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With the presence of the top international and domestic officials including the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, Bosniak member of the BiH Presidency Sulejman Tihic and BiH Council of Ministers Chairman Adnan Terzic, the premises of the Court of BiH and the BiH Prosecution Office were officially opened on Monday in the Sarajevo Military Barracks [...]

The students gathered in the Student Movement for Normal BiH joined on Sunday a group of popular folk singers requesting the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, to stop trial of the indictees in the Pogorelica case. The students believe that, actually, those who fabricated this “Stalinist” process should be tried. They threaten they will come out i [...]

Avaz pg. 1 and 4, Oslobodjenje pg. 6 ‘Reforms or banning of the international help’, Nezavisne Novine pg.5 ‘Single customs and taxes – a way to Europe’, Glas Srpski pg. 3 ‘Reforms without a veto’ – a sharp ultimatum voiced at yesterday’s press conference by special envoys of Chris Patten, EC Representative for Foreign relation. On his behalf, HR Pa [...]

Avaz pg. 1 and 2, Oslobodjenje pg. 8 ‘Joint customs and taxes an imperative’, Dnevni List pg. 1 and 7, Slobodna Dalmacija pg. 1 and 13, Nezavisne Novine pg. 7 ‘An agreement on customs and VAT by mid February’, Radio Mostar East, Radio Herzeg-Bosna, Studio 88 – during yesterday’s visit to Herzegovina, HR Ashdown stated that an initial agreement in c [...]

Avaz pg. 1 and 5 by Almasa Bajric– Mladen Ivanic, newly appointed BiH Foreign Minister, gave an interview to Dnevni Avaz. Commenting on the recent controversial statements by official from neighbouring countries, Ivanic stated that it was in the best interest of BiH for borders to remain the same. “That is the main message coming from BiH.” As for [...]

Oslobodjenje pg. 3 ‘Salkic’s appeal denied’, Avaz pg. 2 ‘Federation government confirmed Hasib Salkic’s removal’ by A. Hadziarapovic – the Federation government confirmed yesterday a decision by Deputy Finance Minister, Sefika Hafizovic, on the removal of Deputy Director of the FBiH Customs Administration, Hasib Salkic. According to Avaz, due to th [...]

Oslobodjenje pg. 1 and 3 by Se. K. – a very prominent story labelled as ‘scandalous’ about a Friday meeting between HR Ashdown and young politicians. During the meeting, HR apparently stated that those who read ‘Slobodna Bosna’ magazine were fools. The daily went on to take statements from several participants of the meeting who confirmed that HR A [...]

The BiH Presidency on Thursday initiated a discussion on the report on the Orao affair and ordered the BiH Standing Committee for Military Matters to prepare a proposal for conclusions on the basis of which it will continue a debate on this issue at one of the next sessions, in the presence of RS President Dragan Cavic. At a press conference held a [...]

Legal experts from the Office of the High Representative for BiH and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Wednesday agreed on the principles on which war crimes committed in Bosnia should be prosecuted. After a three-day working conference in Sarajevo, which was also attended by ICTY president Claude Jorda and Chi [...]

The Principal Deputy High Representative, Donald Hays, said at a press conference in Sarajevo on Tuesday that, by the end of February, a plan for the customs reform had to be prepared in order for BiH to get a single customs administration in this year. Following his talks with the representatives of IMF, World Bank and USAID, Hays delivered a clea [...]