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Danish Parliament Chair in BiH | BiH Diplomacy crisis | HR talks with RS party reps |
House of Mladic’s sister searched | ITA employees’ issues | Reactions to police reform in BIH |
| Ashdown in Banjaluka | RS MoI employees social status |
Oslobodjenje | Ivanic, Tesanovic and Dokic remain in the Government; Iranian President visits BiH: We are prepared to help BiH |
Dnevni Avaz | Hadzipasic addresses WB: No one needs such the shaking of the Government |
Dnevni List | Destiny of Aluminij in hands of FBiH Government |
Vecernji List | Religious fanatic beat up Orthodox priests |
Slobodna Dalmacija | Features |
Glas Srpske | Crime without reason |
Nezavisne Novine | Peoples in BiH should take their destiny in their own hands; Ivanic and Dokic withdrew resignations; He killed his friend in a car |
Blic | EUFOR barged into the house of Mladic’s sister |
Vecernje Novosti | Features |
Belgrade’s Nacional | Features |
| Oil deposits in RS: A fortune under the feet |
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WCC inauguration underway in
| RS Radio – Paddy Ashdown, HR to BiH, and Slobodan Kovac, BiH Justice Minister, today in The inauguration of the War Crimes Chamber with |
FBiH HoR in session
| BH Radio 1 By Ljiljana Radl – The delegates of the FBiH House of Representatives, at the session started this morning, have again postponed the voting on the law on amendments to the privatization law. The HoR is also scheduled to hold the extraordinary session today in order to discuss the draft law on police officers in FBiH, which was previously rejected by the House. This law is one of the conditions under the police reform. RHB is also covering the session. |
Update to ‘Croat self-rule’ case
| RHB carried an interview with one of suspects in the ‘Croat self-rule’ case that is being conducted before the |
Matijasevic comments on arrest of war crime suspects
| RS Radio – The RS Interior Ministry and RS institutions make maximum efforts to get in touch with Radovan Karadzic and advise him to voluntarily surrender to |
Political developments/reforms | |
Ashdown discusses police reform with RS parliamentarians
| RHB, TV Pink, BHT, TV Hayat, FTV, RTRS, Oslobodjenje pg 5, mentioned on cover ‘Changes to the Entities’ Constitutions necessary’, Dnevni Avaz pg 4, mentioned on cover ‘Constitutions of the entities should be changed’, Dnevni List pg 2 ‘Ashdown: Abolishment of entities is not goal of police restructuring’ by NINA, Slobodna Dalmacija last pg ‘Change Constitution or you will pay the price ’ by A. Macanovic, Glas Srpske pg 2 ‘Change of Dayton, then reforms’ by V. Janjic, EuroBlic RSpg 2 ‘Entity authorities to be partially transferred to BiH level’ by R. Radosavljevic – High Representative Paddy Ashdown said Tuesday that it is not possible to implement the police reform in BiH according to the present constitution. “If RS and F BiH fail to transfer some competence to the state level, we cannot succeed. We cannot respect three principles of the European Union.” Ashdown told reporters after talks with delegates’ caucuses of the RS parliament in BHT – Tarik Sadovic, Party for Democratic Action (SDA) member said that all the parties would come to an agreement on this subject only if they think the European way. On the other hand, SNSD member Milorad Dodik said that mutual agreement is not that important, because they, and other Serb parties would agree only if police reform does not mean any changes in the Constitution. NTV Hayat – SDS claims that, in order for this to happen, constitutions should not be changed. “Without the RS Ministry of Interior and without Police Director… it is a minimum with which Serbs in RS and BiH are satisfied with”, said SDS representative, Stanko Pivasevic. “There is not possibility for the proposal, which is stated in the report, to be implemented. International experts, including the HR, have to bare this in mind, since we are the ones who are staying here while the others will leave, soon or later”, said Nevenka Trifkovic, PDP representative. RTRS – brings reactions of party representatives regarding conversations carried out by HR Paddy Ashdown on police reform in BIH. Borislav Bojic Chief of SDS caucus in RS