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| | Srebrenica march commenced | |
| Regional news | Commemoration in Srebrenica | Srebrenica march commenced |
| HR dismisses SBC Education Minister | Mass gravesite in Budak | RS police increases presence |
| Croat self-governance trial | Issue of mass gravesite in Dariva | Preparations for funeral completed |
| NTV Hayat (19,00 hrs) | FTV (19,30 hrs) | RTRS (19,30 hrs) |
| | Construction of hydropower stations | |
| No BiH citizens killed in | HR removed CBC Education Minister | RS officials on |
| A BiH professor Beridan on terrorism | Petritsch on situation in BiH | Bukejlovic receives death threat |
| Srebrenica march commenced | Srebrenica march commenced | Humphreys meets RS officials |
| Oslobodjenje | Security level raised in BiH (following |
| Dnevni Avaz | Srebrenica genocide must not be forgotten |
| Dnevni List | (Former FBiH Customs Administration Director) Rebac tried to commit suicide |
| Vecernji List | Croats in fear of terrorist attacks |
| Nezavisne Novine | Karadzic and Mladic to be held responsible/be sanctioned for Srebrenica crime |
| Glas Srpske | Number of dead raises ( |
Terrorist Attacks in | |
| More than 50 people killed in
| RHB, Pink, BHT, Hayat, FTV, RTRS – According to latest unofficial information 50 people were killed and more than 700 were injured in several explosions that occurred in |
| Security level raised in BiH/No direct threat of terrorist attacks
| Oslobodjenje cover page, pgs 4-5 ‘Security level raised in BiH’ – According to the daily, FBiH Police Director Zlatko Miletic has issued an order to raise security level in the entity following the terrorist attacks in Dnevni Avaz pg 2 ‘Barisa Colak does not expect attack on BiH by terrorists’ – In a statement for the daily, BiH Security Minister Barisa Colak said that the sate security agencies did not posses any information on possible terrorist attacks against BiH. |
| BiH HoP sends condolences to
| Dnevni Avaz pg 22 ‘Terrorism is a big evil of the modern world’, Dnevni List pg 8SRNA – Members of the Collegium of the BiH House of Peoples on Friday condemned the terrorist attack in London in which a great number of people were killed and wounded and sent telegrams of condolences to the UK Parliament’s House of Lords and the UK embassy in BiH. The House of Peoples will do its best to make sure that BiH, as a member of the anti-terrorist alliance, makes a contribution towards curbing this evil of modern times, says a statement by the public relations office of the BiH Parliamentary Assembly. The statement stresses that violence has never been a means to any, including political, ends. “The fact that the victims were people who were neither the creators of any policies nor were responsible for any policies makes this crime even bigger,” says the statement by the public relations office of the BiH Parliamentary Assembly. |
| RS President Cavic says
| RTRS, Dnevni Avaz pg 22 ‘Cavic send letter to Rycroft’, Glas Srpske cover page ‘Condolences to British’, SRNA – RS President Dragan Cavic has offered his condolences to British ambassador to BiH Matthew Rycroft over the terrorist attacks, tragic deaths and suffering of the people of London. Cavic said in his letter that this terrorist act had shocked the people of the RS and that it represented a heavy blow to the liberty of civilized people throughout the world. The RS president said he hoped that those who ordered and carried out this heinous crime would be apprehended and punished as soon as possible. |
| SDA condemns
| Dnevni Avaz pg 22 ‘Criminal acts should put the world nations further together’, FENA – The Party of Democratic Action (SDA) most fiercely condemns the terrorist attacks against innocent people in London, the SDA’s public relations office said Friday. We sincerely sympathize with the families of the victims as we ourselves experienced terror against innocent civilians during the aggression against BiH. Such criminal acts should strengthen the resolve of the civilized world to fight all forms of terrorism. We hope that the perpetrators will soon be found and brought to justice for their misdeeds, the statement said. The SDA has called on the BiH Council of Ministers to offer help within its means to the British government to alleviate the suffering of the nation. |
Srebrenica Anniversary | |
| March in honour of Srebrenica dead starts
| RHB, Pink, BHT, FTV, Hayat, RTRS, Oslobodjenje pg 7, mentioned on cover ‘300 participants on the Road to Freedom’, Dnevni Avaz pg 8 ‘This is much more than pure walking through the wood’, Nezavisne Novine pg 3, mentioned on cover ‘March of survivors towards Srebrenica’, FENA – Early on Friday, as scheduled, a column of some 1,000 people set off for Srebrenica and Potocari as part of the “Death trail – Road to freedom” march from the mountain of Crni Vrh. In July 1999, suffering Srebrenica inhabitants walked along the same trail in an attempt to escape from Serb forces and reach liberated areas, which were controlled by members of the Second Corps of the |
