasic stated for daily that the Association submitted the list of approx. 10,500 missing persons, and they demand 80% of persons from this list to be included and for list of Srebrenica Commission not to be regard as the closed document. |
| NN int with McElhaney on cooperation with ICTY
| Nezavisne Novine, cover and pg. 4 ‘ |
| GS feature on ICTY standards applied in Kosovo and RS
| Glas Srpske cover page story ‘Other face of justice’ by Snj. M. – The article is about investigations into war crimes committed in Kosovo. Namely, the author claims that Carla del Ponte is using double standards in regard to this issue, since she personally admitted being denied any assistance by the local and international officials of Kosovo and Metohija, but still did not reach for any pressures against them before |
| DL: ‘Is Ante Gotovina in
| Dnevni List pg 2 ‘Is Ante Gotovina in Herzegovina?’, mentioned on cover, by Z. Jukic says that during the last months many high-ranked Croatian officials paid visit to BiH and some analysts believe that the reason of this visit is ICTY fugitive, Croatian General Ante Gotovina. DL also says that according to some information Gotovina was seen in |
| Update to Kevljani exhumations | FTV- Experts of FBIH Commission for Missing Persons have exhumed 310 bodies from Stari Kevljani, Prijedor region, mass gave to date. The exhumations have started two months ago. Documents found confirmed that the victims were Croat and Bosniak prisoners of Manjaca concentration camp. According to Jasmin Odobasic, the head of Commissions Tuzla Office, most of the exhumed bodies have been transferred the hall for DNA identification. The exhumations continue. Dnevni Avaz pg 9 ‘Until yesterday, 310 bodies of camp inmates exhumed’ by M.Z., Oslobodjenje pg 4 ‘Remains of 309 persons exhumed’ by Fena – also reported. |
Economic, social and judicial issues | |
| LNM officials becomes owner of 51% shares of BH Steel
| RHB, Oslobodjenje pgs 4-5 ‘LNM officially owner of BH steel Zenica’, mentioned on cover, by M. Dajic, Dnevni Avaz pg 4 ‘LNM officials owner of 51% of shares in BH Steel’ by A. Dzonlic, Dnevni List pg 4 ‘Contracts on transfer of ownership in BH Steel signed’ by ZEDA, Nezavisne Novine, cover and pg. 2 ‘The production to commence on November 1’ by A. Mujkic– Representatives of the FBiH Government, UK-Indian company LNM Holding and Kuwaiti investment agency on Wednesday signed three agreements concerning the agreement signed with the strategic investors LNM and KCIC Kuwait. Agreements on transferring a part of the shares have made operational the basic agreement, which means that these transfers of the ownership share will balance the percentage of ownership shares in BH Steel Zenica. After “LNM” Holdings N.V. pays 80 million USD to the deposit account of BH Steel in Raiffeisen Bank and when formal transactions of the share from the FBiH Government are carried out, as well as necessary acts are registered, LNM will become a majority owner of management packages and ownership rights in BH Steel. LNM will then hold 51 recent, K.C.I.C Kuwait 41 percent and the FBiH Government 8 percent of ownership capital in BH Steel. On behalf of FBiH Government, the agreement was signed by its Prime Minister Ahmet Hadzipasic. RHB brings that the first Assembly of the new corporation was also held on Wednesday. BHT 1, FTV – According to LNM, privatization process is going on well, and success is guaranteed. According to FBIH Prime Minister, this project will remain in focus of FBIH Government. He said that the Government will start parliamentary procedure of law changes on taxation of the profit in order to meet obligations under the contract with LNM. Registration procedure concerning changes in BH Steel should be finished by November. After that, LNM is supposed to implement other obligations under the contract, as such realize the planned integral production up to 2.5 millions tons of steel in next three years and providing with employment for 4.000 workers. |
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| RHB, BHT 1, FTV, Oslobodjenje cover, pg 2 ‘ Dnevni Avaz pg 13 ‘Grahovac: A million KM disappeared only by will of Ljerka Maric’ by S. Skuletic – FBiH Sports and Culture Minister, Gavrilo Grahovac, accuses BiH Treasury Minister Ljerka Maric for being responsible that a million KM was not given for cultural institutions, as decided before that. |
