03/26/2003

OHR BiH Media Round-up, 26/3/2003

Oslobodjenje front page, pg. 12 ‘Murderer of Premier Djindjic arrested’, Dnevni Avaz pg 20 the same headline – Zvezdan Zveki Jovanovic, the Assistant Commander of the unit for special operations called Red Berets, was arrested under suspicion he had killed by sniper the Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic on March 12 in Belgrade. Jutarnji List (f [...]
03/26/2003

Transcript of the Press Conference in Mostar

Good morning ladies and gentlemen and welcome to yet another press conference of the international organizations based in Mostar. On behalf of the OHR three points for you today. The first one refers to the Federation level and yesterday's session of the FBIH House of Representatives which refused to adopt amendments to the Constitution by remo [...]
03/25/2003

OHR BiH Media Round-up, 25/3/2003

Osloboodjenje front page, pg. 3 ‘Fuel cheaper in BiH as of Monday’ – The distributors and traders with oil and oil derivatives in BiH foresee that, as of Monday, March 31, all oil products will be cheaper for five to six pfenige per litre. “We expect that the fuel prices in the refineries will decrease for five to six pfenige due to the stabilisati [...]
03/24/2003

OHR BiH Media Round-up, 24/3/2003

Oslobodjenje front page, pg. 7 ‘Adnan Terzic takes a package of new obligations’ - A BiH delegation led by the Council of Ministers Chairman, Adnan Terzic, will travel to Brussels on March 25 for a two-day official visit. At the EU Headquarters, Terzic will receive a questionnaire with 300 questions. Whether BiH will be invited to sign the Stabilis [...]
03/21/2003

OHR BiH Media Round-up, 21/3/2003

Avaz pg. 1 and 3 – at yesterday’s press conf HR Paddy Ashdown called on the Federation Parliament to remove Mijat Tuka (an MP) and his party (NHI) to exclude him in the next seven days. He is accused of embezzling and probably stealing 14,3 million KM at the time he performed the duty of the Federation Minister. If the local authorities fail to rem [...]
03/21/2003

OHR BiH Media Round-up, 20/3/2003

Oslobodjenje pg. 1 and 7 – the OHR refused to comment on speculations of possible removal of Mirko Sarovic and did not want to say whether they were satisfied with the latest report. According to OHR Spokesperson, Vedran Persic, it is the BiH authorities that will answer before the UN Security Council for the breach of UN embargo. Following accusat [...]
03/19/2003

Transcript of the Press Conference in Mostar

Good morning ladies and gentlemen and welcome to yet another press conference of the international organizations based in Mostar. Colleagues from the OSCE and SFOR do not have a statement for today. On behalf of the OHR two short points. The first issue pertains to the Deputy High Representative and Head of OHR South Ambassador Jean Pierre Berc [...]
03/19/2003

OHR BiH Media Round-up, 19/3/2003

Avaz pg. 1 and 9 – “If someone thinks it’s normal to remove he first man of a country in this way, whoever he is, chosen by people, then it is not a problem for HR, but us,” said Sarovic at the beginning of his interview for Avaz. Asked about Dodik’s requests for his removal, Sarovic said that Dodik still has not come to terms with the fact that he [...]
03/18/2003

OHR BiH Media Round-up, 18/3/2003

Avaz pg. 2 ‘Sarajevo will be the HQ of the Fight Against Corruption Initiative’ – Special Coordinator of the Stability Pact for southeast Europe, Erhard Busek, yesterday arrived to Sarajevo where he met with HR Ashdown. One of the Stability Pact initiatives is to be stationed in Sarajevo. The HR proposed that HQ of the Fight Against Corruption Init [...]
03/17/2003

OHR BiH Media Round-up, 17/3/2003

Avaz pg. 5 ‘The SDA thinking about going to opposition’ – an interview with SDA President Sulejman Tihic. Asked how serious was an SDA threat that they would withdraw from the authority, Tihic replied that the threat was serious if the situation remained the same. Added that the OHR stopped the process of the implementation of election results sinc [...]