Latest radio news broadcast at 12.00 on 11 April
| RADIO HERCEG-BOSNA (12,00 hrs) | BH Radio 1 (12,00 hrs) | RTRS (12,00 hrs) |
| Cro, FBiH delegations visit Aluminij | CoE on BiH constitutional changes | ITA SB in session |
| On public discuss. on Constitution | Amend. to FBiH Law on advocatory | Ivanic on ITA |
| | Skorpioni trial continues | Dunav, |
TV news broadcast on 10 April
| RADIO HERCEG-BOSNA (18,00 hrs) | TV PINK (18,00 hrs) | BHT 1 (19,00 hrs) |
| Turkish President visits BiH | Turkish President visited BiH | Missing persons-related protest in SA |
| Cavic receives Derik(SP) | Croatian Minister is visiting BiH | Turkish President Sezer in BiH |
| Drvar: no reply on church request | BiH CoM on old foreign currency sav. | BiH’s trade exchange with |
| FBIH CoTP in session | Poll on employment in BiH | Posters in support to Mladic in BG |
| NTV Hayat (19,00 hrs) | FTV (19,30 hrs) | RTRS (19,30 hrs) |
| Issue of Journalists’ pension contrib. | CoM on old foreign currency savings | Protest in front of FBiH Government |
| EUFOR raided Autoprevoz in BL | Missing persons-related protest in SA | EUFOR action in |
| Protest in front FBIH Gov’t building | Grahovac on missing persons | Dismissal in Trebinje |
| Oric’s trial finished | Turkish President Sezer in BiH | Explosion in Trebinje |
| Oslobodjenje | Solving issue of old currency savings in next 13 years |
| Dnevni Avaz | [BiH Foreign Ministry] |
| Dnevni List | Questioning of MoI officials starts (BiH Prosecution investigates possible illegalities in Canton 7 MoI) |
| Vecernji List | 28 little schools are being shut down (rationalization of schools in canton 10) |
| Slobodna Dalmacija | Solution for Croats is federal state (one Mr. Ivan Zlopasa comments const. changes) |
| Nezavisne Novine | They did not tell me how my Atonio was murdered (feature story of mother of JNA soldier murdered in 1991 at watch-tower Holmec in |
| Glas Srpske | Joly is (not) Tosa |
| EuroBlic | Car owned by police inspector mined |
| Vecernje novosti | Features Serbian related topics |
LATEST NEWS OF TODAY | |
| RS Fin. Min: Entities’ premiers and BiH CoM Chair should also attend today’s session of ITA SB
| RTRS – ITA Steering Board (SB) is in session in |
| BH For. Min. Ivanic: HR has made a mistake by extended ITA SB’ President mandate
| RTRS – Mladen Ivanic, BH Foreign Minister, has assessed that the current relations within ITA SB have a bad influence upon economic and political stability of BiH, adding that the sole solution to this crisis would be if domestic institutions fully took management over ITA SB. According to him, the greatest responsibility for distribution of revenues at ITA rests with Joly Dixon, who gave legitimacy to such a practice and who has brought his own dignity into question by implementing subjectivism in allocation of resources. Ivanic also said that HR has made a mistake by having extended |
| CoE Parliamentary Monitoring Committee urges politicians to adopt const. changes
| BH Radio 1 – Following discussion on the situation in BiH on Tuesday, the Monitoring Committee of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly invited BiH political parties to adopt the agreed amendments to the BiH Constitution as soon as possible, confirmed Head of the permanent delegation of the BiH Parliament to the CoE, Elmir Jahic. Jahic stated that the Committee expects both the talks on constitutional changes to be continued after October elections and abolishment of the entity voting in the BiH House of Representatives. The Committee also stated that the mechanisms for protection of the vital national interest should be defined more precisely. |
| Explosive planted under car of Trebinje judge’s son | RTRS – Explosive device was activated in Trebinje last night under the car of Srdjan SImovic, son of Judge with |
War crimes | |
| Families of RS fallen/captured soldiers and civilians protest in front of FBiH Govt building demanding establishment of Commission as promised
| BHT1 – Several dozens of members of the Association of families of fallen and captured soldiers and missing civilians from the RS on Monday peacefully protested in front of the FBiH Government building in |
| FBiH Vice-President Grahovac sends a letter to RS PM Dodik informing that Govt is prepared to form Commission, but requires help of RS authorities
