Germany is the top target of Russian disinformation campaigns in the European Union, a report said on Tuesday, as ties between Moscow and the West hit new lows over the poisoning and jailing of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.


The EU’s disinformation watchdog, which is run by the bloc’s External Action Service, said in the report it had documented 700 cases of deliberately fake or misleading reporting that aimed to spread disinformation about Germany since launching a tracking database in late 2015.
That compares to more than 300 cases for France, over 170 for Italy and 40 for Spain, said the watchdog, which was set up after Moscow’s 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine and aims to combat what it sees as a deliberate smear campaign by Russia.
-Germany is singled out as the main target for Russian disinformation efforts among European member states- said the watchdog, which is called EUvsDisinfo.
EUvsDisinfo said the Kremlin was trying to portray Germany as a country driven by “irrational Russophobia” to draw attention away from Russia’s violations of human rights and international law.
-(Russia’s approach) intends to create uncertainty, sow discord, give Russian officials for manoeuvre... The Kremlin doublespeak exploits Europe’s, and Germany’s commitment to dialogue- the report said.

Germany was among EU countries advocating for more sanctions on Russia over the case of Navalny, who received medical treatment in Berlin and recovered in the Black Forest after being poisoned with a military-grade nerve agent last year.

Navalny, an anti-corruption activist, says the Kremlin was behind the attack, which Moscow denies. He was arrested after returning to Moscow from Germany in January and is now serving a new jail sentence in a Russian penal colony.
The EU last month agreed to blacklist four senior Russian officials over the Navalny case, adding to economic sanctions it had earlier slapped on Russia over the annexation of Crimea and the Kremlin’s support of armed separatists in eastern Ukraine.
EUvsDisinfo said Russia had depicted Germany as instrumental in driving the new sanctions that followed a trip by the EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, to Moscow in February.
While Borrell called for Navalny’s release, he also played up the need for dialogue and cooperation between the EU and Russia in areas such as climate change and the Iran nuclear deal. During his visit, however, Moscow expelled four EU diplomats, including one from Germany.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who grew up in Communist East Germany, has long been critical of Moscow’s human rights record, but Berlin has resisted U.S. pressure to block the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline that would pump more Russian gas to Europe via Germany.
EU leaders will discuss next steps in their troubled relationship with Russia at a summit on March 25-26.

Ties between Moscow and the West hit new lows over the poisoning and jailing of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny

Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel hold a joint news conference in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, January 11, 2020.

Germany is main target of Russian disinformation

With the summer flight schedule, airline company Eurowings has announced the re-establishment of routes to Cologne and Stuttgart, confirmed to FENA the spokeswoman for the Sarajevo International Airport, Sanja Bagarić-Arnaut.

Bagarić-Arnaut added that these flights are especially interesting for the numerous B&amp;H diaspora, our citizens living in that part of Germany.
Flights to Cologne start on April 3 and should take place once a week, every Saturday. As of May 2021, the company has announced flights to this destination three times a week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Flights to Stuttgart start on May 1, and will take place twice a week, on Tuesdays and Saturdays.
-Tickets can be purchased at the Sarajevo International Airport, as well as online via the official website of the airport, www.sia.ba, or on Eurowings website.--We have to underline that due to the situation with the COVID-19 pandemic, the companies reserve the right to change the flight schedule- said Bagarić-Arnaut.

These flights are especially interesting for the numerous B&H diaspora our citizens living in that part of Germany

Flights to Cologne start on April 3 and to Stuttgart on May 1

Eurowings to reintroduce flights from Sarajevo to Cologne and Stuttgart in April

The lawyer for the family of beheaded French teacher Samuel Paty expressed her anger on Tuesday over lies spread on social media which led to the murder.

