SERBIAN FASCISTS FORCIBLY PREVENTED 100 GENOCIDE SURVIVORS TO LAY WREATHS OF FLOWERS AT A GENOCIDE MEMORIAL SITE IN EASTERN BOSNIA

SREBRENICA, Bosnia (16 July,2008) - All Bosnian media and the regional court have condemned the "police" of the genocidal Serbian creature in Bosnia "RS", for forcibly preventing yesterday some 100 genocide survivors from Srebrenica to visit a genocide memorial site in the eastern Bosnian village of Kravice, where more than 1,000 Bosnian civilians were mass murdered by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor in July 1995.

This move was an attempt by the Serbian fascists still living in Bosnia to stifle the truth about the 1995 Srebrenica genocide committed by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor,during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia.

Yesterday, the "police" of the genocidal Serbian creature in Bosnia "RS" stopped two buses and a minivan with some 100 genocide survivors from this part of Bosnia, mostly women, from visiting a genocide memorial centre in the eastern Bosnian village of Kravice.

“We only wanted to lay flowers at a place of genocide,” Hatidza Mehmedovic, the President of the Mothers of Srebrenica Association, told media.


A Bosnian woman,who lost her relatives in the genocide committed by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor,during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia,reacts at the road blockade conducted by the "police" of the genocidal Serbian creature in Bosnia "RS" in the village of Sandici, near the eastern Bosnian town of Bratunac 70 kms northeast of the Bosnian capital Sarajevo,on Tuesday, July 15, 2008. For the first time a group of Bosnian Muslim woman tried to lay wreaths of flowers at the factory hall in Kravice where more than 1,000 Bosnian civilians from Srebrenica were mass murdered by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor in July 1995.

Representatives of the genocide survivors from the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica wanted to visit and lay wreaths of flowers at the former Farmers’ Association building in Kravica yesterday, as a part of the commemoration of the 13th anniversary of the genocide in this part of Bosnia,committed by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor,during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia.

Some 10,000 Bosnian civilians were murdered by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor in the single biggest massacre in Europe after the end of World War Two, and buried in numerous mass graves across this region of Bosnia, including several in the area of Kravice,near Srebrenica.

For the thirteenth year, the genocide survivors from Srebrenica have been commemorating the fall of Srebrenica through numerous activities held across the region between July 11 and 15.Yet the planned visit to Kravice was blocked by the "police" of the genocidal Serbian creature in Bosnia "RS" which said that this ceremony “irritates” all Serbians living in Bosnia.


Serbian fascists stop the genocide survivors from the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica from visiting a site in the eastern Bosnian village of Kravice, where more than 1,000 Bosnian civilians from Srebrenica were mass murdered by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor in July 1995,during the Serbian aggression against Bosnia.The visit was part of a programme commemorating the 13th anniversary of the genocide in this part of Bosnia.In July 1995 the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor mass murdered some 10,000 Bosnian civilians from Srebrenica.The massacre, Europe’s worst since World War II, has been classified as an act of genocide by the International Court of Justice and the UN war crimes tribunal, both based at The Hague,The Netherlands.

The convoy with the genocide survivors from Srebrenica was stopped by the Serbian fascists around noon at barricades outside the eastern Bosnian village of Kravice.Heavily equipped Serbian fascist forces also blocked any of the local residents from approaching the convoy.

After being forcibly prevented by the Serbian fascists to place flowers at this place of genocide, the genocide survivors from Srebrenica held a ceremony and laid wreaths of flowers at a nearby football field – another place where many Bosnian civilians were mass murdered by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor,during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia.

Later on Tuesday, the Regional Court in the town of Bijeljina rejected the "police" of the genocidal Serbian creature in Bosnia "RS" request to prevent the gathering of the genocide survivors from Srebrenica in Kravice but by that time they had already returned to their homes.

It is still unknown whether the genocide survivors will, following the Court ruling, try again to visit Kravice and to lay wreaths of flowers at a genocide memorial site in Kravice.


The mothers, sisters, daughters and wives of the genocide victims from Srebrenica sit in buses July 15, 2008 after the "police" of the genocidal Serbian creature in Bosnia "RS" stopped them from visiting a genocide memorial site in the eastern Bosnian village of Kravice, where more than 1,000 Bosnian civilians from Srebrenica were mass murdered by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor in July 1995,during the Serbian aggression against Bosnia. The visit was part of a programme commemorating the 13th anniversary of the genocide in this part of Bosnia.In July 1995,during the Serbian aggression against Bosnia, the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor mass murdered some 10,000 Bosnian civilians from Srebrenica.
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BOSNIAN AND EU OFFICIALS DISCUSSED VISA LIBERALISATION FOR BOSNIAN CITIZENS

BRUSSELS, Belgium (16 July,2008) - The Bosnian Foreign Affairs Minister Sven Alkalaj talked with Michael Leigh, EU’s Director General for Enlargement Micheal Leigh in Brussels yesterday. They were discussing visa liberalisation for the Bosnian citizens.

Minister Alkalaj informed Leigh about efforts to meet conditions from the visa facilitation Roadmap, and about his letter to EU’s foreign ministers, urging them to consider cancellation of fees for issuing visas to the Bosnian citizens.
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SASE: 150,4 MILLION BOSNIAN MARKS TRADED IN SIX MONTHS

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (16 July,2008) - The value traded on the Sarajevo Stock Exchange (SASE) in the first six months of this year was 150,448,163 Bosnian Marks and accounted for 49.30 per cent of the total value traded on the Bosnian capital market.