| BHT1 – FBiH Deputy Prime Minister Gavrilo Grahovac sent a letter to the RS PM Milorad Dodik informing the FBiH Government has prepared proposal for the commission for establishing the truth about the suffering of Serbs in |
| NN op-ed critical of F BiH Min. Grahovac for failure to address Association of families of killed and missing persons
| Nezavisne Novine op-ed pg 7 ‘Truths and lies’ by Natasa Krsman – Writing about peaceful protest of RS Association of families of murdered/missing persons, author annotates the failure of Gavrilo Grahovac, FBiH Vice Premier, to address families and instead addressed a letter to Milorad Dodik explaining why nothing has been done on establishment of Commission for search after missing Serbs in Sarajevo. She raises the question as to whether anything would have been different if there had been more people who gathered instead of approximately 100 people, concluding: “It is scaring to think that such issues of human destinies are settled through quantity. Game with numbers is dangerous and unacceptable when lost human lives are in question.” |
| Round Table ‘War crimes: an obstacle to our future’- NATO HQ Political Advosir stresses that NATO and EUFOR have no information that Karadzic and Mladic are in BiH
| BHT1 – At the roundtable ‘War crimes: an obstacle to our future’, organised by the Centre for Security Studies, NATO and EUFOR, held in Banja Luka, political adviser in the NATO Headquarters in BiH, Raffi Gregorian, said NATO has no information on Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic hiding in BiH. As the ICTY announced transfer of a number of cases to the BiH judiciary, |
| Poster supporting Mladic appear in
| BHT1, FTV, Oslobodjenje pg 2 ‘Posters with Ratko Mladic appeared in Belgrade’, Dnevni Avaz pg 12 ‘Clerical-fascists put posters with the image of Ratko Mladic’ by Fena, Slobodna Dalmacija, back pg ‘Belgrade: Posters supporting Mladic’, by H – The posters in support to the ICTY indictee Ratko Mladic appeared on several places in Belgrade on Monday morning. Organisation ‘Obraz’ Fatherland Movement of Serbia signed those posters later removed by police and the workers of |
| Association of WW II inmates hopes HR
| RTRS, Nezavisne Novine pg 4 ‘They invited High Representative to Donja Gradina’ by G.G., – The Association of Prisoners of World War II from Banja Luka invited High Representative Christian Schwarz Schilling for the commemoration to victims of Jasenovac camp that would be held on April 16 in Donja Gradina. Glas Srpske pg 4 ‘Paddy has gone, shame has remained’ by D.Majstorovic – In regard to invitation Association of WW II inmates addressed to HR Christian Schwarz Schilling to attend commemoration at Donja Gradina, Association President, Gojko Knezevic, Monday expressed hope new HR to BiH would attend ceremony and show respect to victims unlike previous HR to BiH, Paddy Ashdown, who consciously evaded commemoration in 2005. |
| NN op-ed critical of Serbian approach to Karadzic and Mladic issue
| Nezavisne Novine op-ed pg 7 ‘Western Balkans and European integrations’ by Zarko Korac – The author is critical of the fact that the ruling authority in SICG does not react on systematic attempts of public rehabilitation of Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic, claiming they should surrender out of “patriotic” reasons, i.e. it should indicate thet are patriots. The author is critical of this latter term, stressing that the settlement of three issues – status of Kosovo, status of |
Economic issues | |
| BiH CoM passes amendments to law on old foreign currency savings, reducing payment period to 13 years, setting fixed interest rate
| FTV – The BiH Council of Ministers held the extraordinary session on Monday and passed several amendments submitted by the state parliamentarians to the Law on old foreign currency savings. Among other things, CoM accepted the amendment to change the name of the law, which is now called the Law on settling obligations on basis of the account of old foreign currency savings. Additionally, CoM also endorsed a reduction of the payment period to 13 years [instead of 15], setting fixed interest rate to 2.5 % for bonds, and the amendment regarding the role of the BiH Central Bank. CoM also accepted the amendment that tasks BiH to help the savers with savings in banks with offices outside BiH territory. The Council also accepted the amendment that ascertains that on basis of preliminary information of banks with offices in BiH, the old foreign currency savings are estimated at one billion and 979 million KM. BHT1– The Law adopted is in accordance with the decision of |