Paty, a secondary school teacher in a town near Paris, was killed last October by a radical Chechen teenager after showing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed to students during a civics class about free speech.
A 13-year-old schoolgirl has confessed to police that she lied about being in attendance and falsely accused Paty of asking Muslim children to leave the class while he showed the pictures.
Her father, who has been charged in connection with the murder, posted several incendiary videos on Facebook afterwards based on his daughter's testimony which identified Paty.
-Everything in the investigation showed very early that she lied- the Paty family's lawyer Virginie Le Roy told RTL radio on Tuesday. 
She said she was "sceptical" of the version of events recounted by the girl who has said she saw herself as a spokesperson for other pupils and wanted to impress her father.
-A spokesperson of what? Of lies, of events that never happened? This explanation does not convince me and makes me rather angry because the facts are serious, they're tragic- Le Roy added.
The killing of Paty shocked France and led to a fresh debate about freedom of speech, the integration of France's large Muslim population, and the role of social media in whipping up hatred. 
Paty was murdered in the town of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine by the 18-year-old Muslim extremist from Russia who had seen the online campaign against the teacher mounted by the schoolgirl's father and another man, a known Islamist preacher. 
Both of the individuals behind the Facebook videos have been charged with "complicity in murder" over their postings and are awaiting trial in jail, while the schoolgirl has been charged with slander.
The killer was shot dead by police.
A draft new security law being discussed in the French parliament would make it a jailable offence to publish information online about a public servant knowing that doing so could cause them harm.

Paty was murdered in the town of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine by the 18-year-old Muslim extremist from Russia

A person holds a picture of Samuel Paty, the French teacher who was beheaded on the streets of the Paris suburb of Conflans St Honorine, during a tribute at the Place de la Republique, in Lille, France

Anger over lies which led to killing of French teacher

Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Željko Komšić visited the Brčko District today on the occasion of the 21st anniversary of the establishment of the District.

On that occasion, a member of the Presidency of B&amp;H and the leader of the Democratic Front paid tribute to the fallen soldiers of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the killed soldiers of the 108th Infantry Brigade of the Croat Defense Council.
Komšić reminded that defining the status of Brčko was so far the only amendment to the Constitution of the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina, stating that unlike the RS entity authorities, the FB&amp;H authorities have neglected the strategic importance of the Brčko District and that such practice must change.
Komšić also met with the mayor of the Brčko District, Esed Kadrić and discussed infrastructure projects in the District, with a special focus on the construction of the Sarajevo-Belgrade motorway.
He emphasized that in the process of procuring vaccines, the Brčko District will not be put aside and that he received guarantees from the Prime Minister of the Federation of B&amp;H, Fadil Novalić in that regard.

He visited today on the occasion of the 21st anniversary of the establishment of the District

Komšić also met with the mayor of the Brčko District, Esed Kadrić and discussed infrastructure projects in the District, with a special focus on the construction of the Sarajevo-Belgrade motorway

Komšić: FB&H has neglected the strategic importance of Brčko District

Fahrudin Radončić, president of SBB, posted on his Facebook profile.
You can read his full status below:
After we, as the Federation of B&amp;H, have definitely remained the only area in Europe that has not yet - if we do not count the little alms received - procured a single dose of vaccine, Fadil Novalić has only now decided on an emergency session of the FB&amp;H Government and the formation of working group for procurement of the vaccines for citizens of the Federation.
What a shame, incompetence, hypocrisy and disgusting attempt to share his own incompetence, delay, inaction and consequent killing of citizens with the newly formed working group.
While he came up with the idea to convene the emergency session, others in the region vaccinated more than a million of their citizens. Even the Republic of Srpska entity, led by Dodik, has shown the ability to import significant quantities of vaccines and start mass vaccination.
After all, what will the new working group do taking into consideration the fact that we have the 
The real working group should have been formed half a year ago and should have consisted exclusively of members of the Presidency of B&amp;H (at least Džaferović and Komšić), members of the Council of Ministers (Turković, Cikotić and Podžić), vice presidents of two houses in PAB&amp;H Bakir Izetbegović and Denis Zvizdić. This would show their managerial and state ability and international contacts, which is clearly lacking.
While in serious countries, presidents and prime ministers are dealing with procurement of a life-saving vaccines, in our country, the compromised Novalić, after a cataclysmic delay, is now transferring this job to the level of middle-ranking federal officials and doctors in the FB&amp;H House of Representatives.
Bosniaks are, this must finally be said openly, already brutally humiliated by the incompetence of their government, but also criminally and mortally endangered by those who have been convincing us for years that they are the only true patriots and protectors of the people and the state. How they protect us is now clear to everyone.

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What a shame, incompetence, hypocrisy and disgusting attempt to share his own incompetence, delay, inaction and consequent killing of citizens with the newly formed working group, wrote Radončić

Radončić: The incompetent Bosniak leadership wants to hide behind the commission

B&amp;H Foreign Minister Bisera Turković continues to honor the public with meaningless and diplomatically scandalous statements, demonstrating a wide range of ignorance and insults to common sense.
Bisera's last statement is related to the dissatisfaction with Aleksandar Vučić's visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the donation of 10,000 doses of the FB&amp;H "AstraZeneca" vaccine, when she claimed that these vaccines were not approved for EU countries and that they were intended for poor countries.

