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The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, will consider the Report issued on Monday by the Provisional Administrator of the Hercegovacka Banka, and take a decision on the future of the Bank, probably before the end of the year. Under the terms of the FBiH Law on Banks, the High Representative has to choose one of three options: liquidating the Bank, [...]

The SDA Presidency is expected at its session scheduled for Monday in Sarajevo to decide whether the BiH prime minister designate will be of the Croat or Bosniak nationality. In a statement for Oslobodjenje (front page, p 3), SDA leader Sulejman Tihic confirmed that on the flight from New York to Sarajevo he had discussed with the HDZ’s Dragan Covi [...]

Avaz pg. 1 and 4, Oslobodjenje pg. 15 ‘Support to businessmen in BiH’ – following an initiative by HR Ashdown, a questionnaire was sent to 500 local businessmen on what needs to be changed or improved in order to improve businesses and create more working places in BiH. “HR’s position is clear. If BiH is to become attractive for businesses and nece [...]

Avaz pg. 4 ‘State budget of 530 million KM adopted’, Oslobodjenje pg. 8 ‘Budget of BiH institutions amounts 530 million-KM’ – members of the BiH HoR adopted at yesterday’s session state budget of 530 million-KM. Out of the amount, 205 million-KM is intended for financing BiH institutions, and the remaining 325 million-KM for returning foreign debts [...]

FENA - HRPaddy Ashdown will travel on Wednesday afternoon to Moscow and is scheduled to meet Russian Foreign Affairs Minister and address the Russian Duma’s Foreign Affairs Committee tomorrow. OHR spokesperson Oleg Milisic yesterday told a press conference in Sarajevo that the Russian government invited the High Representative. He will infor [...]

Avaz pg. 1 and 2, Oslobodjenje pg. 1 and 7, Nezavisne Novine pg. 2, Glas Srpski pg. 2 ‘Agreement draws borderline’, Blic pg. 7 ‘Optimism of negotiators’ – the BiH Presidency members met yesterday with the Croatian President Stipe Mesic to discuss relations between the two countries. Mesic said he was satisfied that mem [...]

Nezavisne Novine pg. 5 ‘RS economists support OHR and CAFAO measures regarding fight against grey economy’ – the daily quoted Professor Rajko Tomas from the Banja Luka School of Economics, who stated that the assessments made recently by HR and CAFAO Head were nothing new. He explained that many analyses had been conducted and tha [...]