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In a Op-Ed piece for The Times and Dnevni Avaz (front page), the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, urges Western diplomats to produce a sensible solution to the ICC dispute. “Bosnia still needs peacekeepers, not because it is a hopeless case, but for the very opposite reason. Six years on from the worst bloodletting in Europe since the Seco [...]

In a short telephone conversation with the US Secretary of State, Colin Powell, the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, expressed his concern at the possibility that the mandate of the UN Mission to BiH would not be extended on July 3. (Dnevni Avaz, p. 2, Oslobodjenje, p. 3, Jutarnje Novine f.p., Nezavisne Novine, p. 3, BHTV 1, FTV, first block of [...]

Jutarnje Novine (p. 7) reports that the last week’s visit of the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, to Srebrenica had a very positive effect on the developments in this town. “Returnees are encouraged by his decisive position on their open demands on return, and municipal authorities with his view that Srebrenica indeed deserves a spec [...]

At a ceremony held in Mostar on Thursday, the Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi symbolically marked the beginning of the reconstruction of the town’s Old Bridge, The ceremony was also attended by top BiH and international officials including the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown. (Oslobodjenje – front page, p 6, Dnevni Avaz – [...]

The Federation Defense Minister, Mijo Anic, said in an interview for Oslobodjenje (front-page, pages 4-5) that the irresponsible delaying of presidential decision about the new structure of the BiH federation Army was creating bad atmosphere in the barracks. He aloe reiterated he would resign if the dismissed soldiers do not receive severance pays [...]

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, met the UN SRSG, Jacques Paul this morning. During a two-hour meeting also attended by all the senior staff of the UN & IPTF, the High Representative and the UN SRSG had detailed discussions on various rule of law issues. The High Representative congratulated the UNMiBH on the success of its mission and the w [...]

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, on Monday issued a Decision removing Kemal Terzic from his position as Mayor of Donji Vakuf. The Decision, which takes immediate effect, bars Mr Terzic from holding any official, elective or appointive public office and from running in elections or for office within political parties. The High Representative [...]

According to Oslobodjenje (front-page, continues on p 7), non-existing (fictitious, phantom) company “Stjeprep,” registered in Sarajevo, has laundered more than 15.6 million KM through six banks in the BiH Federation and Republika Srpska. It is allegedly about money obtained through various criminal activities including the tax evasion. [...]

“The returnees need more than the security itself. They need jobs and a sustainable economic future,” the Hih Representative, Paddy Ashdown, told a press conference in Mostar on Thursday, at which he in ten points summed up his impression after a two-day visit to Central Bosnia and Herzegovina (Dnevni Avaz – p 2, Oslobodjenje R [...]