National Assembly says that police reform is necessary built not at the expense of RS MoI. His view is shared by Krstan Simic Chief of SNSD caucus in RS NA and Nevenka Trifkovic Chief of PDP caucus in RS NA. Tarik Sadovic on the other hand feels that RS MoI should be abolished. Nezavisne Novine pg 4 ‘Ashdown complained on misunderstanding of reforms’ by D. Risojevic – Ashdown complained there is still a vast misunderstanding towards the proposed police reform model. Vedran Poljasevic, PDP official, stated that this party still does not accept a single proposal on police reform, which stipulates abolishment of RS Interior Ministry. Igor Radojicic from SNSD stated: “We supported police reform in regard to make police force more efficient, but we are still reserved towards the proposed model.” Glas Srpske pg 2 ‘Nothing to be done hastily’ – carries reactions of political parties, namely of Borislav Bojic, Vedran Poljasevic, Krstan Simic and Tarik Sadovic. |
Novi Reporter interview with EC’s Humphreys: Abolishment of RS is not on agenda’
| Novi Reporter pgs 14-17 ‘Abolishment of RS is not on agenda’ by Sasa Bizic – In a lengthy interview to magazine, Michael Humphreys, Head of EC delegation to BiH, says that the main topic of 10th and 11th March meeting between delegations of EC and BiH authorities would be progress achieved in implementation of 16 conditions from Feasibility Study, adding: “We will jointly assess the extent of progress achieved and mark clearly what is yet to be done.” On police reform, he adds EC stances overlap with OHR stances, expressing his support to HR’s activities. He believes that another High representative would succeed High Representative on this position, without wishing to make any further comment. On existence of RS, he says: “There is no reason make RS not exist any longer. It is a legal formation with its Government covering certain territory and with municipal bodies. The structures are very clear and understandable. Hence, we have no intention of undermining RS.” |
All PDP-nominated Ministers remain in BiH CoM
| TV Pink, TV Hayat, RTRS, Oslobodjenje cover page, pg 2 ‘Ivanic, Tesanovic and Dokic remain in the Government’, Dnevni Avaz pg 2 ‘Ivanic wants to remain in CoM’, Dnevni List pg 6, mentioned on cover ‘Application of zero customs rate suspended’ by D. Polovina Mandic, Vecernji List pg 4 ‘Ivanic, Dokic withdrew resignations’ by dja,Nezavisne Novine pg 4, announced on cover ‘Ivanic and Dokic withdrew resignation’ by V.P., FENA – BiH Council of Ministers Chair Adnan Terzic told a press conference in Sarajevo on Tuesday that the PDP President, Mladen Ivanic, had informed him that all members of this political party would remain in the BiH Council of Ministers. Terzic added that in line with conclusions from the meeting in Neum, PDP would remain in the BiH Council of Ministers. |
Iranian president visits BiH, pledges financial, economic aid for the country
| RHB, BHT, TV Hayat, FTV, Oslobodjenje cover page, pg 3 ‘We are prepared to help BiH’, Dnevni Avaz pg 3 ‘Iran will help BiH reach its goal’, mentioned on cover ‘Great powers have debt towards BiH’, Dnevni List pg 2 ‘Iran promised 2 million Dollars of assistance for refugees’ by E. Mackic, Vecernji List pg 2 ‘Ceremonious welcome for Khatami’, mentioned on cover ‘Iranian President in BiH’ by eme, Slobodna Dalmacija last pg ‘Iran is factor of peace in region’ by D. Pasic, Nezavisne Novine pg 2 ‘ |
SD interview: Cardinal Puljic says DPA has to be changed
| Slobodna Dalmacija, pg 12 ‘Who will decide about Pope’s departure?’, mentioned on front ‘Such nonsense like Dayton must fail’, by Silvije Tomasevic – Carries an interview with the Archbishop of Vrhbosnia, Cardinal Vinko Puljic, which was conducted in Rome. Questioned to comment on the organization of BiH that was devised in |
Cavic: Changes of the
