Bosnia Press Review - September 24, 2012

DNEVNI AVAZ

After the BH Telecoms bought an unfinished building from Oki company for 17 million euro and never used it, men of the Party of Democratic Action, SDA, are now again pulling out the money from the state-owned telecoms company and everything is done by Jasminko Aksamije, executive director for investments in BH Telecom and brother-in-law to Bakir Izetbegovic, the Vice-President of the SDA. Aksamija set up that the IPSA Institute, construction company, gets all the jobs because SDA has some ownership in it.

OSLOBODJENJE

The new Reisu-l-ulema of the Islamic Community in BiH, Husein Effendi Kavazovic thanked all Muslims who trusted him with the post. The voting body was consisted of 354 members and Kavazovic got 240 votes. The new Head Mufti in Bosnia will officially take his post on November 19 while the ceremonial oath will be held in the Gazi Husrev-bay's mosque in Sarajevo.

NEZAVISNE NOVINE

Republika Srpska Interior Ministry inspectors arrested Branislav Smiljanic, 36, and Sandro Kaurin, organizers of a criminal group which in Banja Luka illegally gained few hundreds of thousands of Bosnian marks allegedly by extortion. Smiljanic owns many luxurious real estates and car, but it was never recorded that he had a job.

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