A total of 7,804,331 shares changed hands in 22,444 transactions. The biggest value traded on the Official Market (10.98 per cent of the turnover) in this period was with the share of drug maker Bosnalijek: 11,111,277.50 Bosnian Marks. Insurer Sarajevo Osiguranje was second with 4,828,506.80 Bosnian Marks.

On the Free Market (share of 75.45 per cent), Sarajevo tobacco factory FDS (Fabrika Duhana Sarajevo) saw its share traded for total 10,704,258.04. The main index of the SASE – SASX-10 lost 37.94 per cent in the six months (from 3,685.15 to 2,286.87 points).
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EU TROOPS RAID HOUSE OF SERBIAN WAR CRIMINAL RADOVAN KARADZIC'S WIFE

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (16 July,2008) - EU peacekeeping troops have raided the apartment of Ljiljana Karadzic, the wife of former leader of the Serbians living in Bosnia,Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic who is charged by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) with genocide and other war crimes committed during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia Radovan Karadzic.

The raid was carried out on Tuesday early morning at 0530 CEST (0330 GMT), in the Bosnian town of Pale some 18 kilometres east of the Bosnian capital Sarajevo.

The search, carried out by the European Union Force in Bosnia (EUFOR) was ordered by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, ICTY.

During the raid, EUFOR seized documents and materials as clues in revealing the whereabouts of Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic, EUFOR said in its statement, saying it will continue to search for war crimes suspects until they all face justice.
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WORLD BANK RATES MACEDONIAN CITY OF BITOLA THE BEST CITY TO DO BUSINESS IN SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (16 July,2008) - The Macedonian town of Bitola is the best, while Bosnia’s Mostar the worst environment for starting a new business in the Southeastern Europe, a new regional World Bank report suggests.

The new Doing Business in South East Europe 2008 report analyses and compares key business-friendly criteria – starting a business, obtaining licenses, registering property, and enforcing contracts – in 22 cities in Albania, Bosnia, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and the genocidal Serbia.

“South East Europe is reforming rapidly to improve the ease of doing business,” a World Bank press release quoted Jane Armitage, World Bank Country Director and regional coordinator for Southeastern Europe, as saying.

The business environment “varies greatly” across the region, says the report and underlines that this is crucial for attracting new investments and creating jobs.

“Some economies achieved remarkable progress,” says the press release, commanding Croatia and Macedonia which have been among the top 10 reformers globally in 2007.

Overall, doing business is easiest in the Macedonian town of Bitola, which tops the list of 22 cities covered by the report. Doing business in the southeastern europe is most difficult in three Bosnian cities, Banja Luka, Sarajevo,Banja Luka and Mostar, which are at the very end of the list.

According to the report, an entrepreneur starting a business in the Albanian town of Vlora needs only 7 days to register a business, the same as in Paris in France or Lisbon in Portugal. However, in Bosnian town of Mostar it would take almost 9 times longer, comparable to the town of Mbabane in Swaziland.

In Bitola, you have to wait 94 days to get a building permit, but in Mostar it will take no less than 535 days, which makes this city administration among the worst on a global scale.

While the Albanian town of Vlora is best for starting a business; Osijek in Croatia tops the list for ease of obtaining construction licenses, Pljevlje and Montenegro in registering property.

“If a city were to adopt all the best practices already in place in South East Europe, it would rank ninth among the 178 economies measured by Doing Business, comparable to the rankings for Ireland and Canada,” said the report and underlined the need for regional cooperation.

“Cities can learn about reform solutions from other cities in their own country or elsewhere in the region.”
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150,000 TONNE SUGAR PLANT OPENS IN BRCKO

BRCKO, Bosnia (16 July,2008) - Agrana Group and Studen & Co of Austria have just started production at a EUR 40 million sugar refinery plant in the Brcko area of Bosnia.The new Studen-Agrana d.o.o. Sugar Refinery Brcko is expected to employ 160 Bosnian workers and have an annual production of 150,000 tonnes of refined sugar, a company spokesman said.

The plant, the only sugar refinery in Bosnia, began production three weeks ago. The previous sugar facility in the country closed during the 1992-1995 Serbian,Montenegrin and Croatian aggressions against Bosnia.

Bosnia currently imports its entire 130,000 tonnes of domestic sugar consumption from a number of countries including Germany, Hungary, Czech Republic and Austria.

The business partners also produce vegetable oil in Bosnia.

Agrana has said it is the leading producer of sugar in Central and Eastern Europe with operations also in Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Romania , with a total of nine production facilities in these countries.
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ENERGOINVEST WINS 32 MILLION EUROS ALGERIA DEAL

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (16 July,2008) - The largest Bosnian engineering group Energoinvest said on Monday it has won a 32 million Euros deal to build transformer stations and transmission lines in Algeria.

Energoinvest said in a statement that it has won the engineering projects on an international tender in a strong competition of world companies.

Energoinvest is among Bosnia's top five exporters and exports account for half its revenues, which amounted to 319.5 million Bosnian Marks in 2007. It aims for revenues of 384.1 million Bosnian Marks this year.

The engineering giant before the 1992-95 Serbian,Montenegrin and Croatian aggressions against Bosnia, Energoinvest has managed in recent years to regain its pre-war markets in Africa and Asia. It said last year that its operation in Algeria was hurt by political situation there.
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1,130 NEW HOMES TO BE BUILT IN SARAJEVO

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (16 July,2008) - The Housing Ministry of the Sarajevo Canton will spend 5.5 million Bosnian Marks on preparing locations where at least 1,130 new apartments will be built, in six of its municipalities.

A contract about this project was signed this week by the Ministry, the cantonal housing and home development funds and local governments. Around 300 of these apartments will be allocated to the priority category.

The price of each apartment will not be higher than ten per cent of its real cost, the Ministry said.
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