atest radio news broadcast at 12.00 on 23 February
RADIO HERCEG-BOSNA (12,00 hrs) | BH Radio 1(12,00 hrs) | RTRS (12,00 hrs) |
Jovic: BiH organization is important | FBiH HoR’s extraordinary session | |
BiH CoM session today | Agreement on citizenship | Stankovic removed from courtroom |
UHSP on HNC strike, const. changes | ‘Komrad’ employees strike | 21 persons dead in |
TV news broadcast on 22 February
RADIO HERCEG-BOSNA (18,00 hrs) | TV PINK (18,00 hrs) | BHT 1 (19,00 hrs) |
Serbian Govt on Mladic’s arrest | Del Ponte on Mladic | Mladic not arrested |
Carla Del Ponte on Mladic | New speculations n Mladic’s arrestm. | EUFOR denies Mladic’s arrest |
Ivanic on Mladic’s arrest | EUFOR on media speculations | Andan departs for |
Press speculations on Mladic’s arrest | No avian flue in Derventa area | Serbian Government denies arrest |
NTV Hayat (19,00 hrs) | FTV (19,30 hrs) | RTRS (19,30 hrs) |
Carla Del Ponte on Mladic | Mladic not arrested | New speculations n Mladic’s arrestm. |
EUFOR on Mladic’s arrest | Breza miners end strike | Update on Lukic case |
Press speculations on Mladic’s arrest | VAT strikes Glamoc citizens | ICTY on Gotovina case |
Public opinion poll on Mladic’s arrest | Graphic and media workers on VAT | “Scorpions” trial continues |
Oslobodjenje | [Del Ponte] Ratko Mladic can and must be arrested at once! |
Dnevni Avaz | [Del Ponte] EU has a key role in Mladic’s arrest |
Dnevni List | He is neither arrested nor negotiations on his surrender have been underway (Chief ICTY Prosecutor Del Ponte on possible arrest of Mladic) |
Vecernji List | President of Croatian Parliament Seks: Croats in BiH to lose double citizenship |
Slobodna Dalmacija | Chief FBiH epidemiologist Puvacic: There is no fear for Jajce any longer (on avian flue) |
Nezavisne Novine | Mladic still not apprehended (journalist visited Mladic’ village of birth near Kalinovik) |
Glas Srpske | Playing with somebody else’s misery |
EuroBlic | Ticket for |
Vecernje novosti | Neither arrest or surrender |
LATEST NEWS OF TODAY | |
FBiH HoR approves establishment of new ministry
| BH Radio 1 by Ljiljana Radl – FBiH House of Representatives commenced the extraordinary session in |
Olli Rehn: | RTRS – EU Enlargement Commission, Olli Rehn, has stated in today’s address to the delegates of the European Parliament it is inevitable to halt talks with SiCG on |
Media speculate on possibility for Mladic’s arrest | |
ICTY Chief Prosecutor Del Ponte: Mladic not arrested, he is hiding in
| Hayat – The ICTY Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte at the extraordinary press conference held in |
Serbian Government denied al information on Mladic arrest; analysts believe that Government placed info itself
| BHT1 by Vesna Simic [ |
Head of Serbian Institute for Security Dragas: Mladic was arrested in
| RTRS – Head of the International Institution for Security of Serbia Orhan Dragas stated for RTRS that Ratko Mladic in the past refused to surrender, and therefore he has been arrested by British SAS forces in Romania on Tuesday morning. British Embassy in |
EUFOR denies Mladic was or would be transferred to base in
| Hayat by Senka Hadzovic – Following the speculations that Ratko Mladic was arrested in Serbian and later transferred to the Eagle base in |
Media: RS MoI Matijasevic and Police Director Andan in
| RTRS – According to unofficial information, RS Minister of Interior Darko Matijasevic and RS Chief of Police Dragomir Andnan are in |
DA, NN: Outcome of ongoing developments would be fatal for Mladic
| Nezavisne Novine pg 3 ‘Mladic is not going to |
BiH Foreign Minister Ivanic: Ministry without official information on Mladic
| BHT1– BIH Foreign Affairs Minister Mladen Ivanic stated that he has not information on the alleged arrest of Ratko Mladic and added that it is in BIH interest for all ICTY indictees to end up in |
BiH Presidency chair Paravac: no info on Mladic arrest | Hayat– The Chair of the BiH Presidency Borislav Paravac said that he received no information on Ratko Mladic’s arrest. FTV –Paravac stated in Prijedor that arrest of Ratko Mladic is an ICTY obligation of another state and that there are no alternatives to his arrest. |
