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Mladen Bosic, SDS: I expect the
European Commission to finallyname the people who don't want to
reach an agreement (on Sejdic-
Finci), and to define openly what in
fact is the problem
Kasim Trnka, professor: The interna-
tional community cannot leave it all tothe political forces in BiH, because
they, in fact, were not the ones who
created the existing constitutional
model in BiH
Kresimir Zubak, NHI: The Dayton
Agreement is not a way out of the sit-uation we are in. We will stay in this
position for a long time if we don't
enter the process of constitutional
changes soon
BiH COURT
BiH Court's appeals panel pronounced the second-instance verdict finding Mevlid Jasarevic guilty
of committing a terrorist act and sentencing him to 15 years in prison
US Embassy Shooter Sentencedto Fifteen Years in Prison
The panel said Jasarevic, a member of
the so-called Wahhabi community inGornja Maoca, Srebrenik Municipality,
was guilty for resorting to terrorism with
the aim to express his dissatisfaction
with the status of the Muslim communi-
ty and Muslims in the country, Europe
and the world, and to influence a change
of this status by forcing the governments
to make concessions, demanding that the
NATO forces leave Afghanistan, threat-
ening the citizens of the United States
and Germany and intimidating the popu-
lation. According to the panel, hisactions were directed against the institu-
tions and government of Bosnia and
Herzegovina and institutions and gov-
ernments of other countries that have
their embassies in Bosnia and
Herzegovina.
Jasarevic committed the terrorist act on
28 October, 2011, by attacking the build-
ing of the U.S. Embassy in central
Sarajevo. He fired at least 105 rounds
from an assault rifle at the Embassy, in
the course of 50 minutes. A police officerfrom the Directorate for Coordination of
Police Bodies, who was securing the
Embassy, was shot by Jasarevic. The
officer survived the attack.
While shooting from the rifle, Jasarevic
was shouting threats against the U.S.
Embassy staff. Members of the Special
Forces of the Sarajevo Canton Ministry of
Interior neutralized and apprehended him.
Jasarevic's lawyer talks to the press in f ron t of
the BiH Court
At a US-Adriatic Initiative conference
in Sarajevo, Chiefs of Defence and
Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces of
Albania, Bosnia, Croatia, Macedonia
and Montenegro, and the representative
of the Command of the U.S. Forces in
Europe confirmed a strong commitment
to further strengthening of the relation-
ship, as well as the expansion of mili-
tary cooperation between the signato-
ries of the Charter.
They have agreed to intensify work on
projects that are defined in the spirit of
the NATO concept of Smart Defence.
US-Adriatic Initiative ConferenceHeld in Sarajevo
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INTERNATIONALS IN BOSNIA
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC, the Delegation
of the European Union to BiH and the BiH Agency for Prevention of Corruptionand Coordination of the Fight against Corruption Will present the Report on Business,
Corruption and Crime in Bosnia and Herzegovina today
Report on Business, Corruption andCrime in Bosnia to Be Presented Today
The Report was produced by the
UNODC and funded by the
European Union as part of a regional
project on assessing corruption in the
Western Balkans. In its research on cor-
ruption, UNODC adopts an evidence-
based approach to quantify the extent
and describe the patterns of corruption at
country level. Information on experienceof corruption is gathered through sample
surveys on different targets - general
population, business sector and civil ser-
vants - following strict methodological
standards.
Based on detailed interviews with 2,000
companies, the Report reveals that cor-
ruption and other forms of crime are a
great hindrance to private enterprise
and have a negative effect on private
investment in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Focusing on experience - not perception
- of bribery by businesses, the report
provides an assessment of extent and
patterns of bribery and identifies sectorsand activities vulnerable to bribery. The
results show that a significant percent-
age of businesses pay bribes to public
officials repeatedly over the course of
the year.
The report presentation will be opened
by welcome remarks by the Deputy
Head of the EU Delegation to BiH,
Renzo Daviddi, followed by remarks by
the Director of the BiH Agency for
Prevention of Corruption and
Coordination of the Fight against
Corruption, Sead Lisak and concluded
with the Presentation of the Report by
Michael Jandl, Research Officer,Statistics and Surveys Section, UNODC.
The OSCE Mission in Bosnia and
Herzegovina will organize a round-
table on procedural provisions of the
law on prohibition of discrimination
today and tomorrow on Jahorina
mountain. The participants will dis-
cuss protection against discrimination
in administrative proceedings, proce-
dural and penalty provisions of the
Law on prohibition of discrimination,
as well as Croatia's experiences in
harmonizing its Anti-Discrimination
Act with the acquis of the European
Union.
