Latest radio news broadcast at 12.00 on 24 October
| RADIO HERCEG-BOSNA (12,00 hrs) | BH Radio 1 (12,00 hrs) | RTRS (12,00 hrs) |
| FBiH: Cheaper fuel prices as of today | Mass grave near Zvornik opened | |
| BiH Educat. Ministers’ Coordin. mtg | Bird flue preventive measures in BiH | Bird flue risk |
| World news | WHO, EC discuss bird flue | CARDS project |
TV news broadcast on 23 October
| RADIO HERCEG-BOSNA (18,00 hrs) | TV PINK (18,00 hrs) | BHT 1 (19,00 hrs) |
| Bird flu not discovered in BIH | BiH doctors left for | World News |
| Regional news | | Regional News |
| World news | Circle 99 in session | No bird flue prevention on borders |
| Days of Queen Catherine | Small number of new cars in BiH | Rycroft on BIH Constitution |
| NTV Hayat (19,00 hrs) | FTV (19,30 hrs) | RTRS (19,30 hrs) |
| World News | World News | Terrorist suspects in custody |
| Feature story on avian influenza | World News | World news |
| Croat pupils to go back to schools | Doctors from | Shooting incident in |
| Circle 99 in session | Regional News | Accidental death in Gacko plant |
| Oslobodjenje | People are still losing lives at M17 highway (frequent traffic accidents on the road) |
| Dnevni Avaz | EU demand: Shorten police reform deadline to three years |
| Dnevni List | Is BiH hiding bird flu? |
| Vecernji List | Special forces shooting at poultry (bird flu in |
| Slobodna Dalmacija | Damage worth 600 million kunas (bird flu in |
| Glas Srpske | Bullet in back of the head (shooting in B. Luka Sunday) |
| Nezavisne Novine | Only BAM 26 million in cash in five years |
| Blic | Disinfection commenced at border crossings (disinfection at BiH crossings re bird flu) |
| Vecernje Novosti | |
LATEST NEWS OF TODAY | |
| Meeting of BiH Education Ministers takes place in Siroki Brijeg | |
| Exhumation near Zvornik
| BH Radio 1 Hatka Hamidovic – Tuzla Office of the FBiH Missing Persons Commission have commenced with the exhumation of the secondary mass grave near Zvornik this morning. It is believed that the grave contains the body remains of Bosniaks executed in 1995. The exhumation will take about 15 days. |
| Czech, BiH parliamentarians discuss European integrations
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| BiH veterinary teams at border crossings with Croatia
| BH Radio 1Tihomir Bjelic – BIH veterinary teams have taken positions at the border crossings with |
| CARDS project launched
| RS Radio – CARDS programme of EURO 1.6 million will finance 8 projects aimed at improving efficiency of BiH institutions in activities related to integration into EU. The users of projects will be BiH Ministries of Justice, Foreign Affairs, Finance, Treasury, Civil Affairs Foreign Trade and Economic Relations, Traffic and Communication and Civil Administration Agency and Directorate for European Integration. The programme has been launched in |
Political Developments/Reforms | |
| DA quotes EC official: EC will demand from BiH to carry out police reform within 3 yrs
| Dnevni Avaz cover splash, pg 2 ‘Police reform deadline to be shortened to three years’ by S. Numanovic – DA learns from the high-level EC officials in Brussels that the European Commission will put forward a request for the BiH authorities to shorten deadlines related to the police reform. “We have no time to wait. Reform must be implemented within two, maximum three years,” says the [male] source adding that the five-year deadline is too flexible. “The Commission wants to talk with BIH on Stabilization and Association Agreement in a term of short deadlines… In order to shorten the negotiations with BiH, police reform deadline must be reduced,” source adds. He explains that the EC is ready to offer any kind of support to ensure this: “Professional police is an important precondition to fully abolish the visa regime for BiH. Sooner you have police in line with European standards, sooner you will be on the Schengen white list.” DA learns that not only |
