Media monitoring reports

BH Radio 1, RHB - BiH House of Representatives has adopted the information on the execution of the state institutions’ budget for 2004. In the continuation of today’s session, BiH HoR is expected to discuss the draft 2005 budget of the state institutions, and the report by the BiH Parliament joint commission on harmonization of the text of VAT Law. [...]

RS Radio - Dragan Mikerevic, the RS PM in resignation, stated during today’s meeting in Banja Luka with representatives of Austrian Company “Alstom” that RS Government would ensure all assistance possible to companies that want to invest in RS. Wolfgang Koeviher, Executive Director of the Company, stated that the recent presentation of economic pot [...]

BH Radio 1 by Mirza Sadikovic – About 1380 workers of Agrokomerc company from Velika Kladusa are in strike as of today, and have announced they would hold protests in front of the of the FBiH Government in Sarajevo. The workers also protest every Monday and Thursday on the complex grounds. They demand the revision of the privatization process and r [...]

RTRS, TV Hayat, BHT, FTV, Oslobodjenje cover page, pg 2 ‘SDS’ Pero Bukejlovic appointed new PM designate’ by Orijana Vukovic, Dnevni Avaz pg 2 ‘Pero Bukejlovic appointed new RS PM designate’, Blic cover page, pg 3 ‘Pero Bukejlovic appointed new RS PM designate’, Vecernje Novosti cover, pg 3, Dnevni List, pg 3, mentioned on front ‘Pero Bukejlovic is [...]

Dnevni Avaz cover page, pg 5 ‘Police reform has not been stopped’ – In an interview with the daily following his visit to Belgrade and meeting with RS Prime Minister in resignation Dragan Mikerevic, High Representative Paddy Ashdown once again emphasized the imperative of cooperation with The Hague Tribunal and bringing of war criminals to justice [...]

Oslobodjenje cover splash, pg 3 ‘Those responsible for war crimes must not be hidden’ by news agencies, Dnevni Avaz pg 4 ‘RS authorities must implement investigation on Srebrenica Commission’s findings’ by news agencies, Dnevni List, front pg splash and pg 5 ‘RS Army will not be abolished’, by NINA, Slobodna Dalmacija, back pg ‘War criminals must g [...]

Oslobodjenje cover splash, pg 3 ‘Paddy Ashdown promised to Belgrade the RS survival’ by Branislav Boskov, Nezavisne Novine cover ‘Ashdown promised he would not change Dayton’ and pg 3 ‘Ashdown promised to Tadic he would not change Dayton’ by D. Risojevic; Vecernje Novosti pg 5 ‘No change of Dayton’ – According to the statement by the Serbian Presi [...]

B92 radio, 5 Jan – Commenting the visit of the HR Paddy Ashdown to Belgrade, Branko Radujko, an advisor to Boris Tadic, said that the Serbian president will again present Belgrade's unchangeable position that the Dayton Agreement must be honoured. "Everything that Ashdown has done in recent days leads to reducing the authority of the Republic of Sr [...]

RTRS at 12.00 - New round of talks between Dragan Cavic, RS President, and officials of SDA, SDP of BiH, Party for BiH, on RS Prime Minister-designate should have resumed in Banja Luka at 11:00 hrs today.

BHT 1 on 31 Dec – The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, on 31 December received the final proposals on the establishment of BiH Police, submitted by the Chair of the Police Reform Commission, Wilfred Martens. According to OHR, Ashdown will bring the decision after he examines all three models. According to BHTV source close to international commu [...]