The Service for Foreigners’ Affairs has undertaken operational activities this morning aimed at controlling the movement and stay of migrants in the area of the City of Bihać at two locations, Kamenica and Zegarska Alley, where migrants gathered and stayed in makeshift accommodation in abandoned buildings.

Inspectors of the Service for Foreigners' Affairs found 187 migrants, citizens of Pakistan, at the mentioned locations, and they were relocated, accommodated and taken care of in the temporary reception center Lipa.
Currently, medical examination, identification and registration activities are being carried out, as well as accommodation in the isolation part of the temporary reception center Lipa due to Covid protective measures.
The implementation of these activities is a continuation of the coordination of the Service for Foreigners’ Affairs with local authorities in order to better manage migration processes in the Una-Sana Canton, and such activities will be continued in the coming period, the Service for Foreigners’ Affairs said.

Currently, medical examination, identification and registration activities are being carried out

Migrants gathered and stayed in makeshift accommodation in abandoned buildings

A group of 187 migrants relocated from two locations in Bihać area

Sydney was battling a fresh Covid-19 cluster on Tuesday just as Melbourne's latest outbreak receded, highlighting Australia's difficulty in quashing persistent small virus flare-ups.

Ten people were diagnosed with Covid-19 in Sydney overnight, taking the cluster that first emerged in the city's Bondi Beach area last week to 21 cases.
New South Wales state Premier Gladys Berejiklian said health officials expected the outbreak in Australia's most populous city to continue growing in the coming days, after several people were infected in just "fleeting" non-physical contact with a case in a cafe and a large shopping centre.
In response, the government has reimposed mandatory mask-wearing in public transport and retail outlets across much of greater Sydney, but it has stopped short of ordering a lockdown.
The outbreak is thought to have started when a man who works as a driver for international flight crews contracted the highly contagious Delta variant of the virus, which was first identified in India.
-We also need to recognise that this Delta variant... is actually a gold medallist when it comes to jumping from one person to another- Berejiklian told reporters in Sydney.
It comes as restrictions on Melbourne's five million residents continued easing, with new cases slowing to a trickle in recent days. 
New Zealand and several Australian states have announced the removal of travel restrictions imposed last month as dozens of cases were detected in Melbourne and the city endured a two-week lockdown.
Canberra has maintained strict international border closures since March 2020 -- even limiting its own citizens' travel to and from the country -- in an effort to shut out Covid-19.
But the virus has repeatedly escaped hotels used to quarantine returning travellers, and health experts say the outbreaks will continue until large numbers of Australians are vaccinated.
Australia has administered 6.7 million doses to date in a population of 25 million, with only a small fraction having received both jabs.
The country has recorded about 30,000 cases of Covid-19 and 910 deaths during the pandemic.

Ten people were diagnosed with Covid-19 in Sydney overnight, taking the cluster that first emerged in the city's Bondi Beach area last week to 21 cases

The country has recorded about 30,000 cases of Covid-19 and 910 deaths during the pandemic

Australia struggles to quash persistent coronavirus outbreaks

In the past 24 hours, 923 samples were registered with the Public Health Institute of the Federation of B&amp;H, eight of which were positive for SARS-CoV-2.

New cases have been registered in the Tuzla Canton and Sarajevo Canton.
A total of 706,452 samples have been tested so far, and SARS-CoV-2 has been confirmed in 133,843 individuals.
In the past 24 hours, two new deaths were reported to the Public Health Institute of the Federation of B&amp;H, the Institute announced.
In the last 24 hours, 118 laboratory samples were tested in the Republic of Srpska, and there were no new cases of coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infection.
In the last 24 hours, four deaths have been reported to the RS Institute of Public Health in which the presence of coronavirus has been confirmed.
So far, 64,326 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the RS, and a total of 3,774 people who have been tested for coronavirus have died.
One person tested positive for coronavirus in the Brčko District, out of 116 processed tests. No deaths have been reported.

In Republic of Srpska there were no new cases of coronavirus infection

New cases have been registered in the Tuzla Canton and Sarajevo Canton

COVID-19 confirmed in nine people in B&H, with six deaths

The Court of B&amp;H accepted the proposal of the Prosecutor's Office of B&amp;H and ordered a one-month detention for the arrested Denis Prcić, the founder and owner of the American University in B&amp;H. His associate Melisa Belkić-Mujkanović was also detained. Her husband Emir Mujkanović will defend himself from freedom with prohibitive measures.
We remind you that they were arrested in Tuzla three days ago. Prcić is suspected of enabling ISA director Osman Mehmedagić to illegally obtain a diploma. During the search of the University, members of the MUP TK did not find any evidence that Mehmedagić was ever a student at this institution. However, he declared this diploma, which he handed over to the ISA Supervision Commission, a secret.
Prosecutor Oleg Čavka confirmed this information at the hearing yesterday. He said that Mehmedagić obtained a forged diploma of higher education with which he was appointed and performed the duty of the general director of ISA, although his actual qualification, the Higher qualification of the Faculty of Law in Sarajevo is not sufficient for the appointment.
- In this way, Mehmedagić achieved a property-legal benefit in the amount of more than 100,000 marks by performing his duties illegally, Čavka wrote in the proposal for ordering the detention.
By the way, Čavka yesterday confirmed the earlier allegations of "Avaz" that Prcić, with the help of his associates, tore the original page from the register of this faculty and that the name of Osman Mehmedagić was subsequently inserted and added. The graphologist who determined the illogicalities is the permanent court expert Ismet Katana.

