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World news | EU to discuss EC recommendations | Decision on |
Igman initiative session | Igman Initiative session in | Cavic on BiH |
FBIH HoR session announcement | BiH poultry industry suffers losses | |
EU Foreign Affairs Ministers meeting | Feature on | Igman initiative session commenced |
NTV Hayat (19,00 hrs) | FTV (19,30 hrs) | RTRS (19,30 hrs) |
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Feature on foreign donations to BiH | Marovic and Mesic visit | Cavic on Chief |
World news: riots in | | Igman initiative session |
World Assoc. of Diaspora session | Meeting on tolerance in Balkans | RS POW on Ashdown |
Oslobodjenje | Bosnians should change Dayton Agreement by their own |
Dnevni Avaz | Croatian President Mesic: Third Entity in BiH not logical |
Dnevni List | Vrankic denies journalists of information |
Vecernji List | Fake invalids on Croatian budget |
Slobodna Dalmacija | |
Glas Srpske | Franjo was torching, Alija was encouraging |
Nezavisne Novine | BiH should withdraw the lawsuit against SiCG |
Blic | They are looking for a job while they are working illegally |
Vecernje Novosti | |
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EU Foreign Ministers to approve start of
| BH Radio 1 Elvir Bucalo – EU Foreign Ministers started their meeting in |
Joint statement on DPA not to be singed by Marovic, Mesic, Tihic
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FBiH HoR discusses Energopetrol, workers support FBiH Govt
| BH Radio 1 Maida Alic – The extraordinary session of the FBiH House of Representatives dedicated to the issue of Energopetrol co-capitalization has commenced this morning. The session was convened at the request of the HoR’s delegates opposing the decision by the FBiH Government to chose INA-MOL Consortium as a partner in co-capitalization of 67% of shares, with 11 % of shares owned by share holders and 22% by FBiH. More than 100 workers of the company gathered in front of the Parliament’s building supporting the Government’s decision. They announced filing charges against the FbiH Parliament if HoR fails to support the decision and demanding resignation of the Government. |
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Igman Initiative session started in Sarajevo
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| FTV, Oslobodjenje cover page, pg 3 ‘Bosnians should change Dayton Agreement by their own’, Dnevni Avaz cover page ‘Mesic: Third Entity in BiH not logical’, pg 3 ‘Mesic: The time has come for change of Dayton’ – |
FTV: Talks on constitutional changes to continue in
| FTV Sinan Saric – Approaching 10th anniversary of Dayton Peace Agreement and next year’s elections, BiH parties have accelerated their activities in negotiating constitutional changes, comments the presenter. Representatives of |
SDA’s Kadric: Abolishment of entities is only rescue for Bosniaks and Croats
| Dnevni Avaz pg 2 ‘Abolishment of entities is only rescue for Bosniaks and Croats’ by Aj. Delic – Chairman of the RS Council of Peoples Remzija Kadric stated that the BiH Constitution should be changed thoroughly and that BiH should be de-centralized. He stressed that entities should be abolished since this is the only rescue for Bosniaks and Croats. Commenting on the statement given by RS President Dragan Cavic who said that ‘it can be talked about constitutional changes only under condition that all negotiators give a written statement that the RS is indisputable’, Kadric said that this statement shows to what extent the constitutional changes can be damaging especially for Bosniaks. |
SNSD: BiH does not need single president
| BHT, RTRS, Nezavisne Novine pg 4 ‘BiH does not need the President’ by V. Popovic, Glas Srpske pg 5 ‘Everything was said’ by Z. Ma. – SNSD considers that constitutional changes in BiH are possible only on the basis of consensus of all three constitutive peoples. This party reminds that they have sent their declaration on constitutional changes to all relevant political parties in BiH and presented it to public. SNSD’s position is that it is not time for BiH to have one president instead of three-member presidency, but they are not against change in the way of election of presidency members. This also relates to possible increase in number of delegates in BiH Parliament. SNSD’s representative Nebojsa Radmanovic confirms that members of this party will participate in the meeting on constitutional changes that will be held in |
| Glas Srpske pg 5 ‘Publicly on the Constitution’ by E. G. S. – |
EU Foreign Ministers today to approve start of
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RS President Cavic says he will nominate Chief