International press on speculations regarding Mladic arrest: surrender is on the way, net around Mladic closes
| Hayat by Asim Beslija – Speculation on Ratko Mladic’s arrest has been published in great number of international newspapers despite official denials on Wednesday. |
Oslobodjenje overview of Serbian press on Mladic’s arrest: Unconvincing denial by Serbian Govt
| Oslobodjenje pgs 4-5 ‘Unconvincing denial’ by B. Boskov – Commenting reactions of Serbian press on alleged arrest of Ratko Mladic, article reads that denial of Serbian Government spokesperson Srdja Djuric to these news was unconvincing, adding that it was rather incomplete than incorrect. Author concludes quoting Glas Javnosti: “There are some hard talks ongoing on the way he [Mladic] would be transferred to |
NN: Kostunica does not want to lose political points by arresting Mladic in | Nezavisne Novine pg 3 ‘Kostunica is trying to perform Mladic’ arrest in RS’ by M.Kusmuk/S.Karic – Sources close to Serbian Government claim Mladic refuses to go voluntarily to The Hague and the only possibility is seeing him get arrested, which Serbian Premier Vojislav Kostunica does not want to perform in the territory of Serbia for the sake of political points. |
Oslobodjenje op-ed: Media speculations suggest that Mladic’s transfer to
| Oslobodjenje pg 9 ‘Until hill becomes green’ op-ed by Gojko Beric – Commenting all the media pomp on alleged arrest of Ratko Mladic, editorial reads that although it is suspicious “this media rumble is maybe not without a ground”. Author says that |
DL op-ed: Mladic to be arrested soon/News about his arrest are just preparing of Serbian public for that moment | Dnevni List pg 2 ‘Days of Mladic’s hiding counted off’ by S. Bjelica carries that denials about the Mladic’s arrest coming from the Serbian Government, del Ponte etc. are far from truth and it is just a matter of the moment when his arrest would be officially confirmed. The author believes that negotiations on his surrender have been underway and the information about his arrest that appeared during the last days are just preparing of the Serbian public for that moment. DL also says that it has been speculated that Serbian PM Vojislav Kostunica tries to agree with del Ponte that she does not raise the issue of Radovan Karadzic in return for Mladic’s arrest. |
Oslobodjenje op-ed: Mladic’s punishment should lead to change of mentality | Oslobodjenje pg 9 ‘Ratko Mladic’ op-ed by Edin Krehic – Commenting allegations on arrest of Ratko Mladic, editorial says Mladic’s punishment for his deeds before the ICTY, should lead to change of sense by those who still think the general is a hero. “If this does not happen, Mladic will stay among us forever,” concludes author. |
NN op-ed: Serbian authorities are not negotiating with Mladic, but instead Military and Security Agency is
| Nezavisne Novine op-ed pg 7 ‘Cer battle’ by Pero SImic – In regard to recent media speculation on possible apprehension of Ratko Mladic, the author raises many issues such as: was there any sort of “battle” with Mladic, where was it, did members of Military Security Agency rig the entire chase to satisfy inpatient authority, and so on. The author shares the view of “Politika” columnist and former senior officer of Yugoslav Army saying that the story about Mladic will soon be completed, and the most possible truth is that Serbian authorities are not negotiating with Mladic, but instead members of Military Security Agency who have known for years now where Mladic was hiding, but never provided those information to Serbian state officials. |
Int press on Mladic arrest speculations: numerous rumours emerged in past years, but never this intensely; support for Mladic in decline, Serbs more concerned with Kosovo talks; Bildt: Mladic may never reach ICTY alive; AP: BIA leads operation
| Today [Thursday], the international media – including Suddeutsche Zeitung, Frankfurter Allgeimeine Zeitung, Frankfurter Rundschau – report that rumours on Ratko Mladic arrest have continue to “sweep through the region” despite officials denials by Serbian authorities and Carla Del Ponte. Media note that the EU pressure on |
