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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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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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the military in 2011

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combined with the lagoon city's peri-

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when he was shot and killed in Dallas is

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