tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617719769844002322Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:44:29 +0000http://bosnianews.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (bosnianews)Blogger1780125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617719769844002322.post-4959926299915368392Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:27:00 +00002008-07-04T14:44:29.458+02:00munira subasicabdurahman malkicbosniasrebrenicabosnia newsSARAJEVO, Bosnia (July 4,2008) - Bosnian officials welcomed yesterday a decision by the Appeals Chamber of the UN War Crimes Tribunal to overturn the war crimes conviction of the former commander of the Bosnian Army units in the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica Naser Oric and acquitted him of all war crimes charges including the killings of six genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor's soldiers http://bosnianews.blogspot.com/2008/07/bosnian-officials-welcome-acquittal-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bosnianews)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617719769844002322.post-2705773156504535430Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:58:00 +00002008-07-04T13:05:17.477+02:00SARAJEVO, Bosnia (July 4,2008) - Out of 57 Bosnian government institutions in which audit was conducted in 2007, only 11 were issued with a positive report by the Bosnian State Audit Office. Although none of these got a negative report, one or more irregularities were reported for 46 state institutions. The Public Procurement Act is by far the most breached - by 35 state institutions. Situationhttp://bosnianews.blogspot.com/2008/07/audit-report-for-bosnian-state.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bosnianews)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617719769844002322.post-7215875537753636357Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:48:00 +00002008-07-04T12:58:18.130+02:00lawbosniabosnian governmentsalariesbosnia newsSARAJEVO, Bosnia (July 4,2008) - The new law regulating salaries in the Bosnian government institutions has come into force, and higher salaries are expected from this month. The new salary formula is especially favourable for members of the Bosnian State Presidency, government ministers, cabinet heads and assistants. The salary of ministers has thus been increased by 108 per cent, while their http://bosnianews.blogspot.com/2008/07/bosnian-government-ministers-to-get-pay.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bosnianews)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617719769844002322.post-3350738196963354372Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:45:00 +00002008-07-04T12:47:45.001+02:00fiscal surplusbosniabosnian governmentbosnian central bankbosnia newsSARAJEVO, Bosnia (July 4,2008) - The Bosnian Central Bank released yesterday the regular annual report about the Bosnian government finances. The consolidated fiscal surplus in 2007 was 278 million Bosnian Marks, which is 1.3 per cent of the GDP. Although 2007 saw a worsening financial situation for Bosnia, because the net surplus was almost half the 2006 surplus, current revenue was higher thanhttp://bosnianews.blogspot.com/2008/07/bosnian-government-fiscal-surplus.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bosnianews)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617719769844002322.post-3141221627784627276Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:28:00 +00002008-07-04T12:35:14.560+02:00Emir Đikićbosniaraffi gregoriantransparency internationalbojan stančevićsrđan blagovčaninbosnia newsSARAJEVO, Bosnia (July 4,2008) - The International Community's Principal Deputy High Representative in Bosnia Raffi Gregorian met yesterday with a delegation of Transparency International, consisting of Executive Director Srđan Blagovčanin, Executive Board member Emir Đikić and Programme Manager Bojan Stančević. Blagovčanin informed Gregorian that Transparency International continues to be the http://bosnianews.blogspot.com/2008/07/gregorian-met-with-transparency.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bosnianews)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617719769844002322.post-4976048768561065244Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:36:00 +00002008-07-04T14:07:17.118+02:00ictybosnianaser oricsrebrenicabosnia newsacquittedTHE HAGUE, The Netherlands (July 3,2008) - A U.N. appeals court today overturned the war crimes conviction of Bosnian war hero Naser Oric,the commander of the Bosnian Army in the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica,during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia. Oric,41,had been convicted in 2006 of failing to prevent subordinates from killing six genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor's http://bosnianews.blogspot.com/2008/07/un-appeals-court-acquits-bosnian-hero.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bosnianews)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617719769844002322.post-6467095285902698023Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:25:00 +00002008-07-03T16:35:58.710+02:00SARAJEVO, Bosnia (July 3,2008) - The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) is threatening to remove the Mostar Old Bridge from the world heritage list.Now,authorities in the southern Bosnian city of Mostar have asked the state government to help them keep the famous Old Bridge on the UNESCO world heritage list. Mostar Old Bridge’s position on the list has http://bosnianews.blogspot.com/2008/07/unesco-warns-bosnia-over-mostar-old.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bosnianews)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617719769844002322.post-657160439212216149Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:06:00 +00002008-07-03T16:24:24.905+02:00SARAJEVO, Bosnia (July 3,2008) - The FBIH Entity Privatisation Agency said yesterday it had opened an international tender for a 49 percent stake in the Bosnian national carrier, BH Airlines. The government of the FBIH entity currently holds a 99.87 percent stake in BH Airlines. The remaining 0.13 percent is held by the largest Bosnian engineering company Energoinvest. Previously called Air http://bosnianews.blogspot.com/2008/07/bosnian-national-airline-seeks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bosnianews)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617719769844002322.post-1988364256755873178Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:28:00 +00002008-07-03T16:04:23.084+02:00oilabdulah basictuzlashell oil companybosniaenes mujicbosnia newsTUZLA, Bosnia (July 3,2008) - The Tuzla Canton PM Enes Mujic was host to a delegation of specialist consultant companies from the UK and Canada. The companies are carrying out an oil market research on behalf of the Shell Oil Company. The Tuzla University is also involved in this research. The purpose of this visit was to obtain the basic information about Bosnia’s oil potential. Mujic said thathttp://bosnianews.blogspot.com/2008/07/shell-oil-company-interested-in-bosnias.