Dnevna medijska izvješća

The BiH Council of Ministers discussed the situation related to the Kostajnica Border Crossing dispute between BiH and Croatia at its extraordinary session in Sarajevo on Monday. The Council decided to prepare two documents for the next session scheduled for Thursday including the Annex to the contract on common location of the Kostajnica border cr [...]

The Director of the BiH State Border Service, Slavisa Vukovic, confirmed that the representatives of the UNMIBH and IPTF had ordered a SBS team at the Kostajnica border crossing to step back 50 meters in the area between the rivers of Una and Uncica. “In my opinion, the people from IPTF threatened our border crossing team, after which the SBS [...]

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, was in Washington on Thursday to hold emergency talks with the IMF after the threats that the IMF will withhold US$100 million in stand-by loans to BiH if the BiH parliaments pass legislation that breaks this year’s budget. This, in particular refers to a bill before the Federation Parliament which aims [...]

The BiH Printers' Trade Unions and the BiH Employers' Association held on Wednesday an emergency session at which they decided to initiate a general strike, block institutions and demand that the people who have contributed to the current problems in the CIPS [Citizens Identity Protection System] project be brought to account. “At the sessio [...]

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, addressed on Tuesday, for the second time since assuming the post, the joint session of both chambers of the BiH Parliament. In his 15 minute speech, Ashdown called upon the deputies to pass the legislation necessary for securing the rule of law and economic recovery in BiH. Repeating his slogan “Justic [...]

The Presidents of the three states also met yesterday with the High Representative in BiH, Paddy Ashdown, who said, after the meeting that this summit will be a turning point for the history of the region. “This is the way to Europe, and to get to Brussels you have to go through Sarajevo. We have discussed the creation of a Balkan institution [...]

High Representative to BiH, Paddy Ashdown, will address the BiH Parliamentary Assembly on Tuesday 16th July, and also plans to hold a speech before the RS National Assembly on 26th July and the Federation Parliament on 30th July. During the addresses, Ashdown will urge the entity and state parliaments to adopt the necessary legislation. “It i [...]

Over 3,000 (some reports quote even 6,000) survivors of Srebrenica massacre, together with most senior representatives of the diplomatic core in BiH, marked on Thursday the seventh anniversary of the death of thousands of Bosniaks killed by the Serb forces led by the indicted war criminal, Ratko Mladic, in July 1995. At a solemn ceremony in Potocar [...]

In a front page article in Oslobodjenje, Azhar Kalamujic and Senka Kurtovic write that the SDP leader, Zlatko Lagumdzija, confirmed that he and the Federation Prime Minister, Alija Behmen, were offered a 21 million KM bribe by Tino Bralo, the owner of AM-SPED company in exchange for his funds being de-blocked. “When I found out about this off [...]

In a lengthy article on the front page of Dnevni Avaz, Edina Sarac argues that at least three ministers in the BiH Council of Ministers have violated the Law on Conflict of Interest in their dealing with the CIPS (Citizens Identity Protection System) project. According to Sarac, the brother of Mirko Skrbic, the director of the project, has a hardwa [...]