Media monitoring reports

BH Radio 1 - About 1000 workers form companies in Zenica, BiH Steel, Steel factory, Mine and Metalno, as well as the workers from companies in Gorazde, have gathered in Sarajevo today to protest over the incapability of authorities to adopt the law on return and privatisation of the apartments. Protesters say that this law would enable companies to [...]

BH Radio 1, RS Radio, Herceg Bosna Radio - Serbian Assembly President Predrag Markovic today has addressed the representatives of the RS National Assembly for the first time. He stressed that both Serbia and RS must cooperate with the ICTY, and that there is no alternative to that. Addressing RSNA for the first time officially, Markovic added that [...]

BH Radio 1 - The High Representative Paddy Ashdown today announced reductions of judicial salaries for approximately 16%. Ashdown explained that the reason for such decision is the effect high salaries of justices have on the work of other services in judiciary.

Dnevni Avaz cover page ‘Mijo Brajkovic must be held responsible for irregularities’, pg 4 ‘Audit will prove that the state owns Aluminij’ – President of the Trade Union of former Aluminij workers Mujo Hodzic believes that Aluminij Director Mijo Brajkovic should be brought to justice due to irregularities in the process of company’s privatisation an [...]

Herceg Bosna Radio, BHT, FTV, RTRS, Dnevni Avaz pg 2, mentioned on cover ‘Paddy Ashdown repeals Law on Pardons’, Oslobodjenje pgs 4-5, mentioned on cover ‘Ashdown destroyed plan to pardon criminals from government’, Vecernji List, pg 2, mentioned on front ‘Ashdown annuls Law on Pardon’, by Eldina Medunjanin, Dnevni List, pg 3, mentioned on front ‘A [...]

RHB at 12.00- RS Interior Minister, Darko Matijasevic, announced that he would be talking to the Chief ICTY Prosecutor, Carla del Ponte, at The Hague today, from whom he will be asking for additional explanations regarding her address to the UN SC. Matijasevic stated at the RT RS on Thursday evening that he would be asking for additional explanatio [...]

FTV, RTRS, Oslobodjenje pg 4 ‘RS slows down BiH’s path to EU and NATO’ by Fena, Dnevni Avaz pg 5 ‘RS institutions cannot continue to block BiH path to EU and NATO’ by E.S., Dnevni List pg 7 ‘RS obstacle to BiH aspirations towards Europe’ by D. Kozina, Vecernji List pg 2 ‘Sanctions against RS MoI are being expected’ by B. Stevandic, Nezavisne Novine [...]

BH Radio 1, RHB at 12.00 - At a session in Sarajevo today, the FBiH House of Peoples discussed the Budget re-balance for this year. The House will vote on the issue following a pause. The deputies are also to discuss the draft law on the review of the privatization.

BH Radio 1 at 12.00 - US Congress has passed decision according to which the assistance of 73,6 US dollars to Serbia and Montenegro is condition with the arrest and extradition of Ratko Mladic. According to unofficial information, other conditions include the cooperation with the ICTY and request for SCG to stop supporting the separate institutions [...]

BH Radio 1 at 12.00 - The members of the Farmers and Agriculture Associations in BiH have started with the announced protests blocking the border crossing of Doljani. They stated that similar protests will take place as long as BiH authorities refuse to solve their issues, equalizing status of BiH products with those from Croatia and Serbia and Mon [...]