SDA CONDEMNS SLOVENIA'S SUPPORT FOR GENOCIDAL SERBIAN FASCIST AGRESSOR'S PROJECTS

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (August 27,2008) - The largest Bosnian political party - the Party of Democratic Action (Bosnian: Stranka Demokratske Akcije - SDA) stated that the recent meeting of the ministries of Slovenia and the genocidal Serbian creature in Bosnia "RS" in which they discussed about European integration and other Bosnian foreign policy issues outside the Bosnian state institutions is more than clear message to the entire Bosnian political public, and especially to the Bosnian Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

SDA points out that the statement by the Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa, at the beginning of this year, that "Bosnia represents the threat to the Western Balkans stability" and that "its perspective is unclear", as well as that "it can not exist independently without international representatives", seemed like benevolent, but that, after diplomatically inapt meeting with the leader of the genocidal Serbian creature in Bosnia "RS" Milorad Dodik, without the presence of the Bosnian Ambassador, “things should be obviously considered in the context in which the Slovenian Minister of Foreign Affairs implied that Slovenia will be strong advocate to Serbia”.

SDA also reminds on the meeting of the delegations of the Ministries for Internal Affairs of Slovenia and the genocidal Serbian creature in Bosnia "RS" in Otocec, near Novo Mesto,Slovenia.

"Having on mind the consequences of the Serbian-Croatian agreements on reorganizing of the mutual relations at the expense of Bosnia, the newest moves return us to the relations established in the first Yugoslavia where the destiny of these areas were determined by the Serbian-Croatian-Slovenian nationalisms at at the expense of Bosnia and all its citizens. The biggest victim of such tailoring processes in the ex Yugoslavia, Bosnia, will not be used as a bargaining chip of the unfinished nationalist projections of the first and second Yugoslavia, nor will its sovereign territory in the historical borders serve any more for fulfilling ambitions on someone’s big states, nor will its people reduced only to the religious dimension, it was said in the SDA announcement.

It is also pointed out that Bosnia will outlive the newest Slovenian fragmentations that take place monitored by the official authority through the affirmation of the genocidal Serbian creature in Bosnia "RS" as the independent country, directed not only by some political representatives of the Serbians living in Bosnia, but also by the top Slovenian politicians and the scandalous, politically and privately, Natasa Vodusek, Slovenian Ambassador to Bosnia,SDA stated.
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A RAPE VICTIM TESTIFIED BEFORE BOSNIAN STATE COURT AT TRIAL OF SERBIAN WAR CRIMINAL PREDRAG KUJUNDZIC

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (August 27,2008) - At the trial of Serbian war criminal Predrag Kujundzic before the Bosnian State Court,the Bosnian State Prosecutor examined today protected witness 2, a rape victim, with no presence of the public.

The Trial Chamber approved the Prosecution's motion, requesting the examination of protected witness 2 with no presence of the public.

The indictment states that Serbian war criminal Predrag Kujundzic was commander of a genocidal Serbian fascist paramilitary unit. He is charged with war crimes against Bosnian civilians,committed in the Doboj area,during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia.

The indictment states that Serbian war criminal Predrag Kujundzic sexually abused protected witness 2 and kept her in slavery from June to December 1992, intimidating her by telling her that he would kill her mother and sister. The indictment further states that he imposed restrictions on the freedom of movement on witness 2, that he raped her and allowed other genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor's soldiers to rape her.

According to the indictment witness 2 was a minor at that time.

At the beginning of the hearing the Trial Chamber announced that Serbian war criminal Predrag Kujundzic filed a motion, asking for the disqualification of Trial Chamber Chairman Saban Maksumic, because he "distrusted his objectivity in this case" due to the fact that he was a judge with the Bosnian Military Court in Sarajevo in the course of the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia.

The Bosnian State Court declined the motion.
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GENOCIDAL SERBIA TO OFFER FINACIAL AND LEGAL HELP TO SERBIAN WAR CRIMINAL RADOVAN KARADZIC

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands (August 27,2008) - Genocidal Serbia will offer legal help to former leader and creator of the genocidal Serbian creature in Bosnia "RS" and one of the masterminds of the genocide against the Bosnian people,Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic’s defence before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Belgrade’s envoy to the Netherlands announced.

Radoslav Stojanovic said that he would seek the tribunal’s permission to visit Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic at The Hague detention unit on September 7, adding he would ask Belgrade to provide all the documents necessary for the trial, if Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic thought the genocidal Serbian fascist government could facilitate his defence.

“I can ask him only if he needs any help from the government of Serbia on the preparation of documents, maybe some financial support," Stojanovic said in an interview.

"I do not want to see him, I do not want to talk to him, but if he wants to see me, I will see him," he added.

Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic have been indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia for Genocide and war crimes committed during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia.
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NEW EBRD PRESIDENT TO VISIT BOSNIA

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (August 27,2008) - On 1 September the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) President Thomas Mirow begins a three-day trip to the southeastern Europe, his first visit to the EBRD region as head of the Bank.