- I asked that the vaccine is not used until the consent of the Drug Agency in B&amp;H is obtained, because this vaccine does not have the consent in the EU or the USA - said Turković.
She further pointed out that this vaccine in question is produced in India, under the license of "AstraZeneca".
- It is a very affordable vaccine, which is mostly used in poor countries, such as the Dominican Republic and similar countires. Hence, very cheap and very affordable and not licensed for use in the EU. That is why my condition was that it should be checked at the Agency - said Turković.
The main problem with such claims by Turković is that they are not true. When it comes to the Indian vaccine "Covishiel", it is the same as adenovirus vaccine from the company "AstraZeneca / Oxford", but produced by the Serum Institute in India. In mid-February, the World Health Organization (WHO) approved two more variants of the AstraZeneca vaccine for emergency use. One version is produced by AstraZeneca - SKBio in the Republic of Korea, and the other at the Serum Institute in India.

Both vaccines were included in the emergency list, after the WHO assessed safety, quality and efficacy data. Essentially, these are medical products that have the same specifications, composition and method of production as the vaccine produced by "AstraZeneca" in Europe.
This information was confirmed for "Avaz" by the assistant director for drug control in the Agency for Medicines of B&amp;H, Alija Uzunović, who said that it is the same vaccine from "Oxford".
- They are produced by one company, only the branding of the products is different. But the same is done with other products in the world. The information that you have, we also have, there is no difference between the two vaccines, which was confirmed by Mirza Palo from the Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) in B&amp;H. By the way, we received that information from the WHO - Uzunović emphasized.
Due to her false statement, Turković risks ultimately causing material and diplomatic damage to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Namely, Almir Badnjević, director of "Verlab", revealed that he received information from the management of "AstraZeneca" that this company is considering a lawsuit against our state due to unfounded statements and insults of their vaccine, which, he points out, was a great insult to them.
At the time Turković stated this, the EU was considering to approve these vaccines.
Let us remind you, the last "outburst" of Turković comes as just another one in a series by which the Minister offends the public and demonstrates lavish ignorance and lack of basic feeling for the situation in which the majority of B&amp;H citizens currently finds themselves.

She recently, answering the question why B&amp;H does not have vaccines, Turković made a scandalous statement, saying that "after the story about respirators, no one would have the courage to enter the process of private procurement of vaccines." Somewhere along the way, at times when citizens are dying from the coronavirus, the health care system is in chaos, and thousands of small businesses are closing their doors, Turković complained about her vehicle fleet at the Ministry and asked them to buy her a jeep.
It should be reminded that Turković sent her son to work in the B&amp;H Embassy in Qatar, and when asked by journalists whether she was embarrassed that she had hired her son, she replied:
-What now, that our children are not allowed to work in state agencies.
Turković also made it known to the public that her son Alija was "her baby", even though the baby is 40 years old. When asked about a number of houses and real estate she owns around the world, from Zagreb to Australia, Turkovic answered:
- Those are small, small, "tiny" houses.

Also, is there any need to remind about the famous gaffe, when Turković announced the ceremony of taking over the respirators from the United Arab Emirates as a donation for B&amp;H, which in the end turned out to be only in transit through our country and that they are intended for Montenegro.
Of course, this is only a part of the countless nebulous, rude and absurd statements that Turković gives in almost every public appearance, because all of them would require a thick book, and not a single journalistic text.

Due to her latest statements, AstraZeneca is considering to file a lawsuit againts B&H

Turković: She causes scandals day by day

Bisera Turković - Minister of Scandals

The 27th Sarajevo Film Festival will pay tribute to director Wim Wenders and honor him in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the art of film. The acclaimed director will be presented with the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award and honored with a retrospective of his selected works in the Festival’s “Tribute to” Program. 

