Media monitoring reports

BHT, FTV, RTRS, Oslobodjenje cover page, pgs 4-5 ‘Kidnapped Mak Varesanovic freed’, Dnevni Avaz cover page, pgs 2-3 ‘The boy freed, one kidnapper death’, Nezavisne Novine cover and pg 2 ‘A boy released, kidnappers arrested’ by M. Cubro-D.Muminovic, Slobodna Dalmacija, pg 70 ‘Boy freed, kidnapper killed’, by Dinko Pasic, Dnevni List, pg 38 ‘7-year o [...]

RHB at 12.00 - Former senior official of Democratic party, Cedomir Jovanovic, believes Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic are hiding in Serbia. Jovanovic says there is a strong ‘anti-Hague lobby’ in Serbia that enjoys support of a part of the (Orthodox) Church.

RHB, RS Radio at 12.00 - Chairman of BiH Presidency, Borislav Paravac,leads BiH delegation at the Regional Summit “Development of interethnic and inter-religious dialogue - significant factor of stability and progress in South-east Europe”, taking place December 9 and 10 in Tirana, Albania.

BH Radio 1, RHB at 12.00 - Serbian President, Boris Tadic, is in Mostar today. He was received at the MostarAirport by the Canton 7 Prime Minister, Miroslav Coric. Following a meeting with the FBiH President, Niko Lozancic, President Tadic stated that the basis of all political relations was economy, thus saying that the he wanted to open as many e [...]

RTRS at 12.00 - Boris Tadic, Serbian President, had separate meetings with Dragan Cavic, RS President, and Dragan Mikerevic, RS Premier today in Banja Luka. The Interior and Defence Ministers of RS, Darko Matijasevic and Milovan Stankovic respectively, attended the meeting Tadic-Mikerevic

BH Radio 1 at 12.00 - Serbian President Boris Tadic arrived in a three-day official visit to BiH. Immediately upon arrival, Tadic met with the BiH Presidency members to discuss issues of cooperation with The Hague Tribunal, search for missing persons and process of reconciliation amongst the peoples. Tadic said that still there were unresolved issu [...]

FTV, BHT1, Dnevni List pg 2, mentioned on front, ‘Bigger authorities to domestic institutions’ by D. Polovina-Mandic – By submitting the final report to the BiH Government, Christian Schwarz-Schilling officially completed his ten-year mission of the international mediator in BiH. DL says that in this way this job has been transferred on domestic au [...]

BHT 1 by Damir Simic - ICTY Chief Prosecutor, Carla Del Ponteconfirmed on Friday that by the end of month her office will raise 5-6 new indictments on the war crimes committed in the former Yugoslavia. At the press conference held on Friday, Del Ponte explained that Prosecution has a deadline to raise all remaining indictments until the end of the [...]

BH Radio 1 - Chief ICTY Prosecutor, Carla Del Ponte, told journalist at the press conference today in Sarajevo that Dragomir Milosevic, ICTY suspect indicted for bombing Sarajevo, today will be transferred to ICTY from Serbia. She also stressed that ICTY will not cease its operations until Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic are captured and brought [...]

Herceg Bosna Radio, AFP - The European Union formally took over peacekeeping duties from NATO in BiH on Thursday, marking the start of the EU's biggest joint military operation to date. The ceremonial transfer of power from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to the 7,000-strong EU mission was attended by EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana an [...]