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06/20/2002
OHR BiH Media Round-up, 20/6/2002
Dnevni Avaz (Sead Numanovic – p 2) report that the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, on Wednesday ended a three-hour “Town Hall” meeting with around 50 citizens of Siroki Brijeg, delivering them a message that they should leave the past and hatred behind for the better future of their children. “This unique political event [...]
06/19/2002
OHR BiH Media Round-up, 19/6/2002
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, met in Sarajevo on Tuesday with the Croatian President Stipe Mesic. At a press conference following the meeting, Ashdown said he had always believed in Mesic as a statesman. “We discussed the developments in the region, the situation in BiH and Croatia, and fight against terrorism. We agreed that all di [...]
06/19/2002
Transcript of the Press Conference in Mostar
Avis Benes, OHR Spokesperson: Ladies and gentlemen, good morning and welcome to the press conference of International Organisations seated in Mostar. On behalf of the OHR, we have 3 brief points for you today. The first one refers to the OHR expectations regarding the moving of the Mostar City Administration. You will later get my first two stateme [...]
06/18/2002
OHR BiH Media Round-up, 18/6/2002
Oslobodjenje (page 3 with photo of Ashdown, announced on the front page with photo of Ashdown) reports that, in his address to the BiH Parliamentary Assembly scheduled for Wednesday, the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, will propose establishment of special chambers within the Court of BiH and the BiH Prosecution Office, which will deal with org [...]
06/17/2002
OHR BiH Media Round-up: 17/6/2002
ONASA, Oslobodjenje (front page) and Dnevni Avaz (p 8) report that the Serb returnees to the villages of Gornja and Donja Bocinja, Bakotic and Krasno Polje organized a peaceful demonstration on Sunday against, as they said, the return of mujahedeens to the area. Glas Srpski(page 2, Sl. Puhalo), Nezavisne Novine(page 2)andEuroBlic (page 10)also repo [...]
06/14/2002
OHR’s BiH Media Round-up, 14/6/2002
BiH Radio 1 and the RTRS reported late last night that the RS Finance Minister, Milenko Vracar, submitted his irrevocable resignation to the RS Prime Minister, Mladen Ivanic. Ivanic, on his part, removed Zeljko Tadic, the Minister of Trade and Tourism in the RS government. At a press conference held late last night, Vracar explained that he resigne [...]
06/13/2002
OHR’s BiH Media Round-up, 13/6/2002
In today’s editorial in Nezavisne Novine (p. 2), Kruno Malenica writes that, if one judges by the initial moves he made, the start of the New High Representative to BiH, Paddy Ashdown, is more then successful. Malenica wrote: “In the first 15 days in Sarajevo, Ashdown did much more then he was expected to. I suppose that is why the peop [...]
06/12/2002
OHR’s BiH Media Round-up, 12/6/2002
Oslobodjenje (front page by Azhar Kalamujic) reports that the investigation into the AM-SPED Affair is entering its final phase. According to preliminary results, Mirko Anic, the director of AM-SPED company, has received 1,75 million KM of customs deposit [approved by the Ministry] via the Univerzal Banka, urgently withdrew 800,000 and transferred [...]
06/11/2002
BiH Media Round-up, 11/6/2002
In an interview with the FTV and the RTRS, the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, called upon all responsible and criminally charged officials involved the AM-SPED affair to resign. “I cannot imagine any democratic country in which the Minister of Finance would not resign in the wake of such a large financial scandal,” said Ashdown. Hi [...]