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| UHSP agst agreed const. changes | | EU on 3rd place of world donors |
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| Difficult road conditions in BiH | Snow in BiH | Milosevic’s autopsy |
| Puljic on constitutional changes | Delegation of Finish Parl. visits BiH | Milosevic’s funeral |
| HVIDRA to start protests | Ivanic on visa regime | Reactions to Milosevic’s death |
| | Topcagic on visa regime | BIH lawsuit against |
| NTV Hayat (19,00 hrs) | FTV (19,30 hrs) | RTRS (19,30 hrs) |
| Milosevic died of heart attack? | Milosevic’s autopsy | Milosevic died from heart attack |
| Milosevic to be buried in | Investigation on Milosevic’s death | BiH lawsuit against |
| BiH lawsuit against | Milosevic’s funeral | Statements in ICTY postponed |
| Veterans’ associations on BiH lawsuit | Reactions to Milosevic’s death | Galijas, member of Scorpions on trial |
| Oslobodjenje | Milosevic died of heart attack, and he added to it by himself?! |
| Dnevni Avaz | Criminal cannot be allowed to Alley of Heroes |
| Dnevni List | Citizens are being wiretapped for years (interview with Ivo Miro Jovic) |
| Vecernji List | I wept with Milosevic in prison cell (former Montenegrin President Djukanovic describes his last meeting with Milosevic) |
| Slobodna Dalmacija | One is lucky to fall asleep and wake up alive (a |
| Nezavisne Novine | I refused to pay racktereeing to Station Commander Delic (racketeering case in B. Luka) |
| Glas Srpske | Murderer made a confession in vain |
| EuroBlic | Marko is bringing coffin, Mira is choosing the place of burial’ |
| Vecernje novosti | Funeral to erase wanted warrant (SiCG to annul warrant after Mira Markovic) |
LATEST NEWS OF TODAY | |
| Milosevic to be buried in | |
| ICTY announces end of case against Milosevic
| BH Radio 1 – Today, ICTY Chamber has officially ended the trial against Slobodan Milosevic, which was found dead on March 11 in his detention cell. Chair of the Chamber Patrick Robinson expressed appreciation toward all participants of the four year long trial, by which this case if now officially closed. |
| Dutch authorities allow Russians to re-examine Milosevic’s body
| BH Radio 1 – Dutch authorities have allowed team of Russian doctors to conduct additional autopsy and examination of Slobodan Milosevic’s body, while results of toxicological analysis would be known during the week. ICTY Spokesperson Alexandra Milenov refused to comment allegations that Milosevic was taking medicine willingly, which annulled effects of regular medicines he was using. |
| Russian lower house to raise issue of further ICTY work | BH Radio 1 – At the session scheduled for Wednesday, the Russian lower house will raise the issue of further work of the ICTY, the Speaker Boris Grizlov announced today. |
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| FBiH HoR discusses PBS law | BH Radio 1 by Ljiljana Radl – FBiH House of Representatives has continued its session discussing the law proposal on FBiH Public Broadcasting Service. OHR has previously asked from MPs to pass the law harmonized with the BiH’s Law on PBS, which is one of conditions for negotiations on Stabilization and Association. OHR has emphasized that majority of amendments are in contradiction with BiH Law on PBS and which mostly refer to definition of founder of FBiH PBS. Reporter reminded that EC announced suspension of |
Death of Slobodan Milosevic: update, reactions | |
| Preliminary autopsy show Milsevic died of heart attack; Dutch experts says he deliberately took wrong medicines to be released for a treatment in
| Hayat – According to preliminary results of the autopsy, former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic died of heart attack, the ICTY announced late on Sunday evening. “Pathologists have discovered that Slobodan Milosevic was suffering from two heart diseases, which could have caused a heart attack… The final report will be published as soon as possible”, stated ICTY Spokesperson Alexandra Milenov. Dutch toxicologist Donald Uges who conducted the analysis told |
| ICTY’s Del Ponte: It is a human right to decide to take or not to take a medicine | Oslobodjenje pgs 4-5 Inset ‘Natural sleeping position’- According to ICTY officials it is unknown whether Slobodan Milosevic refused to take prescribed medicines. The ICTY Chief prosecutor Carla Del Ponte said it is a human right of every person to take or not to take some medicine. |
