Media monitoring reports

BH Radio 1, RHB - FBiH Minister of Labour, Social Welfare Radovan Vignjevic reiterated at a meeting with representatives of the FBiH Association of Disabled Persons in Sarajevo today that there was no money foreseen for implementation of the FBiH Disabled Persons Law in this year’s Budget. The implementation of the Law on Social Protection of Civil [...]

BH Radio 1 by Dragan Stegic - HR Paddy Ashdown is visiting Banja Luka, where he discussed cooperation with ICTY and police reform with RS President Dragan Cavic. In the course of the day, Ashdown is expected to discuss the issue with representatives of political parties as well.

RTRS, RHB, BH Radio 1 - EUFOR and local Police seized 52 kilos of heroin at border crossing between BiH and Serbia, stated EUFOR HQ in Sarajevo.

RTRS - The BiH HoR Commission for foreign affairs will today discuss proposed Resolution, which calls on BiH institutions to reach a consensus by May (when PIC is to discuss OHR role in BiH) what they expect from OHR and what the authorities of new HR will be.

FTV, RHB, TV Pink, TV Hayat, Dnevni Avaz pg 4 ‘Establishing of a town authority is a matter for domestic institutions’ by Fena - After it was announced that BiH Election Commission, on its session on Tuesday, is going to revoke decision on electing of councillors in the Sarajevo City Council, the OHR Spokesman, Vedran Persic, stated that constituti [...]

TV Pink Milka Mrdja – Peace Implementation Council Steering Board stated that BiH had achieved progress in cooperation with the ICTY, but the cooperation was still insufficient since all war crime indictees had not been arrested. RS Minister of Interior, Darko Matijasevic said that RS MoI was carrying out activities in order to find and arrest indi [...]

BHT, Hayat, FTV, RTRS, Dnevni Avaz pg 3 ‘Terzic praised, Cavic warned’, Oslobodjenje pg 8, mentioned on cover ‘BiH soon reaching turning-point’ - According to the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, Thursday’s Peace Implementation Council session is one of the most encouraging and the most optimistic ones so far, as far as BiH is concerned. PIC S [...]

BH Radio 1 Senka Hadzispahic - About 200 winners of the FBiH veterans that received war medals for their contribution during the war gathered today in Sarajevo to protest demanding from the FBiH government to solve their status. They also demand the annulling of the Government’s decision which came to force on 1 January and which cut their monthly [...]

BH Radio 1 Brana Markovic, RS Radio – The RS National Assembly has continued the session today discussing the issues related to the return process, DPs and refugees and the RS Law on Holiday, which is to be adopted in urgent procedure. The delegates will also discuss the implementation of the RS Government’s action plan for cooperation with the ICT [...]

BH Radio 1 Radmila Grubisa, RS Radio – The RS National Assembly has met today to discuss the set of laws which revoke the entity’s laws on the indirect taxation and money laundering, as this regulation has already been adopted at the state level. The delegates will also discuss the RS Holidays Law which foresees celebration of 6, instead of 16 holi [...]