Media monitoring reports

BH Radio1, RHB - The FBiH House of People adopted the Proposal of law on internal affairs in FBiH today. However, the HoP did not adopt an amendment that was earlier adopted in the FBiH HoR which envisages that de-certified Police officers, for whom the court orders confirmed there were no grounds for de-certification, could stay on the force and g [...]

Oslobodjenje pgs 4-5, mentioned on cover ‘BiH returned to its peoples’ by S. Sehercehajic, Dnevni Avaz pg 4 ‘Independence Day is the true foundation of BiH’, mentioned on cover, by A.M. – March 1 is marked as BIH Independence day in FBIH, mainly in its regions and municipalities with Bosniak’s majority, but not in the RS. BiH Presidency Chairman Bo [...]

RHB, BH Radio 1 - Around 80 inmates at Correctional Facility Tunjice in Banja Luka have organised a rebellion last night. The inmates refuse to stop with rebellion, demanding a meeting with Banja Luka District Prosecutor, Zivana Bajic, whom they want to inform of the ongoing criminal activities at the Facility. They also demand removal of Facility [...]

RHB, BH Radio 1 at 12.00 by Mirela Hodzic – The former commander of the BiH Army, Rasim Delic, left for the Hague this morning, escorted by FBiH Interior Minister Mevludin Halilovic and his lawyer. The indictment against Delic was unsealed on 23 February, and charges him for the violation or customs and laws of the war.

Dnevni Avaz pg 2 ‘Del Ponte accuses NATO of fiasco in arresting criminals’, mentioned on cover, by news agencies – Chief ICTY Prosecutor, Carla Del Ponte, on Saturday accused NATO of fiasco in arresting Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic, warning she would publicise documents which would prove this claim. In an interview to Parisian “Liberation” new [...]

RHB, RTRS, FTV, PINK, BHT 1, Dnevni Avaz pg 2 ‘Great success of BiH judiciary’ by S.N., Oslobodjenje cover splash, pgs 4-5 ‘BiH ready to process war crimes’ by A. Omeragic, EuroBlic pg RS2, announced on cover ‘Ashdown threatens with new measures against Srpska’ by Dusanka Stanisic, Nezavisne Novine pg 3, announced on cover ‘BiH can start processing [...]

BH Radio 1 - The Serbian Government has confirmed that the former member of the RS Army, Radivoje Miletic will voluntarily surrender to the ICTY. Miletic made such decision following the talks with the Serbian Justice Minister, Zoran Stojkovic. He was indicted by the ICTY for war crimes committed in Srebrenica and Zepa in 1995.

BH Radio 1, News at 12:00 - ICTY has sealed off the indictments against RS Army generals, Milan Gvero and Radivoje Miletic, accusing them of crimes committed in Srebrenica and Zepa in 1995.

RS Radio - The press conference of officials of SDS, PDP, SDA and HDZ is underway in Neum. SRNA reports that the meeting discussed four principles of PDP and insistence of Serb parties on other participants of the meeting to take a stance on these principles. Mladen Ivanic, PDP President, presented principles, on basis of which the joint institutio [...]

BH Radio 1 By Mustafa Karahmet, RS Radio, RHB – The BiH House of Peoples has commenced the session in Sarajevo this morning. Delegates will decide on the request by the BiH Council of Ministers to discuss the draft BiH Law on Public Broadcasting System in shortened procedure. HoP is also expected to discuss the draft Law on Post Offices and CoM’s d [...]