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| Russian Foreign Ministry received Milosevic’s letter reading he was subject to inappropriate treatment; Minister Lavrov says Russian doubts Dutch findings | Hayat, PINK, BHT1, FTV, RTRS – Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that it had received a letter from Slobodan Milosevic on Sunday afternoon. According to Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in the letter Milosevic said that he was being subjected to inappropriate medical treatment and he once again asked for |
| Oslobodjenje op-ed:
| Oslobodjenje pg 9 ‘Milosevic’s legacy’ op-ed by Daniel Omeragic – Commenting on how Serbia accepted death of Slobodan Milosevic, editorial quotes statement of Zoran Zivkovic, former associate of late Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic when he said that “nothing special happened”, adding that bigger news was scandal on |
| FT op-ed by DPA chief architect Holbrooke on Milosevic death: “Verdict was denied but justice was not”
| Financial Times ‘Rough justice for Milosevic is as fitting as a tribunal verdict’ by Richard Holbrooke – Unlike many other comments, chief architect of the Dayton Peace Agreement Richard Holbrooke said that Slobodan Milosevic did not evade justice by dying. Author said: “After all, the man died in his cell, knowing he would never see freedom again… Consider the facts: Milosevic was the first head of state in history to face an international court for war crimes… The trial was broadcast live, and the testimony and the devastating videotape of the massacre in Srebrenica… destroyed his reputation and helped establish the truth among all but a few pathetic bitter-enders in |
BiH lawsuit vs. | |
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| Serb NGOs to protest against the BiH’s lawsuit on March 18
| RTRS, Hayat, Dnevni List pg 8 ‘Protest against BiH’s lawsuit against SCiG’ not signed, Glas Srpske pg 2 ‘Lawsuit as trap’ by S. Sekara– Serb movement of non-governmental organizations ‘SPONA’ announced protests against BiH lawsuit against |
| BiH Veterans to support the lawsuit on June 11
| Hayat, Oslobodjenje pg 7 ‘Peaceful protests in RS would be counterproductive’ by S.Rozajac Dnevni Avaz pg 10 ‘Public debate on BiH lawsuit against |
| Director of Doc. Center Tokaca writes to ICJ expressing outrage with use of his research
| FTV, Oslobodjenje pg 7 ‘Stojanovic mislead the Court and the public’ not signed Dnevni Avaz pg 10 ‘I never said that final number of victims would be lower then 100. 000’ not signed– Chair of research-documentation centre in |
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| Legal teams in BiH vs.
| BHT1– BiH agent Sakib Softic in BIH lawsuit against |
| FTV slams BiH Presidency member Jovic for stating
| FTV current affairs program ’60 minuta’ by Amarildo Gutic – Referring to the statement by the BiH Presidency, Ivo Miro Jovic, given to Vecernji list in which he said that that Croatia could raise a lawsuit against BiH for aggression and that there are no grounds for the other way around, magazine asked Jovic to further elaborate: “Dubrovnik was shelled from Herzegovina, and missiles were fired from BIH to Zagreb; I can mention Knin. All this mustn’t be forgotten. That was the aggression on |
| Families of missing persons from RS to hold protest in SA on 10 April
| Nezavisne Novine pg 2 ‘Establishment of Commission would prevent protests in Sarajevo’ by R.Ra., EuroBlic pg RS2 ‘Establish commission, there will be protests’ by D. Stanisic, Glas Srpske pg 3 ‘Truth on Sarajevo too’ by Z. Domazet– The members of the families of the missing person from the entire of RS have announced they would hold a protest in front of BH joint institutions in Sarajevo on 10 April unless the Commission in charge of investigating sufferings of Serbs in Sarajevo is formed until 31 March. This was concluded at Monday’s meeting of RS Board and RS Organisation of the families of the killed and imprisoned soldiers and civilians. |
| Father demands prosecution of person who killed his son in Visoko in 1992 | Glas Srpske cover pg splash ‘Murderer made a confession in vain’ by K.Cirkovic – Daily carries a statement of Nedjo Ristic from Visoko currently living in Bratunac, whose son, along with other 3 people, were murdered by Niset Ramic in Visoko in 1992. Ristic is embittered over failure of judicial bodies in F BiH who fail to act in line with confession Ramic gave (currently serving 20-year sentence in Zenica) and prosecute him for the crimes he had confessed. |
Constitutional changes and other political issues | |
| Const. changes talks could continues this week, but parties still have not changed their stances