The various aspects of these topics
will be discussed by experts of the
Ministry of Human Rights and
Refugees, judicial institutions, as
well as university professors and rep-
resentatives of non-governmental
sector, said the OSCE Mission in
Bosnia and Herzegovina.
OSCE Organizes Round Tableon Anti-Discrimination Law
Ambassador of Italy Ruggero Corrias
met in Banja Luka with the President
of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik.
They discussed the current situation in
terms of internal political relations in
the country, Bosnia's Euro-Atlantic
integration, with reference to the
recent negotiations on the implemen-
tation of the Sejdic-Finci ruling, the
consolidation of the rule of law in the
country and the structured dialogue on
judiciary with the European Union.
One of the issues discussed was the
problems of school pupils from
Konjevic Polje. Ambassador Corrias
said he hoped that the right to educa-
tion will be guaranteed with an agree-
ment with the students' parents.
Izetbegovic Meetswith Ambassador of Australia
Member of the BiH Presidency Bakir
Izetbegovic received non-resident
Ambassador of Australia to BiH David
Gordon Stuart. They talked about relations
between the two countries, current political
situation in BiH and Western Balkan
region. Member of the BiH Presidency
Izetbegovic used the opportunity to stress
importance of the country's integration in
EU and that local politicians need to doeverything to accelerate that path.
Talking about economic cooperation
between the two countries, they empha-sized possibility of stronger engagement
of Bosnian diaspora living in Australia.
David Gordon Stuart and Baki r I zetbegovic
ItalianAmbassadorMeets with
Republika SrpskaPresident
Ruggero Corr ias and Mi lorad Dodik
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Minister for Refugees and Displaced Per-
sons of Republika Srpska Davor Cordas
spoke with UNHCR Representative in BiH
Andrew Mayne and the Head of Human
Rights at the OSCE mission in BiH Fermin
Cordoba on the Regional Housing Program
and the Commission for the selection of ben-
eficiaries. Cordas informed his interlocutorsabout the activities of the Regional Housing
Program. He recalled that the Public call
issued by the Ministry of Refugees and Dis-
placed Persons of RS for Application of
refugees and displaced persons to get assis-
tance in the reconstruction and construction
of housing units ended. 11,139 requests
arrived. Cordas said that there is good cooper-
ation between the Ministry of Refugees and
Displaced Persons of RS with the Ministry of
Human Rights and Refugees BiH, as the proj-
ect coordinator, as well as the Federal Min-
istry of Displaced Persons and Refugees, but
there are certain difficulties in the work of theCommission for the selection of beneficiaries.
Republika Srpska president Milorad Dodik
met in Banja Luka with the Ambassador of
the Russian Federation to Bosnia and Herze-
govina Alexander Bocan-Kharchenko, to dis-
cuss current political and economic issues in
the RS and BiH. Dodik informed Bocan-
Kharchenko about the details of the visit to
the Russian Federation and talks with Russian
interlocutors. During the meeting, collocutors
also discussed the continuation of the overall
cooperation between the RS and Russia,
especially regarding the arm of ''SouthStream" gas pipeline through the RS and the
preparations for marking the centenary of the
First World War.
HIGHLIGHTS
Week days in BiH are still orderedaccording to the world principle, butthat probably won't last much longer, since
an end to the craziness here is not in sight.
It is hard to tell who is crazier: the author-
ities that don't fear God or people, or the
masochistic subjects who take it in silence.
I wouldn't be surprised if the unleashed
local political elite decided that Friday
comes after Wednesday in one part of the
country, say Republika Srpska, while
Thursday is on Sunday in the Federation.
But, we have our System. It is not a stuntthat Republika Srpska observes its main
holiday today, November 21, and
the other part of the country will
observe November 25. The Dayton
agreement gave Serbs enough to
worship it, and to observe the date
when the peace agreement was
reached in the American
town as the national day.
The Federation sticks to the
old principle, also with a rea-
son. On November 25, 1943, in the first ses-
sion of the BiH antifascist council - de factonational government - the foundations of the
modern BiH state were laid. It was first exer-
cised within the socialist Yugoslav federa-
tion, and after 1992 with the national flag fly-
ing at the East River in New York. That is
why November 25 is observed as the state-
hood day in that part of BiH, a red letter in the
political and ordinary calendar.
Different holiday dates have the least to do
with calendar. Republika Srpska can be
thrilled with what the Dayton agreement
says, because it legalized the entity. BiHwasn't torn apart, but instead of division to
the region of Bosnia the region of Herze-
govina, the country was divided to two
entities. That encouraged Serb politicians
to think that they can achieve more some
day: loose stitches could tear, making two
entities two states.
Emphasizing the Dayton agreement, Serb
politics is trying to minimize the importance
of the BiH antifascist council decisions.