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Independent, Telegraph: If Mladic surrenders, it would be for money; RS Police Director Andan negotiates scenario similar to Gotovina case | Independent analyses a possibility of Ratko Mladic’s surrender: “possible negotiations… are likely to be tough for several reasons. [Mladic] is allegedly in a highly nervous and changeable state… and keeps changing his mind on whether to surrender or not”. RS Police Director Dragomir Andan, reportedly arrived to |
Political issues | |
| RTRS – After RS President and |
BiH Justice Minister Kovac: I would not resign upon
| Dnevni Avaz pg 10 ‘Kovac is not resigning’ by N.D.– BiH Justice Minister Slobodan Kovac stated for DA that he would not resign, according to |
PDP President Ivanic denies accusations | Nezavisne Novine pg 4 ‘ |
BH CoM Chair Terzic:
| Nezavisne Novine pg 5 ‘Slobodan Kovac will not resign’ by M. C. – BH CoM Chairman Adnan Terzic announced CoM would hold a session on Thursday dedicated to the program of realization of priorities from European partnership at which |
Establishing RS Govt –
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PDP’s leaders Ivanic: There is no agreement on const. changes without all parties, SBiH acted inappropriately
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DA: Possible coalition of SDU, SBiH and BOSS?
| Dnevni Avaz pg 9 ‘Tokic: Intensivly, we are establishing block of patriotic forces’ by A. Maagic– SDU leader Sejfudin Tokic stated that SDA and |
US Ambassador McElhaney: we want to decrease authority level and not to create more of them
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Agreement on const. changes to be signed Sunday: Party for BiH not to sign it
| Nezavisne Novine pg 4, announced on cover ‘Signing of agreement on BH Constitution on Sunday’ by M.Cubro – One of participants of talks on changes to BiH Constitution confirmed to daily that the leaders of the seven biggest political parties in BiH without Party for BiH will on Sunday sign the agreement on constitutional changes, which stipulates seeing BiH get authority over defence, security, issues referring to EU and NATO. Agreement would also stipulate BiH would have president, premier and parliament speaker. Haris Silajdzic, Party for BiH founder, Wednesday confirmed his party will not support the agreement, since it makes no essential change. |
FBiH Minister of Urban Planning and Environment Mehmedagic resign “because his Ministry is to divide into 2”
| FTV – FBIH Minister for Urban Planning and Environment, Ramiz Mehmedagic, resigned on Wednesday, and his resignation has been accepted by the FBIH President Niko Lozancic. In a phone statement to FTV, Mehmedagic explained he resigned following a decision [reached by SDA and HDZ] under which his Ministry would be divided in two – a Ministry for Urban Planning and a Ministry for environment and tourism. He also stated that no one consulted him when the decision was made. FBIH Prime minister Ahmet Hadzipasic told FTV Mehmedagic informed him about his decision on Tuesday. He added that every resignation is deepening the crisis in FBIH Government. Reporter concludes that end of February should offer solution to all unresolved issues related to FBIH Government, Parliament and budget which is crucial for FBIH. |
Dailies say Mehmedagic resigned to take over a CEO position
| Oslobodjenje pg 2 ‘Ministry chair to be replaced with director one’ by S.Se – Oslobodjenje alleges that Ramiz Mehmedagic resigned to his position, so he could take over a position of Executive Director in a state company, adding that he himself did not confirm nor denied this information. Dnevni Avaz pg 8 ‘Ramiz Mehmedagic submitted irrevocable resignation’ by M. Kukan– As DA learns, Mehmedagic announced his resignation month ago to his party SBiH, taking the position of the ‘Elektroprenos BiH’ CEO. Deputy FBiH Prime Minister Gavrilo Grahovac stated for DA that this would not complicate additionally the situation in FBiH Government, stressing that SBiH would soon be able to appoint new Minister instead of Mehmedagic if appointment of new Ministers is resolved on Thursday. |
