Eurasia Press & News
Author: Mirza Čubro SARAJEVO – Kantonalno tužilaštvo u Sarajevu podiglo je jučer optužnicu protiv aktuelnog i nekadašnjeg premijera Federacije BiH Nedžada Brankovića i Edhema Bičakčića. Na teret im je stavljeno da su zloupotrebom položaja 2000. godine budžet FBiH oštetili za 114.000 KM, a komapaniju “Energoinvest” za oko 150.000 KM. Nezakonitom …
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Author: Mirza Čubro Poslanici parlamenta BiH predložili su smanjenje svojih plaća i plaća ministara, članova Predsjedništva te ostalih visokih državnih dužnosnika. Cinici bi rekli da se lako odreći dijela plaće kada mjesečno za nerad dobijete između 4.000 i 5.000 KM. Mnogi će se složiti sa ovom konstatacijom jer uistinu funkcioneri …
Read More »Bosnia Gears Up for NATO Exercises
A three-day planning conference started in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, on Tuesday, is preparing for NATO exercises which will be held in the country later this year. Alliance’s “Joint Endeavor 2009” military exercise will be held in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina in September later this year. This is not …
Read More »Bosnian Federal Government Loses Ground
Caught between a worsening economic crisis and the tough reforms required for its management, the government of the Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) -Croat Federation is increasingly losing the ground under its feet. In the middle of the ongoing negotiations for a new ‘Stand-by’ arrangement with the International Monetary Fund, IMF, representatives …
Read More »Inzko says constitutional changes no condition for BiH’s EU membership
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) High Representative Valentin Inzko said on Sunday (April 19th) that constitutional changes in BiH are no condition for shutting down the office of the high representative or for the country’s EU accession.
Read More »Key Race for Bosnian Muslim Leader Heats Up
The son of the uncontested Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) leader, the late Alija Izetbegovic, says he’ll pull out of politics if he fails to become the new president of the ruling Bosnian Party of Democratic Action, SDA. With this statement, the usually cautious Bakir Izetbegovic has apparently gone beyond the point …
Read More »‘Rubbish Tsunami’ Threatens Bosnian Town
More than 2,000 tonnes of rubbish threatens to spill into Bosnia’s northwest town of Banja Luka, after a drop in water levels at a nearby hydropower dam damaged filter nets on the Vrbas river. “The (waste filter) nets are completely destroyed. We have only managed to fix them temporarily but …
Read More »Unprepared Bosnia Starts Negotiations with IMF
Bosnia’s top western envoy has urged Bosnia’s Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim)-Croat dominated Federation to curb public spending in a bid to get urgent financial support from the International Monetary Fund, IMF. “The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina must bring its expenditures under control to ensure financial stability and meet IMF requirements. …
Read More »Bosnia. Two New Mass Graves Found
Two new mass graves containing the bodies of Bosnian Muslims who had been killed during the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina have been discovered in the east of the country, the Bosnian Missing Persons Institute (INO) reported. The mass graves were discovered on Thursday and Friday on Mount Romanija and near Tuzla. …
Read More »EU Troika urges BiH to speed up reform efforts
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Foreign ministers of the EU Troika, consisting of past, current and future EU presidency holders, urged the BiH authorities on Thursday (April 9th) to speed up key reforms aimed at moving the country closer to the EU. The call was issued as the Czech, French …
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