Accordingly, BiH was allegedly created with
the 1995 agreement, by merging two territo-
ries. That is an attempt to burry a rock-solid
fact in the darkness of history: Bosnian state
is a thousand years old. But, for the Serb pol-
itics, it is just coming of age.
Clearly, advocates of Bosnia's millennium
old statehood and defenders of its unity don'tattach much importance to the Dayton agree-
ment, save the fact that it silenced the guns.
For them, the most important date is the one
in November when the status of BiH in the
socialist Yugoslavia was decided in the town
of Mrkonic Grad. After all, it proved that
November 25 and the decisions of the nation-
al antifascist council have the value even
according to the highest international stan-
dards. Bosnia and Herzegovina was interna-
tionally recognized in 1992 with the borders
that were defined back in 1943.There is another aspect that makes it impor-
tant to comment the decision of RS
leadership to observe the Dayton
agreement day as important for that
part of BiH. It is the "timing" of
making it a holiday. Banja Luka
politicians didn't even think about
that during first fifteen or so
postwar years. There were
many obligations in that
agreement that the Serb poli-
tics didn't like. They did everything not to
commit to those obligations. That is whytoday there are no national corporations to
reintegrate the Bosnian state, like a public
broadcaster, a railway company, or a system
of electricity production and distribution.
Needless to mention the obstructions of the
agreement annex on return of refugees
according to the principle "everybody back
to their homes".
Banja Luka started upholding the Dayton
agreement when its key points became dead
letter, when there was no more chance in pol-
itics to go back 18 years and start implement-ing clear formulations from the Dayton
agreement, one by one. All the rights from
the agreement were kept, but all the obliga-
tions were rejected. Now, the Dayton agree-
ment is important and dear to Banja Luka
because it wasn't implemented in a single
aspect important for postwar BiH. Serb poli-
tics first blocked the Dayton agreement, then
played it and mocked it, and now adds more
comedy to it by declaring it the holy letter.
That is why today is a non-working day in
RS, in spite those who think different.
If we weren't so exhausted and depressed by
18 postwar years, if this was a country of tol-
erance and reason, the Dayton agreement day
would be observed as the fools' day, instead
of April 1. In all of BiH.
Two HolidaysSerb politics observes the Dayton agreement day because nothing
important in that agreement was implemented in postwar Bosnia
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AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY PARTNERS
WITH UNICEF TO MARK UNIVERSAL CHILDREN'S DAY
The Australian Embassy to Bosnia and Herzegovina, in partnership with UNICEF, hosted a reception
in Sarajevo at the Art Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina to mark Universal Children's Day
Supporting
Disability-Inclusive Education
20 November is the day on which the
UN General Assembly adopted the
Declaration of the Rights of the Child in
1959, and the Convention on the Rights
of the Child in 1989.
Speaking about the event, the Australian
Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina,
David Stuart, said "This evening weheard first-hand about the challenges and
opportunities which exist in Bosnia and
Herzegovina for the provision of disabil-
ity-inclusive education and related sup-
port services for children with disability,
in particular intellectual disability."
The event attracted representatives of a
wide range of relevant stakeholders from
across the country - including govern-
ment, heads of international and regional
organizations in Sarajevo, members of
the diplomatic community, aid officials,
civil society leaders, as well as members
of the Australian community in Bosnia
and Herzegovina.
The Deputy Minister of Civil Affairs of
Bosnia and Herzegovina, DenisaMaglic-Sarajli, spoke at the event.
UNICEF's Representative to Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Florence Bauer, also spoke
as a co-host. Nirvana Pistoljevic from
EDUS - EDUKACIJA ZA SVE, and a
mother and advocate with the NGO,
Zivot sa Down sindromom, Maida Agic,
addressed what could be done to enhance
the lives of children with disability in
Bosnia and Herzegovina through inclu-
sive education.
"Tonight's reception honors those who
are working hard to realize the full
potential of every child, including
EDUS in Sarajevo and Los Rosales in
Mostar - two organizations the
Australian Embassy has been privi-leged to work with closely.
Participation in projects run by EDUS
and Los Rosales reflect the diversity of
Bosnia and Herzegovina's society.
Children from the three constituent
peoples (Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats)
and other minorities are included with-
out prejudice or discrimination,"
Ambassador Stuart said.
INTERNATIONALS IN BOSNIA
A handover ceremony of demining
and technical survey activities in
Municipality Lukavac and Petrovo
will be held today in the Municipality
Lukavac premises. Hideo Yamazaki,
Ambassador of Japan to Bosnia and
Herzegovina, together with the repre-
sentatives of the Japan Embassy in
Sarajevo, ITF Enhancing Human
Security (ITF), BH MAC and the
Municipalities will participate theceremony.
