Latest radio news broadcast at 12.00 on 30 January
| RADIO HERCEG-BOSNA (12,00 hrs) | BH Radio 1 (12,00 hrs) |
| HR Ashdown’s farewell speech | BiH HoR in session |
| BiH HoR session announcement | Outgoing HR addressed Parliament |
| On replacing of traffic licenses | Continuning of trial in case ‘Zvornik’ |
TV news broadcast on 29 January
| RADIO HERCEG-BOSNA (18,00 hrs) | TV PINK (18,00 hrs) | BHT 1 (19,00 hrs) |
| SDA on arrests Djogo | WN: | World News |
| Ibrahimagic on BIH internal borders | Djogo to spend 30 days in detention | War victims in Kljuc demand justice |
| BIH HoR on decertified policemen | The number of victims of war in BiH | Djogo refuses to testify |
| HR to address BIH Parliament | Debate on justice and truth in BiH | “Circle 99” on judiciary system |
| NTV Hayat (19,00 hrs) | FTV (19,30 hrs) | RTRS (19,30 hrs) |
| Issue of BiH-terrorism | World News | Governmental crisis in RS |
| Citizenships’ revision not completed | War victims in Kljuc demand justice | The number of victims of war in BiH |
| Victims to support lawsuit vs. SiCG | Circle 99 on judiciary system | War crimes-related protests in Kljuc |
| | Holocaust Remembrance Day | Cro Army destroyed villages in BiH? |
| Oslobodjenje | Crescent, Star and a Cross fight a battle on Neretva |
| Dnevni Avaz | Pretext for RS separation was made [Party for BiH’s Halilovic reveals] |
| Dnevni List | Life behind bars (alleged case of blackmailing in Mostar prison) |
| Vecernji List | The Pope asking for quicker divorces of religious marriages |
| Slobodna Dalmacija | |
| Glas Srpske | Trace leads to |
| Nezavisne Novine | Thousands winter sports fans enjoyed on Igman mountain |
| Blic | Schneider: Tihic’s motion to CC unfounded and politically-motivated |
| Vecernje Novosti | Strictly confidential on Mladic (Mladic’s associate Djogo case) |
LATEST NEWS OF TODAY | |
| HR Ashdown delivers farewell speech to BiH parliament
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| EU Foreign Ministers expected to appoint Schwarz-Schilling new EUSR, thank Ashdown for his achievements | |
| BiH HoR passed CoM’s information on decertified police officers
| BH Radio 1 – Mustafa Karahmet– During its session BiH House of Representatives has passed information, submitted by Council of Ministers, on undertaken activities regarding the discussion of the Commission for human rights, migrations and asylum, which is about fulfilling of demands of Association of Decertified Police officers in BiH. BiH Human Rights and Refugees’ Minister Mirsad Kebo informed MPs about activities that CoM has taken regarding the inclusion of UN Security Council into this matter. Kebo expressed optimism that police officers would finally be able to exercise their rights to appeal and get explanations for IPTF decisions (on their de-certification). In continuance of the session, MPs will discuss the amendments to the Law on VAT, proposed by CoM, according to which publishing sector is to be exempt from VAT. |
Political Developments | |
| HR to deliver his farewell speech before BiH HoR
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| HR Ashdown: My greatest honour was work with Mothers of Srebrenica
| Dnevni Avaz pg 5 ‘I cried in Potocari’, mentioned on cover ‘I am not ashamed of my tears in Potocari’ Sead Numanovic– In a page long interview for DA, outgoing High Representative Paddy Ashdown summarized his mandate. As his greatest honor HR emphasized the work with Mothers of Srebrenica and establishment of Srebrenica Commission, but as his greatest success he sees his joined work with Chairman of Council of Ministers Adnan Terzic with which they guided BiH trough European doors. HR admitted that he cried on many occasions and that last time was few days ago, during his farewell visit to Potocari. Inset’ ‘About Adnan Terzic’- commenting Terzic HR stated that he sees him as friend and partner in reforming processes. Inset, ‘About Tihic and Lagumdzija’- commenting SDA leader Slejman Tihic and |
