Czech Government recieves a plaque from European Movement in BIH

Representatives of the European Movement in BiH in the occasion of farewell visit at the Czech Embassy in Sarajevo met with Ambassador Jiri Kudela, who is leaving our country at the end of this month after a successful mandate. The organization’s secretary general handed the plaque of the EM “European Friend of BiH 2009” to [...]

Design a route that does not endanger Pocitelj and Blagaj

BiH Commission to preserve national monuments repeated today the opinion that the authorities should design the route of the corridor 5-C through Herzegovina which will not have negative impact on cultural and historical heritage on that area especially on Pocitelj and Blagaj. The Commission Chair Amra Hadzimuhamedovic reminded today that this Commission has also earlier [...]

Bosnia 2008 growth estimated at 5.42 pct

Bosnia’s economic growth in 2008 was 5.42 percent, slightly less than the earlier projected 6 percent, according to preliminary figures released by the state statistics agency on Tuesday. ‘Nominal gross domestic product in 2008 was 24.716 million Bosnian marka ($18 million), while the real growth was 5.42 percent,’ agency head Zdenko Milinovic told a news [...]

“HEINRICH BÖLL” FOUNDATION: RECOMMENDATION OF EUROPEAN COMMISSION UTMOST FORM OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST BIH CITIZENS

“Heinrich Böll” foundation sent an open letter to the president of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso, EU Commissioner for Enlargement Olli Rehn, and director of DG Enlargement Unit for Western Balkans and head of European Commission in BiH Dimitris Kourkoulas, due to leaving out BiH from the recommendation on visa regime termination. ”Recommendation of [...]

BH POLITICAL LEADERS REACH CONSENSUS ON THE ISSUE OF VISA REGIME LIBERALIZATION

There is a consensus between BiH political leaders on the issue concerning the liberalization of visa regime, it was concluded after the yesterday’s meeting with HR Valentin Inzko. SNSD president Milorad Dodik at the end stated that it is necessary to adopt all the laws and to do everything to make the October report positive [...]

Banja Luka Stock Exchange: BIRS ends ‘green’ after 5 days

As expected, turnover did not increase much compared to last few days, as no issue collected over BAM 50,000, resulting in turnover worth a total of BAM 115,423. Still, BIRS ended in the green after five days with daily advance of 0.2%. ERS10 increased 2.08%, opposite to FIRS which booked a minimal decline of 0.02% [...]

FBiH gets on thin ice with IMF

A new opportunity for negotiations with the IMF about a stand-by arrangement with BH will not be available before September, and FBiH will need to carry out another budget revision, but without the help of IMF’s funds. Assistant finance minister of FBiH – Emir Silajdzic – announced this yesterday, after the IMF rejected FBiH’s budget [...]

Bosnia agrees not to cut veterans’ benefits

Veterans in wheelchairs and on crutches and the widows and children of slain soldiers protested Thursday in Sarajevo, forcing the government to abandon plans to cut their benefits 10 percent. Thousands had gathered in front of the government building to demand that the officials inside decrease their own salaries instead of saving at the expense [...]

President of FBiH solemly opened quicklime factory in Kresevo

President of FBiH Borjana Kristo solemnly set into motion the Factory of quicklime, built in the base of the mountain Inac, in Kresevo Municipality. “Stanic Group Industry” invested around 20 million euros into construction of the factory. The construction of the factory, capacity of 300 tons of quicklime per day, lasted for two years. The [...]

Edhem Bicakcic and Dragan Covic pleaded “not guilty”

At the plea hearing before the Section II for Organized Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), the Accused Edhem Bičakčić and Dragan Čović pleaded not guilty. Edhem Bičakčić and Dragan Čović are charged with the continued criminal offence of Abuse of Office or Official Authority in violation of [...]

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