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bosnianews)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617719769844002322.post-2850929269103182109Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:10:00 +00002008-07-03T15:27:37.585+02:00forbes magazineforbesbosniaharis basicFIPAbosnia newsSARAJEVO, Bosnia (July 3,2008) - "The way that Bosnia was presented in a report by the Forbes magazine is a disgrace", director of the Bosnian Foreign Investment Promotion Agency (FIPA) Haris Basic said yesterday. In the latest Forbes list of best countries for business, Bosnia was ranked 101st among 120. "The data presented by the Forbes magazine are in fact information from the World Economichttp://bosnianews.blogspot.com/2008/07/bosnia-objects-to-forbes-estimates.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bosnianews)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617719769844002322.post-3703587022990448355Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:31:00 +00002008-07-02T18:34:38.414+02:00genocide memorial centregenocidal serbian fascist aggressorgenocidebosniasrebrenicabosnia newsSREBRENICA, Bosnia (July 2,2008) – Next week,more than 40,000 Bosnians are expected to attend a commemoration for the 13th anniversary of the genocide against Bosnian civilians,committed by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor in the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia. Srebrenica Mayor Abdurahman Malkic confirmed that some 330 genocide http://bosnianews.blogspot.com/2008/07/bosnia-to-commemorate-13th-anniversary.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bosnianews)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617719769844002322.post-4016212417392677679Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:32:00 +00002008-07-02T18:40:25.054+02:00haris silajdzicofficial visitbosniabosnia newsmalaysiaKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (July 2,2008) – During the last day of his official visit to Malaysia, the Bosnian President Dr Haris Silajdžić visited the Museum of Islamic Arts in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur today. His host was Tansri Said Mukta Al Bukhari, a benefactor of the museum and a great art lover. He is the Al Bukhari Foundation President, which provided scholarship for the Bosnian http://bosnianews.blogspot.com/2008/07/bosnian-president-haris-silajdzic-ended.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bosnianews)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617719769844002322.post-914807716450531924Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:06:00 +00002008-07-02T17:30:39.364+02:00gojko Klickovicmladen drljacabosnian state courtbosniabosanska krupawar crimesjovan ostojicbosnia newsSARAJEVO, Bosnia (July 2,2008) – A Prosecution witness testified yesterday before the Bosnian State Court about his detention by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor in the Bosnain town of Bosanska Krupa in 1992,during the Serbian aggression against Bosnia, claiming this was "the worst period" in his life. Prosecution witness Emir Hasic said that, on April 25, 1992 he and his stepmother had http://bosnianews.blogspot.com/2008/07/trial-of-serbian-war-criminals-gojko.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bosnianews)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617719769844002322.post-2981085603211288399Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:44:00 +00002008-07-02T18:43:03.252+02:00croatian fascist agressorcroatian war criminalbosnian state courtbosniaante kovacbosnia newsSARAJEVO, Bosnia (July 2,2008) – A status conference before the Section I for War Crimes of the Bosnian State Court, in the case of Croatian war criminal Ante Kovać, has been scheduled for July 3, 2008 starting at 09:00 a.m. in courtroom 5. Croatian war criminal Ante Kovać is charged with the criminal offence of War crimes against Bosnian civilians committed during the Croatian aggression http://bosnianews.blogspot.com/2008/07/status-conference-in-case-of-croatian.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bosnianews)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617719769844002322.post-455209058959364881Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:24:00 +00002008-07-02T16:44:25.747+02:00bascarsijske nocibascarsijasarajevobosniabascarsija nights festivalbosnia newsSARAJEVO, Bosnia (July 2,2008) – Bosnia's largest summer festival Bascarsijske Noci (the Bascarsija Nights festival) opened yesterday evening in Sarajevo's Old Town or Bascarsija. Traditionally, the festival opens with a Viennese concert, but this year the world premiere of the opera Lyssi by French composer Eric Breton opened the event, also marking the French EU presidency. More than 1,500 http://bosnianews.blogspot.com/2008/07/bascarsija-nights-festival-opens-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bosnianews)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617719769844002322.post-4552345861071493713Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:55:00 +00002008-07-02T16:24:14.268+02:00SARAJEVO, Bosnia (July 2,2008) – The International Community's Principal Deputy High Representative in Bosnia Raffi Gregorian met yesterday with the Ambassador of Ireland to Bosnia Patrick A. McCabe. During the meeting Gregorian briefed Ambassador McCabe on progress in the reform processes and the political situation in Bosnia following the signing of a Stabilization and Accession Agreement withhttp://bosnianews.blogspot.com/2008/07/ireland-supports-bosnias-european.