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High Representative to BiH, Paddy Ashdown, will address the BiH Parliamentary Assembly on Tuesday 16th July, and also plans to hold a speech before the RS National Assembly on 26th July and the Federation Parliament on 30th July. During the addresses, Ashdown will urge the entity and state parliaments to adopt the necessary legislation. “It i [...]

Over 3,000 (some reports quote even 6,000) survivors of Srebrenica massacre, together with most senior representatives of the diplomatic core in BiH, marked on Thursday the seventh anniversary of the death of thousands of Bosniaks killed by the Serb forces led by the indicted war criminal, Ratko Mladic, in July 1995. At a solemn ceremony in Potocar [...]

In a front page article in Oslobodjenje, Azhar Kalamujic and Senka Kurtovic write that the SDP leader, Zlatko Lagumdzija, confirmed that he and the Federation Prime Minister, Alija Behmen, were offered a 21 million KM bribe by Tino Bralo, the owner of AM-SPED company in exchange for his funds being de-blocked. “When I found out about this off [...]

In a lengthy article on the front page of Dnevni Avaz, Edina Sarac argues that at least three ministers in the BiH Council of Ministers have violated the Law on Conflict of Interest in their dealing with the CIPS (Citizens Identity Protection System) project. According to Sarac, the brother of Mirko Skrbic, the director of the project, has a hardwa [...]

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, will meet today with the members of the BIH Presidency and discuss with them the extension of the UN mission’s mandate in BiH. “He will also congratulate the Presidency members on their mature attitude with respect to this problem. Ashdown shares the view of the chairman Beriz Belkic that this pro [...]

SFOR troops searched on Sunday the premises of the Sarajevo Tabacco Factory after they received a tip-off that illegal arms and ammunition have been stored there. SFOR spokesman, Scott Lundy, confirmed this information, adding that no arms or ammunition were found during the four hour operation. “We did not have any problems during the raid a [...]

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, said in Vienna yesterday that it would be serious but not disastrous if the UN police force in BiH was withdrawn. “It is serious, but not a catastrophe. Europe has the will to step in if the UN can’t continue. It won’t be tidy and quick but it can be done. I have no doubt that it can be done [...]

During his meeting in Brussels with the EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, Javier Solana, the High Representative in BiH, Paddy Ashdown, said that the possible veto on renewing the UN peacekeeping mission would be a set back but not a disaster for the country. “It would be serious but not catastrophic if these talk [...]