| BiH HoR Commission recommend HoR to adopt CoM-proposed law; Holders of savings object amendments
| Oslobodjenje cover splash and pgs 4-5 ‘Solving of the old foreign currency saving in next 13 years’ by A.Terzic – BiH House of Representative’s Commission for Finance and Budget held the session on Monday giving positive mark to the amendments proposed by the Council of Ministers to the law regulating payment of the old foreign currency savings and recommended the HoR to adopt them. Inset ‘Deadline could be shorter’- Co-Chair of the Commission Ruza Sopta told daily that, nevertheless, the deadline for payment of the savings could have been shorter. Inset ‘They would ask resignation of Ljerka Maric’ by S.R.– Association of holders of old foreign currency savings criticises amendments recommended by the Council of Minister and demands resignation of the BiH Finance Minister Ljerka Maric as well as all the other Ministers. They strongly object timeframe for payments of savings. Dnevni Avaz pg 2 ‘Deadline for payment of the old foreign currency shorten’, mentioned on cover, by H.O.– Member of the Commission Beriz Belkic told DA that holders of savings would, in the first year of payment, receive KM100, following year they would receive KM1000 and in 2007 issuing of bonds with payment period of 13 years would start. |
| Former RS fin. Min. Cenic rejects claims of ITA SB President Dixon reg. distribution coefficients
| Glas Srpske cover pg splash ‘Joly is (not) Tosa’ by D.V.M. – Daily features a story about dispute between RS and ITA Steering Board regarding distribution coefficients, making a special reference to latest statement Joly Dixon, ITA SB President (in FBiH media Monday, when he said “I am sorry to hear stories that some lost some share of money”). Daily underlines that RS Government has been engaged in actions to return the amount of money GS claims was “stolen”. Svetlana Cenic, former RS finance minister, commented on latest Dixon’s statement, stressing he is pretending ignorant and trying to amnesty both, himself and members of ITA SB from F BiH from this scandal regarding distribution coefficients. On this, she notes meetings were held in June 2005 and some decisions were reached through outvoting of her and Miodrag Kudic, RS member of ITA SB, rejecting by that claim of Dixon that “new people in RS sometimes do not understand or are not aware of what was agreed earlier”. |
| ITA SB to resolve the issue of coefficient distribution; Entities’ Premier Dodik and Hadzipasic to attend Tuesday session of ITA SB; RS PM Dodik: RS Govt. intends to demand money through Court
| EuroBlic RSpg 2 ‘BAM 100 million unassigned’ by Nedeljka Breberina – The ITA Steering Board today in |
| SNSD demands settlement of distribution coefficient; demands legal settlement of the issue related to ITA SB President Dixon
| Dnevni Avaz pg 8 ‘SNSD questions prolongation of mandate to Joly Dixon’ by Fena, Oslobodjenje pg 4 ‘RS opened for foreign investors’, Glas Srpske pg 5 ‘Theft and minor frauds’ by Z.M., EuroBlic RSpg 2 ‘BAM 100 million unassigned’ by Nedeljka Breberina, Nezavisne Novine pg 9 ‘Urgently to resolve distribution coefficient’ by D.R.– SNSD Monday released a press statement demanding urgent legal settlement of the issue concerning ITA Steering Board President, Joly Dixon. Regarding this, release reads that BiH cannot go ahead not even in “providing preferential treatment to voluntarists such as Joly |
| BiH, FBiH and RS Finance Ministers agreed on drafting and enacting of the law on National Fiscal Council
| BHT1 – BiH, FBiH and RS Finance Ministers Ljerka Maric, Dragan Vrankic and Aleksandar Dzombic respectively, agreed on Monday to support the drafting and enactment of BiH legislation that will regulate the status of the BiH National Fiscal Council, OHR said. The three ministers reached agreement during a meeting at the OHR with Principal Deputy High Representative Lawrence |
| Head of BiH Statistics Agency: VAT introduction reduced grey economy | Hayat-BiH Agency for Statistics published the report on foreign trade in the first three months in 2006 according to which in the first three months of this year BiH has increased export by 38.8% and import decreased for 0.4% in comparison with the same period last year. Head of BIH Statistics Agency Zdenko Milinovic stated that the growth was facilitated by the VAT introduction as it has reduced the “grey economy”. PINK, |