In 2011 the Government of Japan donat-
ed 350,000 Euros through ITF for dem-
ining and technical survey activities on
15 locations in Municipalities Lukavac
and Petrovo where in total an area of
383,134 sqm was cleared. 283,713
square meters of land were technical
surveyed and 99,421 square meters
demined in accordance with BH demi-
ning standards.
Japan has provided assistance for demi-
ning activities and the rehabilitation of
mine victims, and its total amount is
around 13 million Euros since 1998 inBiH. In the period 2010-2012 with
Japan funding through ITF, almost 1
million square meters of land was
released (217,009 sqm demined and
775,910 sqm technically surveyed) in
Municipalities of Gracanica, Petrovo,
Lukavac, Velika Kladusa and Bihac.
Since its establishment in 1998, ITF
raised over 373 million USD of dona-
tions and cleared 123,983,155 sqm of
land in SEE and the South Caucasus.
Japan donated 1,989,849.37 Euros
through ITF for various mine action
programs in the region of Southeastern
Europe.For projects in Bosnia and Herzegovina
solely, ITF raised and implemented
more than 178 million USD, clearing
67,438,049 sq m of land.
Japanese Ambassador to Attend Handover Ceremony
of Demining Activities in Lukavac and Petrovo
Chinese Artists Exhibit at the National GalleryAn exhibition of Chinese contemporary art
opened in the BiH National Gallery in Sara-
jevo. The exhibition features 50 works of
some ten Chinese artists, three of whom
were present at the opening. The exhibition,
which lasts for eight days, was opened bythe Chinese Ambassador to BiH, Dong
Chunfeng, and the BiH National Gallery
director, Strajo Krsmanovic.
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ECONOMY
Director of the Economy Sector of the Foreign Trade Chamber BiH (FTC BiH) Zdravko
Marinkovic said at the annual meeting of the Group for the production, processing and collection
of medicinal and aromatic plants and forest fruits of the FTC BiH that he expected
that the year 2013 would end with an increase in exports from 60 to 70 percent
The Sector of Herbs and Forest FruitsExpects 70% Growth in Export
Bankers in BiH believe that in next
period special attention should be paid
to the unfavorable trend of growth in
non-performing loans, and that in this
sense appropriate measures should be
adopted. At the regular annual meeting
"Banks and financial institutions,"
which was held on Jahorina organized
by the Banks Association of BiH, they
discussed future challenges for thebanking sector, the further implemen-
tation of the capital requirements, and
the constraints and incentives for high-
er credit volume in BiH. The Banks
Association of BiH announced that the
bankers presented a number of prob-
lems to representatives of financial
institutions, encountered in the normal
course of business, especially poor
legal protection when it comes to the
status of banks as creditors in the cred-
it businesses. The meeting announced
the increase of the level of insured
deposits in BiH which was welcomed
by all the participants.
Measures against
Growth in NPLsNecessary
Marinkovic substantiated this with thefact that in the first nine months of thisyear the value of exports of aromatic and
medicinal plants and forest fruits was 16.6
million KM, while in the same period of 2012
it was 9.8 million KM, ekapija.ba writes.
"This is a relatively small sector of the econ-
omy that has recorded better results year by
year. The FTC BiH will in all ways help thissector to validate these results in the right
way and try to influence state authorities to
ensure a better environment for business in
this sector," Marinkovic said.
Chairman of the Group Nikola Rozic
stressed that in the symposium they would
discuss the legislation concerning this sec-
tor, and financing and promotion of their
activities.
"We do not have the law on forests and their
exploitation at the level of the Federation of
BiH. We have been trying to adopt the lawfor some time and now we will discuss it
will representatives of the relevant min-
istries," explained Rozic.
He added that the sector is most helped by
the FTC BiH and the USAID and that they
would discuss finding additional financial
resources for members of the Group to be
able to expand their businesses.
According to data from the FTC BiH and the
USAID, the export structure of the sector is
dominated by mushrooms and forest fruits
with almost 75 percent, which is why the
implementation of regulations on non-woodforest products is of great importance for this
sector. Also, significant item in the structure
of exports are essential oils that recorded
export growth of 88 percent in 2012 com-
pared to the earlier year. The biggest markets
for exporters of the Group for production,
processing and collection of medicinal and
aromatic plants and forest fruits are the Euro-
pean Union and the United States.
Balancing the Labor Market in BiHthrough Competency Strengthening
The German government organization GIZ,
within the project "Support to Adult Educa-
tion", funded by the German Federal Min-
istry for Economic Cooperation and Devel-opment (BMZ) and the Swiss Agency for
Development and Cooperation (SDC), was
a partner of this year's Regional HR Confer-
ence "People are the Mirror of the Compa-
ny" which was held in Sarajevo on 14 and
15 November 2013, ekapija.ba writes. Dur-
ing the conference, members of the GIZ
team presented two working lines:
Obuke.ba through a workshop with partici-
pants of the conference and, at the panel dis-
cussion, the Competency Passports.