| RTRS– Venice Commission gave opinion on election of BiH Presidency, proposing best solution trough establishment of one President institution and indirect election trough BiH House of Representatives and participants in negotiations on constitutional changes reported that negotiations might continue next week. RTRS commented that stances of BiH political parties are not changed. “Opinion of |
| Presidency member Jovic: Negotiations on constitutional changes are about reaching compromise
| Dnevni List, front pg splash and pg 3 ‘Citizens are being wiretapped for years’, by Ljiljana Vidacak – in an interview for DL, the Croat member of BiH Presidency, Ivo Miro Jovic, comments, among other issues, the issue of constitutional changes in BiH. He says the negotiations on constitutional changes are about listening to what other side(s) have to say and propose own solutions i.e. it is about reaching a compromise. Furthermore, Jovic says the negotiations should result in equality of all peoples in BiH, because the |
| HDZ of Canton 7 supports HDZ leader Covic in constitutional changes negotiations
| Dnevni List, pg 4, mentioned on front ‘HNC supported Dragan Covic’, by A. Beus – The HDZ of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, during its discussion about the constitutional changes related issues, supported the position of the HDZ National Council, which last Friday gave its support regarding the constitutional negotiations talks to the HDZ leader, Dragan Covic. (NB: importance of the HDZ of HNC’s support lies in the perception that the HDZ of HNC is the most important cantonal branch of the party especially in light of recent reports that suggest rifts within HDZ). |
| SDA leader Tihic on const. changes: HDZ BiH fears should be smashed
| Oslobodjenje pg 3 ‘Tihic: HDZ BiH fears should be smashed’ by A.Omeragic – SDA leader Sulejman Tihic told daily that on Monday he consulted HDZ leader Dragan Covic, |
| SDA’ Ceman: politicians should hold a meeting; HDZ satisfied with recommendations | EuroBlic pg RS2 ‘Agreement still not in sight’ by Nedeljka Breberina – SDA’s Mirsad Ceman believes the politicians should hold a meeting even before the session of the Commission adding: ‘The sooner politicians meet, the sooner necessary procedures at the Parliament would commence’, adding he doesn’t believe the Commission would offer anything new in comparison to previous solutions. Inset ‘HDZ satisfied with the recommendations’ – HDZ expressed its satisfaction with recommendations of the Venice Commission because these were ‘identical to HDZ’s proposals’. |
| SBiH Halilovic: Church is aware of consequences of ethnic-based principles; SDU’s Komsic: Cardinal’s urge is cry of helpless;
| Dnevni Avaz pg 2 ‘Komsic: Cardinal’s urge is a cry’ A.Malagic – Commenting statement of Archbishop of Vrhbosna, Cardinal Vinko Puljic who urged Croat politicians in BiH to be responsible and not to sign any changes that would be unfair to Croats in BiH, SBiH leader Safet Halilovicstated: “It is obvious that Catholic Church is aware of consequences of bad solutions based on ethno-national principles.” SDU’s Ivo Komsic said that he understands Cardinals urge as a cry of helpless. Inset ‘Brkic: Against withholding role of entity’ – |
| | Glas Srpske pg 5 ‘I will stand up against injustice’ by Z. Markovic – Following the Sunday’s invitation of Archbishop Vinko Puljic to Croat parties not to sign any [constitutional] changes that would be detrimental for Croats, the article carries reactions of |
| SDU public tribune: const. changes would only ratify results of aggression and genocide | Dnevni Avaz pg 2 ‘Ratification of results of aggression and genocide’ by Aj.D. – SDU held public tribune dedicated to constitutional changes. SDU President Sejfudin Tokic said that suggested constitutional changes are essential, but for worse. SDU Presidency member Nijaz Durakovic said the changes were ‘cosmetic ones’, and SDU Vice President Miro Lazovic stated that this would only ratify results of aggression and genocide. |
| DA int with BiH Presidency member Paravac: RS must be preserved
| Dnevni Avaz pg 5 ‘I stay regardless of the fact that |
| US Ambassador McElhaney: US would not impose solutions on constitutional changes
| FTV current affairs program ’60 minuta’ by Bakir Hadziomerovic – Commenting the course of the talks on the constitutional changes, the U.S. Ambassador to BIH Douglas McElhaney stated he believes that BiH politicians and the Venice Commission would soon come up with the solution for the only unsolved issue, the election of the BiH President. He adds that this would mean more of representative role for the function. Asked to comment statements that U.S. Government was advocating for entity vote, thus for division of BiH, McElhaney strongly underlined:“ |