| Terzic:
| Dnevni Avaz pg 4 ‘Seven rounds of negotiations before us’ by M. Kukan – Following the EC’s recommendation to EU to open |
| Terzic to meet Cavic Monday to discuss BiH negotiator with EU
| Nezavisne Novine pg 3 ‘Cavic will propose negotiator with EU’ by V.Popovic – Adnan Terzic, BiH COM Chair, announced he will meet with Dragan Cavic, RS President, Monday and discuss the issue of name of chief negotiator who will be leading BiH in negotiations on Glas Srpske pg 5 ‘Let’s face’ by Lj.C. – Dodik Sunday rejected accusations of Terzic he does not meet pre-requisites BiH negotiator should meet, stressing: “As for my qualifications, I am ready to face with Terzic at any time to show how much each of us know. I have experience in negotiations, which would demand a complete devotion. It is the biggest obstacle I am facing with as far as this offer is concerned.” He says final answer to this offer will be made Tuesday or Wednesday, when SNSD will hold meeting, adding that there are much more reasons against offer, hence he will most likely not accept the offer. EuroBlic RSpg 2 ‘Dodik – negotiator with EU?’ by M.M. – |
| Patriot on Dodik, Cavic’s joint political actions
| Patriot pgs 4-6 ‘Road and side-road’ by Slobodan Vaskovic – Commenting on recent joint activities of Milorad Dodik and Dragan Cavic (regarding Agreement on police reform), the author describes Dodik as “man who managed people, not problems” which resulted in strong SNSD, and Cavic as “man who managed problems not people” resulting in bad situation within |
| Osl. op-ed on BiH negotiator with EU
| Oslobodjenje pg 9 ‘European?’ by I. Prohic carries an editorial which says that only a day after BiH received a green light for the first phase of the road towards the EU, BiH has shown that it is still immature for this demanding process. The author grounds this claim on the situation that emerged after it was stated that the main negotiator in this process would be a Serb from the RS (allegedly SNSD President Milorad Dodik). The author says that instead of talking about a need of the political consensus on this issue, about the criterion and procedures for election of the negotiating team, etc., problematic motifs emerge such as thinking that ‘if Serbs are in charge of negotiations they cannot be against them’ etc. |
| British Ambassador Rycroft says BiH will have to change Constitution on its road to Europe
| BHT, Hayat, FTV, RTRS, Oslobodjenje pg 9 ‘BiH cannot join EU with the current Constitution’, Dnevni Avaz pg 2, Vecernji List, pg 19 ‘Rycroft: BiH cannot go to EU with such constitution’, by H – UK Ambassador to BiH Mathew Rycroft has stated for Nezavisne Novine that the idea on having one president, strong position of PM and strong parliament would help BiH on its path to EU. He noted that he could not imagine BiH as EU member with the current Constitution and a High Representative with |
| SDUBiH sends a letter to US Ambassador McElhaney: Changes to BiH Constitution the top priority
| Oslobodjenje pg 5 ‘Life outgrew Dayton Agreement’, Dnevni Avaz pg 2 ‘Leading role and presence of US necessary for the future of BiH’, FENA – With regard to the tenth anniversary of the Dayton Agreement Vice Presidents of the Social-Democratic Union (SDU) Miro Lazovic and Ivo Komsic, as the participants at the peace conference in Dayton, sent a letter to US Ambassador to BiH Douglas McElhaney. Lazovic and Komsic expressed gratitude to the |
| VL: Foundations of new BiH Constitution will be presented on 10th anniversary of DPA; Croats to be sidelined?