"The intent of the portal Obuke.ba is prima-
rily to strengthen the capacity and compe-tence of the labor market and is designed as
a multicast communication tool for employ-
ers, employees and training providers," said
Mirza Jusufovic, coordinator of the work
line, and added: "That is why the workshop
with managers of the human resources
department in companies is of great impor-tance because those are the persons who are
best placed to identify their own, but also the
needs of the labor market and to show us
how to improve the portal in the next phase."
At a panel discussion on the subject "Com-
petency - the Key to Success", which was
attended by Svetlana Cenic, economic
expert and advisor to the GIZ project "Sup-
port to Adult Education", Mojca Domiter,
HR Director of the Atlatnic Group, Igor
Stevic, professional coach and Dr. Rodney
Revier, team leader of the GIZ project
"Support to Adult Education", they initiat-ed a discussion on the importance of certi-
fication of competences and their role in
the labor market.
A consortium of companies from Canada
and Austria is interested in long-term
partnership and business cooperation with
the Zvornik's Company "Alumina",
which would foresee a joint cooperation
in the production and placement of spe-cial type of alumina, was announced yes-
terday from "Alumina".
Businessman from Vienna and one of
the representatives of this consortium
Manfred Dopelriter said that the com-
panies that make up this consortium are
willing to invest funds to achieve sig-
nificant production of alumina for spe-
cial needs.
"We intend to make bigger business coop-eration in the realization of production that
would, in the long-period, be done in 'Alu-
mina'," said Dopelriter after talks with
management of "Alumina".
Canadian-Austrian ConsortiumWants to Cooperate with "Alumina"
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REPORT
BiH war crimes court announced the release of 10 men jailed for war crimes - including six jailed for theSrebrenica genocide - because of an EU legal ruling overturning the basis of their original convictions
War Criminals Walk Free:Legal Chaos and Justice Disgraced
War Criminals Walk Free:Legal Chaos and Justice Disgraced
The Sarajevo-based BiH Court wasobliged to follow a judgment by theEuropean Court on Human Rights in
July that found Bosnia's 2003 criminal
code had wrongly been applied retroac-
tively in a similar case for crimes com-
mitted in the Bosnian war. The 10
released "do not have status of convicted
persons any more, but of newly indict-
ed," the Sarajevo court's spokeswoman,
Manuela Hodzic, told AFP.They will be re-tried in a shortened pro-
cedure applying the previous criminal
code, which will be more favorable to
them. First hearings have already been
set for mid-December, Hodzic said.
The 10 had previously been sentenced to
between 14 and 33 years in prison. Six of
them were behind bars for participating
in the 1995 genocide of Muslims in the
town of Srebrenica by Bosnian Serb
forces. Their release outraged survivors
and families of the victims, whodemanded the dismissal of the judges.
"This is a new disgrace of the justice. We
have been victims of those war criminals
who were released and now we are vic-
tims of the system. That really hurts me,"
said Munira Subasic, president of an
association of Srebrenica survivors.
According to legal expert Goran Simic,
the EU court decision could lead to
annulment of up to 50 similar cases that
include almost 70 convicts.
The first in line for the release is NovakDjukic, sentenced for ordering shelling
3of Tuzla on 25 May, 1995, which killed
71 people and wounded about 140. He
was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Djukic's attorney Dusko Tomic said:
"There is no doubt that all the cases tried
before the Court that resulted with sen-
tences for crimes against civilians and
prisoners of war according to the BiH
Criminal Code will be retried. General
Djukic's case too."
Murat Tahirovic, president of theAssociation of victims and witnesses of
genocide, says justice was thwarted.
"It is doubtful whether there will be any-
one to agree to testify, given that it is
uncertain that the one who was convict-
ed will truly serve the sentence," said
Tahirovic.
Goran Simic says that he didn't notice
any effort to resolve the situation since
the European Court of Human Rights
ruling in July.
"It is good that this happened nowbecause we have solved only a small
number of cases compared to 1,300
cases that need to be addressed in the
future. However, instead of organizing as
a society and sitting together after the
European Court ruling - local legal
experts, and perhaps people from the
European Court - and finding a way to
properly implement the decision, we
continue as before, we have different
interpretations of how to implement the
ruling. We already have different actionswith respect to the ruling."