| EuroBlic pg RS3 ‘Cavic: Changes of the Dayton will cause political conflicts’ by Srna – RS President Dragan Cavic stated Tuesday that opening of the issue of constitutional and legal composition of BiH, defined by the Dayton Agreement, would cause serious political conflicts that would be difficult to control. He said it would be unrealistic to expect that experience of Brcko District could be realised in other parts of BiH. Cavic attended the 5th anniversary of Brcko District and assessed that Brcko District has showed both its good and its bad sides in the past. Cavic added it was good that Brcko was an area that has a stabile political scene and stabile political relations. He thinks Brcko has achieved progress, especially with regard to infrastructure, but he thinks this was a result of “budgetary situation that was not logical at all”. ‘This has been resolved by the establishment of ITA and I think things are getting in order now’, Cavic emphasised. |
Brcko Mayor Djapo: Priority is to establish dialogue on BiH structure | Glas Srpske pg 2 ‘ |
SNSD’s Radmanovic says BiH authorities cannot meet pre-requisites of EU
| Nezavisne Novine pg 6 ‘BiH authorities cannot meet pre-requisites of EU’ by V. Popovic – In an interview to NN, Chairman of SNSD Executive Board Nebojsa Radmanovic has stated BiH must comply with international obligations, primarily referring to cooperation with the Hague, if it wishes to join the community of developed European countries. He also emphasises BiH needs police reform, considering the fact BiH was assessed as one of black spots of crime in Europe, yet he emphasises this does not necessarily include abolishing of RS Ministry of Interior. Asked whether BiH authorities were capable of leading BiH towards European integrations, Radmanovic replied: ‘The authorities at BiH level are completely incapable of making any serious step forward that would provide citizens with better lives, and the authorities are especially incapable of fulfilling pre-requisites for the admission to EU’. |
War crimes/cooperation with ICTY | |
HR to attend WCC ceremony on Wednesday
| RHB, TV Hayat, Oslobodjenje pg 3 ‘Del Ponte, Meron to attend the ceremony’, Dnevni List pg 4 ‘Inauguration at BiH Court in presence of high-ranked officials’ by NINA, Vecernji List pg 2 ‘All eyes are focused on Prosecutor Carla del Ponte’ by D. Jazvic,, Nezavisne Novine pg 4 ‘Conditions for trials in BiH provided’ by A.S.-G.G., FENA – The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, will on Wednesday attend the inauguration ceremony of the War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Special War Crimes Department of the BiH Prosecutors Office, OHR Spokesman |
DL: ‘ICTY transfers 12 suspects to
| Dnevni List pg 4 ‘ICTY transfers 12 suspects to BiH Court by May’ by M. Zorlak carries that ICTY representative in BiH Mathias Hellman stated that this court will transfer to the War Crimes Chamber with the BiH Court 12 persons charged with war crimes committed in Prijedor, Foca and Visegrad. Hellman added that names of the indictees are known, however, he did not want to give those names since the ICTY has not passed the final decision on this issue yet. According to Hellman, it has not been decided yet as to when the final decision would be passed, however, DL says that according to unofficial information, the ICTY might pass the final decision in 5 weeks. |
EUFOR/NATO reject criticism re war crime indictees apprehension failures
| RHB, Oslobodjenje pg 3 ‘We are actively hunting war crime indictees’, Dnevni Avaz pg 8 ‘NATO, EUFOR are searching for Karadzic’, Dnevni List pg 2 ‘NATO and EUFOR constantly work on locating The Hague indictees’ not signed – Representatives of NATO and EUFOR in Sarajevo on Tuesday rejected criticism regarding their allged failure to arrest Radovan Karadzic. At a press conference in |
NATO/EUFOR raids into house of Mladic’s sister
| BHT, TV Pink, TV Hayat, FTV, RTRS, Oslobodjenje pg 2 ‘Collecting of information on war criminals’, Dnevni Avaz pg 2 ‘NATO, EUFOR looked for evidences in house of criminal Ratko Mladic’s sister’, Vecernji List pg 3 ‘NATO searched houses in Vojkovici’ by F, Slobodna Dalmacija last pg ‘They took away computer and family photos’ by A. Macanovic, EuroBlic cover pg splash and pg 13 ‘EUFOR barged into the house of Mladic’s sister’ by BETA, Nezavisne Novine pg 5 ‘NATO soldiers searched the house of Ratko Mladic’s sister’ by S.K. – NATO and EUFOR forces searched on Monday morning the family house of Milica Avram, sister of war crimes indictee general Ratko Mladic, in the village of Vojkovici near Sarajevo. NATO Headquarters in |
Pandurevic in home custody!?