| VL unofficially learns: Elections threshold of 3% will not change
| Vecernji List, pg 8 ‘Border for making into Parliament will be 3 percent?’, by Eldina Medunjanin – VL unofficially learns from members of BiH House of Representatives’ Constitutional-Legal Commission that the proposal of the working group tasked to draft changes to BiH Election Law, according to which the threshold would be raised from the current 3 to 4%, would most likely be dropped. VL notes the BiH HoR should be dealing with the issue at its session scheduled for March 23. |
| SD: RS PM Dodik and RS President Cavic are working on dethroning BiH CoM, Chairman Terzic
| Slobodna Dalmacija, pg 13, mentioned on front ‘’Assassination’ of Terzic’, by Zlatko Tulic – SD notes that according to unofficial information coming from sources close to political circles in the RS, the RS PM and President, Milorad Dodik and Dragan Cavic respectively, have agreed upon a scenario the aim of which is to dethrone the BiH Council of Ministers and the first person on the ‘list’ will be the CoM Chairman, Adnan Terzic. SD goes on to say that one of Dodik’s motives of assuming the power in the RS just 8 months before elections is his aim to expand his influence onto the state institutions, and SD notes that it is no secret that Dodik ‘has Terzic’s chair in his sights’. On the other hand, Cavic wants to secure the SNSD’s support for himself and in the meantime he wants to clean up his party ( |
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| Dnevni Avaz pg 4 ‘To support casting of no confidence vote to Terzic’ by N.D.- As |
| RS Civil Service Agency: Dodik’s dismissals were in accordance to the law
| Dnevni Avaz pg 5 ‘Dodik’s dismissals were by the law’ by N.D.– Head of RS Civil Service Agency Dragomir Kutlija stated for daily that all dismissals that RS Prime Minister Milorad Dodik conducted were in accordance with the law. “According to article 48 of the Law, PM can dismiss deputies of ministers, but under the condition to appoint them to another position in three months deadline. Then, he doesn’t require the opinion of RS Civil Service Agency,” said Kutlija. Daily reminded that Dodik has dismissed all deputies of ministers from the previous government, which refused to resign upon his request, by which they [as Dodik stated] refused to show loyalty to the new Government. |
| Delegation of Finnish Parliament visited BiH Parliament
| PINK, Hayat, FTV, Oslobodjenje pg 2 ‘EU to be more functional, BiH has to change Constitution’ by Fena, Dnevni Avaz pg 4 ‘Vilen: You have to change Constitution, we have to make EU more functional’ not signed, Nezavisne Novine pg 3 ‘Finland supports BiH on the European path’ by N. Krsman – A delegation of Finish Parliament visited BIH on Monday and met with representatives of BiH Parliament Joint Commission for European integrations. |
| HR to present his priorities to
| Dnevni Avaz pg 4 ‘High Representative presents priorities in next 12 months’ by Onasa– The Political Directors of the Peace Implementation Council will meet in Vienna on Wednesday 15 March, for the first time under the chair of the new High Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling. The High Representative will brief the Political Directors on his priorities for the next 12 months. The BiH authorities, led by Chairman of the Council of Ministers Adnan Terzic, will participate in the meeting, OHR said. |
| DA op-ed: Meeting of EU officials in
| Dnevni Avaz pg 3 ‘Warning from Salzburg’ by Tarik Lazovic – Commenting the meeting of the EU Foreign Minister held in Salzburg over the weekend, the editorial said that this first important meeting of EU officials on the issue of Western Balkan countries was a disappointment for all states aspiring to membership. Author further notes that meeting brought nothing new or better for BiH, for it was only a reiteration of well-known EU stances. Commenting a tendency to strictly condition talks on the Stabilisation and Association Agreement [ |
| Dispute over appointment of CIPS Director
| Nezavisne Novine pg 2, announced on cover ‘Zoran Tesanovic: Ethnic balance blocked appointment’ by N.Krsman – Daily notes that in spite of the fact that the BH Civil Administration Agency elected the most successful candidate for the position of the CIPS Director, it is uncertain when this person will take over duty. Mustafa PAsalic scored 126 points, while second-rated is Sinisa Macan with 125 points. Zoran Tesanovic, BiH Deputy Minister of Civil Affairs stated that appointment of Bosniak as CIPS Director would violate Decision on establishment of CIPS Implementation Directorate, referring to the issue of key ethnic representation. |