| BHT, RTRS, Dnevni Avaz pg 2 ‘Negotiator must meet expectation of other two peoples as well’, Nezavisne Novine pg 2 ‘Negotiator will be known this week’ by V. D., EuroBlic pg RS2 ‘Cavic: CoM appoints the negotiator’ by V. M., Glas Srpske pg 5 ‘Larger influence of youth’ by M. B. – RS President Dragan Cavic stated on Sunday that he would deliver official proposal on BiH chief negotiator with EU on Stabilisation and Association Agreement ( |
SNSD leader Dodik: let Cavic take the responsibility
| Nezavisne Novine pg 2 ‘Dodik: Let Cavic take the responsibility’ – SNSD President Milorad Dodik on Sunday stated SNSD supports the decision of Igor Davidovic to reject the nomination for chief negotiator and he noted RS President Dragan Cavic had already ‘taken everything to his hands’, which is not good for RS. |
| Nezavisne Novine pg 2 ‘Cavic wants to get rid of Cenic’ by Srna – According to |
DNS leader Pavic criticizes Cavic over the appointment of chief negotiator on
| Glas Srpske pg 5 ‘Terzic will be chief’ by S. S. – DNS President Marko Pavic stated in Zvornik on Saturday that the party has many remarks on moves of RS President Dragan Cavic with regard to the appointment of chief negotiator on talks on |
RS PoWs say Ashdown has made damage to Serb people
| BHT, RTRS, Oslobodjenje pg 6, mentioned on cover ‘They are accusing Ashdown of dictatorship, making damage to Serbs’, Dnevni List, pg 9 ‘Ashdown violated human rights through many decisions’, not signed, Nezavisne Novine pg 6 ‘We can hardly wait for you to leave’ by P. K., EuroBlic pg RS3 ‘POWs sent a message to Paddy Ashdown saying they have had enough of policy of force’ by R. Radosavljevic, Glas Srpske pg 2 ‘Neither jobs, nor justice’ by D. Momic – RS Association of Camp Inmates/Prisoners of War said in an open letter to the High Representative Paddy Ashdown that he severely damaged the Serb people in BiH during his mandate, and that his numerous “anti-constitutional” decisions will have to be re-evaluated/reviewed. In its letter, this association accused Ashdown of innumerable violations of human rights of Serb people and for open supporting the Bosniak side. |
| Oslobodjenje pg 2 ‘Covic took to Brussels documents on elections’ by A.O. – The HDZ delegation led by HDZ President Dragan Covic went to Brussels where they will meet with the leadership of the European People’s Party (EPP). Osl. learns that Covic took with himself documents about the HDZ Convention, which should persuade EPP President Wilfred Martens that the elections for the HDZ President was legal. HDZ spokesperson Miso Relota confirmed this information to Osl. and added that the HDZ delegation would attend the meeting of the EPP Political Department on Monday (today). The article also carries that Chairman of the BiH Presidency Ivo Miro Jovic, who is a member of the aforementioned HDZ delegation, should meet on Monday (today) with high-ranked European officials Javier Solana and Oli Rehn in order to talk about the beginning of the negotiations on |
VL interview: Maric on HR’s decision to rehabilitate him, situation in HDZ
| Vecernji List, pg 6 ‘It is stupid to offer third entity when Serbs have half the state’, by Zdenko Jurilj – Carries an interview with Stipe Maric, who has been recently rehabilitated by the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown. (NB: Maric was head of Mostar’s Municipality South-west). Maric does not talk much about the HR Ashdown’s decision, however he argues he is not returning to executive authorities. On top of this, Maric says the HDZ has to undergo ‘cleansing’ of people who are detrimental to the party’s reputation and organize itself on the eve of constitutional changes. (NB: Although Maric does not mention any names, it is clear that he is criticizing the current HDZ leadership (Dragan Covic and his associates), because he says the HDZ should not be led by people involved in privatization-related malversations) |
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| Nezavisne Novine pg 3, announced on cover ‘Rehabilitation for another 16 |
NN on issue of rehabilitation of politicians by OHR
| Nezavisne Novine, pg 7 ‘Cavic’s list’, by Predrag Klincov – Commenting on the recent decision by the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, to rehabilitate 23 persons, most of them coming from the |
HR reaction to M. Portillo’s statement: ‘Progress of BiH is unbelievable’
| Nezavisne Novine pg 4 ‘Progress of BiH is unbelievable’ by P.K. – High Representative Paddy Ashdown expressed disagreement with ‘the dark and dreary image’ of BiH that ICMP Commissioner Michael Portillo has given to ‘Sunday Times’ recently. Reacting to this statement the HR also judged that it is unbelievable how much BiH has progressed since the nineties. |