| Novi Reporter pg 8 ‘Pandurevic in house detention’ – The source of Novi Reporter close to the Serbian intelligence agency that Vinko Pandurevic is at house detention in Serbia and appropriate timing and deal with ICTY is awaited for. The same source claims that Serbian officials do not want to disclose this to RS authorities, since Vojislav Kostunica wants to “ensure as much points as possible within IC”. According to the same source, the Serbian intelligence officers have information on few other persons from ICTY lists, some of which “are extremely attractive”. However, Serbian Government responds to each initiative from RS in a courteous manner and without true cooperation. |
Serb POWs ready to testify against Delic
| Vecernji List, pg 2 ‘Prisoners of war have evidence against Delic’, by bs – Members of Association of former POWs called ‘Vijenac, Vozuca and others’ from Doboj are ready to testify in the trials to the former commander of BiH Army, Rasim Delic, about the disappearance of the Serb soldiers and civilians from the areas of Ozren and Vozuca in September 1995. The Association President, Obrad Stanojevic, believes Delic should be accompanied in |
Paris daily “Mond” on Rasim Delic: Delic was one of Izetbegovic’s executors
| Nezavisne Novine pg 6 ‘Rasim Delic was one of Izetbegovic’s executors’ by N.N. – Tuesday’s edition of Paris daily “Mond” read that the war-time commander of BiH Army, Ramiz Delic, was “one of agents for execution engaged by the former BiH president, Alija Iztbegovic”. Reminding that Delic is the most senior Muslim officer before ICTY, “Mond” noted that Delic had “other ambitions” after the war as well, including the ambition to play a role within new defence structures of BiH. |
VL: NATO wants mujahiddin expelled from BiH?
| Vecernji List, pg 3 ‘Mujahiddin from Bosnia and Herzegovina to be expelled?’, by Miso Relota – VL reports that “according to unofficial information in diplomatic circles”, the NATO HQ in BiH has made a list of 700 naturalized BiH citizens, who are originally from Islamic countries, and forwarded it to the BiH Prosecution, which should be asked to check which of the 700 persons have been given the BiH citizenship on basis of participation in the war. Allegedly, NATO will ask the Prosecution that these persons be stripped of the citizenship and get expelled from the country. |
Novi Reporter on appellations of Serbs before | Novi Reporter pgs 26-27 ‘Cries before the wall of silence’ by Slobodan Durmanovic – The article is about appellations of Sarajevo Serbs before |
Economic/social issues | |
BiH CoM takes measures to protect domestic agricultural production
| RHB, TV Pink, BHT, TV Hayat, FTV, RTRS, Oslobodjenje pg 7, mentioned on cover ‘Zero customs rates abolished’, Dnevni Avaz pg 2 ‘Terzic: We have protected domestic production’, Dnevni List pg 6, mentioned on cover ‘Application of zero customs rate suspended’ by D. Polovina Mandic, Vecernji List pg 4, mentioned on cover ‘Customs on meat and milk from Croatia are being introduced’ by D. Jazvic, Slobodna Dalmacija last pg Parts of Free Trade Agreement with Croatia suspended’ by H – At a session in Sarajevo on Tuesday, the BiH Council of Ministers adopted a decision to introduce custom duties for the import of dairy products and meat from Croatia and for the import of goods from Serbia for which export subsidies are granted. The objective of these measures, which will probably have an impact on relations with our neighbours is to protect our agriculture production. “The Council of Ministers has reacted to the violation of the inter-state free trade agreement which put the already-weak BiH economy in an unequal position,“ Chairman of the Council of Ministers Adnan Terzic said after the session. “We have been forced to take this decision as the granting of export incentives represents a flagrant violation of the free trade agreement and also of the WTO standards,” Terzic added. Custom duties at the level of those that were in force in 2003 have been introduced for meat, processed meat products and milk from Croatia. The main reason for this measure is Croatia’s persistent rejection of talks on amendments to the agreement, Terzic said. “Imports from Croatia in 2004 amounted to 1.1bn KM. The imports of these four items were below 90m KM,” said Terzic. According to Terzic, these measures should finally lead to serious talks on the adoption of an annex to the free-trade agreements, which will regulate contentious issues and omissions in the agreements. |
