Media monitoring reports

RS Radio - The topic of today’s meeting between IMF representatives and members of BiH Presidency will be economic situation and BiH plans regarding macro-economic strategy. The IMF officials will meet Adnan Terzic, BiH CoM, tomorrow.

RTRS at 12.00 - The RS Public Prosecutor’s, Amor Bukic, has confirmed in a statement to RTRS that former Interior Ministers of RS, Perica Bundalo and Zoran Djeric, former RS Minister of Agriculture, Rodoljub Trkulja, and former Director of “Srpske Sume” Savo Krunic, have been brought in to RS police custody for questioning. Bukic did not want to di [...]

RTRS, RHB - HR Paddy Ashdown is in Banja Luka today where he is to meet the RSNA Speaker, Dusan Stojicic, his deputies Sefket Hafizovic and Tomislav Tomljanovic and representatives of parties participating in the RSNA. The focus of the talks will be on the restructuring of Police forces in BiH.

RHB - BiH Minister of Traffic and Communications, Branko Dokic, stated for Bijeljina-based BNTV that he saw no reason to resign despite the fact that an indictment against him had been confirmed. Commenting on the statement by HR that he should resign, Dokic stressed he would insist on meeting HR in order to inform him about the background of the w [...]

RTRS - OHR has scheduled a press conference in Sarajevo today. HINA news agency has learnt from a source at OHR Paddy Ashdown would today remove Dragan Covic after he refused to tender resignation to this position, as HR had previously asked from him to do. According to the same source, by doing this, OHR wants to preserve the credibility of BiH Pr [...]

RTRS – SNSD-organised round table on police reforms is being held today in Banja Luka. Apart from SNSD Executive Board members, the following officials have been invited to attend Round Table: Paddy Ashdown, Wilfred Martens, Darko Matijasevic, Michael Humphreys, Sredoje Novic, Brane Pecanac andEUPM officials.

RTRS - Branka Kusmuk – The Conference “With Truth to Justice” that was held in Eastern Sarajevo on Friday caused various reactions. “They have to argument all claims on the number of Serb war casualties during the last war” said RS Vice President Adil Osmanovic. “Why SDS waited so long” asked member of BIH Presidency Sulejman Tihic. President of BI [...]

RHB - HR Paddy Ashdown created a diplomatic scandal before UN Security Council while rebutting BIH Minister of Security Barisa Colak on situation in BIH. Colak indicated to UN that International Community in BIH is starting to cause problems in the country and that human rights are still abused in BIH. Colak criticised work of international prosecu [...]

BH Radio 1, RS Radio - RS Prime Minister, Pero Bukejlovic,stated that both the RS Government and the NGOs are committed to proving that the genocide was committed against the Serbs noting that there are efforts to minimize this issue. Opening the conference “Through Truth to Justice” being held on Pale, Bukejlovic stated that “perhaps” bigger genoc [...]

RHB - Commenting on the Dragan Covic’s statement that the indictment against him is actually directed against the Croat people, NHI issued a press release, which says that in order to avoid his personal responsibility Covic started to hide behind the Croat people.