-We are delighted to honor one of the central figures of modern cinema. With his work in the field of visual arts as an exceptional filmmaker and photographer, Wim Wenders continues to give the audience unforgettable stories and emotions-, said the Festival Director Mirsad Purivatra. 
Wenders will hold a Masterclass, and the Festival will also organize a special screening of the newly restored version of his film THE MILLION DOLLAR HOTEL, winner of the Silver Bear award at the Berlin Film Festival (2000).
Wenders will be returning to Sarajevo Film Festival ten years after his first visit: in 2011 he presented a revolutionary 3D film achievement PINA, a feature-length documentary homage to a legendary choreographer Pina Bausch (1940 – 2009), nominated for an Oscar. The same year, at the 17th edition of the Sarajevo Film Festival (2011) Wenders gave lectures to participants of Talents Sarajevo, an education program organized by Sarajevo Film Festival in cooperation with Berlinale Talents and International Film Festival in Berlin.
Wenders came to international prominence as one of the pioneers of the New German Cinema during the 1970s and is considered to be one of the most important figures in the history of film.
His international breakthrough came with THE AMERICAN FRIEND (1977). Since then Wenders has continued to work both in Europe and the USA as well as in Latin America, Asia and Australia and has been honored with countless awards at festivals around the world, including: the Golden Palm and the British Film Academy Award for PARIS, TEXAS (1984); the Director’s Prize in Cannes for WINGS OF DESIRE (1987); the Golden Lion in Venice for THE STATE OF THINGS (1982); and the Silver Bear for THE MILLION DOLLAR HOTEL (2000) at the Berlin International Film Festival.
His documentary films BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB (1999), PINA (2011), and THE SALT OF THE EARTH (2014) have all been nominated for an Oscar. 
In addition to his many prize-winning feature films, his work as a scriptwriter, director, producer, photographer and author also encompasses an abundance of innovative documentary films, international photo exhibitions and numerous monographs, film books and prose. In 2020 his newest 3D installation ‘’Two Or Three Things I Know About Edward Hopper’’ premiered as part of the exhibition Edward Hopper at the Fondation Beyeler.
In the fall of 2012, together with his wife Donata, Wim Wenders established the Wim Wenders Foundation in Düsseldorf. The non-profit foundation developed a framework that brings together the cinematic, photographic, artistic and literary life's work of Wim Wenders in his native country, making it permanently accessible to the general public worldwide through its digital restoration and preservation, and through the collaboration with many organizations worldwide working on making this work available. At the same time, the non-profit foundation supports young talents in the field of innovative narrative cinema through the Wim Wenders scholarship of the Film-und Medienstiftung NRW

Wenders continues to give the audience unforgettable stories and emotions, said the Festival Director Mirsad Purivatra

Wenders came to international prominence as one of the pioneers of the New German Cinema during the 1970s and is considered to be one of the most important figures in the history of film

SFF's Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award for 2021 goes to Wim Wenders

The "Handbook on Special Investigations", promoted today in Sarajevo, was prepared in cooperation with the Center for Education of Judges and Prosecutors in the Federation of B&amp;H and the Geneva Center for Security Sector Management - DCAF.

The publication is the result of cooperation between 20 judges, prosecutors and legal experts, led by the Dean of the UNSA Faculty of Law, Hajrija Sijerčić-Čolić, with the support of the RS Center for Education of Judges and Public Prosecutors, the B&amp;H Constitutional Court, the B&amp;H Court and the B&amp;H High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council.
-Special investigations encroach on a person's privacy, affect the right to freedom of expression and information, and therefore we believe that such a publication, which brings together key procedures, principles and good examples from practice, is something that was necessary in our entire criminal- legal system- said the chairman of CEST FB&amp;H Arben Murtezić, adding that this manual is the result of the cooperation of representatives from each of the current criminal codes in B&amp;H, which further adds to its importance.
Special investigative actions are often used in the fight against the most serious forms of crime and the protection of state security.
In light of the fact that 67 courts in B&amp;H have the power to order these encroaching measures, which violate basic human rights, it is crucial to ensure that judges and prosecutors adhere to the principles of the rule of law and respect for human rights.

The publication is the result of cooperation between 20 judges, prosecutors and legal experts, led by the Dean of the UNSA Faculty of Law Hajrija Sijerčić-Čolić

Special investigative actions are often used in the fight against the most serious forms of crime and the protection of state security

‘Handbook on Special Investigations’ ensures success of criminal investigations

French billionaire Olivier Dassault was killed on Sunday in a helicopter crash, a police source said, with President Emmanuel Macron paying tribute to the 69-year old conservative politician.Dassault was the eldest son of late French billionaire industrialist Serge Dassault, whose namesake Dassault Aviation, builds the Rafale war planes and owns Le Figaro newspaper.