The EU and international organizations in
Bosnia expressed concerns after ten war
crimes and genocide convicts were set free
because they were tried under the wrong
criminal code. The EU, the OSCE and the
Office of the High Representative, the top
international official in Bosnia, all said on
Wednesday that the state court's decision
this week to free the war criminals was a
worrying development that must be
addressed urgently, the Balkan Investiga-
tive Reporting Network reported.
"We call on all competent institutions in
Bosnia and Herzegovina to coordinate their
activities as soon as possible in relation to
this issue," the Office of the High Repre-
sentative said in a statement.
"We are deeply worried about this new sit-
uation which has led to retrials being
ordered in cases in which persons were sen-
tenced for the most heinous crimes, includ-
ing genocide," the OSCE mission to Bos-
nia said in its own statement.
"The basis for possible remand in custody or
restrictive measures must be analyzed in
detail, having in mind the potential danger to
the democratic and legal order, as well as pro-
tection of witnesses," said Andy McGuffie,
spokesman for the EU delegation and the EU
special representative in Bosnia.
"It is necessary to find the right balance between
the necessary protection of the rights of convicts
and the rights of victims, while at the same time
fighting against impunity for the perpetrators of
some of the worst criminal acts," the Office of
the High Representative said.
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INTERVIEW
Bakir Izetbegovic, member of the Presidency
of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in an interview with RFE
says that the Dayton agreement should be changed
Serbia's
MaturedLeadersRecognize
Bosnia'sSovereignty
Serbia's
MaturedLeadersRecognize
Bosnia'sSovereignty
On Thursday, 21 November, it will be18 years since the signing of the Day-ton Peace Agreement. The first President
of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herze-
govina, late Alija Izetbegovic, said after it
was signed: "It's not just peace, but it is
more just than the continuation of war."
How do you see Dayton 18 years later?
Dayton stopped the destruction, both physi-
cal and the destruction of Bosnia's multieth-
nic spirit. Probably nothing better and more
efficient could have been done at the
moment, and eventually it turned out that
the Dayton agreement had a series of unnec-
essary braking capabilities built in. Dayton
saved the life of a patient, but the patient can
not live without more necessary surgeries. A
number of surgeries were performed - 60state institutions were formed. This process
should continue. It will actually be effective
when the negotiations with the European
Union start. There I see a way out.
No Peaceful Secession
To what extent will that be possible, hav-
ing in mind denials of Bosnia and Herze-
govina? Specifically, the RS President
Milorad Dodik on Tuesday said at a lec-
ture in Belgrade that Republika Srpska is
a state and that sooner or later an inde-pendence referendum will be held.
That can be done only by force. A referen-
dum on the common future, on sharing the
same territory, can only be nation-wide in
Bosnia and Herzegovina. It can not be done
by one entity or one part of Bosnia and
Herzegovina. In my opinion, places like
Tomasica - over a thousand bodies were
buried there - or Srebrenica, Keraterm,
Manjaca, all those places of suffering, and
there are over six hundred such places on
the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina
called Republika Srpska, can not be separat-
ed from Bosnia and Herzegovina in a peace-
ful way.
You mentioned that the Dayton agree-
ment should be changed. One of the
changes should be the implementation of
judgment of the European Court of
Human Rights in the Sejdic-Finci case.
You are one of the negotiators. What isthe problem, Mr. Izetbegovic, why this
judgment couldn't be implemented forso
long?
During those 50 days, since 1 October when
the negotiations started, I think a progress
was made in finding the most acceptable
model. Bosniak parties are happy, parties
from RS too, and I think Croat parties
should be happy, as this model meets their
requirements and solves some of their frus-
trations.
The latest report of the High Representa-
tive Valentin Inzko in the UN SecurityCouncil was negative for Bosnia and
Herzegovina. He said that the state has
stagnated, the politicians can not agree.
Your comment on that?
I am disappointed with what social demo-
cratic parties offered. National parties have
been labeled as a problem of Bosnia and
Herzegovina, and we beat two social demo-
cratic parties in the previous election that
have brought us to this state where we are
now. The situation is just like Mr. Inzko
described, and we should not be angry with
him. You can not be mad at the mirror
because the reflection isn't pretty.
Serbia's Change
How do you assess the relations in the
region? You were one of the participants
of the high-level talks with representa-
tives of Serbia and Croatia.It is, perhaps, the best part of the story.
Calming signals come from Zagreb and
Belgrade. I can say that I'm happy with that
and with my contribution. Especially con-
sidering the twist in Serbia that we wit-
nessed last year. We had bad messages from
Mr. Nikolic, like Dodik's, about two Serb
states in the Balkans, and then a change. We
can now talk about a mature team of leaders
in Serbia who properly interpret and articu-
late the interests of Serbs, and the right way
to do that is to recognize the sovereignty of
Bosnia and Herzegovina, to create evenmore correct relations with Bosnia and
Herzegovina and all neighbors, and not to
generate problems.
