28.03.2003

OHR BiH Media Round-up, 28/3/2003

Dnevni Avaz pg. 2 ‘A decision on the Orao affair to follow’ - A two-day meeting of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) started on Thursday afternoon. During this two-day meeting the PIC will meet senior International Community, BiH and Entity representatives. Together with the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, and his deputies, the PIC will he [...]
27.03.2003

OHR BiH Media Round-up, 27/3/2003

Oslobodjenje front page, pgs. 4-5 ‘Amerika will not extradite Sacirbegovic?’, Dnevni Avaz pg. 3, mentioned on the front page ‘Sacirbegovic fighting against extradition’ – Chances are small that the US will extradite former BiH Ambassador to UN Muhamed Sacirbegovic to BiH. This was told to Oslobodjenje by several officials in the BiH Foreign Ministr [...]
26.03.2003

OHR BiH Media Round-up, 26/3/2003

Oslobodjenje front page, pg. 12 ‘Murderer of Premier Djindjic arrested’, Dnevni Avaz pg 20 the same headline – Zvezdan Zveki Jovanovic, the Assistant Commander of the unit for special operations called Red Berets, was arrested under suspicion he had killed by sniper the Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic on March 12 in Belgrade. Jutarnji List (f [...]
25.03.2003

OHR BiH Media Round-up, 25/3/2003

Osloboodjenje front page, pg. 3 ‘Fuel cheaper in BiH as of Monday’ – The distributors and traders with oil and oil derivatives in BiH foresee that, as of Monday, March 31, all oil products will be cheaper for five to six pfenige per litre. “We expect that the fuel prices in the refineries will decrease for five to six pfenige due to the stabilisati [...]
24.03.2003

OHR BiH Media Round-up, 24/3/2003

Oslobodjenje front page, pg. 7 ‘Adnan Terzic takes a package of new obligations’ - A BiH delegation led by the Council of Ministers Chairman, Adnan Terzic, will travel to Brussels on March 25 for a two-day official visit. At the EU Headquarters, Terzic will receive a questionnaire with 300 questions. Whether BiH will be invited to sign the Stabilis [...]
21.03.2003

OHR BiH Media Round-up, 21/3/2003

Avaz pg. 1 and 3 – at yesterday’s press conf HR Paddy Ashdown called on the Federation Parliament to remove Mijat Tuka (an MP) and his party (NHI) to exclude him in the next seven days. He is accused of embezzling and probably stealing 14,3 million KM at the time he performed the duty of the Federation Minister. If the local authorities fail to rem [...]
21.03.2003

OHR BiH Media Round-up, 20/3/2003

Oslobodjenje pg. 1 and 7 – the OHR refused to comment on speculations of possible removal of Mirko Sarovic and did not want to say whether they were satisfied with the latest report. According to OHR Spokesperson, Vedran Persic, it is the BiH authorities that will answer before the UN Security Council for the breach of UN embargo. Following accusat [...]
19.03.2003

OHR BiH Media Round-up, 19/3/2003

Avaz pg. 1 and 9 – “If someone thinks it’s normal to remove he first man of a country in this way, whoever he is, chosen by people, then it is not a problem for HR, but us,” said Sarovic at the beginning of his interview for Avaz. Asked about Dodik’s requests for his removal, Sarovic said that Dodik still has not come to terms with the fact that he [...]
18.03.2003

OHR BiH Media Round-up, 18/3/2003

Avaz pg. 2 ‘Sarajevo will be the HQ of the Fight Against Corruption Initiative’ – Special Coordinator of the Stability Pact for southeast Europe, Erhard Busek, yesterday arrived to Sarajevo where he met with HR Ashdown. One of the Stability Pact initiatives is to be stationed in Sarajevo. The HR proposed that HQ of the Fight Against Corruption Init [...]
17.03.2003

OHR BiH Media Round-up, 17/3/2003

Avaz pg. 5 ‘The SDA thinking about going to opposition’ – an interview with SDA President Sulejman Tihic. Asked how serious was an SDA threat that they would withdraw from the authority, Tihic replied that the threat was serious if the situation remained the same. Added that the OHR stopped the process of the implementation of election results sinc [...]