Mehmedagić obtained a forged diploma of higher education with which he was appointed and served as the General Director of ISA

Video / Hearing of the arrested Denis Prcić: Where is the evidence that Osmica was a student

After the criminal investigation on the instructions of the duty prosecutor of the Cantonal Prosecutor's Office of the Sarajevo Canton, Fahrudin Ramić, who threatened to kill Muriz Memić, was released from police station, the Sarajevo Canton Ministry of the Interior confirmed to us.
We remind you that Ramić said that Memić would be killed if something happened to the suspects in covering up the case of Dženan Memić's murder.
He was found and arrested by the Sarajevo police last night, and after spending the night in the police station, he was released.

Ramić was released by a decision of the Cantonal Prosecutor's Office

Alisa Mutap's husband, who threatened Muriz Memić with murder, was released

Ifet Feraget, lawyer who is representing the Memić family, said after the hearing today that "it is better to sometimes defend a man with silence".
- You are putting yourself in a very awkward situation. You retaliate - said Feraget.
Asked to comment on Barić's actions, Feraget said:
- Isn't it a bit strange that someone reports Josip Barić based on giving two diametrically opposite statements, and at the same time that chief prosecutor tells me and father that "it was a fight that escalated. He did not want to kill him. " So if Barić gave the first statement on the 9th of February, it was an official note, and the second on the 10th of March, when he was examined as a witness.The first time he said the car hit them at high speed. So that would go around if it was a car accident. Dalida Burzić on March 7th, here are very important details, and I like the details, she brings an order to conduct an investigation into the crime of murder, and Barić on March 10th in some ways supports that order and says "besides being hit by a car, she told me that someone might have attacked them hidden from a tree." So you have a man assisting you in the murder investigation, and you are reporting him, after you opened the murder investigation before his statement. Therefore, it is not very logical. That is why Dalida Burzić must be held responsible. Josip Barić is a police officer, said prosecutor Dubravko Čampara, who had an order to remove the bloody T-shirt. He did not exclude her - said Feraget and added:
- You heard, I don't know if it was some recklessness, how we have a case in the Cantonal Court according to the indictment of the Cantonal Prosecutor's Office, from which the accused in this case are witnesses. And the witnesses in that case are indicted before this prosecution. Isn't that logical. So, if you filed a false indictment and Ljubo Seferović admitted something that didn't even happen, because Ljubo will definitely come next ... The accused and the suspects have the right to lie, to defend themselves with silence, but they have no right to take responsibility for something which they did not do in a way to help prevent the murder from being discovered. He can pronounce someone else's deed, murder and serve it - Feraget concluded.

That chief prosecutor tells me and the father “it was a fight that escalated. He did not want to kill him", said Ifet Feraget

Feraget: Dalida Burzić must be held accountable for a false indictment

The acting Prosecutor of the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina sent a motion to the Court of B&amp;H to extend custody for another 30 days, for the suspected police officer Josip Barić, who is under investigation in the case of the Prosecutor's Office of B&amp;H and refers to Dženan Memić's death in February 2016.
After the hearing, Muriz Memić and lawyer Ifet Feraget addressed the media.
Memić pointed out that he expects new arrests.
- We expect that to happen, they have solid evidence and it remains with the Prosecutor's Office. There should be new arrests, as far as I have learned so far. Not all are covered yet, not the main ones are covered.This is a message to Dalida Burzić, that I will never stop - said Memić.
He also commented on yesterday's threats.
- We'll see what happens next. The public got upset, I received over a thousand calls last night. He is in custody, I hope he will remain in custody until everything is resolved - said Memić.

The public got upset, I received over a thousand calls last night, Memić said

Muriz Memić after the hearing: There should be new arrests

A hearing was held today in the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina to extend the custody of Josip Barić, a police officer suspected of organized crime, and to hide and destroy evidence in the case of the murder of Dženan Memić.
According to the evidence of the Prosecutor's Office of B&amp;H, on the fateful night of February 8th, 2016, Barić did not take out the bloody sweater of Alisa Mutap, a girl who was with Memić on the night when he suffered fatal injuries.
Prosecutors Ćazim Hasanspahić and Dubravko Čampara explained to the Trial Chamber the motion to extend custody.
Hasanspahić stated that there are still reasons for Barić to remain in custody for another month because witnesses feel threatened and there are expert reports that have not yet been completed. 
On the other hand, Prosecutor Čampara stated that they are working on the identification of new suspects and their accomplices, and he emphasized that this is a complex case in which the institutions of the system covered up, faked and hid evidence.
- This was done by the MUP of Sarajevo Canton and the Prosecutor's Office of Sarajevo Canton. Note that Zijad Mutap was in an organized criminal group superior to Barić. Witnesses are in fear. Yesterday we had a situation that they were making death threats to the father who is fighting for the truth about the death of his child - stated Čampara.
Barić also addressed the court and stated that he did not know why he was arrested because he had worked honestly and responsibly throughout his career.