| Ashdown fully supports the European Commission’s document on West Balkans | PINK – Outgoing High Representative in BiH Paddy Ashdown fully supports the European Commission’s document on West Balkans. Ashdown stressed that it is very important for BiH to continue the reform processes, especially in the field of police, so that |
| Relota (HDZ), Halilovic (SBIH), Limov (
| Dnevni List, pg 5 ‘Mandate marked with removals and use of |
| Schwarz-Schilling arrived in
| BHT1, Oslobodjenje pg 3, mentioned on cover, ‘Christian Schwarz-Schilling arrived in Sarajevo’ Dnevni Avaz pg 2, mentioned on cover ‘He arrived in the country he loves’ by L.Sinanovic, Nezavisne Novine pg 3, announced on cove4r ‘Christian Schwartz-Schilling arrived in BiH’ by M. Rener– The new HR Christian Schwarz-Schilling has arrived in Sarajevo. EU Council of Minister will appoint him on Monday for new EU Special Representative in BiH. Schwarz-Schilling will take over his duty on January 31. |
| Secret talks on RS Government crisis held in Teslic, but without the presence of major RS political parties; Dodik added 43rd name to the list of his supporters
| RTRS by Nada Arlov – Presidency of RS Socialist Party have decided to dismiss party’s Municipal Board in Teslic, because it ignored decisions made by the Socialist Party leadership, including the decision on forming the coalition only with the left wing parties. Head of Socialist Party Municipal Board Teslic Dragutin Skrebic and Nedjo Djuric have been expelled from the party, because they refused to cast a vote of no confidence to Pero Bukejlovic’s Government. According to RTRS reporter, representatives of People’s Democratic Party (NDS), Pensioner’s Party, |
| New caucus of ten members was established in Teslic on Saturday evening; SNSD’s Spiric: this is
| Nezavisne Novine pg 3 ‘New caucus was established’ by D. Risojevic – A new caucus of ten members, ranking 3rd by its power at RS NA, was established in Teslic on Saturday evening, as member of the newly-established caucus Dragutin Skrebic confirmed. According to Skrebic, members of the new caucus are four members of Center Club (Ruza Nikic from RS Pensioners Party, Rajko Todorcevic from NDS, Radivoje Trbic from SPAS, Dusko Vukotic from DS), expelled members of SP Dragutin Skrebic and Nedjo Djuric, expelled member of Party for BiH Milosava Jakovljevic, Darko Jotanovic from DPS, and Predrag Kovacevic and Jezdimir Kazanovic, both from Glas Srpske pg 5 ‘Small ones united’ by M. S. – also carries statement of Skrebic with regard to establishing of the caucus. |
| SNSD’s Dodik: RS President Cavic might nominate PM designates that would not have support, leading to RS NA dismissal | Glas Srpske pg 5 ‘Unnecessary stalling’ by S. R. T. – On Saturday in Bijeljina, SNSD Chairman Milorad Dodik stated it is possible RS President Dragan Cavic would nominate PM designates from parties that do not have the Assembly majority and support, which would lead to dismissal of RS NA. ‘In that case, three times 40 days would pass, and we would enter pre-election campaign. It is obvious Milorad Dodik is no longer a problem for Cavic, but our program concept is’, Dodik stated. Dnevni List, pg 8 ‘Dodik expects participation in forming of Government’, not signed also carried Dodik’s statement on the issue. |
| DNS: PM designate would get DNS’s support only if he develops a quality program
| EuroBlic pg RS2, announced on cover ‘PM designate needs signatures of at least 42 delegates’ by G. Savic, Glas Srpske pg 5 ‘Program before support’ by P. S. – DNS Chairman Marko Pavic stated DNS is of the view RS President Dragan Cavic should give the task of composing of the new RS Government to the person who would get support of 42 delegates and, in case Cavic fails to accept the person who gets RS NA majority support, he would create a crisis and show he is an irresponsible politician. He added PM designate would get DNS’s support only if he [PM designate] develops a quality program that would focus on preservation of large companies, development of economy, creation of jobs and systematic resolving of social issues. |
