11.04.2003

OHR BiH Media Round-up, 11/4/2003

Oslobodjenje front page, pg. 5 ‘RS issued warrant for arrest of Radovan Karadzic’, Dnevni Avaz pg. 2 ‘A single army by the end of the year’, mentioned on the front page ‘BiH must have a single army’ – The NATO Secretary General George Robertson said in Sarajevo on Thursday that RS President Dragana Cavic had told him the valid warrant for the arres [...]
10.04.2003

OHR BiH Media Round-up, 10/4/2003

Oslobodjenje front page, pg 7 ‘Eronet bribed CRA with 130,000 euro’, Dnevni Avaz pg. 4 ‘Eronet paid 260,000 KM for the assessment of the license value’ – The Mostar-based Eronet gave a donation of 130,000 euro to the Communication Regulatory Agency (CRA) with a note that the funds might be used exclusively for hiring the independent consulting hous [...]
09.04.2003

OHR BiH Media Round-up, 9/4/2003

Oslobodjenje front page, pg. 6 ‘Dragan Covic set up the sale of the Soko building’ – The BiH Federation Customs Administration has requested return of 640.000 KM and termination of the contract with the Mostar-based Euro-Consulting company over an illegal sale of a non-functional building of the Mostar-based Soko company to the Federation Customs A [...]
08.04.2003

OHR BiH Media Round-up, 8/4/2003

Oslobodjenje front page, pg 6 ‘Revision of the privatisation of Aluminium and FDS’ – The announcements by the trade union leaders in the BiH Federation that they want revision of the privatisation and not only the post-war but also the pre-war one carried out on the basis of so called (then Yugoslav Prime Minister Ante) Markovic ‘s model have worse [...]
07.04.2003

OHR BiH Media Round-up, 7/4/2003

Dnevni Avaz front page, pg. 3 ‘Ashdown appears against Mafia’ – The problem of organised crime and Mafia is a regional problem and that is how it should be tackled. The authorities in BiH, particularly those in RS, should use this historic opportunity and join the authorities in Serbia in fighting the evil arisen from the war, which has caused so m [...]
04.04.2003

OHR BiH Media Round-up, 4/4/2003

Avaz pg. 2 ‘Croatia must not give in to Sarajevo’ – Zdravko Tomac, Presidency of the Croatian Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee, yesterday stated that the Croatian government must not give in to continues calls from Sarajevo to ratify the existing Ploce-Neum Agreement, and afterwards the Annex that alters the management of the Ploce port. “We ha [...]
03.04.2003

OHR BiH Media Round-up, 3/4/2003

Avaz pg. 2 ‘Sarovic decided to withdraw from the Presidency’ – “I am aware of the possible consequences for the RS and the party that nominated me, in an atmosphere where arguments could not be in the first plan I decided to make this move,” said Sarovic. He also said that he was well aware of the enormous pressure. Sarovic informed of the decision [...]
02.04.2003

OHR BiH Media Round-up, 2/4/2003

Avaz pg. 1 and 3 by S.N. – HR Paddy Ashdown today will remove Mirko Sarovic, abolish the RS Supreme Defence Council and proclaim amendments to the RS Constitution that will erase words such as ‘state’, ‘independence’ and ‘sovereignty’ and order the establishment of a commission for reforming army and strengthening of the state role in the control o [...]
01.04.2003

OHR BiH Media Round-up, 1/4/2003

Dnevni Avaz special supplement ‘Hoping Srebrenica never happens again to anyone’ pg. 38 ‘They did not kill our memory’ – Almedina Dautbasic spoke on behalf of victims’ families. “You killed our children, our fathers, our mothers, our brothers, our husbands, and you tries to exterminate one people. But remember, you did not kill our memory.” Dnevn [...]
31.03.2003

OHR BiH Media Round-up, 31/3/2003

Avaz pg. 1 and 2 – that by yesterday afternoon everything was ready for today’s burial of 600 genocide victims in Potocari. The prayer will be led by ef. Ceric. It is expected that 22 ambassadors as well as many other diplomats and IC reps would attend the ceremony. Presidency member Sulejman Tihic will address the gathering. On behalf of the victi [...]