| Vecernji List, pgs 10 and 11 ‘Croat to be Speak of Parliament in Bosniak-Serb BiH!?’, by Milan Sutalo – The author notes that foundations of a new BiH constitution will be presented in Washington on December 21, the tenth anniversary of the Dayton Peace Accord. Having said that, Sutalo wonders/fears that the BiH Croats could disappear as a political nation/factor in BiH. To back his claim up, the author reminds that the German Ambassador to BiH, Arne Frieherr von Kittlitz, recently stated that one should not allow a creation of a third entity in the FBiH, and the similar came from the US Undersecretary of State, Nicholas Burns, who sees the establishment of a third entity as a step backwards. Sutalo stresses that neither von Kittlitz nor Burns talked about the abolishment of the RS, instead they opposed the establishment of a third entity. VL goes on to say that according to media speculations, the |
| Lawyer Mikes, Professor Tomas on
| Glas Srpske pg 5 ‘You take care of yoursels by yoursleves’ by D.Vrhovac-Mihajlovic – Commenting on Geneva conference, Miroslav Mikes, Banja Luka attorney, said that participants of the conference from Sarajevo –re-raised the issue of abolishment of RS through changes of BiH Constitution, noting: “I think this story does not pass through within international community. BiH with RS and F BiH remains.” He also stressed that Conference stressed the importance of seeing a classical government of BiH established, “with strong premier”. Rajko Tomas, Professor at Faculty of Economics in B. Luka, passed on general view of conference that influence of international community should be diminished, owing to which reason BiH authorities should take over responsibility for economic and social situation |
| BiH Presidency member Tihic meets with Turkish PM Erdogan in Istanbul
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DA: ‘Showdown with authors of Promemoria has been expected’
| Dnevni Avaz pg 8 ‘Showdown with authors of Promemoria has been expected’ by F. Vele – DA learns that mid next week a session of the HDZ Presidency will take place and Promemoria (the document in which re-examining of the elections for the HDZ President’s position has been demanded) should be discussed. According to the announcements, they would discuss whether those who signed the Promemoria disrespected the HDZ Statute. DA also says that HDZ Vice President Niko Lozancic stated that within the discussion about the HDZ acting after the HDZ Convention, they would judge the work of some HDZ members alluding on Bozo Ljubic and his supporters. The HDZ Court of Honor would decide whether they disrespected the Statute or not. HDZ Spokesperson Miso Relota said that he would not like ‘to comment on the HDZ Presidency’s decisions, however, it is not excluded that some of the HDZ members would propose to have the discussion and pass the decision calling to account these members’. DA inset ‘Merdzo: Some people do not like public acting’ carries Josip Merdzo as saying that aforementioned announcements are a reaction to Promemoria. |
| Colak meets Martens, Pack, Sanader in
| Vecernji List, pg 10 ‘Building partnership relations with EPP’, by Vlatko Ivankovic – VL notes that BiH Security Minister and member of HDZ Presidency, Barisa Colak, took part in a two-day Conference of European people’s parties that was held in Istanbul last week. VL notes that Colak met, among others, with the President of European People’s Party (EPP), Wilfried Martens, and Chairwoman of the Delegation of European Parliament for BiH, SiCG and |
| DL: HDZ does not allow media it controls to have Ljubic appearing
| Dnevni List, pg 2 ‘Getting even with Smiljko Sagolj’, by M. B. – DL notes that censorship has been introduced at the Radio Herceg-Bosna in Mostar. Namely, the show called ‘On tip of the tongue’ that is hosted by Smiljko Sagolj was supposed to have Bozo Ljubic (Dragan Covic’s biggest opponent at the last HDZ convention) as its guest, however the show was banned. DL notes that the HDZ will not allow Ljubic to appear in the media controlled by the HDZ, and the daily expects that Sagolj could also be expecting to lose his job at the Teacher’s College in Mostar. |
| DA: HR to abolish names of disputable Mostar streets
| Dnevni Avaz pg 12 ‘Is Ashdown going to abolish disputable Mostar streets? by F. Vele – According to unofficial information, after Mostar Councilors refused last week a proposal of Mostar Mayor Ljubo Beslic to discuss renaming of a few Mostar streets High Representative Paddy Ashdown might pass the final decision on this issue. DA says that the OHR was disappointed because the Beslic’s proposal was refused and they judged that it is not certain that an agreement on this issue might be reached soon. The article says that many Councilors stated that they did not want to support the Beslic’s proposal because they ‘do not want to participate in cosmetic changes’. One of these Councilors stated that in this way HDZ wants to get rid of its mortgage and score political points, while the OHR wants to score points in integration of the City of |