| Terzic in support of single VAT rate
| RHB, FTV, Dnevni Avaz pg 2 ‘One VAT rate is the only way out for BiH’, Oslobodjenje pg 2 ‘Single VAT rate is the only way out for BiH’ by Fena, Dnevni List pg 3 ‘Terzic stands for single VAT’ by D.P.M., Nezavisne Novine, pg. 8 ‘Terzic: Single VAT rate is the only way out for BiH’ by Fena – Chairman of the BiH Council of Ministers Adnan Terzic stated that a single value added tax is the only way out for BiH. Terzic added that this is more obvious with every day, adding that BiH has a Prime Minister who will not say what the people would like to hear, but what should be heard. CoM forwarded to BiH Parliament a draft Law on VAT stipulating the single VAT rate of 17%. However, current proposal VAT Law foresees three rates of VAT. |
| Main hearing in Hercegovacka Bank case starts; DA says Rupcic settled
| Oslobodjenje pg 3 ‘Today, trial of Jelavic and others begins’ by A.N. – Daily carries that today beings the main hearing in the case of misuses of office and embezzlements in Hercegovacka Bank case. Miroslav Prce, one of the accused, will not attend the trial as he settled with the prosecution and has been sentenced to 5 years. Dnevni Avaz pg 11 ‘Miroslav Rupcic settled with prosecutor McNair’ by F.V. – DA brings that Miroslav Rupcic reached the settlement agreement with the prosecutor. According to the Prosecutor Office, Rupcic will be sentenced to 5,5 years. Vecernji List, front pg splash ‘Rupcic to Mostar, Prce to Kula’, and pg 3 ‘Rupcic to serve sentence in Mostar, Prce stays in Kula’, by Zoran Kresic – The daily carries the same claim as DA, adding the the deal will be presented to Judge Malcolm Simmons today. Apparently, Rupcic would serve the sentence at the Mostar prison. |
| SD says it was not only Hercegovacka bank that gave privileged laws
| Slobodna Dalmacija, pg 17 ‘Privileged loans to Masovic, Lazovic, Sidran, Vesovic…’, mentioned on front, by Zlatko Tulic – Carries a highly critical article about the former High Representative for BiH, Wolfgang Petritsch, in which the author stresses that Petritsch was pre-occupied with a thought how to destroy the Hercegovacka bank and that one of excuses that Petritsch used to raid the bank was the issue of favourable loans that the Hercegovacka bank gave to people close to Ante Jelavic. In that context, the author claims it was not only the Hercegovacka bank that was giving these types of loans, it was a practice throughout the country. As an example, SD cites that the Sarajevo Canton, when Beriz Belkic was the cantonal Prime Minister (Belkic went on to become a member of BiH Presidency), gave privileged loans to the “worthy” people. Unlike in the Hercegovacka bank case, which used the money donated by the Republic Croatia, Belkic used the taxpayers’ money, and the interest rate was the same in both cases, namely 1%. SD also lists people who received the favourable loans, namely Amor Masovic, Miro Lazovic, Abdulah Sidran, Marko Vesovic, Arijana Saracevic and others. |
| Neum: Hypo Alpe Adria Bank wants to invest 100 million KMs into area, FBiH Govt not responding to offer
| Slobodna Dalmacija, front pg splash and pg 18 ‘Government is stopping 100 million KMs for Neum’, by Miroslav Landeka – According to the article, the Hypo Alpe Adria Bank in planning to invest some 100 million KMs into hotels ‘’Neum’ and ‘Suncana obala’ in Neum and other tourist infrastructure in Neum, which would create some 1000 new jobs, however the FBiH Government is staying silent to the offers. The bank already has 51% of shares in the two hotels, and the only pre-requisite to invest the money is that the bank gets the other 49%. |
| EP HZ HB Unions organize protests in Mostar and other towns
| RHB, Dnevni List, pg 13 ‘Unions want same status for all Elektroprivredas in BiH’, mentioned on front, by NINA, Vecernji List, pg 7 ‘Illegal Action plan shuts down the company’, by Meri Musa, Slobodna Dalmacija, pg 16 ‘Elektra to private owners – prices of electricity skyrocketing’, mentioned on front, by A. Karamatic – Independent Unions of employees of Elektroprivreda of Herceg Bosna (EP HZ HB) organized protests in front of the EP HZ HB main building in Mostar, and company’s branch offices in Novi Travnik, Orasje, Livno and Grude, protesting against “anti-constitutional solutions in the process of restructuring of the company”. According to the president of the strike board, Stjepo Ivo Lezanic, the Action plan on restructuring and privatization of the current Elektroprivredas in BiH is not based in legal provisions, which was also confirmed by the |
