Bosnia Press Review - January 17, 2013

DNEVNI AVAZ

The Presidency of Party of Democratic Action, SDA, suggested that instead of having a party congress there will be a convention in February which will make Bakir Izetbegovic, deputy president of SDA and leave Sulejman Tihic the president.

OSLOBODJENJE

Nedzad Polic, Director of the pharmaceutical company Bosnalijek, said he feared that the Bosnian company will have the destiny of the Serbian Galenika which was a successful company which in a short period was destroyed. The company celebrated 62nd birthday.

NEZAVISNE NOVINE

Republika Srpska police arrested a couple Dragana Gvozden and Sander Mauris Tenfelde from Netherlands who kidnapped two children aged 10 and eight, whom they adopted five years ago but the court last year scrapped the decision of adoption. They ran and hid in Slatina, near Banja Luka, after Netherlands issued an international warrant against them.

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