TV news broadcast on January 7
RADIO HERCEG-BOSNA (18,00 hrs) | TV PINK (18,00 hrs) | BHT 1 (19,00 hrs) |
Oil prices won’t go down | Christmas celebration in | A bank robbed in |
A bank robbed in | Christmas celebration in | Orthodox Christmas in |
SNSD to launch its initiative | Christmas customs and traditions | Orthodox Christmas in BiH |
Tadic visits Bratunac | Abazovic’s health is stabile | Feature story on Christmas |
NTV Hayat (19,00 hrs) | FTV (19,30 hrs) | RTRS (19,30 hrs) |
Orthodox Christmas celebrated | A bank robbed in | Christmas celebration in |
Bank robbery in | A person killed in Cazin | Christmas celebration in Trebinje |
D. Abazovic in stabile condition | Two persons injured in Drvar | Christmas celebration in Semberija |
SNSD to launch its initiative | A FBiH Ministry moved to Mostar | Christmas celebration in family Pazin |
Oslobodjenje | One man cannot write Constitution |
Dnevni Avaz | Can Dodik secure support? |
Dnevni List | There is no investigation on Leutar’s murder |
Vecernji List | Bloody showdown on Orthodox Christmas |
Nezavisne Novine | Orthodox believers celebrated Christmas |
Political issues | |
Hayat CD interview with S. Tihic on Reis Ceric’ statement that Silajdzic should write BiH Constitution, constitutional changes etc.
| Hayat – A guest in Hayat’s CD was member of BiH Presidency and SDA Chairman Sulejman Tihic. Asked about his reckless statements, which are causing fuss in the public, such as ‘the RS’ name is unconstitutional’ or ‘We should abolish both entities’- Tihic said that this is just continuation of his work, since he was raising the same issue when he was a representative in the RSNA. Tihic believes that his position carries burden of these statements and raises passions among politicians. Asked about his statement (Dnevni Avaz, Saturday) that the coalition with |
H. Silajdzic, S. Tihic,
| Oslobodjenje cover pg splash and pgs 4 and 5 ‘One man cannot write Constitution’ by M. Kavaz-Sirucic – Asked to comment on the statement by Reis Muhamed Effendi Ceric (given on Friday at the ceremony marking the anniversary of Gazu Husrev-Beg Moslem Secondary School), where he told Haris Silajdzic, founder of SBiH, that he will be remembered as Sultan Fatih, Gazi Husref-beg and Alija Izetbegovic, if he makes the Constitution without entities, Silajdzic said that the BiH Constitution depends on its citizens, who should decided on this issue at the referendum. Asked as to why he was singled out by Reis Ceric Silajdzic said that though him a call had been sent to all those who support BiH without the entities. On the same issue S. Tihic stated that the Constitution cannot be written by one man. Senad Avdic from Slobodna Bosna said that tis invitation is petty political since it gives preferenace to Silajdzic as the last one in te line of famous persons and it is well known that an individual cannot make the Constitution without citizens. |
NN interview wit Z. Lagumdzija: Through constitutional changes BiH citizens would get more efficient state’
| Nezavisne Novine pgs 8 and 9, mentioned on cover ‘Through constitutional changes BiH citizens would get more efficient state’ by N. Hasic carries an interview with |
Update on possible removal of Bukejlovic’s Government
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DA on possible development of situation with regard to voting of non-confidence to RS Government
| Dnevni Avaz cover pg splash and pg 3 ‘Can Dodik secure support for his mandate?’ by N. Diklic carries that political analysts and RSNA representatives believe that the removal of the RS Government is not questionable and this means that the aforementioned initiative can get the support. DA goes on to say that Milorad Dodik would be faced with the problem when he starts to form a new Assembly’s majority if he accepts the mandate for forming the Government. DA says that even if he secures enough representatives’ votes it is questionable whether ‘sly and experienced’ Dodik would start the adventure to form the Government only a few months before the general elections and probably weakens his position in the run for power in this way. DA concludes that for this reason one of possible outcomes might be the Bukejlovic’s Government in the technical mandate by the elections and according to the daily this option suits all political protagonists in the RS. |
On B. Tadic’s mtg with RS officials after commemoration in Kravice
| RTRS – Serbian President Boris Tadic met with the RS officials in Bratunac to discuss the current crisis of the RS Government, constitutional changes in BiH and cooperation with ICTY. After the meeting, RS President Dragan Cavic said that RS institutions have the obligation to collect all relevant documents and process the war crimes. He gave his credit to the efforts of the RS Ministry of Interior in the work on processing of the war crimes. BiH Minister of Foreign Affairs Mladen Ivanic stated that his meeting with Tadic was focused on improvement of cooperation with the ICTY. According to Ivanic, it is clear that the cooperation with ICTY must be significantly improved. |
HDZ Spokesperson denied that Sanader demanded from Covic to step down