| French Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy: Srebrenica is a still opened wound in the chest of
| Dnevni Avaz pg 10, mentioned on cover ‘We should be by/with BiH more than ever before’, Oslobodjenje pg 8, Dnevni List pg 9 ‘Srebrenica – a place of memory for the future of Europe’, Nezavisne Novine pg 7, mentioned on cover – In an article written on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said that killing of almost 8,000 Bosnian Muslims in three days was the biggest massacre in Europe after the Second World War. “It is a still opened wound in the chest of |
| Head of BiH Islamic Community Ceric holds sermon in Srebrenica
| Hayat, Dnevni Avaz cover page, pg 4 ‘Srebrenica genocide must not be forgotten’, FENA – Head of the BiH Islamic Community Mustafa Ceric led regular Muslim prayer and held a sermon in Srebrenica on Friday. After the sermon he read the text of the Message on Srebrenica, which was read in all mosques in BiH on Friday after being adopted by the Rijaset of the BiH Islamic Community in |
| BiH Catholic bishops honour Srebrenica victims
| RHB, Oslobodjenje pg 7 ‘Srebrenica is a warning and a call for peace’, Vecernji List pg 8 ‘Assistance in correcting Dayton injustices’ – The Iustitia et Pax commission of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of BiH has issued a declaration on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the massacre in Srebrenica, condemning the crime and pointing out the necessity for the amendments to the Dayton peace accords which stopped the war in BiH in 1996. The declaration, carried by the Bosnian Catholic news agency on Friday, reads that these days all should remember with grief the massacre which the Bosnian Serb army and various paramilitary units committed in the eastern Bosnian Muslim enclave of Srebrenica in the summer of 1995. “We particularly emphasize the fact that many of those who committed that crime have to date succeeded in evading to face their guilt. We also recall a shameful fact that many international leaders had hesitated for too long to stop the conflict,” the Bosnian Catholic bishops said in their declaration, calling on governments in leading countries in the world to take necessary steps to bring war crimes suspects to justice. The Iustitia et Pax commission also warns that the current state of affairs in BiH shows that the recent years in the country have proved that “the boundaries defined by the |
| Slovene OSCE Chairman Rupel says Srebrenica remains painful reminder
| Oslobodjenje pg 6 ‘Paying tribute to victims of the massacre’, Dnevni Avaz pg 10 – The OSCE chairman, Slovene Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, paid tribute on Friday to the victims of the Srebrenica massacre ahead of the 10th anniversary of the killings. “The tragedy that occurred at Srebrenica ten years ago remains a painful reminder not only for the citizens of BiH, but for the entire world,” Rupel said, offering condolences to the families of the victims on behalf of the OSCE. Rupel moreover said that “we must continue to honour the victims of Srebrenica and support their families who have struggled to re-build their lives and seek justice for these crimes. The OSCE reaffirms its commitment to them.” |
| RS police increases presence in Srebrenica area
| BHT Mirela Cosic – RS police increase presence of its officers in Srebrnica area in order to prevent possible incidents before and during ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of genocide in Srebrenica on July 11. “It is for certain that everyone in this area will be safe on July 11,” stated RS Police Director spokesman, Radovan Pejic. Investigation on 35 kilograms of explosive planted near memorial Center in Potocari gives no results. Two persons that were detained and interrogated on Thursday are released. State Information and Protection Agency (SIPA) spokesman, Admir Katica, said that SIPA officers, together with members of other law enforcement agencies and BiH Prosecution, were at the location where explosive is found on Friday, conducting certain investigation procedures. RTRS, Glas Srpske pg 3also covered the issue. |
| Preparations for transport of bodies and funeral of Srebrenica victims completed
| BHT Armela Subasic – Remains of 610 Srebrenica victims will be buried on July 11 in Potocari. Public company from Visoko, Gradska Groblja ( FTV also covered the issue. Oslobodjenje pg 6 also covered the issue. |
| Delegations of more than 50 states, organizations to arrive in Srebrenica
| Pink, FTV, Oslobodjenje pg 6 ‘Delegations of more than 50 states and international organizations’, Nezavisne Novine pg 3, FENA – Delegations of more than 50 states and international organizations have confirmed their arrival in Srebrenica on July 11 for the commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the genocide. Presidents of Serbia-Montenegro |
