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BiH Ombudsman to look into Human Rights Chamber’s Decision on military apartments, political parties and associations call the ruling shocking and unacceptable

BiH Human Rights Chamber ruling on the right of JNA officers to repossess their flats in BiH; Public and officials in the Federation shocked with the DecisionThe controversial Friday ruling by the BiH Human Rights Chamber (HRC) which grants right to former officers of the Yugoslav National Army (JNA) to repossess their apartments in BiH was by far [...]

ONASA news agency reports that the [Serb] member of the BiH Presidency and chairman of the RS Socialist Party (SP), Zivko Radisic, will exercise his power of veto on the lawsuit brought by BiH against Yugoslavia on charges of genocide and aggression if the Presidency is to pronounce on this issue, SP deputy chairman Petar Djokic told reporters on T [...]

During his two-day visit to Austria, the chairman of the BiH Council of Ministers and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Zlatko Lagumdzija, met with the country’s president, Thomas Klestil, the chancellor, Wolfgang Schuessel, and his Austrian counterpart, Benita Ferrero-Waldner

Bosniak member of the BiH Presidency, Beriz Belkic, expressed hope yesterday (Tuesday) that the PIC Steering Board will, during this week’s session, support the efforts of the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, on reorganization of the international engagement in BiH. In a statement for Oslobodjenje, Belkic said that he fully supports H [...]

All Sarajevo dailies, Nezavisne Novine and Slobodna Dalmacija report prominently that the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, and members of the BiH Presidency, Beriz Belkic, Jozo Krizanovic, and Zivko Radisic, together with the Federation prime Minister, Alija Behmen, and the RS vice premier, Petar Kunic held on Monday a session of the Partne [...]

Dnevni Avaz reports that the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, will meet later today (Monday) with the leading members of the BiH Presidency, Council of Ministers, and entity governments. The daily writes that the main focus of discussions will be the economic situation in BiH as well as the harmonization of entity constitutions with the Con [...]

Oslobodjenje reports that the BiH House of Peoples interrupted its session late on Thursday due to a lack of quorum. In the course of the session, the House adopted draft Law on the BiH State Attorney’s Office.

At the session held in Sarajevo on Wednesday, the BiH Presidency supported the drafting of the law on the State Information and Protection Agency. The Presidency will propose the law to the BiH Parliamentary Assembly. Dnevni Avaz quoted Bosniak member of the Presidency Beriz Belkic as saying following the session that the Agency would be authorized [...]

According to Oslobodjenje, the Chairman of the BiH Parliament’s House of Peoples, Sejfudin Tokic, signed on Tuesday with certain lateness a letter of intent on the BiH’s readiness to fulfill obligations arising from the full membership in the Council of Europe. "This moment of taking over of the obligations on behalf of the BiH state in [...]