-Olivier Dassault loved France. Captain of industry, lawmaker, local elected official, reserve commander in the air force: during his life, he never ceased to serve our country, to value its assets. His sudden death is a great loss. Thoughts on his family and loved ones- Macron said on Twitter.
The private helicopter crashed on Sunday afternoon in Normandy, where he has a holiday home, according to a police source. The pilot was also killed.
A lawmaker for the conservative Les Republicains party since 2002, Dassault was considered the 361st richest man in the world alongside his two brothers and sister, with wealth of about 6 billion euros ($7.15 billion) mostly inherited from his father, according to the 2020 Forbes rich list.He stepped down from his role on the board of Dassault due to his political role to avoid any conflict of interest.
Olivier, seen as the favourite of founder Marcel, was once considered favoured to succeed Serge at the head of the family holding, but that role went to former Dassault Aviation CEO Charles Edelstenne.
-Great sadness at the news of the sudden passing of Olivier Dassault- Valerie Pecresse, a conservative politician who is president of the Paris region, said on Twitter.
-A businessman, but also a renowned photographer, he had a passion for politics in his blood, rooted in his department of Oise. My warm thoughts to his family.-

He was considered the 361st richest man in the world alongside his two brothers and sister

Oliver was the eldest son of late French billionaire industrialist Serge Dassault, whose namesake Dassault Aviation, builds the Rafale war planes and owns Le Figaro newspaper

French billionaire politician Olivier Dassault killed in helicopter crash

A far-right proposal to ban facial coverings in Switzerland won a narrow victory in a binding referendum on Sunday instigated by the same group that organised a 2009 ban on new minarets.The measure to amend the Swiss constitution passed by a 51.2-48.8% margin, provisional official results showed.
The proposal under the Swiss system of direct democracy does not mention Islam directly and also aims to stop violent street protesters from wearing masks, yet local politicians, media and campaigners have dubbed it the burqa ban.
-In Switzerland, our tradition is that you show your face. That is a sign of our basic freedoms- Walter Wobmann, chairman of the referendum committee and a member of parliament for the Swiss People’s Party, had said before the vote.
Facial covering is “a symbol for this extreme, political Islam which has become increasingly prominent in Europe and which has no place in Switzerland,” he said.
Muslim groups condemned the vote and said they would challenge it.
-Today’s decision opens old wounds, further expands the principle of legal inequality, and sends a clear signal of exclusion to the Muslim minority- the Central Council of Muslims in Switzerland said.It promised legal challenges to laws implementing the ban and a fundraising drive to help women who are fined.
-Anchoring dress codes in the constitution is not a liberation struggle for women but a step back into the past- the Federation of Islamic Organisations in Switzerland said, adding Swiss values of neutrality, tolerance and peacemaking had suffered in the debate.
France banned wearing a full face veil in public in 2011 and Denmark, Austria, the Netherlands and Bulgaria have full or partial bans on wearing face coverings in public.
Two Swiss cantons already have local bans on face coverings, although almost no one in Switzerland wears a burqa and only around 30 women wear the niqab, the University of Lucerne estimates. Muslims make up 5% of the Swiss population of 8.6 million people, most with roots in Turkey, Bosnia and Kosovo.
The government had urged people to vote against a ban.

Muslim groups condemned the vote and said they would challenge it

A poster of the initiative committee against wearing the burqa (Verhuellungsverbot) reading "Stop extremism! Veil ban - Yes" is seen in Zurich Switzerland February 15, 2021.

Swiss agree to outlaw facial coverings in 'burqa ban' vote

On the occasion of the Month of Roma Women’s Activism, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&amp;H) will support the campaign of Roma women’s network “Success”.

Every year from 8 March to 8 April, the Roma women’s network “Success” marks the Month of Roma Women’s Activism. The network brings together a group of seven Roma organizations dedicated to improving the legal, social and economic status of Roma women and children.
This year’s slogan is: “It is my right, not a privilege”. The aim of the campaign is to raise awareness of citizens about the importance of Roma culture and identity as well the authorities’ obligation to protect and fulfill the rights of Roma as the largest and most marginalized national minority in B&amp;H. 
Despite the progress achieved, Roma women in B&amp;H and the Western Balkans experience double discrimination: as members of the Roma minority and as women.
-Roma women still face widespread marginalization and exclusion from decision-making processes – at home, in the community, as well as at the political level. They can be leaders of social change, but they have to be given the opportunity. There is a need to create equal opportunities that allow Roma women and girls to achieve their full potential- said Kathleen Kavalec, Head of the OSCE Mission to B&amp;H. -For this reason, I welcome this campaign and call on everyone to join our efforts to reject stereotypes and prejudice and to support the inclusion of Roma as equal members of society.-The OSCE Mission to B&amp;H remains committed to working with national minorities and authorities in B&amp;H to ensure increased national minority inclusion and greater realization of their human rights.

