Bosnia Press Review - February 18, 2013

DNEVNI AVAZ

According to leaders of parties of new parliamentary majority in Federation entity there will be no meeting with Budimir announced for Tuesday with seven parties holding seats in the assembly. Two Croat Democratic Union parties said that Budimir does not have the legitimacy to call any meetings and that it will not be held.

OSLOBODJENJE

Nazif Mujic, main actor of the movie ' Episode in Life of Iron Pickers' was welcome d at Sarajevo airport by numerous reporters. A film by Danis Tanovic won three prizes, two being Silver Bears at Berlinale film festival, the Best Actor for Mujic and the Jury Grand Prix for the film. Mujic is a Bosnian Roma who was playing himself in a real-life story of treatment of his people in Bosnia.

NEZAVISNE NOVINE

To buy a new car, average price of some 15.000 euro, a Bosnian worker had to give away his salary for three years, while in Germany one could do that in seven months. The average salary, according to statistics, in Bosnia is 425 euro while in Germany 2.234 euro.

Balkan Insight has not verified the facts in the original press reports and cannot vouch for their accuracy.