| NN op-ed: politicians are fighting for chairs, showing how much they care about citizens | Nezavisne Novine op-ed pg 7 ‘Worries from chair’ by Rubina Cengic – The author notes nowadays, eight months before the elections – when everyone should be pleasing voters, politicians are fighting for chairs, showing how much they care about citizens and she only wishes voters would remember this when they go out to vote. |
| Chair of CoM Terzic: I am satisfied if vote of no-confidence would be cast because of agreement within parties
| Dnevni Avaz pg 2’One who makes deals has to take over the responsibility’, mentioned on cover by a. Malagic- Commenting the |
| SBiH’s Halilovic: talks on const, changes were directed toward separation of the RS
| Dnevni Avaz cover pg splash and pg 2 ‘Pretext for RS separation was made’ by S. Numanovic– Speaking for DA, SBiH official Safet Halilovic said that he is not so unhappy by interruption of negotiations on constitutional chances, stressing that real question is whether these were talks directed toward change of the Constitution or toward maintaining of current constitutional status. “What was really going on during the talks can be interpreted as an attempt to maintain the current Dayton arrangement while allegedly talking about its changes and to upgrade it even more by regulations that would assist the strengthening of the RS and creation of assumptions for its final separation” said Halilovic. Halilovic revealed for DA that SDA leader Sulejman Tihic and |
| Co Chair of RS Council of Peoples Krajic: Croats are constitutive only at highest levels of authorities
| Oslobodjenje pg 7 ‘Croats constituent only at top of authorities’ by Miralem Begic– Co-Chair of RS Peoples’ Council and former member of Constitutive commission during the implementation of amendments on constitutionality of peoples, Pejo Krajic stated that these amendments are being carried out only at highest levels of authority, while there are no employed Croats at lower levels. Krajic stated that these amendments should be regulated trough entities’ laws, but that RS Government and RSNA are avoiding to complete this procedure, by which they are violating the Constitution. |
Crime/Legal Proceedings/Judiciary | |
| Former Mladic’s officer Djogo refuses to testify
| Dnevni Avaz pg 9 ‘One month detention set for Jovo Djogo’, Oslobodjenje pg 5 ‘Arrested Jovo Djogo is under civic authority’ by Fena,Vecernji List pg 2 ‘Mladic’s bodyguard arrested’ by V. Rupcic, Dnevni List pg ‘Network of Ratko Mladic’s supporters broken?!’ not signedalso covered the issue. DL says that many people believe that in this way a circle around Ratko Mladic is tightening. Vecernje Novosti cover pg splash and pg 5 ‘Strictly confidential on Mladic’ by E. Radosavljevic, Nezavisne Novine pg 2 ‘Djogo defended with silence’ by N. N., EuroBlic pg 5 ‘Tomic and Pavkovic were issuing orders for harborers’ by Nikola M. Jovanovic, Glas Srpske pg 2 ‘Djogo is defending himself with silence’ by Srna – Investigation against retired RS Army Colonel Jovo Djogo was marked as confidential. |
| Citizens in Kljuc protest because war crimes committed in this area are still not processed
| FTV, RTRS, BHT1 by Mirza Sadikovic – Several hundreds of citizens of Kljuc gathered at memorial cemetery in Velagici to protest because the war crimes committed in this area are still not prosecuted. During the 1992, about 600 persons from this area were killed, and several hundreds imprisoned in camps. So far, no indictments for these war crimes were raised. Former inmate Jasmin Delic announced that similar protests are going to repeat every month until the situation changes. Features statements of family members of war crime victims who hope for justice. |
| GS: ICTY misplaced documents on Sijekovac crimes
| Glas Srpske cover pg splash ‘Trace leads to the Hague’ by V. J. – The article reads documents on crimes against Serbs in Sijekovac were forwarded to ICTY in July 2003 and also reads ICTY now claims they have no knowledge on this case. Lawyer Predrag Radulovic says he will again demand for an explanation in this case, while the Chairman of the Association for Searching after Imprisoned Soldiers and Missing Civilians from |
