| NTV HAYAT (19,00 hrs) | BH TV 1 (19,00 hrs) | FED TV (19,30 hrs) | RT RS (19,30) |
| Bairam celebration in BiH | Bairam celebration in BiH | Bralo transferred to Hague | RS POW on Srebr. report |
| Bairam all over the world. | Bajram in | BIH lawsuit against SCG | Lower fuel prices |
| Food convoy in Falluja. | Bajram in | Murder investigation in SA | Report against Mandic |
| Survey on life habits in BiH | Murder investigation in SA | Privredna Banka case | Privredna banka workers |
| Oslobodjenje | Survival of RS in jeopardy; |
| Dnevni Avaz | The time when faith is being renewed for the peace amongst people |
| Dnevni List | Even institutions of authorities are working on destruction of Lijanovici |
| Vecernji List | Secret ritual in Zagreb |
| Slobodna Dalmacija | Del Ponte ‘softer’ towards |
| EuroBlic | Features Serbian related stories |
| Vecernje novosti | Features Serbian related stories |
War Crimes | |
| BiH’s lawsuit against SCG will be hard to prove – BiH Presidency member Covic | BHT, FTV, Oslobodjenje pg 2 ‘BiH’s lawsuit against SCG will be hard to prove’, Dnevni Avaz pg 8, ONASA – Croat member of the BIH Presidency Dragan Covic said that BiH’s lawsuit against Serbia and Montenegro for aggression and genocide before the International Court of Justice in The Hague would be “hard to prove.” Speaking in a program of the Republika Srpska Radio Television (RTRS) on Friday, Covic said that many negotiators and lawyers are included in resolving of this issue. He added that |
| SD: Del Ponte to go ‘soft’ on
| Slobodna Dalmacija, front pg splash and pg 3 ‘Del Ponte ‘softer’ towards Croatia’, by Vuk Djuricic – SD’s ‘reliable sources close to the ICTY’ reveal that the report of the Chief ICTY Prosecutor, Carla del Ponte, about the cooperation between Croatia and ICTY that she is to present to the UN Security Council on November 23, will be much more favourable for Croatia than del Ponte’s earlier reports that she had presented to the EU Ministerial Council and NATO. Apparently, del Ponte has changed her opinion after a BiH Croat, Miroslav Bralo AKA Cicko, turned himself in to SFOR, because it was the Croatian intelligence that detected him in BiH, and after Croatian authorities informed del Ponte about their activities related to tracking down of general Ante Gotovina. |
| Miroslav Bralo transferred to
| FTV, RTRS, Dnevni List, pg 5, mentioned on front, ‘Last BiH Croat extradited to The Hague’, by Ivica Glibusic, Oslobodjenje pg 6 – Miroslav Bralo AKA Cicko, a BiH Croat charged with murders of Bosniaks in the Lasva valley committed in 1993, who turned himself in last Wednesday, was transported to The Hague last Friday, confirms The Hague. According to unofficial information, he will be appearing before the Tribunal early next week to enter plea. DL notes that a senior (anonymous) Croat official from BiH claims that the surrender of Bralo means that the list of BiH Croats wanted by the ICTY is now completed. |
| Status conference on Prlic and others on November 24
| Dnevni List, pg 4, mentioned on front, ‘Status conference at end of November’, by Jurislav Petrovic – The status conference in the case of 6 Croats from BiH (Jadranko Prlic, Slobodan Praljak, Bruno Stojic, Milivoj Petkovic, Valentin Coric and Berislav Pusic) will be held on November 24, confirms Prlic’s lawyer Zelimir Par. The six Croats, who are on pre-trial release, are charged with crimes against Bosniaks committed on the HVO-controlled territories during the war. |
| RS POWs welcome publishing of Srebrenica report
| RTRS – RS POW Association welcomed publishing of the Srebrenica report. However, Association maintains that the verification of the report by the RS Government was too early. Association believes that it is absurd to include victims in the report that were soldiers who were killed during the war and who committed monstrous crimes over Serbs in Srebrenica and other areas. Association is asking ICTY to raise indictments for crimes committed over Serbs and is asking international community to impose Commissions for investigation of war crimes committed over Serbs in |
Judiciary/Legal Proceedings | |
| Jerko Ivankovic Lijanovic denies bribe charges
| Dnevni List, front pg splash and pg 3 ‘Even institutions of authorities are working on destruction of Lijanovici’, by Nermin Bise – One of co-owners and co-founders of ‘Lijanovici’ Company of Siroki Brijeg, Jerko Ivankovic Lijanovic, commenting to information that the BiH Prosection has launched an investigation against judges of the BiH Constitutional Court and FBiH Supreme Court because of suspicion that they have taken bribe from ‘Lijanovici’ in exchange for abolishment of customs debts that ‘Lijanovici’ owe to BiH (some 40 million KMs), says that the goal of certain political factors in BiH, together with some import lobbies, is to smear ‘Lijanovici’. Ivankovic stresses that ‘Lijanovici’ did not bribe judges and that the company did not evade paying the taxes on import of meat. |
Economic/Social Affairs | |
| Fuel in BIH will be cheaper as of next week | RTRS, Oslobodjenje pg 2 ‘Oil cheaper for al least four phennigs’ – Due to drop of prices in the world market fuel in BIH will be cheaper from next week. Prices will be lower from 5-7 pfennig per litre. RS Association of oil distributors expect that most owners of gas stations will not reduce the prices until they sell stocks of fuel bought at higher prices. Association feels that the fuel prices might go back to what they were 6 months ago. Prices will be lower in FBIH as well. |
Miscellaneous | |
| Ramadan Bajram celebrated in BiH
| Vecernji List, pg 2 ‘Reis Ceric calls for ban of sale of alcohol’, by Dejan Jazvic, Dnevni List, pg 15 ‘Ceric: Society must renew itself morally’, mentioned on front ‘Moral renewal of society’, by Zeda, Oslobodjenje cover page, pgs 4-5 ‘Central Bairam celebration in Sarajevo – Moral renewal of society’, Dnevni Avaz cover page, pgs 2-4 ‘The time when faith is being renewed for the peace amongst people’ prominently covered the Saturday’s Bairam celebration throughout BiH. |
| VL’s reporter attends secret ritual in
| Vecernji List, front pg splahs and pgs 16-17 ‘Secret ritual in Zagreb’, by Zoran Turkovic – VL’s reporter attended a secret ritual of dervish at a private house at Zagreb last Tuesday. Some 20 dervish, members of the ancient Islamic brotherhood, danced throughout the night and the main dervish was stabbing and piercing other dervish with knives, swords, needles etc. |
| DL argues Safet Halilovic will not be removed
| Dnevni List, pg 2 ‘Endless games’, by Fazlija Hebibovic – Commenting on the recent events regarding the resignation of Chairman of BiH Council of Ministers, Adnan Terzic, and reports that suggest that the leader of SBiH and BiH Minister of Civil Affairs, Safet Halilovic, will be removed soon, the author argues that Halilovic will not be removed and that Terzic is very much aware of it. Otherwise, BiH would find itself in a deep crises, it would block the FBiH Government and lead to blockade pertaining to adoption of several key laws in BiH. Hebibovic says it is about a case of endless games and a proof that the current authorities cannot find the way out of the economic-social crisis. |