| Update to 3rd GSM licence
| Dnevni List pg 3 ‘Mobilikom’s offer deludes public’, mentioned on cover, not signed – Reacting to the Memorandum on Understanding regarding the third GSM license that Mobilkom Austria handed over to the Federation of BiH Government, DL carries a reaction of HT Zagreb which says that the Memorandum on Understanding on which HT Zagreb and the FBiH Government have been working for months is a product of their joint work in which interests of both sides were respected. Commenting on the Mobilkom’s offer, HT Zagreb also says that Mobilkom is promising ownership in Eronet that HT Zagreb does not intend to sell to this company (Mobilkom). HT Zagreb also believes that Mobilkom’s offers are unrealistic, they cannot be realized and their purpose is to delude the public and prevent the agreement between the FBiH Government and HT Zagreb. Dnevni Avaz cover splash ‘Mobilkom and HT Zagreb in true war’ by A. Hadzarapovic – DA says that the true war is being led between Mobilkom and HT Zagreb, and it learns that the offer of Mobilkom has been better assessed by the FBiH Government. DA sources says that the final FBIH Government’s decision will be known by the end of the week. The Chair of the Eronet management, Bozo Knezevic, denied speculations of Eronet’s involvement in the offer of Mobilkom. The article also carries the statement of the manager of the Mobilkom’s cooperative communications, Dubravka Jusic, who says that their offer is better and added that the company had very contrustive dialogue with the representatives of FBiH Government. The FBiH Prime Minister, Ahmet Hadzipasic adds that currently Mobilkom’s offer is better for Federation. |
| Student protests in BL
| RTRS – Students of BHT 1, Oslobodjenje pg 7 ‘Annul decision on increase of tuition fee’ by O. Vukovic, Nezavisne Novine, cover ‘Either lower tuition fees or resignation of the Minister and pg. 5 ‘Either lower tuition fees or Savanovic’s resignation’ by V. Iliktarevic, Glas Srpske, pg. 3 ‘Tuition fees in accordance with old rates’ by Z. Marceta, EuroBlic, cover ‘Walk against high tuition fees’ and pg. RS1 ‘Walk against 600 KM’ by Mirna Soja – also covered. |
| Stojcic meets refugee associations
| RTRS, Oslobodjenje pg 2 ‘FBiH doesn’t apply constitutional amendments’ by Onasa, Glas Srpske pg 3 ‘Only ruins for Serbs’ by J. Novkovic– Dusan Stojicic, RS National Assembly Speaker, met with delegation of refugee associations from Lopare, Ugljevik, Bijeljina and Janja. Refugee representatives stated that they seek protection from injustice being done against them by certain FBIH Institutions. They also claim that in 90% of the cases the property owned by Serbs has been destroyed after the war. Veljko Stevanovic Chairman of Association states that there are 455 cases before the |
| GS on refinery Brod
| Glas Srpske cover page report ‘Refining commenced’ by D.VV.M. – Dragan Sakotic, Assistant to Brod Refinery Director for technical affairs, confirmed Wednesday that after three-months delay, the Serb Brod Oil Refinery has re-launched refining of oil,delivered by British firm “Vitol”. Although supposed to be working as of yesterday, the new technological process called “hydro-cracking” was not launched, since this process can start only if the minimum of 75 tones of oil per month is to be refined. Miljenko Bilic, “Vitol” representative at Refinery, said that this company would keep handing deliveries. BHT 1 also reported on the re-launch of oil refining in refinery. |
| NN update to Buk Bijela dam project
| Nezavisne Novine pg 8 ‘International convention must be respected’ by Beta – The UN representatives on Wednesday in Podgorica stressed that during decision-making process on construction of hydro-power plant “Buk Bijela”, the Government of Montenegro must respect international conventions from the field of ecology. The representative of UNESCO, Djordje Nadrijan, said at the Round Table on power, ecological and economic aspects of construction of “Buk Bijela” that UNESCO cannot influence final decision on this issue, emphasising that international duties SiCG has accepted must be respected. According to NN inset “Buk Bijela is the best hydro-power project in the region”, Milan Manigoda, Director of Hydro Power Plant “Visegrad”, assessed Wednesday that the construction of the power plant “Buk Bijela” is the best hydro-power project in the region, which should not be halted. |