| RS budget for 2006 to be adopted, MP’s say
| Nezavisne Novine pg 3, announced on cover ‘Adoption of budget is certain’ by V.Popovic – Daily notes judging by assessments of majority of RS MP’s (namely SNSD’ Krstan Simic, PDP’ Mladjen Zaric, SzBiH’ Muharem Murselovic, SDA’ Sefket Hafizovic, DNS’ Drago Kalabic, |
| VL comment: VAT brought more positive than negative changes | Vecernji List, pg 9 ‘VAT destroyed grey economy’, by Milan Sutalo – commenting on the introduction of VAT in BiH, the author argues that two and half months of the VAT’s implementation is not enough to carry out a ‘serious analysis’, however the author does argue that some bleak announcements that VAT would cause ‘social disasters’ in terms of drastic increase of prices never came to be. Instead, says the author, initial analysis says there are more positive rather than negative sides of the VAT, one of them being a better financial discipline of the VAT-taxpayers (legal entities). Namely, according to ITA’s data, 97,15% of the said taxpayers reported their taxes in a timely manner. On top of this, VL notes there had been predictions that some 20.000 legal entities would have to register themselves as VAT taxpayers, instead 32.824 legal entities registered themselves, which leads the daily to say that the VAT destroyed the grey economy. |
Accusations and investigations | |
| NN continues to ‘disclose’ alleged
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| RS President Cavic comments the accusation against
| Nezavisne Novine pg 6, announced on cover ‘I will specially deal with Public Broadcasting System’ by D.R. – In a statement to Banjaluka seated ATV as a comment on Nezavisne Novine reports (that BH Prosecution will launch investigation against top officials of |
| Senior police officials deny accusations by NN of being involved in illegal activities with
| Nezavisne Novine pg 10 ‘Story stemming from heads of a small group of known faces’ – NN publishes an open letter signed by Dragi Milosevic, Head of Crime Police Department at RS MoI, and Darko Ilic, former Head of the Department for prevention of general crime at Banja Luka |
| RS Pres. Cavic: new political pursuit against
| Glas Srpske pg 2 ‘Pursuit continues’ by D. T. – During his visit to Foca Monday, RS President and |
| RS Helsinki Committee and NGO’s | Nezavisne Novine pg 6 ‘Cavic is violating human rights conventions’ by D. R. – Branko Todorovic from RS Helsinki Committee and Dragomir Babic from the Union of NGOs for fight against crime and corruption Monday condemned statements of RS President Dragan Cavic against media that were reporting on the investigation of BiH Prosecutor’s. Babic believes Cavic’s reaction proves the suspicion in such illegal activities is justified. |
| Presidency member Jovic insists BiH citizens are being wiretapped by certain political forces
| Dnevni List, front pg splash and pg 3 ‘Citizens are being wiretapped for years’, by Ljiljana Vidacak – the interview with Croat member of BiH Presidency, Ivo Miro Jovic, is opened with the daily reminding of a recent statement by the EUPM commander in BiH, Vincenzo Coppola, who noted that the EC gifted BiH a modern system for surveillance of phone calls that would be useful to the police in its fight against crime. Jovic comments that statement by saying it is no news that the citizens in BiH are being wiretapped, claiming it is no news that he was wiretapped too. He continues by saying that the wiretapping is being done by ’’certain political forces, but I cannot say by whom. I can only say the Presidency has nothing to do with it, nor will it decide who and when will be wiretapped’’. |
| DA: FBiH MoI investigators submitted to Prosecutor Rattel report which says that there have been pressures in ‘Covic and others’ case | Dnevni Avaz pg 4 ‘There were pressures on witnesses in ‘Covic and others’ case’ by F. V. – DA sources close to the BiH Prosecution confirmed that FBiH MoI investigators submitted to Prosecutor Jonathan Rattel the report on the first part of the investigation on pressures exerted on witnesses in the ‘Covic and others’ case. The DA source added that it was concluded in the report that there were pressures exerted against the witnesses in this case and that these pressures are still being exerted and now it is being expected from Rattel to give instructions in order to resolve this issue. |