Economic/Social Affairs | |
| DA on Energopetrol
| Dnevni Avaz pg 4 ‘To annul the decision and adopt measures for rehabilitation of Energopetrol’ – BOSS leader and deputy to the FBiH House of Representatives Mirnes Ajanovic has initiated a special HoR session following a FBiH Government’s decision to continue talks with INA-MOL consortium on Energopetrol re-capitalization. Ajanovci proposes that the decision be annulled and measures taken for rehabilitation of the company. Dnevni Avaz pg 4 ‘Federation Parliament will request a report form the Government’ – FBiH HoR Speaker Muhamed Ibrahimovic told the daily that he had still not received any initiative for holding a special session on Energopetrol but that he would act in accordance with valid procedures if he receives such the initiative(s). Dnevni Avaz pg 5, mentioned on cover ‘I will accept any better solution’ – In an interview with the daily, FBiH Prime Minister Ahmet Hadzipasic said that the Government had made the only possible (and the best) solution, which is to continue talks on re-capitalization of Energopetrol with INA-MOL consortium. However, he said that he would any better solution to the issue. |
| SD interview: FBiH Minister Vrankic on budget, ‘Energopetrol’
| Slobodna Dalmacija, pg 13 ‘We will pay out debt to pensioners’, by Blazica Kristo – Carries an interview with the FBiH Finance Minister, Dragan Vrankic, in which he notes that some sort of pre-election campaign has already started with the FBiH Parliament enacting laws the aim of which is to increase compensations to most endangered categories of population, which is creating budget related problems to the FBiH Government. Asked to comment on the issue of co-capitalization of ‘Energopetrol’, Minister Vrankic says the biggest winners in the whole scheme are workers of ‘Energopetrol’, because ‘INA-MOL’ will invest some 250 million KMs, whilst all 1100 workers will keep their jobs. Vrankic hopes that the Government’s decision (on ‘Energopetrol’) will be realized. |
| Dailies on danger of bird flu in BiH
| Dnevni List, front pg splash ‘Is BiH hiding bird flu?’ and pgs 4-5 ‘Samples from BiH are being sent to London!’, by Anja Vrebac – Carries a lengthy article about possible outbreak of bird flu in BiH, in which DL says the competent authorities are monitoring the situation on the ground all the time, however what worries DL is the fact that dead bird are not subjected to analysis at the Veterinary College in Sarajevo, instead the birds are to be taken to London for the analysis, however no decision has been taken as yet. The issue is also covered by Vecernji List, pgs 8 and 9 ‘Virus at gates of BiH’, by Valentina Rupcic, Nada Koturic, Slobodna Dalmacija, pgs 12-13 ‘Even parrots are being released from cages’, by Miroslav Landeka. |
| NN on privatisation process in RS
| Nezavisne Novine cover pg splash, pg 5 ‘Only BAM 26 million in cash in five years’ by P.Klincov – Daily writes about results of the privations in RS, stressing that ever since privatization process commenced, RS has collected BAM 205 million, out of which sum only BAM 26 million was in case, while the rest was in foreign currency savings. Economic analysts in RS estimate those data are extremely bad. |
Language Issue/Education | |
| Circle 99 discussed language issue in BiH
| Pink, Hayat, Oslobodjenje pg 2 ‘Politics uses language as a manipulation tool’, Dnevni Avaz pg 8, Nezavisne Novine pg 4 ‘Language is a means of manipulation to politics’ by N.N., Glas Srpske pg 2 ‘Tools for manipulation’ by FENA – Independent Intellectuals Association ‘Circle 99’ held session on Sunday to discuss use of language and connection of this issue with politics. It was said that nationalists in BiH were using the language in order to achieve their particular political goals. Language professor Hanka Vajzovic said that the protagonists of national/ethnic policies in BiH consider the language as a manipulation and not communication means. Language professor Josip Baotic claims that the issue of two schools under the same roof is not of a linguistic but of a political nature. |
| RS Education Minister Pecelj announces transformation of Universities
| EuroBlic RSpg 2 ‘To re-form a science according to European model’ by Mirna Soja – Milovan Pecelj, RS Minister of Education, has stated that the RS Government will soon make decisions regarding transformation of Universities in RS, which is one of principles of the Bologna process BiH has committed to. He said that integrated Universities should group universities in RS in line with close science/issue of interest. RS Association of Students and Banjaluka University Rector have supported this announcement. |