DL source: Mehmedagic’s resignation is result of HDZ and SBiH games/New Ministry would not be formed, HDZ to get Ministry of Urban planning and Environment
| Dnevni List pg 3 ‘Resignation because of political parties’ games’ by M. Zorlak carries an anonymous DL source, who says that HDZ blackmails and pressures exerted against the FBiH Government as well as strange game of SBiH stand behind the resignation of Minister Ramiz Mehmedagic. The source believes that this resignation will not cause deeper crisis in the FBiH Government but on the contrary. The source believes that SBiH decided to make a concession to HDZ Ministers and give them the Ministry of Urban Planning and Environment. This means that the FBiH Government would give up forming the new Ministry (the Ministry of Environment and Tourism) and that HDZ would get the Mehmedagic’s Ministry. FBiH Vice President Sahbaz Dzihanovic believes that such development of the situation is quite realistic. |
FBiH Vice President Dzihanovic: Mehmedagic’s resignation is not good for future work of FBiH Government
| Dnevni List pg 3 ‘Resignation because of political parties’ games’ by M. Zorlak carries FBiH Vice President Sahbaz Dzihanovic as saying that he is not aware of the reasons for the Minister Ramiz Mehmedagic’s resignation and he believes that this is a bad sign for the future work of the FBiH Government since difficult political climate has already been created because the FBiH Government have not filled up all ministerial positions which appeared due to earlier resignations. Dnevni Avaz pg 8 inset ‘No excuses for not working’- also carries. |
FBiH HoR and HoP hold extraordinary sessions to establish another Ministry
| Hayat– FBiH House of Representatives and House of Peoples are to hold extraordinary sessions on Thursday to discuss proposal on establishment of the new, additional, Ministry. Hayat says that a crisis in the FBiH Government, which lasts for months, could be over if FBiH HoP and HoR representatives vote in favour of the Ministry of Tourism and Environment. Former FBiH Minister of Defence Miroslav Nikolic should be appointed as the Minister, as this Croat position was lost following the abolishment of the FBiH Defence Ministry. “At the session, HDZ will accept abolition of recently established Ministry without portfolio and support proposal on establishment of a new Ministry”, said HDZ representative in FBiH House of Representatives Ivan Madunic. |
FBiH Prime Minister Hadzipasic and his Deputies Grahovac and Vrankic harmonized proposal of Law on Distribution of Incomes
| Vecernji List pg 4 ‘Money from budget arrives on Monday’ by zk – FBiH Prime Minister Ahmet Hadzipasic and his Deputies Gavrilo Grahovac and Dragan Vrankic harmonized on Wednesday a proposal of the Law on Distribution of Incomes, shifting responsibility regarding de-blockade of payments from the budget on representatives. Vrankic stated: ‘If the document from the Ministry of Finances was adopted or amended money from the budget would be at disposal of all beneficiaries on Monday.’ VL reminds that session of both Houses of the FBiH Parliament have sessions today (Thursday). |
Danas on reason why HDZ put veto to Law on Distribution of Public Revenues: ‘HDZ wants to win elections by municipal money’
| Danas pgs 18-21 ‘HDZ wants to win elections by municipal money’ by A. Zoric-Marjanovic carries that HDZ representatives put veto on the Law on Distribution of Public Revenues in the FBiH HoP although it secures much more stabile way of financing with much bigger amounts to Municipalities. The weekly says that they did it when they saw that Cantonal Governments would not have any influence on distribution of money in Municipalities. According to Danas, HDZ wants to accumulate big amounts of money that a small group of people in the Cantonal Governments would have at their disposal and in this way during the election year HDZ would continue to control income of money in order to stay in power. Danas says that by this veto HDZ also serves their coalition partners from SDA in the areas with the Bosniak majority in which SDA is in power. |