| RS PM Dodik announces final version on privatisation of Telekom should complete by end of April
| EuroBlic RSpg 2 ‘Telekom on sale, bad offer for Refinery’ by M.S., Nezavisne Novine pg 8 ‘Large interest of world companies’ by R.S., Dnevni Avaz pg 10 ‘RS Telecom can not be sold for less then 350 or 400 million euros’ by Fena– – The RS Premier, Milorad Dodik, has stated that RS Government is determined to start with the privatization process of “Telekom Srpske”, expecting that to receive a final version on flow of privatization from consultants by the end of April. He also observed that the Telekom should not be privatized for the sum less than EURO 350 to 400 million. |
| BiH HoR Deputy Pecanac [SDU]: All deputies supported initiative to put decision on electricity price increase out of force
| Oslobodjenje pg 7, mentioned on cover ‘Deputies against electricity price increase’ by S.Se. – Announcing extraordinary sessions of FBiH Parliamentary Assembly [on April 18-19] on increase of electricity prices in FBiH, article brings statement of SDU deputy to FBiH House of Representatives Nermin Pecanac: “I think this is the first time that all the deputies supported an initiative, which was also signed by the FBiH Vice Presidents Sahbaz Dzihanovic and Desnica Radivojevic, as well as FBiH Deputy PM Gavrilo Grahovac,…demanding annulment of the decision to increase electricity prices, and that is the priority in this phase.” |
Political issues | |
| Turkish President Sezar visits BiH; meets BiH Presidency Chair Tihic
| PINK– Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezerpaid official visit to BiH on Monday. Sezer met the BiH Presidency members and discussed foreign and political priorities of both countries, as well as the situation in the region. BiH Presidency informed Turkish President on reforms currently underway, especially the constitutional reform. “Our (BiH and |
| OSCE Head Davidson meets RS PM Dodik, RS President Cavic to discuss judiciary and education reform
| RTRS by Marina Marjanovic – Head of OSCE Mission in BiH Douglas Davidson and RS Officials talked on judiciary reform and reform of higher education. RS Prime Minister Milorad Dodik said that RS Government would support new RS Law on Higher Education that would be in accordance with Bologna Declaration and European standards. Dodik also talk to Davidson on economic development and upcoming elections. “We expect election campaign to be fair and that would show political progress in BiH”, said Dodik. RS President Dragan Cavic stressed the importance of the judiciary reform due to taking over of war crime cases from the ICTY. Davidson believes that judiciary reform and higher education reform are the most important and that would give the biggest contribution to the future and stability of BiH. Davidson said that is nicely surprised with work of RS National Assembly (RSNA) due to discussions before RSNA Boards in order to adopt the most important RS laws. ”We expect talks in following two months on implementation of military reform”, Igor Radojicic, RSNA Speaker informed Davidson. Dnevni Avaz pg 2 “To pass law on high education as soon as possible’ by Fena, Nezavisne Novine pg 8 ‘It is necessary to adopt Law on high education’ by D.Risojevic, EuroBlic RSpg 2 ‘He expects fair elections’ by M.S., Glas Srpske pg 2 ‘Support and trust’ by D.Mo. |
| Posters of a ‘dragon’ which devours RS symbols and finances appeared in
| RTRS – In organization of Serb National Movement NGO ‘Choice is Ours’ [Izbor je nas] posters showing a dragon, which devours RS finances and attacks its symbols were placed all over Banja Luka. Chair of the NGO Dane Cankovic said that ‘dragon’ represents BiH Institutions, as well as the relation between entities and BiH Institutions, which not only destroys the RS, but are also jeopardizing individuals and Serb people’s identity. Cankovic said that posters were also placed in Doboj and Bijeljina. BHT1, Hayat, Oslobodjenje pg 3 ‘Call for separation’ by V.Du.,, Dnevni Avaz pg 12 ‘BiH presented as dragon that devours RS’ by Onasa, Glas Srpske pg 3 ‘Dragon swallowing money’ by M.Mi., Dnevni List, pg 6 ‘Unusual posters in RS’, not signed, Vecernji List, pg 2 ‘Warning posters’, by bs– also reported. |
| VL interview with US Ambassador McElhaney: I expect Secretary of State will soon send new ideas about 2nd phase of constitution changes
