03/04/2003

OHR BiH Media Round-up, 4/3/2003

Avaz pg. 1 and 3 – members of the Bulldozer Commission yesterday told local politicians they had 39 days to go through and then implement 50 suggested economic changes in order to start turning BiH into the most attractive state for foreign investors. At yesterday’s press conf, HR Ashdown said the realization of the Bulldzoer Commission’s tasks was [...]
03/03/2003

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

Avaz pg. 1 and 8 – a statement by RS Deputy Speaker, Sefket Hafizovic, that constitutional amendments adopted last year only existed on the paper in the RS. As the most recent example of his claims Hafizovic mentions the case of the RS Elektroprivreda Steering Board election, which, according to him, is one-national as are boards in over 30 more pu [...]
02/28/2003

OHR BiH Media Round-up, 28/2/2003

Avaz pg. 2 ‘Members of the Steering and Supervisory Board removed’ – the RS government dismissed yesterday members of the RS Elektroprivreda Steering Board, and would soon start a procedure fir the appointment of new members. RS PM Dragan Mikerevic announced the news. He added the government would appoint in the next 24 hrs a person to perform duti [...]
02/28/2003

OHR Media Morning Brief, 28 February, 2003

Avaz pg. 2 ‘Members of the Steering and Supervisory Board removed’ – the RS government dismissed yesterday members of the RS Elektroprivreda Steering Board, and would soon start a procedure fir the appointment of new members. RS PM Dragan Mikerevic announced the news. He added the government would appoint in the next 24 hrs a person to perform duti [...]
02/27/2003

OHR BiH Media Round-up, 27/2/2003

Avaz pg. 2 ‘Mikerevic ordered to fix the situation in the RS Elektroprivreda’ – at yesterday’s press conference HR Paddy Ashdown announced he was removing RS Elektroprivreda Director, Svetozar Acimovic, and a member of the ERS Main Board, Bosko Lemez, due to the loss of 166 million-KM annually. Ashdown explained he was removing Acimovic due to his [...]
02/26/2003

OHR BiH Media Round-up, 26/2/2003

Avaz pg. 1 and 5 – an interview with Miro Lazovic, Vice-President of the SDU. He assessed as unacceptable the reaction by the HR, which derogates a legitimate decision by the BiH CoM related to the cost of the new IDs. “We will, through our representative in the BiH Parliament, Sead Avdic, request the revision of such unrealistic price,” said Lazov [...]
02/26/2003

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. We are glad that Mr. Jon Oskar Solnes, EUPM Spokesperson, is today with us. He will have a statement for you later on as we shall speak in the usual sequence. On behalf of the OHR you saw various media advisories [...]
02/25/2003

OHR BiH Media Round-up, 25/2/2003

Oslobodjenje front page, pg. 29 ‘Approximately 400,000 KM stolen from Interex market in Sarajevo’, Dnevni Avaz pg. 27, mentioned on the front page – The Interex market in the Sarajevo suburb of Stup was robbed late on Sunday when three masked men attacked and tied down the guard and then stole approximately 400,000 KM. Nezavisne Novine, page 2/also [...]
02/24/2003

OHR BiH Media Round-up, 24/2/2003

Oslobodjenje front page ‘BiH citizens like more expensive ID cards as well?!’, Dnevni Avaz pg. 3 ‘Donald Hays will today present evidences to the CoM commission’ – The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, in a letter sent to the BiH Council of Ministers Chairman Adnan Terzic on Saturday requested that a commission authorized for the CIPS project by [...]
02/21/2003

OHR BiH Media Round-up, 21/2/2003

Oslobodjenje front page, pg. 3 ‘As of today 10 KM for ID cards’, Dnevni Avaz pg. 2, mentioned on the front page ‘CoM stopped CIPS’ robbery of the citizens’ – The BiH Council of Ministers made a decision on Thursday that the BiH citizens would as of Friday pay 10 instead of 14.5 KM for the new ID cards. “It was determined that the authorized bodies [...]