This year’s slogan is: “It is my right, not a privilege”

Every year from 8 March to 8 April, the Roma women’s network “Success” marks the Month of Roma Women’s Activism

OSCE Mission to B&H supports the Month of Roma Women’s Activism

According to the 2013 census of population, households and dwellings in Bosnia and Herzegovina, out of a total of 3,531,159 inhabitants, there were 1,798,889 or 51 percent of women, 1,131,227 in the Federation of B&amp;H, 625,396 in the Republic of Srpska and 42,266 in the Brčko District.

There are 789,717 (44 percent) of women living in urban areas, and 1,009,172 (56 percent) women living in other types of settlements.
Out of a total of 406,898 employed women in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2013, 315,056 or 77 percent worked in seven sectors: 76,460 in wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles, 61,273 in manufacturing, 43,960 in health and social work activities, 41,584 in education, 36,501 in public administration and defense, compulsory social security, 32,215 in agriculture, forestry and fishing and 23,063 in accommodation and food service sectors.
According to occupation, most B&amp;H women worked as - service occupations and salespersons 102,758, experts 81,341, technicians and professional associates 62,950, office workers and related occupations 43,287 and simple occupations 38,032. Out of the total number of employed women, 10,290 women worked in the positions of managers, the Agency for Statistics of B&amp;H announced.

There are 44 percent of women living in urban areas, and 56 percent women living in other types of settlements

According to occupation, most B&H women worked as - service occupations

Most B&H women work in service sectors

The velvety leader of the SDA, Bakir Izetbegović, is very lively these days. He insidiously pushed party servants Šefik Džaferović and Bisera Turković that on the&nbsp; "Bosnian doorstep", as former Reis Mustafa Cerić calls the vaccine ceremony which happened at the Sarajevo International Airport, outside the institutions, spread the red carpet to genocide denier, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, <a href="https://dnevni.ba/2021/03/05/bakir-izetbegovic-nesmotreno-priznao-da-ima-prste-u-izboru-lagumdzije-na-celo-vstv-a/">writes the portal Dnevni. ba</a>.Incompetent officials, blinded by idolatry to the leader and by almsgiving, drew the wrath of the mad public, from whose lynching they were slyly transparently defended by the party leader with vain claims that the cunning Vučić did not play with Bosniak vassals but only retaliated for the medical help which was sent to Sandžak with a nice gesture of donating vaccines.Then, disgustingly and, for who knows how many times, he attacked so-called civil parties, suggesting that they should not try to attack the SDA but that they should rather try to break into the yard of "enemies of the state", which are the leaders of HDZ B&amp;H and SNSD, Dragan Čović and Milorad Dodik.

However, in his unprepared media offensive in the regime media, SDA leader Bakir Izetbegović recklessly exposed a frightening fact. Namely, he inexplicably confessed that the SDA had influence in appointing a new head of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council, as well as the Central Election Commission. - Why be afraid of what the SDA and its president are doing? The SDA has always known how to find a way to oppose, even when it had two against one against itself, and we often have that now. Because, you see the changes in the Central Election Commission and the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council, they prove that we know how to find a way for things to move forward, Izetbegović exposed what was known in public. Of course, the Sarajevo minder kept silent about Izetbegović's outburst, and if Čović and Dodik had confessed such an insolent interference, they would have been torn apart for days in the media, it is stated in the analysis of the Dnevni.ba portal. All the strong civic intelligentsia was literally dumbfounded by the revelations of the national Bosniak chief. The leader of the SDA is again in a position to throw a life jacket in the waters of justice to the chosen ones, such as Osmica, but also to let others go down the water, like federal Prime Minister Fadil Novalić. Izetbegović severely compromised the new president of HJPC, Halil Lagumdžija.

