Dnevna medijska izvješća

BHTV at 19:00 hrs by Lejla Redzovic – the UNDP yesterday presented results of the first comprehensive survey among BiH citizens regarding the effectiveness of the BiH Civil Administration’s work. Almost all questioned subjects said that it was not efficient, not economic, and not professional and that BiH had no money to cover its expenses. “We ha [...]

BHTV at 19:00 hrs by Mirela Cosic – the UNDP will hold a press conference today, and announce the results of the first comprehensive survey on the effectiveness of the public administration. High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, is going to open the conference with the question ‘can BiH afford its government’. In his interview, given to the BHTV1 15 [...]

BHTV 1 By Gvozden Sarac - While US and BiH have decided to confiscate assets of all those who support war criminals, European Union can only recommend that to their member countries. But what EU can do is to ban those persons and other criminals from entering the EU countries – there are 25 such persons from BiH. Until the EU officially announces t [...]

Oslobodjenje front page, pg 5 ‘Americans do not want to leave BiH to Europeans’, Dnevni Avaz pg. 4, mentioned on the front page ‘Americans against transfer of SFOR to EU’ – The United States are against an European Union initiative to take over SFOR mandate in BIH next year. At the NATO Summit in Madrid, the US representatives justified such the op [...]

Croat Radio Herceg Bosna, Dnevni List (front and page 15, by A. P., “Miroslav Coric: Government in technical mandate works on illegal basis”) – a press conference by the Prime Minister designate of the Herzegovina-Neretva canton Government, Miroslav Coric. According to Coric, lack of political agreement is the biggest reasons the Cantonal Governmen [...]

FTV 1930 News on Sunday, Oslobodjenje front page, pg. 3 ‘Sarajevo special policemen without jobs’, Dnevni Avaz pg. 2 ‘Decertified policemen cannot be returned to work’ - UN Mission suggests OHR not to intervene in case of dismissed Sarajevo Canton’s special police officers. OHR demanded from UN Mission assessment of certification of police officers [...]

BHTV1 at 19:00 hrs by Marina Boskovic – HR Paddy Ashdown announced a decision on the establishment of the Expert Commission for Intelligence Service Reform. The Commission’s task is to draft a proposal on unified intelligence service at the level of Bosnia-Herzegovina and regulations and laws in this field - in line with democratic principles and E [...]

CRHB at 18:00 hrs by Zana Rebo – the BiH Presidency discussed at yesterday’s session a final report on the liquidation of the BiH Narodna Banka and an act on the internal organisation of the agency for protection of national monuments. Presidency member, Sulejman Tihic, said the Presidency’s stand on the EU letter related to the bilateral agreement [...]

BHTV 19: 00 hrs by Laura Bosnjak - as the introduction to the interview, HR Paddy Ashdown was quoted as saying that BiH joining the EU by 2009 was possible if the reforms were implemented fast. During the interview, the HR stressed that the cost of the BiH government was an economic issue. “Two thirds of the taxes the citizens pay are spent on the [...]

Avaz pg. 1 and 2 – the biggest front-page story in today’s issue is a reaction by Alija Izetbegovic following the publishing of a transcript of talks between Alibabic and two Herzeg-Bosna lawyers during which Bosniaks officials were denounced. Izetbegovic recalls that in 1983 Alibabic also constructed a lawsuit against him for’ conspiracy against p [...]