| Vecernji List, pg 6 ‘C. Rice sending new message to political leaders of BiH’, mentioned on front ‘We want BiH with one president’, by Dejan Jazvic – the US Ambassador to BiH, Douglas McElhaney, says in an interview to VL that he believes the constitutional amendments will be adopted in time and applied during the October elections. He also says it now time (for BiH) to complete this (the process of constitutional changes), organize elections, elect one president, extend the Parliament so it could meet the challenge of negotiations with the EU and establish a government with a prime minister that has broader authorities. Questioned what the second phase of negotiations will be all about, given that the RS negotiators are already saying the status of RS cannot be put into question, the Ambassador says there will be “surprises and surprises after the elections” i.e. during the second phase. “(…) We have made certain changes at the state level and now we can start talking how different levels of authority are related to each other. What you can continue with, what you cannot continue with. The next phase of talks will be extremely interesting. I expect my State Secretary will soon send her ideas about what we should talk about and a message to political leaders of BiH”, says Ambassador McElhaney. |
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| Author of book ‘Destiny of Croats in BiH’ Zlopasa says only solution for BiH Croats is 3 federal units
| Slobodna Dalmacija, front pg splash and pg 10 ‘Solution for Croats is federal state’, by Danijel Ivankovic – in an interview for SD, the author of a book entitled ‘Destiny of Croats in BiH’ (book was published owing to sponsorship by Croat Block of BiH), Ivan Zlopasa, criticizes the proposed constitutional changes, saying they will only fortify the two-entity division of BiH in which the Croats would be unequal. He notes the solution for the Croats is a BiH organized as a federal state with 3 federal units. |
| HDZ 1990 Chair Ljubic announces party will propose its own amendments to BiH Constitution
| FTV current affairs program ’60 minuta’ by Bakir Hadziomerovic– In interview to FTV ’60 minuta’, Chair of HDZ 1990 Bozo Ljubic says party members were not dissatisfied with their position in the HDZ, but with the with HDZ politics in the last couple of years. Asked to comment announcements that members of HDZ 1990 in the BiH House of Representatives would not support amendments to the BiH Constitution, Ljubic said that their goal is to act proactively and they want to correct amendments and make them in favour of Croats. “I am aware of the fact that it would not be an easy job but we have prepared amendments which we are going to discuss through at our session on Wednesday”, said Ljubic and added that he was sure that it was possible to reach solutions which would make BiH a more functional state, without having position of Croats in BiH endangered. |
| Pensioners Party to support const. amendments
| Oslobodjenje pg 8 ‘Support to amendments to the Constitution’ by A.T.– Presidency of Pensioners Party held a session on Monday and gave full support to amendments to BiH Constitution. Presidency concluded that proposed amendments are a guarantee of strengthening of state institutions and authorities of BiH parliament and that they are in accordance with international and Euroepan Conventions on human rights. Leader of PP Husein Vojnikovic expressed hope that second phase would start immediately after elections. Dnevni Avaz pg 5 ‘Amendments are strengthening state institutions’ by Fena – also reported. |
| DL op-ed: RS politicians only care to preserve offices in RS, do not care about European integration
| Dnevni List, pg 2 ‘Dodik dethroning Terzic’, by Rsad Dautefendic – commenting on the announcements that the BiH House of Representatives will be discussing the motion of vote of no confidence in Adnan Terzic’s Council of Ministers this week, the author insists the new RS PM, Milorad Dodik, is going against Terzic because he (Terzic) does not want remove the Chairman of ITA Governing Board, Joly Dixon, who does not want to give the extra money Dodik needs to sort things out in the RS. Dautefendic also believes that almost all politicians from the RS, that includes Dodik and RS President Dragan Cavic, are not interested in the European integration, they would rather attack the BiH CoM in order to gain few political points and remain in their respective offices in the RS authorities. |
