Two schools under one roof

se times
13/07/2011

Double schools represents ethnic segregation by another name in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
By Bedrana Kaletovic for Southeast European Times in Sarajevo – 13/07/11
Doris Dragic and Doris Raguz, both 16, attend high school in the town of Stolac in southern Herzegovina. Ironically, the two teenagers attend classes in the same building but they go to different schools.

Dragic studies in a school under the BiH school programme, while her namesake opted to attend a school under the educational programme of neighbouring Croatia. The latter conducts classes in, and studies about, the Croatian language and history....more....
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http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2011/07/13/feature-04

Bosnian Croat Leader Faces New Charges

balkan insight
01 JUL 2011 / 11:44

In new twist to a long-running legal saga, after Mostar court dismisses one indictment against Dragan Covic, Sarajevo Canton charges him with abuse of power in another.

Eldin Hadzovic Sarajevo
Only two days ago, Bosnian Croat leader Dragan Covic, head of the Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, was acquitted of all charges in a marathon process before the cantonal court in Mostar....more....
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http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/new-criminal-charges-against-bosnian-croat-leader

Bosniaks and Croats, Divided in Class and at Play

ny times
By MATTHEW BRUNWASSER

Published: July 1, 2011
VITEZ, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA — Every morning at the local grade school formerly known as Brotherhood and Unity, the Catholic Croat children head to the right, and the Bosnian Muslims head to the left.
The Croats study in the school’s cheerful looking main building, which was recently renovated. The Muslims attend class in the crumbling, dingy annex next door....more...
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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/02/world/europe/02iht-bosnia02.html?_r=3&ref=europe

In Some Bosnian Schools, Ethnic Divisions Remain (pictures)

ny times
Vitez, a small town in central Bosnia, was the site of one of the fiercest battles during the war between Bosnians and Croats, former allies against the Serbs who turned against each other....more...
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http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2011/07/02/world/europe/0702-BOSNIA.html

Bosnian Croat Leader Acquitted of all Charges

balkan insight
27 JUN 2011 / 15:40

A marathon legal process against several defendants suspected of involvement in the illegal 1999 privatisation of Eronet Company – including Dragan Covic, leader of Bosnia’s strongest Croat party, ended on Monday, with the court dropping all the charges.

Eldin Hadzovic Sarajevo

The cantonal court in Mostar has acquitted Dragan Covic, president of the HDZ, and six other members of the Steering Board of the former Croat Post and Telecommunications company, HPT, of abusing their power and authority and illegally transferring shares of Eronet, HPT's mobile telephony subsidiary, to three other private companies in 1999....more....
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http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/verdict-against-bosnian-croat-leader-to-be-released-on-monday

Covic goes on trial for privatisation of mobile phone operator

tportal.hr
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
11.05.2011 15:19

Author: Radio.net

The head of the Bosnian Croat HDZ party, Dragan Covic, and six former executives of the HPT postal and telecommunications company went on trial in the southern Bosnian city of Mostar on Wednesday for the privatisation of the local mobile phone operator Eronet....more...

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http://daily.tportal.hr/127259/Covic-goes-on-trial-for-privatisation-of-mobile-phone-operator.html

Bosnian Prosecutor's Office: No indictments against Croatian generals

tportal.hr
War crimes investigation?
25.04.2011 13:28

Author: Radio.net
The Bosnian State Prosecutor's Office on Monday denied reports by some media in Croatia that indictments had been prepared against a group of Croatian Army generals accused by the Bosnian Serb police of war crimes....more...
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http://daily.tportal.hr/124254/Bosnian-Prosecutor-s-Office-No-indictments-against-Croatian-generals.html

Sarajevo archbishop: Bosnian Croats subjected to ethnic cleansing

tportal.hr
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
24.04.2011 20:46

Author: Radio.net
The Croat Catholic Archbishop of Sarajevo, Cardinal Vinko Puljic, said in an interview with Dnevni Avaz daily of Sunday that regardless of the fact that the war was over, Catholic Croats in the country were still exposed to ethnic cleansing, and that ethnic communities that were bigger than the Croat community were electing to the government Croat representatives who were not supported by the majority of the Croat electorate....more...
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http://daily.tportal.hr/124206/Sarajevo-archbishop-Bosnian-Croats-subjected-to-ethnic-cleansing.html

Bosnian Parties Split Over New Croat Assembly

balkan insight
21 Apr 2011 / 13:18

The establishment of a Croat National Assembly in Bosnia this week has prompted an array of reaction from across the country, while the actual impact of the body remains unclear.
Eldin Hadzovic, Sarajevo
Bosnia's top international official, High Representative Valentin Inzko, said that the country needs honest dialogue within established institutions, and not new parallel structures. "The era of parallel institutions is behind us," Inzko said, adding that the only way to make crucial changes in Bosnia is through relevant state institutions....more...

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http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/reactions-to-croatian-assembly

“Croat resolution not act against RS”

b92.net
Region

Thursday 21.04.2011
09:23
Source: Tanjug

BANJA LUKA -- Republic of Srpska (RS) President Milorad Dodik has stated that a resolution of the Croat National Assembly, adopted on Wednesday, is not an act against RS. ...more...
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http://www.b92.net/eng/news/region-article.php?yyyy=2011&mm=04&dd=21&nav_id=73921

Bosnian Croats demand own entity

se times

20/04/2011

Will Bosnia and Herzegovina be divided further?
(Deutsche Welle, Gulf Times, RIA Novosti, Blic, Actualno.com - 20/04/11; Dnevni List, MIA, Tanjug, RTS, Fena - 19/04/11)
The leaders of the main Bosnian Croat parties Tuesday (April 18th) called for amendments to the constitution that would open the door for the division of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) into at least three entities, one of them for their ethnic community. ...more...
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http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2011/04/20/feature-01