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bosnianews)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617719769844002322.post-1641366576133812038Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:34:00 +00002008-07-02T15:55:43.684+02:00tarik sadovicdenmarkvisa regime liberalizationeubosniabosnia newsCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (July 2,2008) - A visa facilitation agreement was signed in Copenhagen today by representatives of Bosnia and Denmark. The agreement refers to 20 different categories of Bosnian citizens when they apply for visa to Denmark. The Bosnian Minister of Security Tarik Sadovic thanked the Danish authorities for accepting a large number of refugees from Bosnia during the 1992-1995 http://bosnianews.blogspot.com/2008/07/bosnia-and-denmark-sign-visa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bosnianews)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617719769844002322.post-2127544040501185255Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:51:00 +00002008-07-01T23:04:58.633+02:00KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (July 1,2008) - Bosnia and Malaysia's experiences with multi-cultural and multi-ethnic societies can contribute to easing some of the problems and ills besetting the world today. The Bosnian President Dr Haris Silajdzic said yesterday in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur that both countries were examples of successful pluralism, despite different geographical entities andhttp://bosnianews.blogspot.com/2008/07/bosnia-and-malaysias-experiences-can.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bosnianews)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617719769844002322.post-140044430839728942Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:51:00 +00002008-07-01T15:14:31.177+02:00SARAJEVO, Bosnia (July 1,2008) - When he was inaugurating the second to last section of the Zagreb-Rijeka motorway, Croatia’s Transport Minister Bozidar Kalmeta confirmed several days ago that the building of the Peljesac bridge would begin on July 15. However, Bosnian officials warn that the sea border with Croatia has not been agreed yet; that has been the main stumbling block so far at every http://bosnianews.blogspot.com/2008/07/bosnia-prepares-to-sue-croatia-over.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bosnianews)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617719769844002322.post-5945365717818035566Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:41:00 +00002008-07-01T14:51:15.282+02:00council of europebosniaEuropean Commissionfree tradebosnia newsBRUSSELS, Belgium (July 1,2008) - The European Commission said an interim agreement with Bosnia has created a free trade area, which will further open the market to bilateral trade. The agreement allows free access to European Union (EU) markets for almost all goods from Bosnia, which in turn will gradually open its market to EU products and services. Bosnia will also introduce standards from http://bosnianews.blogspot.com/2008/07/eu-bosnia-agreement-creates-free-trade.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bosnianews)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617719769844002322.post-2800695537504930326Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:53:00 +00002008-06-30T16:07:51.404+02:00Ajvatovica2008PRUSAC, Bosnia (June 30,2008) — Thousands of Bosnian Muslims converged on a central Bosnian village of Prusac yesterday in a pilgrimage that was banned for almost half a century under Communist rule. "I believe this is a holy place since God decided that water should begin to flow without help of any tools or machines," 45-year-old Naza Modric said. "I come here every year. It's a kind of http://bosnianews.blogspot.com/2008/06/bosnians-embark-on-ancient-pilgramige.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bosnianews)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617719769844002322.post-4235528474684305067Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:03:00 +00002008-06-30T14:52:16.192+02:00KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (June 30,2008) - Malaysia and Bosnia need to find new approaches in the agricultural sector as a way out to the current global food crisis, the Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said today. He said both countries could identify each other’s strengths in the agricultural sector and collaborate in the development of the agro-based industry. “We must certainly http://bosnianews.blogspot.com/2008/06/malaysia-seeking-collaboration-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bosnianews)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617719769844002322.post-6977701488238492974Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:45:00 +00002008-06-30T14:02:16.827+02:00SARAJEVO, Bosnia (June 30,2008) - Twelve southeastern European countries will launch a new bloc on Tuesday to speed up development and boost ties with the EU, but analysts warn political instability in the region may hamper its efforts. "Our main goal is to strengthen cooperation between the governments in the region, boost their links with the European Union and monetary institutions with the http://bosnianews.blogspot.com/2008/06/12-southeastern-european-countries-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bosnianews)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617719769844002322.post-4717475346267798325Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:31:00 +00002008-06-30T13:44:32.154+02:00SARAJEVO, Bosnia (June 30,2008) - The Vatican announced it will form a commission to investigate the apparitions of "the Virgin Mary" in the southern Bosnian town of Medjugorje. The Bosnian Cardinal Vinko Puljic said that this will be the first Vatican commission ever to visit Medjugorje. In 1991, a Commission set up by the Bishopric Conference in the former Yugoslavia visited the town, but http://bosnianews.blogspot.com/2008/06/vatican-to-probe-medjugorje-sightings.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bosnianews)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617719769844002322.post-8417748953025723988Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:09:00 +00002008-06-30T13:29:40.594+02:00SARAJEVO, Bosnia (June 30,2008) - Two Bosnians were killed in woods in northern Bosnia when they stepped on a land mine left over from the 1992-95 Serbian,Montenegrin and Croatian aggressions,Bosnian police said in a statement today. Ismet Tagic, 48, and Nihad Dagic, 24, were chopping wood on Sunday evening when Tagic stepped on a land mine that killed them both. Two other men were slightly http://bosnianews.blogspot.com/2008/06/two-men-killed-by-land-mine-in-northern.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bosnianews)