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Hayat – At the occasion of marking the 64th anniversary of battle on Kozara [WWII battle] on Sunday, the RS Prime Minister Milorad Dodik made a short comment on the recently adopted Council of Europe Resolution on BiH by saying that “Sarajevo had no reason to welcome CoE Resolution on constitutional changes in BiH, although it was aimed at RS.

BHT1 – Approximately 1000 people gathered at Sarajevo airport to meet Naser Oric. Oric was released from ICTY custody after ICTY Council made a ruling by which Oric was sentenced to 2 years in prison for crimes committed in Srebrenica area. Oric was in custody for more than 3 years and was therefore released.

TV Hayat, TV Pink, BHT1, FTV, RTRS, Glas Srpske cover pg report ‘Two years of imprisonment’ by Srna, Dnevni List pg 2, announced on cover ‘Oric set free’ by V. Soldo, Oslobodjenje cover pg splash and pgs 4-5 ‘Two years of imprisonment for Oric’ by A. Omeragic, Dnevni Avaz cover pg splash and pg 3 ‘Naser Oric at large as of yesterday’ by A. Hadzic, [...]

FTV by Zeljko Tica – The Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe [PACE] in Strasbourg, passed the Resolution, recommending BiH to draft and adopt new Constitution by 2010. According to the Resolution, entity vote should be abolished, and vital national interest precisely defined, immediately after the October election.

BH Radio 1 by Elvir Bucalo, Brussels- Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe [PACE] is to meet today in Strasbourg and discuss a Resolution on BiH, which was already strongly objected by the Serb members the BiH parliamentary delegation to PACE.

RTRS - The Serb members of the BiH delegation at the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) have demanded that Report and draft Resolution of Monitoring Committee is excluded from session agenda or rejected. In a statement to RTRS, Goran Milojevic, team member, says: “Report and Resolution

BH Radio 1, RTRS - Today’s meeting in London between representatives of BiH’s entity and state institutions and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) resulted in an agreement on all credit contracts, in amount of EURO 12 million, intended for carrying out the project for air traffic control management.

BH Radio 1 - By Ljubo Ljubojevic- Members of (Serb) Veterans Association of Zvornik today (Monday) have blocked the main road between Zvornik and Bijeljina, in Karakaj, protesting because of arresting and transferring of Serbs of Zvornik, who are suspected of committing war crimes, to FBiH courts.

PINK - RS Prime Minister Milorad Dodik stated for the RTRS on Friday that the High Representative, Christian Schwarz Schilling, does his job devotedly, as he enables peoples in BiH to make important decisions on their own without and imposing any regulations or laws.

Hayat by Lejla Gutlic - The Office of the High Representative in BiH will be closed on June 30, 2007, was announced on Friday following two-day meeting of the political directors of the PIC [Peace Implementation Council] Steering Board countries.