BAKIR IZETBEGOVIC
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10Bosnia Daily, November 21, 2013
Alma Telibecirevic is an artist, activist and public relations and marketing specialist, actively
involved in numerous projects, festivals, and has achieved success with her unique art exhibitions.
"Art is a medium that communicates with our deepest parts, and a medium that can connect things
and cultures that would seem incompatible at first sight," she told Independent Balkan News Agency
In what ways do you connect your art-work to your external surroundings?What is it that you attempt to convey to
the public through your art?
I can divide my artwork so far into two
phases. The first one is related to my exhibi-
tions in Europe "Symbols painted by sand
vol.1" and "Symbols painted by sand vol2."
which was presented in the USA, and the
second phase called "What are the colors of
Rumi's Poems", where I created another
type of communication through my paint-
ings. The first one was related to Bosnian aswell as Native American symbols. The best
way to learn the secrets of the symbols is to
follow the recommendations of Ancient
Greeks, "Know and meet yourself" - which
is equivalent to learning the secret behind
one of the greatest symbols: human beings,
symbols of the immortal soul and symbol of
the universe. In a way of painting them, we
can grasp their power and the possibility of
multiple creative expressions that we should
be open to reach.
In Love with Colors
The usage of different types of sand opens
for us an enormous field of artistic possibil-
ities to communicate and express, especial-
ly since for communication of Bosnian
symbols I have used Bosnian sand, and in
the USA I have used different types of sand
from different parts of the USA. And for
sure, while communicating through sym-
bols of two quite far and different cultures,
one can find much more commonalities
than differences. Art is definitely a medium
that communicates with our deepest parts,and a medium that can connect things and
cultures that would seem incompatible at
first sight. The second part is related to my
personal way of experiencing Rumi's poet-
ry. He is one of the most widely read poets
in America and is seen as a new philosoph-
ical force. He deals with the human condi-
tion, personal growth and development in a
very clear way. The world of Rumi is nei-
ther exclusively the world of a Sufi, nor the
world of a Hindu; neither a Jew, nor a Chris-
tian; it is rather a state of an evolved human
who is not bound by cultural limitations. I
could say that this exhibition is very private
but at same time very exposed. It connects
my deepest emotion communicating themthrough colors and poetry, but still using
acrylic colors and sand. This time mostly
black sand was used as background.
What are the types of artistic mediums
that you use in your art? What are your
stylistic preferences? Who are your influ-
ences and important sources of inspira-
tion, and how do you weave that into
your own artwork to create something
that is uniquely yours?
I could say that some of this I have
answered in previous question, but I can be
more specific here. I love to play and dis-cover new ways of expression through cre-
ating art. As a painter I still stay inside of the
canvas, but I do use sand as a medium that I
do see as something so powerful. It connects
perfectly, creating amazing variations of dif-
ferent shapes and texture. I am in love with
colors, their symbolism and the way they
interact with observers.
Art Is Considered a Luxury
You are involved in the Kid's Festival in
Sarajevo. What types of activities do youorganize for this festival? There has been
increasing criticism that the education
systems in many countries in the world
do not devote enough attention to the
arts, dance, and other creative fields. Is
the situation the same in BiH? Do you
think that children and youth do not have
sufficient exposure to the Arts?
I have been part of this festival since the idea
of its creation was born, so more than 10
years so far. I am the workshop coordinator
and responsible for its educational and cre-
ative progress. Living, working, creating in
Bosnia for my whole life, I truly believe that
Kids Fest has done more for the youth of
this country then any political decision sincethe end of the war. We are trying to open
children's perspective, teach them how to be
more open and creative, and we are also
helping them to meet children from other
cities and hopefully create a network among
them. Our education system is very ques-
tionable; we can see that from different
examples. We really need to give a chance
to our youth to start thinking with their
heads and to start making choices that are
best for their future. Art in this country is
considered a luxury, which is the wrong
approach.What role does the artist have in a socie-
ty, or what role should the artist have in
any society? How would you apply your
definition of the role of an artist to the
reality of arts and culture and the posi-
tion of artists in BiH?
This is a very delicate society, which suf-
fered from the war, then transition, and
today is extremely fragile and divided, as
well as corrupted. A Bosnian artist should
create all the time and communicate about
all the things that they are dealing with, pos-
itive or negative but in an inspirational way,in a way that will influence others and espe-
cially new generations. We should teach
them to dream big.