| Chair of Ind. Board for Appointment/Removal of RS Police Director, Lukic: RS MoI Cadjo have not yet submitted proposal to remove Andan | Dnevni Avaz pg 4 ‘Lukic: Cadjo still did not submit proposal for removing Andan’ by N.Diklic – Daily carries that RS Police Director Dragomir Andan will remain at his position until RS Interior Ministry and Independent Board do not harmonize their election of a person for this position. Chair of Independent Board for Removal and Election of RS Police Director Ilija Lukic confirmed for daily that RS MoI Stanislav Cadjo did not fulfill his obligation and submitted proposal for Andan’s removal, which is necessary legal precondition for removing the RS Police Director. |
| RS Vice President Osmanovic: Politics again interferes with appointment of RS Police Director
| Dnevni Avaz pg 4 ‘Politics chooses RS Police Director again’ by E.Sarac – Commenting resignation of former RS Police Director Dragomir Andan and process of choosing the new person for this position, RS Vice President Adil Osmanovic warns that RS Interior Minister Stanislav Cadjo [SNSD] will appoint “politically suitable person” and not “a professional”. Osmanovic said that that was the principle in the past, and that instead of Bosniak candidate, former Government chosen Andan. |
| BiH HoR’s delegates to demand postponement of vote of confidence in BiH CoM owing to absence of 7 delegates from Thursday session of BiH HoR
| Nezavisne Novine pg 2 ‘Kunic will demand postponement of a vote’ by V.Popovic – Tihomir Gligoric, SP RS delegate who launched an initiative for a cast of a confidence vote in BiH COM has announced he would demand withdrawal of this initiative from the agenda of the BiH HoR’s session scheduled for Thursday, since 7 delegates, who would vote for a confidence vote, will not attend it. Delegate Petar Kunic has confirmed he would make this demand on Gligoric’s behalf, also demanding vote be postponed after 7 delegates return from |
| HDZ claims it will ban HDZ 1990 to use name or abbreviation “HDZ”
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| FTV’s “60 minuta”: If elections would take place now HDZ and HDZ 1990 would win the same number of votes
| FTV current affairs program ’60 minuta’ by Zvonimir Jukic– Commenting on establishment of HDZ 1990 party, Jukic stresses this was a result of the numerous disputes lasting for years now which were also a reason for departure of a number of HDZ officials and their subsequent membership to HDZ 1990. He further notes that the inaugural session of the HDZ 1990 held last Saturday, attended by many former HDZ members, disputed statement of the BiH Presidency member Ivo Miro Jovic who said that new party would gather only small number of “dissatisfied people”. According to surveys, as Jukic stressed, two parties would win the same number of votes if elections would take place at this moment. Asked about alleged support of the new party from Croatian HDZ, Co-Chair of HDZ 1990 Martin Raguz said that the party would not seek its “wisdom” outside BiH, but that ‘it would follow Croatian HDZ’s profile, being a European profile’. |
| Oslobodjenje op-ed criticizes establishment of HDZ 1990: nationalistic parties cannot bring prosper
| Oslobodjenje pg 9 ‘Already seen’ op-ed by Mirko Sagolj – Commenting establishment of new Croat party HDZ 1990, editorial reads that BiH political scene is full of such moves, adding that it is possible that the only good thing about it would be weakening HDZ led by Dragan Covic. Author concludes that “if newly formed HDZ 1990 gets back to basic principles of its parent party… there is no hope for people, for nationalist parties… cannot reintegrate, they can only totally divide BiH.” |
| SD: Minister Halilovic removes Tanovic from
| Glas Srpske pg 2 ‘Strengthening of religious tolerance’ by M.Dz. – RS President Dragan Cavic received on Monday the Apostolic Nuncio in BiH who informed Cavic of the agreement between BiH and the Holy See, which is soon to be signed. Nuncio also had meeting with RS Prime Minister Milorad Dodik, who agreed with Nuncio that signing of Agreement (between BiH and Holy See) would contribute to creation of better image of BiH. Slobodna Dalmacija, pg 13 ‘Expelled from Bologna’, by Dinko Pasic – notes that the President of Liberal-Demoratic Party, Lamija Tanovic, is no longer a BiH representative in the BFUG (Bologna follow up Group) after she refused to join the so-called Patriotic Block (SBiH, BOSS, SDU), which rejects the proposed constitutional amendments. The decision was taken by BiH Minister for Civil Affairs and leader of SBiH, Safet Halilovic, who appointed one Zenan Sabanac instead. |
