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Avaz pg. 2 ‘Ashdown will lobby for BiH to get a status of the EU candidate’ – the main reason behind HR Paddy Ashdown’s trip to France is to lobby for BiH to get the status of a candidate for the entry to the EU. He will speak to French officials on the possibility that BiH and southeast Europe get a certain statement of intent from the EU at the S [...]

Avaz pg. 2 ‘Direct foreign investments could get BiH out of crisis’ – Irish Foreign Minister, Brian Cowan, yesterday in Sarajevo met with members of the BiH Presidency. The Irish FM stated his country would contribute to issues relevant for the sustainable political path of BiH and its joining to the EU. An insert ‘Meeting with Ashdown’ – the Irish [...]

Avaz pg. 1 and 3 – HR Paddy Ashdown yesterday visited ‘Bosnalijek’. “I came here to remind all of us that we have successful stories in BiH, and ‘Bosnalijek’ is one of them,” stated HR. He was informed of problems that the company encounters with the export of their products, and HR Ashdown stated that obstacles of such sort are in the process of b [...]

Avaz pg. 2 ‘Requesting resignation of the RS government’ – the SNSD yesterday suggested to the RS government to resign. The party thinks that the RS government continues to successfully implement the politics of economic disaster designed by Mikerevic’s predecessor Ivanic. They further emphasize that total helplessness of the RS government has beco [...]

Oslobodjenje front page, pgs. 4-5 ‘Herzegovina mafia threatens to assassinate Rebac’, Dnevni Avaz front page, pg. 2 ‘Russian mafia threatens to Rebac’ - The Federation of BiH (FBiH) Customs Administration Director Zelimir Rebac has been put under tightened police protection since he has received a threatening letter from the Russian mafia in which [...]

Oslobodjenje pg. 5 ‘Herzegovina is not the Wild West anymore’, Dnevni Avaz pg. 4, mentioned on the front page ‘The border with Croatia should be closed for criminals as well’ – High Representative Paddy Ashdown on Wednesday visited several border crossings in eastern Herzegovina and said that smuggling and other illegal activities in the area have [...]

Oslobodjenje front page, pgs. 4-5 ‘Dragan Covic sold 18 Soko facilities for 900,000 KM’ – A total of 18 facilities owned by the Mostar-based Soko Company were sold for shameful 900,000 KM through the process of small-scale privatisation in 2000. In purchasing the Soko business buildings, production facilities and storehouses participated the compan [...]

Oslobodjenje pg. 6, mentioned on the front page ‘BiH might be like Belgium or Switzerland’, Dnevni Avaz pg. 2 ‘There will be no compromise when it comes to the issue of the civil servants independence’ – BiH needs politicians with vision, who would lead it towards Europe, the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, said on Monday during a two-hour meet [...]

Oslobodjenje front page, pg. 6 ‘Bus owners request compensation of a million KM from RS Government’ – A group of bus owners from the BiH Federation who suffered a direct material damage during a nationalistic violence two years ago in Banja Luka (a ceremony to lay out Ferhadija Mosque cornerstone) are requesting a compensation of a total of 967,577 [...]