A couple of analysts from Sarajevo recognize Bakir's victim, Fadil Novalić, who is tried in the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina while the same state court rejected, or is about to do so, almost all indictments against ISA director Osman Mehmedagić. They see Bakir Izetbegović's duplicitous, dirty game in everything. - Osman Mehmedagić Osmica was blocked, and Novalić was left stranded by the lynching of the people and long-term lawsuits. On Izetbegović's phone calls he (Novalić) did not want to answer, and with this he consciously ended his painful political career. Many SDA teenagers have set their mind to take over one of the most powerful positions in the country, the chair of the Federation Prime Minister, and the best chances to take over the position has the new favorite of the Izetbegović family, architect and nicknamed by the opposition as the "new bot" Faruk Kapidžić, and these are the answers that conspiracy theorists offer. SDA leader Bakir Izetbegovic have not stopped until he regained influence and power in the domestic judiciary. He smiles contentedly, because Ranko Debevec and Halil Lagumdžija are supposedly his great support. State Prosecutor Gordana Tadić remains his nightmare. Because of her, he sweats at night for months. Izetbegović has been exposing the state prosecutor to a cruel, even life-threatening, campaign since the beginning of the year. - I am convinced that the arrest of Prime Minister Novalić, humiliation and detention, will&nbsp; in the end prove to be completely unjustified. I call on the Prosecutor's Office of B&amp;H to urgently go public with the evidence against Novalić and not to hide behind the phrases about "the need for secrecy in order to protect the investigation." I am sure that there is no evidence, that there will not be any, and that it is a continuation of the attack on Bosniak champions, which began with the appointment of Gordana Tadić to the position of Chief Prosecutor of the Prosecutor's Office of B&amp;H and by filing of a series of indictments against RB&amp;H Army Generals, said SDA president Bakir Izetbegović last year. He even qualified Tadić as a "pro-Serb prosecutor", which the state prosecutor saw as putting a target on her forehead. - It is a direct pressure on the work of the Prosecutor's Office and endangering my safety and the safety of my family, which was already endangered. My security has been further deteriorated, and I must say that I have multinational members in my immediate and extended family. It is a threat and pressure and a desire for someone else to come to the position of chief prosecutor. I don't know who would suit Mr. Bakir Izetbegović better, said Chief Prosecutor Tadić. After Izetbegović's embarrassment, the reactions of Halil Lagumdžija and Željko Bakalar can be expected. The Bosniak national leader definitely threw mud on their cheeks, concludes Dnevni.ba.

The leader of the SDA is again in a position to throw a life jacket in the waters of justice to the chosen ones, such as Osmica, but also to let others go down the water, like federal Prime Minister Fadil Novalić

Izetbegović confessed that he had influence in the election of Lagumdžija as the head of the HJPC and that he keeps Debevac at the head of the Court of B&H

The presidents of several parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Fahrudin Radončić, Bakir Izetbegović and Elmedin Konaković, signed a Statement on the Status of Returnees in the Republic of Srpska (RS) entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and in particular in Srebrenica. In addition to them, the statement was also signed by the member of the Presidency of B&amp;H Šefik Džaferović , and the Prime Minister of the Federation of B&amp;H, Fadil Novalić. The aim of this statement is to find policies that could represent a concrete answer after the recent events in B&amp;H entity of RS, and especially attempts to completely eliminate Bosniaks, Croats and other non-Serb citizens from political life.
- Aware of the difficult situation of returnees living in the Bosnian entity of RS, as well as the latest developments after the local elections in Srebrenica, bearing in mind that the Bosniak population is almost completely biologically and politically eliminated from the Bosnian entity of RS, knowing that complete elimination od Bosniaks and the Islamic Community from the territory of the Bosnian entity of RS has not been abandoned, through hindering cultural, spiritual and economic development, aware of constant pressure and discrimination in all spheres of life in that part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is in stark contrast to Euro-Atlantic integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a secular state and society of common values and human rights, we confirm that the text that follows in 10 points is our joint statement - it is written at the beginning of the statement.

