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BH Radio 1 Mustafa Karahmet - BiH House of Peoples have commenced the session this morning taking off the agenda the discussion on the Public Broadcasting System law. Reporter commented that the HoP delegates offered no reason for this.

SRNA - RS Prime Minister Pero Bukejlovic has said that he does not expect new accusations against the RS following the decision by the RS National Assembly to reject the police reform proposal by BiH Council of Ministers Chairman Adnan Terzic. Bukejlovic said that the "RS had already been accused".

BH Radio 1 By Brana Markovic, RS Radio - The RS National Assembly is to commence with the special session to discuss the offer by the Brussels on police reform at 13.00. Until then, the RSNA holds regular session discussing the housing of the veterans, which has not been going as planned, especially due to slowness of the municipalities to deal wit [...]

RHB - Talks on police reform continue in Banja Luka today. RS President Dragan Cavic is confident that a compromise solution on this issue can be found. Cavic added that in case that an adequate solution was not found, the RS authorities might be faced with many political consequences.

BHT 1 - Part of the solutions in the police reform proposal are not acceptable, it is stated by the negotiators from the RS, two days before final round of negotiations, reports BHT. RS Prime Minister Pero Bukejlovic said in an address to the citizens that police reform is possible without constitutional changes. RS Government finds new law on basi [...]

RTRS - Council of Ministers Chairman Adnan Terzic and RS Finance Minister Svetlana Cenic spoke with EC delegation in BIH Head, Michael Humphreys about police reform at an unannounced meeting.

SRNA - Paddy Ashdown today appointed Vinko Dumancic as the SBS Director. In a letter sent to Adnan Terzic, Barisa Colak and Mladen Ivanic the HR expressed “deep regret” at having to take this decision, but also noted concern that SIPA and SBS remain weakened by the CoM’s failure to appoint senior management to posts that have been vacant for severa [...]

RTRS, BH Radio 1 - Following last night’s interruption of talks on police reform in BiH and the RS negotiating tem members’ announcement that they would ask for certain additional explanations from EC, the EC delegation to BiH said today there would be no bargaining on the three main EU principles regarding the reform.

RHB, RTRS - RTRS notes that the police reform talks are expected to resume in Sarajevo. Reporter says that apart from Sredoja Novic, SIPA Director, all other officials are optimistic expressing hope talks would have a positive outcome. Adnan Terzic, BiH CoM Chair, repeated three EC key principles, reiterating if no agreement is adopted today, there [...]

RTRS, BH Radio1 by Amir Suzanj - The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, today made a decision to suspend power of executive officials at all levels to pardon convicted persons. The decision will be in effect until the adoption of the new state law on pardons, which has already been drafted. Such the HR move followed the decision by FBiH President [...]