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Oslobodjenje front page, pg 6 ‘Revision of the privatisation of Aluminium and FDS’ – The announcements by the trade union leaders in the BiH Federation that they want revision of the privatisation and not only the post-war but also the pre-war one carried out on the basis of so called (then Yugoslav Prime Minister Ante) Markovic ‘s model have worse [...]

Dnevni Avaz front page, pg. 3 ‘Ashdown appears against Mafia’ – The problem of organised crime and Mafia is a regional problem and that is how it should be tackled. The authorities in BiH, particularly those in RS, should use this historic opportunity and join the authorities in Serbia in fighting the evil arisen from the war, which has caused so m [...]

Avaz pg. 2 ‘Croatia must not give in to Sarajevo’ – Zdravko Tomac, Presidency of the Croatian Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee, yesterday stated that the Croatian government must not give in to continues calls from Sarajevo to ratify the existing Ploce-Neum Agreement, and afterwards the Annex that alters the management of the Ploce port. “We ha [...]

Avaz pg. 2 ‘Sarovic decided to withdraw from the Presidency’ – “I am aware of the possible consequences for the RS and the party that nominated me, in an atmosphere where arguments could not be in the first plan I decided to make this move,” said Sarovic. He also said that he was well aware of the enormous pressure. Sarovic informed of the decision [...]

Avaz pg. 1 and 3 by S.N. – HR Paddy Ashdown today will remove Mirko Sarovic, abolish the RS Supreme Defence Council and proclaim amendments to the RS Constitution that will erase words such as ‘state’, ‘independence’ and ‘sovereignty’ and order the establishment of a commission for reforming army and strengthening of the state role in the control o [...]

Dnevni Avaz special supplement ‘Hoping Srebrenica never happens again to anyone’ pg. 38 ‘They did not kill our memory’ – Almedina Dautbasic spoke on behalf of victims’ families. “You killed our children, our fathers, our mothers, our brothers, our husbands, and you tries to exterminate one people. But remember, you did not kill our memory.” Dnevn [...]

Avaz pg. 1 and 2 – that by yesterday afternoon everything was ready for today’s burial of 600 genocide victims in Potocari. The prayer will be led by ef. Ceric. It is expected that 22 ambassadors as well as many other diplomats and IC reps would attend the ceremony. Presidency member Sulejman Tihic will address the gathering. On behalf of the victi [...]

Dnevni Avaz pg. 2 ‘A decision on the Orao affair to follow’ - A two-day meeting of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) started on Thursday afternoon. During this two-day meeting the PIC will meet senior International Community, BiH and Entity representatives. Together with the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, and his deputies, the PIC will he [...]

Oslobodjenje front page, pgs. 4-5 ‘Amerika will not extradite Sacirbegovic?’, Dnevni Avaz pg. 3, mentioned on the front page ‘Sacirbegovic fighting against extradition’ – Chances are small that the US will extradite former BiH Ambassador to UN Muhamed Sacirbegovic to BiH. This was told to Oslobodjenje by several officials in the BiH Foreign Ministr [...]