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Oslobodjenje front page, pg. 7 ‘Mlaco and Handzic want to hide evidence on the crime’ – Former Chief of the Bugojno Police Enis Sijamija told the newspaper that the bodies of once apprehended Croats Vinko Ivkovic, Nikica Milos and Jadranko Gvozden, who were then declared missing were actually burnt in an earth-cabin near the village of Vrbanja. How [...]

Oslobodjenje pg. 1, 4 and 5 by S. Sehercehajic – on yesterday’s extraordinary session of the SDA during which it was decided to ‘sacrifice’, as the daily puts it, Muhamed Ibrahimovic, the current FBiH HoR Chair, in order to proceed with the appointment of Ahmed Hadzipasic as the new Federation PM. This means that Ibrahimovic will step down from his [...]

Avaz pg. 1 and 2 by F. Mandal and H. Orahovac– the biggest story in the daily reporting that after Amir Jaganjac was appointed by the HJPC for president of the FBiH Supreme Court, a Bosniak could not be appointed Federation PM. According to lawyer Kasim Trnka the FBiH Constitution, Amendment 49, regulates the distribution of key posts in the Federa [...]

Avaz pg. 1 and 2 – OHR yesterday announced the economic analysis on BiH. “BiH registered a trade deficit in the first six months of the last year amounting to 5,2 billion KM. That indicates the need for an urgent development of a competing exporting sector and the speeding up of business and economic reforms.” In the document, the OHR warned the Bi [...]

Avaz pg. 1 and 2 – yesterday’s special conference by HR Ashdown where he announced that this week crucial events were to take place in the process of the VAT and single customs introduction. He recalled that February 19 was the final deadline for local politicians to agree on basic principles of single customs and VAT. Also announced his Deputy Don [...]

Avaz pg. 2 ‘The talks on joint customs continuing’ – that PDHR Donald Hays will be in Banja Luka on Tuesday and Wednesday to continue the series of talks with RS leaders on principles that will guide the Expert Working Group for the introduction of VAT and single customs. OHR Spokesperson Kevin Sullivan yesterday presented the information. PDHR Ha [...]

The High Representative met the Peace Implementation Council Steering Board at political directors’ level on 30 January 2003. The Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) authorities were represented by the Secretary General of the Standing Committee on Military Matters, Stjepan Pocrnja, and the Minister for Human Rights and Refugees, Mirsad Kebo. The meeting [...]

A new border crossing between BiH and Croatia opened on Wednesday in Samac on the river Sava. The agreement on opening the border crossing, between the BiH state border service and customs administration of the RS and the Federation of BiH, will apply to goods that enter and leave the customs zone through this border crossing. RS Finance Minister [...]

Although the CIPS Directorate had said for several times the price of the new ID card would be 10 KM, the citizens who this week went to change their personal documents were unpleasantly surprised when they realized they had to pay 14.5KM instead of the initially announced sum. Thanks to the change of the ID cards, the state will grab form the cit [...]