| The Justice and the Truth in BiH – Progress and Obstacles public debate held in
| BHT1, FTV, PINK by Zeljko Mandic, Dnevni Avaz pg 8 ‘Courts were never more swamped’- Oslobodjenje pg 3, mentioned on cover, ‘Which citizenship have war criminals?!’ by A.B., Nezavisne Novine pg 4 ‘Three national truths in BiH’ by Agencies – Non-governmental organization ‘Women for women’ and Independent Intellectuals’ Association ‘Circle 99’ organized on Sunday in Sarajevo the public debate named ‘The justice and the truth in BiH – progress and obstacles’. Participants stressed that the articulation of justice and the search for the individual responsibility are the only acceptable alternatives. “It is the right time to stir up the domestic development strategies, which would not only oppose the systematic violation of human rights, but also enable the beginning of process of establishing the trust between citizens and the state”, said Ibro Bulic, Prosecutor for War Crimes at BiH Prosecutor’s Office. ‘Circle 99’ member and the Head of Jewish Community in BiH Jakob Finci expressed certainty that multiple truths about the war in BiH would eventually become only one, commonly accepted truth. |
| Information and Documentation Centre collected 95,000 names of persons killed or disappeared during the war
| PINK, RTRS by Stela Jungic, Oslobodjenje pg 4 ‘Tokaca: 95.000 victims is horrifying number’ Dnevni Avaz pg 2 ‘95.000 persons killed or missing’ – Ten years after the end of the war in BiH, the exact number of killed or disappeared persons has not yet been established. Guests of RTRS magazine ‘Under the carpet’ agreed that missing persons should be the priority, regardless of their ethnic, national or religious affiliation. President of the Information and Documentation Centre Sarajevo Mirsad Tokaca stated that his organisation collected 95,000 names of persons killed or disappeared during the war in BiH. Tokaca stressed that he expects additional 5,000 names to be collected, which would make total of 100,000 victims of war in BiH. Member of the RS Office for Missing Persons Milan Ivancevic said that the main problem is the lack of information about missing persons; so far, RS Office for Missing Persons exhumed 2,774 bodies, out of which 1,998 have been identified. Adnan Rizvic from International Commission for Missing Persons emphasized the importance of the usage of modern |
| Oslobodjenje op-ed comments on discussion before BiH CC on Entity symbols: True meaning of four S [Cyrillic] | Oslobodjenje op-ed pg 9 ‘Four S [Cyrillic], harder to breath’ by Josip Vricko– Author comments on recent discussion before the BiH Constitutional Court, regarding the constitutionality of entities’ symbols, stressing that this discussion is much more political then legal. Author also comments on RS legal representative Hans Peter Schneider who was trying to explain meaning of four S letters [Cyrillic], when the entire world knows the meaning of this. |
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| Glas Srpske pg 3 ‘Neither insult, nor obstacle’ not signed – |
Economic/Social Affairs | |
| BiH Central Bank Vice-Governor on the functioning of banking sector in BiH
| PINK by Dragica Tojagic – BiH Central Bank Vice-Governor Ljubisa Vladusic thinks that it is not necessary to abolish the entity Agencies for Banking; instead, he believes that the Supervision Board, authorized to monitor the work of both agencies, should be established. Experts believe that both Agencies for Banking in RS and FBiH are carrying out their duties in a highly professional manner, but due to increased globalisation in banking sector, it is necessary to improve the supervision. The number of banks present in BiH should be reduced during next few years; Vladusic believes that five or six biggest banks would eventually have the final say in the banking sector. BH CB Vice-Governor stressed that the interest rates have been slightly reduced during 2005; he expects that this trend will continue in 2006. |
| Oslobodjenje on construction in Mostar Central Zone: Does Mostar need Islamic Community Centre?
