Press Archives

10th February 1997, 19:30 Members of the Special Police of so called Herceg-Bosna and armed civilians attacked today a larger group of Bosniaks on their way to the cemetery 100 m far from the previous ZOS in Mostar. A man was killed and 21 injured by gun fire, stones and sticks coming from a mob which first encircled Bosniaks and than started to at [...]

9th February 1997, 19:30 The central event in BiH today was the celebration of Ramazan Bajram. BiH TV devoted 15 minutes of its program to the various Bajram celebrations beginning with the religious events in the mosques of Sarajevo and other larger BiH towns, and ending at the reception for the diplomatic representatives and the high BiH politica [...]

7th February 1997, 19:30 Los Angeles Times reported that US president Clinton was informed on existence of BiH secret service which is closely related to Iran. Therefore, US tried to cut off a connection pressuring BiH Government to replace deputy defence Minister Cengic, the papers report.

6th February 1997, 19:30 Sarajevo - President Izetbegovic and Rory O'Sullivan from the WB signed the agreement on three projects: local initiative project, 21 million US Dollars' worth (4.5 million for the Federation, 2.5 for RS, the rest will be financed by other organisations); elementary hospital services project (10 million US Dollars for the F [...]

5th February 1997, 19:30 Sarajevo - market massacre remembrance day - TV BiH showed pictures of the market massacre 'to those who survived so they do not forget what happened, and to those who are now here to implement the DPA but who are not informed well about the Bosnian tragedy'. Kalesija - the BiH Commission for Exchange took over from ICTY th [...]

4th February 1997, 19:30 Main conclusions of today's 14th BiH Presidency session: a decision on establishing offices for the Presidency members, temporary financing of the Presidency and temporary accommodation of the Presidency members and their offices.

3rd February 1997, 19:30 John Kornblum, who chaired the Federation Forum meeting in Sarajevo, told journalists late in the afternoon that an agreement has been reached on all key questions which had been discussed: implementation of the cantonal police power, accommodation of the federal officials in Sarajevo and Mostar, refugee return on the Feder [...]

2nd February 1997, 19:30 Radovan Karadzic is making threats again. If the Brcko question is not solved, we shall start war, he said in an interview given to the Greek opposition newspaper Elefteros Tipos, BiH Press reports news according to AFP. The war crime indicted did not stop at Brcko.

31 January 1997, 19:30 Stolac - 9 Bosniak families who should have returned to this town today were prevented from doing so because 'the people have happened' again. Federal Minister of Refugees and Displaced Persons Kadic said he received unconfirmed information that a group of nine or ten Croat families, refugees from central BiH, moved in the ho [...]