| Audit on business operations of BiH CoM
| Vecernji List, pg 5 ‘Ministers are not spending public money in public manner’, not signed – The Office for audit of financial operations of BiH institutions published the audit report on financial reports and financial operations of the BiH Council of Ministers in 2003, which reveals that some services (within the BiH CoM) did not spend the public money in a transparent manner and pursuant to regulations on purchase of goods and services. The audit determines that the BiH CoM, in some cases, did not abide by the regulations on calculation of salaries and payment of compensations to the state employees. On top of it, the BiH CoM did its financial operations without having internal rules on expenditures. |
| NN op-ed RS budget audit | Nezavisne Novine op-ed pg 7 ‘Procurement’ by Predrag Klincov – The author is writing about the latest audit report on RS budget for 2003, expressing with sarcastic tone his comment on the latest statements of Dragan Mikerevic and Branko Krsmanovic, who praised the audit report saying that not a single audit report has ever been better. With a criticism, he further makes a reference to procurement procedures, which were mainly violated. |
Police and security issues | |
| SFOR searches Telekom Srpske in Bijeljina
| BHT 1, RTRS, Oslobodjenje pg 6 ‘ ‘Routine check’ again’ by V.Du., Nezavisne Novine, pg. 3 ‘SFOR soldiers were tape-recording equipment’ by Z. K., Glas Srpske, pg. 2 ‘They took nothing’ by S. R. T., Dnevni List, pg 4 ‘SFOR took nothing from Telekom Srpske’, not signed – SFOR soldiers conducted an unannounced control at “Telekom Srpske” building in Bijeljina on Wednesday. They soldiers were tape-recording premises and equipment, but they took nothing. According to SFOR, this was a routine control. Djuro Stanojevic, the Director of Bijeljina “Telekom Srpske”, said that soldiers have behaved correctly and he confirmed nothing was taken. |
| Matijasevic, Njegus walk out from session of Police Restructuring Commission
| Dnevni Avaz pg 4 ‘Matijasevic and Njegus walked out from the session’ by M.Kukan – DA learns from credible sources that RS Interior Minister Darko Matijasevic and RS Police Director Radomir Njegus walked out from the session of the Police Restructuring Commission held on Wednesday in |
| NN on Njegus’ answers to journalists
| Nezavisne Novine pg 5 ‘As an old newspaper’ by S. Kn. – The RS journalists, which follow up on the work of the RS Interior Ministry, are not satisfied with responses RS Police Director, Radomir Njegus, provided to them to questions they raised at 27th August protest in Banja Luka. Sinisa Mihajlovic, RTRS journalist, says he is not surprised at all over the content of responses, since he expected nothing better than that. Vlatko Vukotic, ATV journalist, expresses his partial satisfaction over responses, noting it is good police director respected the journalists and sent them responses after all. Radenko Kovacevic, SRNA journo, says: “There were no concrete answers to some concrete questions, while response to some questions was concrete. Rajna Radosavljevic, EuroBlic journo, is of the view that members of the press are too optimistic, noting such responses could have been expected. |
| Mostar Prosecutors investigates misuses in HNK MoI | Dnevni Avaz pg 8 ‘Cantonal prosecution in Mostar prepares big investigation into MoI’ by F. Vele – DA learns that Mostar Cantonal Prosecution is ready to launch a braod investigation after receiving the information from different source including former high-ranking police officials on possible financial and other misuses in Herzegovina-Neretva Cantonal Interior Ministry. Chief Prosecutor, Nijaz Mehmedovic, told DA that Prosecution has information about 30 – 40 problematic cases. HNK MoI Spokesperson Srecko Bosnjak says they have no information about these investigations, adding that accusations against MoI are not grounded. |