President of Croatian Parliament Seks: Croats in BiH will not have the right on double citizenships soon; Globus: Croatian PM Sanader arranged details of double citizenship deal with CoM Chair anticipating the problem
| Vecernji List cover pg splash and pg 15 ‘Croats in BiH to lose double citizenship’ by V. Moskaljov, Jutarnji List cover pg splash and pg 5 ‘Croats who live in BiH would not be getting citizenship any longer’ by N. Bozic, N. Jelic – President of the Croatian Parliament Vladimir Seks stated that in near future Croats in BiH will not have the right on double citizenships, but they will only have the citizenship of the country they live in. According to Seks, this issue would be arranged by the agreement between the two countries and this agreement will not influence losing of already acquired rights. Globus pgs 16-19 ‘Pact on double citizenships’ by S. Lukic carries that the Croatian Parliament received in February the European Convention on Citizenship, however the discussion has been postponed. Convention would oblige |
Danas: ‘Croat opposition is getting united?’ | Danas cover pg splash and pgs 14 -17 ‘Croat opposition is getting united?’ by Z. Jukic carries that their sources reveal that a new Croat opposition coalition might be formed soon and it would be made of |
Avian flue | |
BiH HQ for monitoring of avian influenza prepared plan for conducting of preventive measures; Dead birds in Derventa not infected
| PINK– First meeting of BiH Headquarter for Monitoring and Fight against Avian Flue was held in |
Chief FBiH epidemiologist Puvacic: There is no fear for Jajce any longer | Slobodna Dalmacija cover pg splash and pg 19 ‘Chief FBiH epidemiologist Puvaciic: There is no fear for Jajce any longer’ by M., Dnevni Avaz pg 4 ‘Persons who were in touch with infected swans registered’ by Z.P.– Zlatovic carries that Chief FBiH epidemiologist Zlatko Puvacic visited Jajce and stated that there is no reason for panic and fear in Jajce due to bird flu. |
War crimes | |
Trial to ‘Scorpions’ continues; commander Medic denies he ordered executions
| PINK– In continuation of the trial against “Scorpions” members before the Belgrade War Crime Chamber on Wednesday, indictee Pero Petrasevic once again repeated he did participate in executions of Bosniaks from Srebrenica in village Trnovo in 1995 following the order by Scorpions commanding officer Slobodan Medic. Oslobodjenje pg 3 ‘If I had done it it would be done differently’- Medic confronted Petrasevic stressing that best proof of his innocence is the ‘sloppy’ manner in which the executions were conducted. “If I had done it, it would be done differently,” stated Medic. BHT1, RTRS, Dnevni Avaz pg 12 ‘Medic: If I knew he was tapping, I would have killed cameraman as a rabbit’- also reported. |
GS notes F BiH Govt. and its Comm. fail to comply with | Glas Srpske cover pg splash ‘Playing with somebody else’s misery’ by N.Z. – Daily reports oin a failure of the F BiH Government and F BiH Commission for Missing Persons to provide information to the families of the missing persons of Serb nationality related to their suffering and disappearance, although BiH Constitutional Court on 27 May 2005 ruled F BiH Government and its Commission are obligated to provide information to the families of the missing persons. Daily features a story about one Serb from |
| Glas Srpske pg 2 ‘Strasbourg is waiting for an answer’ by Z. Domazet – European Court for Human Rights in Strasbourg sent to BiH 28 individual appellations of persons that have been removed as in accordance with the June 20 decision of former HR Paddy Ashdown. The 28 persons submitted these appellations over violation of human rights. BiH Ministry of Foreign Affairs says BiH Public Attorney Office is currently representing BiH before the Court and it explains the Court demanded for these 28 cases from BiH to present its stance and forward a statement in writing on permissibility and merit of the case. |