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05 February 2010 |

Simon Cottrell It's a shame that the internet is a virtual medium, because there are a lot of people out there that I'd like to express my deep feelings of friendship to, and having spent the last two years here in Serbia, I'd like to do it in a truly Serbian way.


Feith: 'New Beginning' for Mitrovica
05 February 2010 | Lawrence Marzouk

The International Civilian Representative in Kosovo, Pieter Feith, has said the appointment of a team to create a new Serb-majority municipality in the divided city of Mitrovica could herald a 'new beginning'.

Skopje: UN “Name” Mediator Arrives February 23
09 February 2010 | Sinisa-Jakov Marusic

The UN envoy in the Athens-Skopje “name” dispute, Matthew Nimetz, will pay a visit to Skopje for a fresh round of talks with Macedonian leaders on February 23.

Koricanske stijene: Awareness of Security
09 February 2010 |

A member of the Intelligence-Security Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina says he spoke to Milorad Skrbic while investigating the murder at Koricanske stijene and "determined that he did not have any operational data about this event".



Bosnia Press Review - October 26

Sarajevo | 26 October 2009 | Srecko Latal
 
Camp Butmir near Sarajevo
Camp Butmir near Sarajevo
Here are the top stories in Bosnia and Herzegovina's main newspapers. Balkan Insight has not verified the reports and cannot vouch for their accuracy.

DNEVNI AVAZ
Like all other print and electronic media in the country, Dnevni Avaz focused on the beginning of Radovan Karadzic's war crimes trial, which was scheduled to start on Monday in The Hague, before the International War Crimes Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

GLAS SRPSKE
The newspaper reported on Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik's inviting representatives of all key parliamentary parties in Bosnia to meet in order to find a way out of the current political crisis without the presence of international officials.

NEZAVISNE NOVINE
Because of the poor economic situation and dwindling interest of foreign investors, privatisation agencies in Bosnia and Herzegovina have not fulfilled their plans for the year and are facing bankruptcy.

OSLOBODJENJE
Federation Financial Police will today start an investigation into the work of the Association of Demobilised Soldiers in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Once seen as one of the strongest lobbying organisations in the Croat-Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) Federation, the association is now in a shambles, shaken by corruption and other scandals. The organisation's director was recently charged for allegedly sexually assaulting his secretary.



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