Bosnian ArtistShould Teach
New Generationsto Dream Big
Bosnian ArtistShould Teach
New Generationsto Dream Big
INTERVIEW
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REPORT
Extremists are using the internet to pro-mote their ideologies, experts said, not-ing research on radicalism in cyberspace by
the Centre for the Development of Civil
Society in Zrenjanin and the Belgrade Foun-
dation for Open Society.
"Bosnia, Kosovo and Serbia are the same
market. Extremist organizations' YouTube
channels, forums and social network pages
are more than enough and there are no bor-ders or control so they can spread their
extremism through the whole region easily,"
Fahrudin Kladicanin, research co-author
and coordinator of the Forum 10 academic
initiative from Novi Pazar, told SETimes.
Kladicanin, said that the biggest risk of
online extremism is the fact that it can be
spread quickly and that it targets youths.
"They use social networks like Facebook to
attract and mobilize young people. For right
extremists, interactive platforms are ideal
for recruitment because they are very popu-
lar among youth. This is the core of extrem-ism," Kladicanin said.
He added that almost all radical leaders' Face-
book profiles have more than 5,000 "friends"
and their pages have even more "likes."
"The number of those who are 'liking,' mak-
ing comments and sharing the content of
these pages, especially when it comes to
religious leaders, extreme Islamists and
Wahhabists, is rising on a daily basis," Klad-
icanin said.
"Commenting, posting and sharing photos
from the wars and leaders' speeches, which
are pure extremism, have been present onthe internet in the past months, especially
since the war in Syria has started. It is grow-
ing exponentially."
Vladimir Ilic, president of the board of the
Centre for the Development of Civil Society
and a research coordinator, said extremism
is significant in cyberspace because many
extremist organizations are prohibited by
the courts from communicating through
other forms of media.
"Since the speech of political correctness is
dominant in Serbia, there is no space in
other media for extremism which abnegatesfundamental constitutional values," Ilic told
SETimes.
Miroslav Kevezdi, an associate at the Cen-
tre for Development of Civil Society and
co-author of the study, told SETimes that the
function of cyber profiles is to attract users
to visit their sites to gain more information.
"Sites' contents are very ideological and
clearly mark friends and enemies, leaders,
aims of the organization, values and
resources. Extremist ideologies in Serbia are
a mix of political, religious and ethnic con-
tents, rarely racial and economic," he said.The period of political and economic transi-
tion, which includes the region's post-con-
flict atmosphere, is a solid base for extrem-
ist ideas. The lack of determination from
parliamentary parties, national frustration
and social poverty are the main draws for
extremism, Ilic said. Kavezdi said the ideo-
logical/political uncertainty that started after
the end of the idea of "Yugoslavism" is the
main basis for extremism in Serbia.
"Good utopia is, for some people, better
than bad reality. Computers are products of
a utopian vision. The uncertainty and thecomputer are two factors that lead a user to
the utopic vision structured through ideolo-
gy," Kavezdi told SETimes.
The Head of the OSCE Mission in
Kosovo Ambassador Jean-Claude
Schlumberger rejected accusations of
inappropriate action and interference
with the voters will during re-voting in
Kosovska Mitrovica North on
November 17, and expressed deep dis-
appointment over such "irresponsible
statements", Tanjug reported.
Candidate of the Citizens' Initiative
Sprska for the mayor of northern
Kosovska Mitrovica Krstimir Pantic
stated that he cannot accept the resultsof the repeated elections in the city
because of the suspicions that there
were machinations involving the elec-
toral materials and he blamed OSCE
for it. Pantic also said that OSCE and
the international community artificial-
ly reduced the ballot difference
between the candidates of the citizens
initiative Serbia, Democracy, Justice
Oliver Ivanovic and Pantic so as to
prevent members of the Citizens'
Initiative Srpska from getting seats inthe Kosovska Mitrovica Assembly.
"The OSCE was accused of acting
unilaterally and without mandate
when the election materials were
transported for counting to the Count
and Results Centre in Kosovo Polje.
That is not true," the chief of the
OSCE Mission said in the release.
Speaking about the supervision of the
electoral materials, he underscored
that "at no point was the chain of cus-
tody for sensitive and non-sensitive
material broken as the ballot boxes
were under the supervision of the 27
polling station committee members
and the OSCE staff for the duration of
balloting, after the closing of polling
stations, and during the transport and
the counting."
Schlumberger underscored that none
of the representatives of the Citizens'
Initiative Srpska at 27 polling commit-
tees did not voice any complaint dur-
ing the transport or ballot count or
even later, and not a single complaintwas filed to the Election Complaints
and Appeals Committee. Recalling
KOSOVO
OSCEDenies Election
Accusations
REGION
Extremists Use theInternet to Recruit
Extremists are taking advantage of poor political climates andeconomic conditions to promote their ideologies and recruit
young people online, reports Southeast European Times
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