Press Archives

BHT1, TV Hayat, FTV, RTRS, Nezavisne Novine pg 3 ‘First round of talks with EU in mid January’ by Srna - BiH Chief Negotiator Igor Davidovic said that first round of negotiations with EU on Stabilisation and Association Agreement will be held between January 15 and 20, 2006. BiH negotiating team, which will include entities representatives, will wo [...]

TV Pink, BHT1, TV Hayat, FTV, RTRS - At the press conference held on Friday in Sarajevo, PDHR Larry Butler and SDHR Martin Neystated that the RS Government is obstructing the adoption of 11 reform laws. They also stated that OHR would no longer impose solutions. Instead, OHR will hold the Office of PM Pero Bukejlovic responsible for present negativ [...]

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.