| Oslobodjenje pg 2, mentioned on cover ‘Sanader did not demand that Covic steps down’ by R.I. – HDZ Spokesperson Miso Relota denied the article published in Dnevni List on Saturday in which it was stated that that HDZ Croatia President Ivo Sanader demanded from HDZ President Dragan Covic to leave his current position. Relota believes that all speculations with regard to Covic’s removal or stepping down ended up at the alst HDZ Central Board session when he received 131 votes of the support. |
D. Tomic: ‘There is no investigation on Leutar case’ | Dnevni List cover pg splash and pg 3 ‘Investigation on Leutar’s murder does not exist’ by E. Mackic carries Dusko Tomic who is a lawyer to protected witness in the Leutar case, Merim Galiajtovic, as saying that his client sued the FBiH since he did not receive a full amount of the award that he was supposed to receive for the information that he gave with regard to this case. Tomic says that currently there is no investigation on the Leutar case. Tomic believes that this is about an HDZ-SDA agreement in which they promised each others that they would not sentence protagonists of the Pogorelica and Leutar cases. |
War crimes | |
B. Tadic, D. Cavic, D. Matijasevic attended commemoration marking 13th anniversary of war crime committed over Serbs in Kravice
| BHT 1 – The 13th anniversary of the war crime committed over Serbs in Kravice inhabitants was marked on Saturday. The RS and Serbian Presidents, Dragan Cavic and Boris Tadic, attended the commemoration. Even though said that he was going to attend the commemoration, BiH Presidency member Borislav Paravac did not appear. On this occasion, Cavic said that those who destroyed over 100 villages in Bratunac and Srebrenica had to be punished. “It is sad that there are no International Community or Croat or Bosniak representatives present at the occasion, especially Bosniak ones since the ones who committed the crime come from their side’. He added that this confirmed the fact that the crimes were not treated equally in BiH. Hayat carries Cavic as saying: ‘I am glad that Tadic was here today. That shows that this, what happened here can’t be erased in people’s consciences, especially of Serbs from both sides of |
M. Tokaca on number of victims in Bratunac area
| FTV – With regard to the 13th anniversary of the war crime committed over Serbs in Kravice, Director of the Research and Documentation Centre Mirsad Tokaca made a statement. Due to the fact that the number of victims has often being manipulated with, Tokaca presented the data the Centre has. According to the data, in the period of 1992-1995, 2,856 Bosniaks (out of what 2,057 civilians and 799 soldiers) and 564 Serbs (116 civilians and 430 soldiers) were killed in Bratunac. Tokaca says that BiH politicians are obliged to explain all the manipulations related with the number of victims. He added that there are speculations going on that 3,500 Serbs were killed in Bratunac. He says that there was a cemetery in Bratunac and that bodies of Serbs from all parts of BiH were taken to the cemetery to be buried, in order to make it look like they were killed there. |
D. Abazovic’s health condition stabile
| Pink, BHT 1, RTRS, Oslobodjenje pg 6 ‘Abazovic’s condition stabile’ by R.I. – According to medical reports, the health condition of Dragomir Abazovic,who was injured on Thursday when EUFOR attempted to arrest him, is stabile. Dnevni Avaz pg 4 ‘Abazovic conscious but still in life danger’ by T.L. carries doctor Faris Gvrankapetanovic as saying that Abazovic is conscious but he is still in life danger. |
D. Andan: ’ I have more important things to do from arrest of war criminals’
| Oslobodjenje pg 2, mentioned on cover ‘I have more important things to do from arrest of war criminals’ – Asked to give some additional explanation of the statement given by RS MoI Spokesperson Radovan Pejic who said that the activities with regard to the arrest of Ratko Mladic are in the final phase, RS Police Director Dragomir Andan said: ‘As the Police Director I have been totally excluded, for the last 2 or 3 months, from the operations with regard to the arrests of Radovan Karadzic and Mladic.’ He stressed that lately he has had some other preoccupations. He also said that he cannot deny words of his Spokesman and say that Pejic lied. |
Media | |
Hayat CD harsh commentary on OBN
| Hayat CD – OBN television and its Director Ivan Caleta were the main topic of tonight’s news, where the reporter emphasised the “dark past” of Caleta and inappropriate program that this TV station broadcasts, which is an insult for all BiH citizens. In the first part of the report, an accent was put on a new show of this TV “Niko Kao Ja”, hosted by Dragan Marinkovic Maca, which insulted BiH women and presented them as “piece of meet”. Due to this show, the |
Crime | |
Branch office of HVB Central Profit Bank in | Pink, BHT 1, RTRS, all printed media – The branch office of HVB Central Profit Bank in |
VL on shooting in Drvar
| Vecernji List cover pg splash and pg 3 ‘Bloody showdown on Orthodox Christmas’ by D. Mamic, R. Soldo reports on shooting in Drvar on Friday night when two persons were injured. VL says that this is not about an inter-ethnic conflict. |