Hadzipasic seeks help from WB in
| Dnevni Avaz cover splash ‘Hadzipasic: Shaking the Government is not in anybody’s interest’ by M. Kukan – The FBiH Prime Minister Ahmet Hadzipasic on Tuesday sent a letter to the World Bank office in Washington seeking the solution to avoid decreasing benefits for veterans, which has been requested by the WB in BiH. Hadzipasic underlines that the letter, also submitted to WB in BiH, OHR and CoM, has been aimed at getting assistance o prevent “damaging veterans’ population and we must not touch that category. There are solutions, that is some possibility to save money in other budget items thus to maintain the current level of invalid pensions.” FBiH PM says that previously the OHR and WB were satisfied with the FBiH Government’s plan to keep the total amount for invalids pensions under 300 million KM. “This is just a shake of the government which… is not in either our or international community’s interest,” said Hadzipasic. [Note: On Monday, Oslobodjenje wrote that veterans associations in FBiH will seek his removal if benefits are decreased. Please see BiH Media Round-up for March 7] |
WB says such large benefits to veterans prevent equal social protections for other categories
| Oslobodjenje pg 6 ‘Reform of the social sector is in interest of BiH citizens’ op-ed by Dirk Reinerman – The editorial by the Head of the World Bank office in BiH, Dirk Reinerman, explains the demands of the WB in the reform of the social sector in BiH, which also includes the issue around the benefits for veterans. Stressing that the reform is in everyone’s interest and aimed at creating transparent social insurance network, and balancing the funds education and health sectors, Reinerman notes that current funds for benefits of veterans reach 30% of entire FBiH budget and 12% of RS budget, which is “one of the biggest allocations to war veterans in the entire world.” This situation, notes Reinerman, prevents development of a good quality network of social support in all other aspects of social protections, including protection of children, civil war victims, etc. “To be clear, [WB] doesn’t seek decrease of funds for benefits to veterans, but their maintenance at the level from 2004,” concludes director of WB in BiH. |
PDHR Hays meets with BiH Independent Trade Union representatives
| TV Hayat, TV Pink, Osloboedjenje pg 6 ‘BiH on the road to Europe’, Dnevni List pg 6 ‘Hays: Authorities must implement aggressive reforms’ by M. Zorlak – The HR Principal Deputy, |
Hays says situation in Srpske Sume, Elektroprivredas improved, announces solution for Aluminij
| Dnevni Avaz pg 5 ‘Solution for Mostar based Aluminij is upcoming’ by Sead Numanovic – In an interview to DA, the outgoing Principal Deputy HR, |
Delegation of HDZ-CCD-HNZ Coalition visited Aluminij/Croat MPs against selective audit
| Dnevni List cover pg splash and pg 5 ‘Destiny of Aluminij in hands of FBiH Government’ by I. Glibusic – The delegation of HDZ-CCD-HNZ Coalition in the FBiH Parliament led by Deputy Chairman of the FBiH House of Representatives Josip Merdzo visited Aluminij on Tuesday. During this visit it was stressed that the privatisation audit is necessary but in the companies in which workers lost job or in the companies which were sold for 1 KM. DL also says that according to the last, unconfirmed information state will participate in the future ownership structure of Aluminij with 42 %, Aluminij workers with 46 %, while Croatia would have 12 % of shares in this company. DL says that in case that this option is adopted further functioning of the ruling Coalition at the FBiH level would be questionable. Commenting on the Aluminij issue, Merdzo stated in a DL inset under headline ‘MPs against audit in Aluminij’ that they expect the right solution to be found in cooperation with the FBiH Government. Also covered by Slobodna Dalmacija pg 16 ‘Authority support is necessary for construction of new electrolyses’ by Z. Zekic. |
