Dnevni medijski izvještaji

BH Radio 1 - BiH CoM adopted amendments to Law on VAT that will now be forwarded to the ITA Steering Board for further procedure. The amendments foresee zero tax rate for press and publishing sector including books, newspapers, magazines, scientific publications etc.

RHB - The BiH CoM’s session takes place today. Among the other things, they would discuss a proposal of the decision on organization of the Direction for Implementation of the Police Restructuring.

BH Radio 1, RTRS - Appellation Council of BiH Court has today upheld ruling according to which Hasan Cengic was acquitted of charges for office misuse while performing the duty of the Deputy FBiH Defence Ministry in 1996.

BH Radio 1 - BiH Prosecution confirmed to SRNA news agency that former member of the BiH presidency, Mirko Sarovic, was detained this morning in East Sarajevo by the international forces in BiH. Sarovic, previously included in the EU black list for suspicion of aiding war crimes suspects at large, was been detained following the charges filed again [...]

BH Radio 1 by Slavisa Numic – The War Crimes Chamber of the Belgrade District Court has launched a trial against 7 members of ‘Yellow Wasps” group suspected of committing war crimes in Zvornik region. The group has been charged with murder of at least 22 and expulsion of over 1800 Bosniaks civilians from the municipality in 1992.

Dnevni Avaz cover pg splash and pg 5 ‘EC wants stronger BiH CoM’ by M. Kukan carries an interview with Chairman of the BiH CoM Adnan Terzic. Asked whether the BiH Constitution is an obstacle for the negotiations with the EU, Terzic said that it is not as far as the SAA negotiations themselves are concerned and he added

FTV - The official opening of BiH’s negotiations on a Stabilization and Association Agreement with the EU was marked on Friday. At the ceremony, the EU Commissioner for Enlargement, Olli Rehn, stated that speed and commitment of the EU to start the negotiations on SAA with BiH does not imply that the conditions set before BIH will be diminished.

RHB, Pink, BHT, Hayat, Oslobodjenje cover page, pg 5 ‘BiH today officially starts talks with EU’, Dnevni Avaz pg 2, Dnevni List cover page, pg 3 ‘Talks to start only next year’, Nezavisne Novine cover page, pg 3 ‘BiH starts talks with EU’ - Council of Ministers Chair Adnan Terzic will be the host on Friday of official opening of negotiations on Sta [...]

BH Radio 1 - United States and European Union deem it is time for BiH to carry out the changes to the Dayton Peace Agreement in order to strengthen the central authorities. Former US Special Envoy for Balkans, Robert Gelbard, stated in an interview to Voice of America VoA that BiH needs to become more centralized state to join the EU and to become [...]

Radio 1, RS Radio - If they want to be a part of the NATO, all Balkans states must apprehend the ICTY fugitives, warned the US State Secretary Condoleezza Rice. At the ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of DPA, Rice said that it is necessary to move further away from the framework that established the peace in BiH in order to ensure its future. [...]