| US Ambassador McEllhaney: I want to see Tadic in Potocari
| Dnevni Avaz pg 5 ‘I want to see Tadic in Potocari’, mentioned on cover ‘I want Tadic to express penance in Potocari’ – In an interview with the daily, US Ambassador to BiH Douglas McElhaney said that he wanted Serbian President Boris Tadic to be in Potocari at the spot of horrible crime and share the sorrow with the rest of the world. Nezavisne Novine cover page, pg 4 ‘Karadzic and Mladic will be held responsible/punished for crime in Srebrenica’ also carried an interview with McElhaney mainly dedicated to Srebrenica massacre anniversary and the need that all those responsible for the crime including Karadzic and Mladic are brought to justice and properly sanctioned. |
Political Developments/Reforms | |
| HR Ashdown sacks Central Bosnia Canton education minister
| RHB, BHT, FTV, Hayat, Oslobodjenje pg 2 ‘Ashdown remover Central Bosnia Canton Education Minister’, Dnevni Avaz pg 12 ‘Ashdown removed Nikola Lovrinovic from office’, Dnevni List pg 2, mentioned on cover, Vecernji List pg 8 – On Friday High Representative Paddy Ashdown signed the Decision on removing the Central Bosnia Canton Education Minister Nikola Lovrinovic. The Decision bars Lovrinovic from holding any official, elective or appointive public office and from running in elections unless or until such time as the High Representative may expressly authorize him to do so. Minister Lovrinovic has failed to take action to implement Laws on Primary and Secondary Education and as a result has undermined the rule of law. The failure to implement these Laws, one year after they have been introduced, clearly shows Lovrinovic’s disregard for the benefit of students and teachers. Assets obtained through cutting costs by eliminating double administration could be used for improving working conditions for both students and teachers. Continuing defiance of the laws and his transparent attempts to obstruct its application for another school year could not be tolerated. By continuously obstructing to implement the Laws Lovrinovic has failed the duties of his office. He openly subordinated the interests of the cantonal government to his own political objectives. He has acted as if it was up to him to decide whether to follow the law or not. As a result, Lovrinovic has inflicted considerable damage on the dignity and independence of his office. The High Representative’s Decision is effective immediately. |
| EC’s Humhreys says BiH police reform is condition for start of talks on SAA
| RHB, Pink, BHT, RTRS, Oslobodjenje pg 10 ‘Police that will suit all in BiH but be based on EU principles’, Dnevni Avaz pg 2 ‘Police reform a condition to get EU green light’, Glas Srpske pg 5 ‘There will be no imposition’, Nezavisne Novine pg 10 ‘Bukejlovic requested for continuation of talks’- BiH can begin the talks on stabilization and accession with the European Union even if Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic are not arrested, but the police reform must be carried out, Michael Humphreys, Head of the European Commission delegation in BiH, stated in Banja Luka on Friday after holding separate talks with RS Prime Minister Pero Bukejlovic and RS National Assembly Speaker Dusan Stojicic. Humphreys said that BiH’s cooperation with the Hague Tribunal was good enough for a green light to be given for the beginning of BiH’s talks on the stabilization and association agreement signing with the European Union, stressing that the talks could begin provided that the issue of police reform in BiH previously be addressed. “If the remaining issues are cleared, we will start the negotiations. Now, of course, it is a continuing process. That cooperation has to continue. In due course, Mladic and Karadzic must be handed over,” said Humphries. The final agreement on the police reform must suit all sides in BiH and meet the three principles of the European Union, Humphreys underlined, adding that the European Union would not impose solutions on BiH. It is up to the authorities of the RS to take the initiative and Thursday’s government statement calling for the resumption of police reform talks is a case in point, Humphreys said. Prime Minister Pero Bukejlovic and Assembly Chairman Dusan Stojicic said they were convinced that the representatives of the local institutions would find the solution for the reform of the police structures in the course of September acceptable to the institutions of BiH in keeping with the principles of the European Commission. |
| HR Ashdown welcomes RS commitment to restart police reform talks
| RTRS, Dnevni Avaz pg 2 “OHR supports RS Government’s intention’, Glas Srpske pg 2 ‘Encouraging news from Srpska’, FENA – The High Representative on Friday welcomed the commitment from the Government of Republika Srpska to re-start talks on police reform with the Council of Ministers of BiH and Government of FBiH, OHR said. The High Representative said: “Police Reform remains the last significant blockage that needs to be cleared before BiH can move down the road to |