You can read all 10 points of the statement below: 1. In the future political activity of pro-Bosnian parties in the Bosnian entity of RS, everyone should overcome all party interests and put the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the forefront, and especially its citizens who are returnees to the Bosnian entity of RS.
2. By joint action, politically strengthen the position of the integration forces in this part of Bosnia and Herzegovina and make life easier for returnees.
3. Develop a comprehensive program for the survival and sustainable development of Bosniaks and Croats in the part of Bosnia and Herzegovina that is currently part of the administrative unit of the Bosnian entity of RS within 60 days.
4. When forming the budget of the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina and both entities, cantons and municipalities, request an annual allocation for support to returnees in the amount of 0.2% to 2%.
5. Provide unconditional institutional health care to returnees to the B&amp;H entity of RS in the Federation of B&amp;H.
6. Develop a study and make a plan to open Bosnian school centers in the Bosnian entity of RS, so that returnee children do not suffer discrimination in learning their language and national subject group.
7. Insist on bringing lawsuits in all fields against institutions and individuals that violate basic human rights and discriminate on any grounds.
8. Insist on the adoption of the Law on Restitution at the level of the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina and on the signing of the Agreement between the Islamic Community and the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina, because the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina as the largest religious community has not signed an agreement with the state.
9. Within 60 days, we will make and adopt a special comprehensive plan for the revitalization of Srebrenica "Srebrenica 2030", which will be selflessly supported by all state institutions, political parties, non-governmental organizations and the general public. The plan must include a 10-year projection of political, economic and cultural activities in Srebrenica with clearly stated goals and a way of measuring the achieved results.
10. We will insist on the adoption of a new statute for Srebrenica, which would ensure equality in representative and executive power, ie that Srebrenica has a special status within the RS and B&amp;H and that it should be declared a region of special European importance.

<h2>Nikšić did not sign the statement</h2>

This statement was not signed by the president of the SDP, Nermin Nikšić, because, as he said, the statement seems to him to have been written only to blindfold these people once again and to deliberately deceive them once again.

The aim of this statement is to find policies that could be a concrete answer after the recent events in the B&H entity RS

Read the statement signed by the presidents of the Bosnia parties

The first oak trees to be used in the reconstruction of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris were selected on Friday from a forest west of the capital. 

A total of 1,000 oaks are due to be hacked down by the end of March to rebuild the spire and roof of the cathedral, which was ravaged by fire in April 2019. 
Oaks from every region of France are being used to rebuild the cherished national monument -- around half from state land and the rest from private donations.
The ministers of agriculture and culture attended a ceremony to select the official first tree, a 20-metre (65 feet) oak in the forest of Berce near Le Mans, some 200 kilometres from Paris. 
-This is a project that concerns the whole of France- said General Jean-Louis Georgelin, who chairs the body in charge of restoring Notre-Dame. 
-It will ensure the security of the cathedral for eight centuries, ten centuries.-The trees will be cut up and stored for 12 to 18 months to prepare them for use in the reconstruction phase which is set to begin in autumn 2022, allowing for a planned reopening of the cathedral in April 2024.&nbsp;

A total of 1,000 oaks are due to be hacked down by the end of March

Oaks from every region of France are being used to rebuild the cherished national monument

France selects first oaks to rebuild Notre Dame

On the occasion of the announcement from the top of the SDA that they are preparing to partially fill the Government of the Federation of B&amp;H with two new ministers from the SDA, and this decision they are treating as reconstruction, SBB calls on the SDA leadership to finally unblock the appointment of a new government.
If there is enough parliamentary support for the announced "reconstruction", then the new FB&amp;H Government can and should be appointed and in that way to finally implement the 2018 election results.
SBB is very interested in leaving positions in the Government of FB&amp;H. The future partners of SDA-DF-HDZ will thus enable SBB to finally get out of the hostage position of remaining in the FB&amp;H Government, where we were brought against our will, defending the constitutional action of the Government and preventing anyone's ethnic or one-party domination.

If there is enough parliamentary support for the announced "reconstruction", then the new FB&H Government can and should be appointed and in that way to finally implement the 2018 election results

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Germany is main target of Russian disinformation

Eurowings to reintroduce flights from Sarajevo to Cologne and Stuttgart in April

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Komšić: FB&H has neglected the strategic importance of Brčko District

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Bisera Turković - Minister of Scandals

SFF's Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award for 2021 goes to Wim Wenders

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OSCE Mission to B&H supports the Month of Roma Women’s Activism

Most B&H women work in service sectors

Izetbegović confessed that he had influence in the election of Lagumdžija as the head of the HJPC and that he keeps Debevac at the head of the Court of B&H

Read the statement signed by the presidents of the Bosnia parties

France selects first oaks to rebuild Notre Dame

SBB: Instead of technical reconstruction,we should elect a new FB&H Government