Press Archives
05/17/2002
BiH Media Round-up, 17/5/2002
At yesterday’s session, the BiH Council of Ministers adopted a draft budget on succession assets of the former Yugoslavia and ways of protecting the environment, which would involve the setting up of a coordinating committee consisting of 48 members of both entities which will be concerned with ecological problems. Commenting on the fact that [...]
05/16/2002
BiH Media Round-up, 16/5/2002
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, said that BiH has still not fulfilled all requirements which would allow for the abolishment of visa requirements for its citizens traveling abroad. In an article written exclusively for Dnevni Avaz, Petritsch said that he would like to able to propose to the Peace Implementation Council, as some politic [...]
05/15/2002
BiH Media Round-up, 15/5/2002
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, in the course of a two-day working visit to New York, has presented his final report to the United Nations, addressed a Donors’ Conference on Srebrenica, and held talks with senior UN officials. On Monday, the High Representative delivered a report to the Secretary General of the UN outlining the p [...]
05/14/2002
BiH Media Round-up, 14/5/2002
Federation TV reported last night that another hidden ammunition cache has been found in Mostar on Monday. SFOR spokesman for the multinational Division Southeast Lt-Col Nicolas Rambaud said that a smaller, but as yet unknown quantity of gunpowder, anti-personnel mines, grenades and other ammunition was found in the Unis Telekom company compound di [...]
05/13/2002
BiH Media Round-up, 13/5/2002
Slobodna Dalmacija reports that the BiH Constitutional Court declared admissible the appeal by Ante Jelavic in his criminal trial, requesting that his case be transferred from the Cantonal Court in Sarajevo to the same in Mostar. According to the daily, this decision also pertains to all other HDZ officials in this case, including Marko Tokic, Ivo [...]
05/10/2002
BiH Media Round-up, 10/5/2002
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, on Thursday addressed the 55-nation OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna. He briefed the Council on recent political developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina and gave an overview of the three years of his mandate, highlighting the major achievements and the overall progress sustained in the country. The High R [...]
05/09/2002
BiH Media Round-up, 9/5/2002
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, on Wednesday issued a Decision appointing Milos Babic, Suada Halilagic, Venceslav Ilic, Branko Morait, Muhidin Niksic, Nedzad Popovac and Martin Raguz as judges to the Appellate Division of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, thereby also establishing the Court. The seven judges were chosen from a list [...]
05/08/2002
BiH Media Round-up, 8/5/2002
BH Television 1 (BHTV 1), which has been established within the framework of the BiH Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), started broadcasting its first news program on the frequencies of both entities’ televisions at 1900 on Tuesday, Oslobodjenje, Vecernji List and FTV 1 reported. Addressing a ceremony in the media house’s building in Sa [...]