| SDA requests resumption of police reform talks on the basis of PRC report/ recommendations
| Dnevni Avaz pg 2 ‘An attempt to annul the agreement’, FENA – The BiH Party of Democratic Action (SDA) requests resumption of talks on police reform under auspices of the OHR, in line with the Report of the Police Restructuring Commission, SDA announced on Friday. “We do not accept the proposal of the RS Government sent to the Council of Ministers and the FBiH Government, because it aims at annulling the agreements reached so far and delaying the solution of this important matter”, said SDA. The Party deems that the Ministerial council for cooperation on police matters, which, allegedly, should coordinate and harmonize activities of police institutions, can not be a replacement for the police structures envisaged by reforms, read the SDA statement. |
| Former HR Petritsch expressed disappointment with situation in BiH
| FTV – Former High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, currently in visit to Oslobodjenje pg 11, mentioned on cover ‘BiH needs a democratic revolution’ also carried an interview with Petritsch, in which he praised the progress made in BiH since |
| Ivanic says he has nothing to agree on with Terzic
| Dnevni Avaz pg 2 ‘Ivanic: There will be no deal with Terzic’ – BiH Foreign Minister Mladen Ivanic operating in so called technical mandate for the second consecutive month said in an interview for ONASA he had nothing to agree on with BiH Council of Ministers Adnan Terzic with regard to the current crisis within the state government. Ivanic reiterated that Terzic was the one who had made the decision on acceptance of his resignation and he had to realize/implement this decision, revoke it. “If he does not want to accept either of these two options, he should resign from office,” said Ivanic. |
Miscellaneous | |
| Momcilo Mandic: Karadzic and Mladic are somewhere between BiH and SCG | Oslobodjenje pg 2 ‘Karadzic and Mladic are somewhere between BiH and SCG’ – Belgrade businessman and former RS Justice Minister Momcilo Mandic reiterated in a statement for the daily he had not been financially supporting war crime indictees including Radovan Karadzic. “Karadzic and Ratko Mladic are hiding somewhere between BiH and Serbia_Montenegro,” said Mandic. He added that he was saying this because he knew very well their mental composition. |
| OHCHR presents reports on right of missing persons families
| Pink, BHT, Hayat, FTV, Oslobodjenje pg 2 ‘Missing persons families are victims of the war too’, Nezavisne Novine pg 6 ‘Missing persons families not protected enough’, FENA – The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in BiH presented in Sarajevo on Friday the report on the fulfillment of rights of families of missing persons in BiH, which is aimed at providing a clear image about the achievement of rights of families of missing persons under the existing legal framework in BiH. OHCHR legal assistant Jasna Dzumhur said that during the past several years the Office received a number of complaints concerning the status and rights of families of missing persons, which was a clear signal that there are a number of legal ambiguities in this segment, ranging from the legal framework to the access of families of missing persons to certain rights. According to her the complicated structure of BiH and the divided authorities cannot rid BiH of responsibility for failing to ensure the rights for all its citizens. OHCHR representative Viktorija Ruzicic said presenting the report that the International Committee of the Red Cross received 21,374 requests for finding missing persons filed by their families. The report provides an analysis of laws which directly or indirectly deal with the issue of families of missing persons, but also weaknesses in the legal system. |
| Dokic and Pavic convicted on the basis of a settlement
| BHT, Hayat, FTV, RTRS, Dnevni Avaz pg 2, Oslobodjenje pg 3 ‘Mulct of KM 25,000 and one-year suspended prison sentence’, Nezavisne Novine pg 11 ‘Dokic and Pavic cut a deal with prosecution’, FENA – The former RS ministers of traffic and communications, Branko Dokic and Marko Pavic, on basis of the settlement on admitting guilt, on Friday were sentenced to the suspended prison sentence of six months and mulcts of 25.000 KM, respectively, on basis of the criminal act of malpractice. They reached the settlement with the |
| Former FBiH Customs Administration Director Rebac tried to commit suicide
| Dnevni List cover page, pgs 4-5 ‘Rebac tried to commit suicide’, Nezavisne Novine pg 2 – Former FBiH Customs Administration Director Zelimir Rebac attempted to commit suicide by jumping from a bridge in Mostar on Friday. Rebac was prevented from doing so by a friend of his, a police officer and another man. Reasons for this act are still unknown. During his mandate, he was pointing to a number of financial irregularities in the work of state institutions. |