Дневни медијски извјештаји

Avaz pg. 2 ‘The talks on joint customs continuing’ – that PDHR Donald Hays will be in Banja Luka on Tuesday and Wednesday to continue the series of talks with RS leaders on principles that will guide the Expert Working Group for the introduction of VAT and single customs. OHR Spokesperson Kevin Sullivan yesterday presented the information. PDHR Ha [...]

The High Representative met the Peace Implementation Council Steering Board at political directors’ level on 30 January 2003. The Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) authorities were represented by the Secretary General of the Standing Committee on Military Matters, Stjepan Pocrnja, and the Minister for Human Rights and Refugees, Mirsad Kebo. The meeting [...]

A new border crossing between BiH and Croatia opened on Wednesday in Samac on the river Sava. The agreement on opening the border crossing, between the BiH state border service and customs administration of the RS and the Federation of BiH, will apply to goods that enter and leave the customs zone through this border crossing. RS Finance Minister [...]

Although the CIPS Directorate had said for several times the price of the new ID card would be 10 KM, the citizens who this week went to change their personal documents were unpleasantly surprised when they realized they had to pay 14.5KM instead of the initially announced sum. Thanks to the change of the ID cards, the state will grab form the cit [...]

With the presence of the top international and domestic officials including the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, Bosniak member of the BiH Presidency Sulejman Tihic and BiH Council of Ministers Chairman Adnan Terzic, the premises of the Court of BiH and the BiH Prosecution Office were officially opened on Monday in the Sarajevo Military Barracks [...]

The students gathered in the Student Movement for Normal BiH joined on Sunday a group of popular folk singers requesting the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, to stop trial of the indictees in the Pogorelica case. The students believe that, actually, those who fabricated this “Stalinist” process should be tried. They threaten they will come out i [...]

Avaz pg. 1 and 4, Oslobodjenje pg. 6 ‘Reforms or banning of the international help’, Nezavisne Novine pg.5 ‘Single customs and taxes – a way to Europe’, Glas Srpski pg. 3 ‘Reforms without a veto’ – a sharp ultimatum voiced at yesterday’s press conference by special envoys of Chris Patten, EC Representative for Foreign relation. On his behalf, HR Pa [...]

Avaz pg. 1 and 2, Oslobodjenje pg. 8 ‘Joint customs and taxes an imperative’, Dnevni List pg. 1 and 7, Slobodna Dalmacija pg. 1 and 13, Nezavisne Novine pg. 7 ‘An agreement on customs and VAT by mid February’, Radio Mostar East, Radio Herzeg-Bosna, Studio 88 – during yesterday’s visit to Herzegovina, HR Ashdown stated that an initial agreement in c [...]

Avaz pg. 1 and 5 by Almasa Bajric– Mladen Ivanic, newly appointed BiH Foreign Minister, gave an interview to Dnevni Avaz. Commenting on the recent controversial statements by official from neighbouring countries, Ivanic stated that it was in the best interest of BiH for borders to remain the same. “That is the main message coming from BiH.” As for [...]

Oslobodjenje pg. 3 ‘Salkic’s appeal denied’, Avaz pg. 2 ‘Federation government confirmed Hasib Salkic’s removal’ by A. Hadziarapovic – the Federation government confirmed yesterday a decision by Deputy Finance Minister, Sefika Hafizovic, on the removal of Deputy Director of the FBiH Customs Administration, Hasib Salkic. According to Avaz, due to th [...]