Press Archives
06/12/2003
OHR BiH Media Round-up, 12/6/2003
Croat Radio Herceg Bosna, BHTV 1, FTV, RTRS, Oslobodjenje pg. 5 “HNC Government not established’, Dnevni Avaz pg. 2 ‘HNC Government not elected’, Nezavisne Novine, page 3, ‘HNC still without Government, in spite of OHR warning’ – Although leaders of HDZ and SDA Sulejman Tihic and Barisa Colak had agreed on Tuesday on the list of candidates for the [...]
06/11/2003
OHR BiH Media Round-up, 11/6/2003
Avaz pg. 1 and 3 – Mr and Mrs. Ashdown spent the nigh in the Visegrad village of Rohci where he spent time with the local refugees. Many people in the mentioned village are in a very difficult position and live in tents while awaiting for their houses to be reconstructed, which is why the HR said it was important to show those people his determinat [...]
06/11/2003
Transcript of the Press Conference in Mostar
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen and welcome to today's press conference of the International Organizations seated in Mostar.
On behalf of the OHR I have only one point for you today. Namely, as you could see in the media advisory OHR Director of Communications, Julian Braithwaite, will brief members of the press on what will be happening in t [...]
06/10/2003
OHR BiH Media Round-up, 10/6/2003
BHTV at 19:00 hrs by Lejla Redzovic – the UNDP yesterday presented results of the first comprehensive survey among BiH citizens regarding the effectiveness of the BiH Civil Administration’s work. Almost all questioned subjects said that it was not efficient, not economic, and not professional and that BiH had no money to cover its expenses. “We ha [...]
06/09/2003
OHR BiH Media Round-up, 9/6/2003
BHTV at 19:00 hrs by Mirela Cosic – the UNDP will hold a press conference today, and announce the results of the first comprehensive survey on the effectiveness of the public administration. High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, is going to open the conference with the question ‘can BiH afford its government’. In his interview, given to the BHTV1 15 [...]
06/06/2003
OHR BiH Media Round-up, 6/6/2003
BHTV 1 By Gvozden Sarac - While US and BiH have decided to confiscate assets of all those who support war criminals, European Union can only recommend that to their member countries. But what EU can do is to ban those persons and other criminals from entering the EU countries – there are 25 such persons from BiH. Until the EU officially announces t [...]
06/05/2003
OHR BiH Media Round-up, 5/6/2003
Oslobodjenje front page, pg 5 ‘Americans do not want to leave BiH to Europeans’, Dnevni Avaz pg. 4, mentioned on the front page ‘Americans against transfer of SFOR to EU’ – The United States are against an European Union initiative to take over SFOR mandate in BIH next year. At the NATO Summit in Madrid, the US representatives justified such the op [...]
06/04/2003
OHR BiH Media Round-up, 4/6/2003
Croat Radio Herceg Bosna, Dnevni List (front and page 15, by A. P., “Miroslav Coric: Government in technical mandate works on illegal basis”) – a press conference by the Prime Minister designate of the Herzegovina-Neretva canton Government, Miroslav Coric. According to Coric, lack of political agreement is the biggest reasons the Cantonal Governmen [...]
06/02/2003
OHR BiH Media Round-up, 2/6/2003
FTV 1930 News on Sunday, Oslobodjenje front page, pg. 3 ‘Sarajevo special policemen without jobs’, Dnevni Avaz pg. 2 ‘Decertified policemen cannot be returned to work’ - UN Mission suggests OHR not to intervene in case of dismissed Sarajevo Canton’s special police officers. OHR demanded from UN Mission assessment of certification of police officers [...]
05/30/2003
OHR BiH Media Round-up, 30/5/2003
BHTV1 at 19:00 hrs by Marina Boskovic – HR Paddy Ashdown announced a decision on the establishment of the Expert Commission for Intelligence Service Reform. The Commission’s task is to draft a proposal on unified intelligence service at the level of Bosnia-Herzegovina and regulations and laws in this field - in line with democratic principles and E [...]