| Oslobodjenje cover pg splash and pgs 4-5 ‘Young Moon, Star and a Cross fight a battle on Neretva’ by Asaf Becirovic– Author writes about planned building of Islamic Centre in Mostar’s central zone. However, as author wrote, authorities of Islamic Community never got necessary licensees from the City Administration, even though the first request was sent in 2001. It is significant, as author writes, that building of the Centre is predicted on location where numerous objects were built illegally, some on property of Islamic community, such as Croat National Theater, building of FBiH Government, building of INTEGRA and so on. |
| DA: FBiH Budget prepared, but unknown whether would be passed
| Dnevni Avaz pg 4 ‘Briga: We are not abandoning our demands’ by A. Dedajic– FBiH Finance Minister Dragan Vrankic confirmed for DA that new budget proposal for 2006 was submitted to the FBiH Government, stressing that it could be discussed by the parliament immediately, if the government wasn’t in troubles because of missing Ministers. Chair of SBiH Caucus in FBiH House of Representatives Ismet Briga stressed that this party is still insisting on its demands, without which they would not support the budget. |
| Trade Union warns that BiH could face mass protests
| Dnevni Avaz pg ‘BiH before waves of strikes and mass prtests of workers’ by E. P.– Chairman of BiH Independent Trade Unions Edhem Biber stressed for DA that BiH is already disturbed by numerous announcements of employees’ dismissals, due to reduced production, cased by employers’ incapability to pay income VAT. Because of that Biber has announced ‘wave’ of strikes and mass protests. |
| BiH HoR to decide on exemption of publishing from VAT; majority of parties support the proposal
| Dnevni List, pg 2 ‘Discussion on reports about rights of de-certified police officers’, not signed – The BiH House of Representatives should be discussing during Monday’s session the issue of de-certified police officers i.e. the Information that was prepared by the BiH Council of Ministers regarding the issue. According to an information coming from the office of Chairman of BiH CoM, the HoR will also discuss changes and amendments to the VAT law, which were adopted at the last session of the BiH CoM. Dnevni Avaz pg 10 ‘Is publishing going to be exempt from VAT’ by S. Skuletic– As DA comments the conclusion that could be drawn from statements of parties’ representatives in BiH House of Representatives, is that majority of them is supporting and deems as justified the exemption of publishing from VAT. Proposal for exemption of VAT was submitted by Council of Ministers and is to be discussed on Monday by BiH HoR. Daily carried statements of |
| UNDP: More than two 2/3 of people in BiH believe privatization process in BiH was conducted unfairly
| Dnevni List, pg 9 ‘Privatization process conducted unfairly’, by Ivana Rozic – According to a research conducted by the UNDP, the privatization process in BiH was conducted in an unfair manner. 80,9% of citizenry (interviewees) in the RS believe the process was unfair, whilst in the areas with Bosniak majority in the FBiH the number of people that think the same is 77,5%. In the areas with Croat majority in the FBiH, the number is 71,8%. Regarding current economic situation, interviewees see it as completely bad, namely 74,5% of interviewees from the RS think that way, the numbers for the Bosniak and Croat majority areas in the FBiH are 66,1 and 45,8% respectively. |
| Chairman of RS Chamber of Commerce Micic urges politicians to resolve crisis; RS Minister of Economy Gligoric thinks the political situation will affect economy | EuroBlic pg RS2, announced on cover ‘Negotiations with foreign partners were stopped’ by Tijana Veselinovic – Chairman of RS Chamber of Commerce Mladen Micic noted possible German investors stopped negotiations with RS several days ago due to political uncertainty in RS, therefore Micic urged politicians to resolve the situation as soon as possible, for the sake of RS businessmen. RS Minister of Economy, Energy and Mining Miladin Gligoric also thinks the political situation will have an impact on economy. |