Security/legal proceedings/incidents | |
Orthodox priests attacked nearby Sarajevo
| Vecernji List, front pg splash and pg 3 ‘Religious fanatic beat up Orthodox priests’, by Robert Soldo – An Orthodox priest, Zoran Kalajdzic, and his aide, Milenko Vujic, got attacked at the Inter-Entity Border Line in the Sarajevo district of Dobrinja two days ago. The attacker, Edvin Jaganjac, was arrested by the Police, and the duty Prosecutor of the District Prosecution, Jasmin Sose, says Jaganjac has been placed in detention, under suspicion of provoking religious and national intolerance. Additional reason for detention is because Jaganjac is also a UK citizen, meaning there is a possibility of escape. Slobodna Dalmacija, pg 16 ‘Eyebrow ridge of Serb priest smashed’, by D. Pasic – The BiH Helsinki Committee for Human Rights condemned the attack, noting it is one in the series of attacks on the Serbs and Croats, in other words religious officials and facilities that have happened in Sarajevo since the signing of DPA. Nezavisne Novine pg 9 ‘Jaganjac was given custody’ by R. Rakic, Glas Srpske pg 5 ‘We’ve kept silent for too long’ – Edvin Jaganjac from Sarajevo who is suspected of the attack on Orthodox priest Zoran Kalajdzic and his assistant Milenko Vujic in the Sarajevo settlement of Dobrinja, was given Tuesday a 30-day detention, Istocno Sarajevo District Prosecutor Jasmin Sose stated. Members of the Istocno Sarajevo Police Station arrested Jaganjac on Monday afternoon after he had insulted and attacked the priest and his assistant on the inter-entity boundary line. |
Oslobodjenje claims ex investigators form Keraterm to be chief of OSA unit in Prijedor
| Oslobodjenje pg 2 ‘Radomir Rodic, investigator from Keraterm, serve in OSA’ by B. Kahrimanovic – Daily reads that “OSA Director Almir Dzuvo and his Deputy Risto Zaric continue to appoint unchecked individuals to the high level positions.” Apparently, Radomir Rodic, for whom daily claims was an investigator in Keraterm concentration camp during the war, was informed several days ago that he would be appointed to position of Chief of OSA unit in Prijedor. According to Oslobodjenje, Rodic is now to receive the written confirmation on this. |
Covic case
| Dnevni List pg 2 ‘I hope that Dragan Covic would submit resignation’ by N. Sumanovic, E. Mackic – Regarding the bill of indictment against Croat member of the BiH Presidency Dragan Covic, Spokesperson Cristina Gallach conveyed the stand of EU Commissioner for Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana who fully supports the stand of High Representative Paddy Ashdown with regard to this issue. She added that Solana also hopes that in case that the bill of indictment against Covic was confirmed that Covic would careful consider as to what will be his future moves having in mind the interest of BiH and all people he represents. |
RS Helsinki Committee’s Todorovic critical of RS judiciary
| Nezavisne Novine pg 8 ‘Prosecutors are afraid of Mafia bound with politicians’ by P. Klincov – Chairman of RS Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Branko Todorovic Tuesday stated the main problem in functioning of RS judiciary is a poor performance of Prosecutor’s Offices and this must be changed. He says RS Prosecutor’s Offices have done nothing since September last year, when he gave a special edition of Nezavisne Novine (“Crna Bosna”) that listed numerous affairs that have took place in BiH in past several years to RS Chief Prosecutor Amor Bukic. Todorovic noted: “It seems as if Prosecutors were afraid of their work and, regardless of significant judiciary reforms, they still display incorrect stance towards their jobs and position of the.” He further noted the Committee has observed Prosecutors do not have courage to launch investigations on affairs and abuse of authority of ‘Mafia bound with politicians’. He mentioned “Elektroprivreda RS”, “Telekom Srpske” and “Srpske Sume”, controlled by SDS and PDP, as examples. |