The visit underscores the increasing importance the EBRD attaches to strengthening policy dialogue with the countries in the region and supporting their further development.

"The EBRD welcomes the progress the region has made in implementing key reforms and the encouraging increase in cross-border cooperation and investment that have bolstered recent growth across the southeastern Europe," EBRD said in a press release.

"In Bosnia and the region, the Bank will continue to play a crucial role by investing alone and together with other foreign investors. Key targets for investment to support the development of the regional economies include transport and municipal infrastructure, energy, as well as the agribusiness and private sectors. The EBRD will continue to stimulate regional economic integration, to help make markets more competitive, to improve quality and to reduce the cost of services, which is key for integration into the broader European and global markets,"EBRD said.

During the visit to Bosnia, Mr Mirow will meet Bosnian senior government officials, business partners and international envoys. In the Bosnian capital Sarajevo,Mirow will sign a €3 million loan to the microcredit organization MI Bospo and a €6 million loan to a local agribusiness enterprise, Bimal.

The EBRD is the largest institutional investor in the southeastern Europe, having invested more than €4.9 billion in sectors including infrastructure, energy, the financial sector and the private corporate sector, especially small and medium size enterprises.

The Bank has to date invested €762 million in 69 projects in Bosnia.
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BOSNIAN WOMAN DIES OF HEART ATTACK AFTER IDENTIFYING SON'S REMAINS

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (August 27,2008) - A Bosnian man who was murdered by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor 16 years ago,during the Serbian aggression against Bosnia,will be buried next to his mother, who died of a heart attack when she learnt his remains had been identified.

Elvedin Hadzihasanovic was murdered in eastern Bosnia in 1992. He was 34 years old.His body was thrown into a mass grave where it lay unidentified until this summer.

However, forensics experts have used DNA testing to identify nearly 12,000 bodies discovered in mass graves in the former Yugoslavia.

For most families, the news of a positive identification brings a sense of release, but for the dead man's mother, Suhra Hadzihasanovic, it was all too much.

"Unfortunately my mother did not live long enough to bury him," said her other son, Enver. "Her heart simply could not endure it."

According to the Bosnian daily newspaper Dnevni Avaz, Elvedin's funeral was supposed to have taken place on Friday, but it has now been pushed back to next Tuesday to allow his mother to be interred as well.

The 1992-95 Serbian,Montenegrin and Croatian aggressions against Bosnia left some 200,000 Bosnian citizens dead. Former leader and creator of the genocidal Serbian creature in Bosnia "RS" and one of the masterminds of the genocide against the Bosnian people,Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic.was finally captured in June and is facing a trial at The Hague.

Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic have been indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for Genocide and war crimes committed during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia.
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PROMINENT KUWAITI BUSINESSMAN TO INVEST 250 MILLION BOSNIAN MARKS IN BIHAC

BIHAC, Bosnia (August 27,2008) - A presentation took place in the western Bosnian city of Bihac today, of an office and residential complex that Kuwaiti businessman Al Zamel is to build in the Luke area of the city.

A local official has given his formal consent to the urban plan for the project to Mr. Waleed M. Al Zamel, one of the owners. The one-of-a-kind project in Bosnia is estimated to be worth 250 million Bosnian Marks.

Novi Bihac (New Bihac) will consist of a residential area with 410 apartments, a ten-storey office building and a hotel with the same number of stories. A four-storey shopping centre will be on the area of 38,000 square metres. This is the biggest foreign investment so far in Bihac and the Una-Sana Canton.
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EIB LENDS 30 MILLION EUROS FOR WATER SUPPLY AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (August 27,2008) - The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending 60 million Euros for implementation of the water and sanitation projects of municipalities and cantons in . This will help to improve the quality of life of the country’s citizens and meet Bosnia’s needs regarding future compliance with EU environmental legislation.

The EIB loan will finance an investment programme for the water and wastewater sector in 15 Bosnian towns that will result in an improvement and expansion of water supply and sewerage systems and the construction of wastewater treatment plants.

The EIB loan will cover up to 50% of the total costs of the planned projects that will be co-financed by the budgets of the FBIH entity and municipalities and cantons and the EU Instrument for Pre-Accession.

The remaining funds will be provided by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the World Bank, representing another example of the good coordination and cooperation among all three international financial institutions in the southeastern Europe.

At present, project preparation in a number of towns is already in progress, assisted by grants provided by the European Union under the Environmental Project Preparation Facility.

Some of the required feasibility studies have already been completed in cooperation between the municipal authorities and internationally experienced consultants, e.g. in Velika Kladusa, Orasje and Bosanski Petrovac, and more are to be undertaken in the course of 2008.

The EIB, the European Union’s Bank promoting EU objectives, has provided loans in Bosnia exceeding 760 million Euros since 2000, including the current loan. EIB lending in the country is on an upward trend. In 2007 alone, the Bank granted loans in Bosnia amounting to some 272 million Euros for various energy and road rehabilitation projects as well as the investments of small and medium-sized companies through indirect support via partner financing institutions operating in Bosnia.
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