Economic/Social Affairs/Education | |
BHT story on Srpske Sume affair
| BHT Zoran Sarenac – Appointment of Stojko Blagojevic to position of Executive Director of RS public forestry company “Sume RS” is paid with 100,000 KM that came from lumber camp “Ribnik,” reports BHT. According to “Sume RS” management, money was shared between four members of the commission for appointment of the members of the company’s management. In spite of the fact that Blagojevic was third on the candidate’s lists, commission members voted for him. Blagojevic is a PDP member. BHT sources say that certain international companies are also involved in Blagojevic’s appointment. His appointment is still not confirmed by the “Sume RS” General Manager Vlastimir Topalic, but it is already subject of interest to the RS Prosecutor’s Office, comments reporter. BHT visited lumber camp “Ribnik”, whose director Milisav Macanovic assisted in gathering 100,000 KM through sale of 1500 cubic meters of beech, for Blagojevic’s appointment. They found staff under order of director Macanovic not to talk about this issue, said reporter. While applying for this position, Blagojevic delivered false documentation, since he attached confirmation that there is no court proceeding against him issued in Doboj, while there is indictment against him filed by Banjaluka’s |
DL: Minister Vrankic does not allow tax bodies to talk to press without his consent
| Dnevni List, front pg splash and pg 3 ‘Vrankic denies journalists of information’, by Ivana Rozic – DL got a confirmation from the spokeswoman of FBiH Tax Administration, Amela Mulavdic, that journalists cannot get information about the work of tax bodies without prior consent of the FBiH Finance Minister, Dragan Vrankic. Mulavdic explains that journalists can still address the Tax Administration, however it is down to the Ministry who and when will make a statement for the press. According to the president of Association ‘BiH Journalists’, Amela Rebac, the law on access to information, which stipulates that an official has to reply to a journalist’s question within 10-15 days, is not good anyway. Dnevni List, pg 2 ‘Attack on freedom of media’, by Tanja Dragic – The author criticizes the current law on access to information in general and particularly Minister Vrankic, who is allegedly very hard to get hold of for a comment. |
VL: Fake HVO invalids enjoying pensions from Croatian budget
| Vecernji List, front pg splash and pg 2 ‘Fake invalids on Croatian budget’, by Miroslav Vasilj – VL learns from an anonymous source in the Croatian Government that the said Government is in possession of a document that shows that 29 former members of HVO are beneficiaries of invalid/disability pensions that are being paid from the Croatian budget although they are not invalids at all. Additionally, an investigation has established that 33 former HVO members are receiving the pensions both from the Croatian and FBiH budget. The source hopes such practice will stop once the Croatian authorities sign a corresponding agreement with BiH authorities. |
FBiH MoI’s spokesman: FBiH Govt’s decision to decrease police’s salaries belittles work of police
| Dnevni List, pg 6 ‘Government belittles work of police by decreasing salaries’, by Mensud Zorlak – According to the spokesman of FBIH Interior Ministry, Robert Cvrtak, the decision by the FBiH Government to decrease salaries of ‘uniform’ police by 12% “belittles values of police officers”. “It will affect the attitude of police officers during the work”, says Cvrtak. According to the FBiH Government’s decision, the salary will decrease from 436 to 385 KMs, which is according to DL ‘a catastrophic decision’. |
VL feature on increase of mandatory reserves in BiH Central Bank
| Vecernji List, pg 4 ‘Suffocation of domestic banks and merchants’, by Milan Sutalo – According to the Governor of Central Bank of BiH (CB BIH), Kemal Kozaric, the recent decision of the CB BiH to increase the level of mandatory reserves commercial banks have to keep in the CB BiH, will not have an affect on price of money (loans) in BiH, since BiH banks already do not have enough of safe clients. On the other hand, an anonymous source from a foreign bank that operates in BiH believes that foreign banks will not be forced to raise interest rates on their loans because their HQs have enough money, however this will not be the case when it comes to BiH banks, which will be forced to increase the rates. Furthermore, VL contacted several economic experts, who say the ultimate goal is to speed up the shutting down or take over of domestic banks. |