Security, trials and investigations | |
| EUFOR raids Autoprevoz transportation company, bus station; no documents confiscated
| BHT1 – Early on Monday morning EUFOR, assisted by the RS Interior Ministry, raided premises of transport company ‘Autoprevoz’, and vehicles in |
| Explosion device set under the vehicle of police-officer in Trebinje
| RTRS – On Sunday evening an unknown person activated an explosive device under vehicle owned by Slavko Drapic, employee of the Trebinje Police station, which was parked in the vicinity of his family house in the settlement of Suncani Brijeg in Trebinje. The explosion caused great material damage to the car, but no person was injured. RTRS reports Drapic works as a police officer engaged in fighting crime. Dnevni List, pg 18 ‘Revenge or warning’, by Anja Vrebac – This is the third time that a police officer from the RS has been under such attack this year. BHT1, FTV, Dnevni Avaz pg 28 ‘Golf of policeman Slavko Drapic exploded’, mentioned on cover ‘Policeman targeted by attackers’ by Ir.M. Oslobodjenje pg 38 ‘Explosive planted on golf of Trebinje crime-police inspector’ by D.P., Nezavisne Novine pg 6, announced on cover ‘Car owned by policeman blown up’ by V.Duka, EuroBlic cover pg splash, RSpg 11 ‘Car owned by police inspector mined’ by Vedran Mihaljevic, Vecernji List, pg 27 ‘Police golf blown up’, by bs – also covered. |
| VL: Witness confirms ‘Covic and others’ were framed
| Vecernji List, pg 3 ‘Witness confirmed conspiracy against Covic’, by Zoran Kresic – In continuation of trials in the ‘Covic and others’ case before the BiH Court (Dragan Covic and other defendants were charged with embezzlement) held on Monday, former Deputy Director of FBIH Customs Administration (FBIH CA), Fuad Kasumovic, admitted it was the former Director of FBIH CA, Zelimir Rebac, and part of ‘international administration’, who rigged the charges and evidence in order to destroy Covic and ‘Lijanovici’ company. Kasumovic claims it was Rebac personally who wrote the disputable ‘opinion’, which Covic allegedly wrote to free ‘Lijanovici’ from paying customs duties. Dnevni List, pg 4 ‘CAFAO was afraid of HVO’, by Erna Mackic – Kasumovic also noted that CAFAO (Customs and Fiscal Assistance Office) did not want to react to his warning about the alleged illegalities, claiming that he was told by CAFAO that ‘Lijanovici’ were not to be touched as long as Croatian President Franjo Tudjman was alive. “The HVO is there and we could provoke conflicts”, was CAFAO’s reasoning, according to Kasumovic. Dnevni Avaz pg 10 ‘Kasumovic: I have been pointing on illegalities for nothing’ not signed –reported of the trial. |
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| DL: BiH Prosecution questioning HNC MoI official re alleged illegalities in the HNC MoI
| Dnevni List, front pg splash and pg 3 ‘Questioning of MoI officials starts’, by I. Popovac – DL learns from a source in the BiH Prosecution that the Prosecution has started questioning senior officials of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton Interior Ministry in relation to the ongoing investigation about alleged illegalities in the MoI. Members of the FBiH MoI raided the HNC MoI premises in November 2005 and January 2006 looking for evidence on alleged illegal payment of salaries to people who are not employed by the MoI and suspicious procurement of vehicles for the MoI etc. Prosecution’s spokesperson, Edita Pejovic, could not comment on the investigation for time being. |
| Former RS Customs Administration director sentenced to 3 months imprisonment | Nezavisne Novine pg 6 ‘Three months imprisonment to Popovic’ – Goran Popovic, former Director of RS Customs Administration (who was charged with office abuse and having damaged RS budget for BAM 324 thousand on 24 April) Monday admitted guilt and plea bargained with Banja Luka District Prosecution, on basis of which Banja Luka Court Council sentenced him to 3 months imprisonment and ordered him to pay BAM 6 thousand. (NOTE: Popovic was temporarily removed from office in June 2004 through HR’s decision; in January 2006, HR Ashdown lifted the ban against him.) |