VL: ‘Magros’ being sold to suspicious buyer from
| Vecernji List, pg 5 ‘Sarajevo likes Saudi capital the most’, mentioned on front ‘Sarajevo sold Magros to Saudis’, not signed – Talking about the sale of ‘Magros’ company of Sarajevo, which will be according to the Sarajevo Cantonal Privatization Agency’s decision sold to the Saudi Arabia-based ‘Shiddi Trading’, VL says the whole scheme is rather suspicious given that the last year’s bid of Canadian/Croatian businessman, Ciril Zovko, was much better than the ‘Shiddi Trading’s’ bid. The article also notes that the ‘Shiddi Trading’ is being represented by Serif Patkovic, a former commander of 7th Muslim brigade of BiH Army, which is according to VL known for its recruitment of mujahiddin from Arab countries. VL also notes that unofficially it is some senior SDA leaders, including Bakir Izetbegovic, who are standing behind the company. Inset ‘Company was subject to anti-terrorist investigation’ notes that ‘Shiddi Trading’s’ sister company from Wales, namely ‘Alshaddi International’ was subjected to police investigation following the terrorist attacks in London. |
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| Nezavisne Novine pg 2 ‘Miladin Gligoricis candidate’ by V. P. – Election unit of five |
Crime/Legal Proceedings | |
Kostunica: There are no pressures, SCiG itself wants to extradite Mladic
| Oslobodjenje pg 3 ‘There are no pressures, SCiG itself wants to extradite Mladic’ not signed – Talking to Greek newspaper ‘Tovima’ Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica stated that there is political will for extradition of ICTY indictee Ratko Mladic in Serbia and that authorities want this issue to be resolved as soon as possible. Asked whether due to today’s (Monday) beginning of negotiations with the EU an increase of the pressure exerted against Belgrade has been expected, Kostunica said: ‘We are exerting pressure against ourselves since we are very well aware that resolving of the Mladic issue is one of the Serbia’s obligations towards the International Community in order to join the EU and other organizations.’ |
SiCG Foreign Affairs Minister Draskovic: BiH should withdraw lawsuit against SiCG
| Nezavisne Novine cover pg splash and pgs 4-5 ‘BiH should withdraw the lawsuit against SiCG’ by Divna Vidakovic – In an interview to NN, SiCG Minister of Foreign Affairs Vuk Draskovic has stated that the entire Balkans must join EU, and he believes any solution can be reached in the region, but only with consent of all states concerned. With regard to state borders between SiCG and BiH, Draskovic thinks an agreement on correcting the border at certain spots should be reached, which should be followed by a pause after which teams of the two states should meeting again and agree on possible revision of “Avnoj” borders. With regard to the lawsuit of BiH against SiCG, Draskovic says he hopes BiH Parliament would reach ‘the only reasonable decision to withdraw the lawsuit’ noting that the two countries should reach an agreement according to which all persons that were issuing orders and executing crimes should stand a trial. He added that the lawsuit had not been brought against |
GS: Rajic’s admitting on involvement of
| Glas Srpske cover pg splash ‘Franjo was torching, Alija was encouraging’ by N. G. – GS reads the admittance of Ivica Rajic that Croatia had participated in the war in BiH was nothing new and notes that even the legal representative of BiH, Sakib Softic, stated in August last year that that International Court for War Crimes committed in former Yugoslavia thinks it is not disputable that Croatia had committed the act of aggression and partial occupation in BiH. |
International Institute for Strategic Studies: ‘Harkat ul mujaheddin’ has its people in BiH as well | Nezavisne Novine pg 4 ‘ ‘Harkat ul mujaheddin’ has its people in BiH as well’ by D. Ra. – The report of the International Institute for Strategic Studies from London says that Pakistani Islamic and militant unit ‘Harkat ul Mujaheddin’ is also present in BiH where it has its people. |
BiH security structures could not comment on US and British media reports about connection between recently arrested terrorists with BiH
| Nezavisne Novine pg 4 ‘Police without information’ by D. Mu. says that none from the BiH security structures could officially confirm or deny on Sunday the |
Commemoration for killed RS soldiers was held in Zvornik | Vecernje Novosti pg 8 ‘Traces of barbarian acts remained’ by P. Vasovic and D. Gajic, Glas Srpske pg 3 ‘Glodjansko brdo is eternal warning’ by S. Savic – a commemoration for 121 RS Army soldiers who were killed 13 years ago by BiH Army members near Zvornik was held on Sunday. |