<h2>The father is just looking for the truth</h2>

- How do you think the other witnesses will feel when they know that Dženan's father was threatened in this way. The one who threatened said that Muriz Memić would be killed if something happened to the suspects. This is a case that attracts a lot of public attention and because of which citizens do not trust the police and the prosecution. The father was just looking for truth and justice. It was not just a matter of the child suffering, but someone was watching him die and did nothing. If he knows something, let this prosecution be interested only in the truth - Čampara explained.
Barić's lawyer referred to the finding of the expert from Serbia, Ištvan Bodal, who, as she stated, said that it was a traffic accident in this case. However, the prosecutor clarified that no one officially hired that expert witness, nor did he have a summons from the court to make an expert report, so this is a finding that was not taken into consideration because it was incoherent and illegal.

<h2>I think about everything at night</h2>

Barić justified himself in court by saying that the bloody sweater was not excluded because it was a female person, and that should have been done by a female police officer.
Prosecutor Čampara replied that Barić had a clear order from the then prosecutor and now a witness in the case Meris Ćato to remove all clothes from Dženan and Alisa.- I did not keep a word from the prosecutor that night. I've been doing this my whole career. And now I do so. I have known Zijad Mutap for 30 years but I have not spoken to him since that night. My boss Hasan Dupovac ordered me to escort the Renault Clio to the place of expertise and that’s it. I think about all this at night and it is not clear to me why I am in custody - stated Barić.

According to the evidence of the Prosecutor's Office of B&H, on the fateful night of February 8th, 2016, Barić did not seize the bloody sweater of Alisa Mutap, a girl who was with Memić on the night he suffered fatal injuries

Prosecutor Čampara: They are threatening to kill a father who is fighting for justice for his dead son

German federal prosecutors said Monday they had arrested a Russian scientist accused of passing sensitive information from a German university to Moscow in return for cash.

They said in a statement the suspect, identified only as Ilnur N., had been taken into custody on Friday on suspicion of "working for a Russian secret service since early October 2020 at the latest".
Ilnur N. was employed until the time of his arrest as a research assistant for a natural sciences and technology department at an unnamed German university. 
Federal prosecutors believe he met at least three times with a member of Russian intelligence between October 2020 and June 2021. On two occasions he allegedly "passed on information from the university's dominion".
He is suspected of accepting cash payments in exchange for his services.
German authorities searched his home and workplace in the course of the arrest.
The suspect on Saturday appeared before a judge who remanded him in custody.
The case comes at a time of highly strained relations between Russia and Germany on a number of fronts including the ongoing detention of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who received treatment in Berlin after a near-fatal poisoning.
Chancellor Angela Merkel's government has also worked to maintain a sanctions regime over Moscow's annexation of the Crimean peninsula, the scene of ongoing fighting between pro-Russia separatists and local forces.&nbsp;However despite international criticism, Berlin has forged ahead with plans to finish the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, set to double natural gas supplies from Russia to Germany.

Ilnur N. was employed until the time of his arrest as a research assistant for a natural sciences and technology department at an unnamed German university

Ilnur N. is suspected of accepting cash payments in exchange for his services

Germany arrests Russian scientist for 'spying' for Moscow

A French woman who killed the man who raped her for years as her stepfather before becoming her husband and pimp goes on trial for murder on Monday.

The case has mobilised defenders of women against male violence, with hundreds of thousands of people signing a petition for her release.
-I had to put an end to it- Valerie Bacot, 40, wrote in her book called "Everybody Knew", adding: "I was afraid, all the time."
Bacot was 12 when her mother's partner, Daniel Polette, who was 25 years her senior, raped her for the first time.
He was sent to prison, but after his release returned and resumed the serial rapes.
At 17, Bacot became pregnant, got thrown out of the house by her alcoholic mother, and went to live with Polette.
Polette, also a heavy drinker, became increasingly violent, attacking her with a hammer at one point.
He later ordered her to work as a prostitute for truck drivers passing through, using a Peugeot people carrier.
Investigators established that Polette threatened to kill her if she refused, pointing a gun at her many times.
When Polette started questioning her 14-year old daughter Karline about her budding sexuality, Bacot said she decided that "this has to stop".
On March 2016, after Polette ordered his wife to undergo yet another sexual humiliation by a client, she used the pistol that he kept hidden in the car to kill him with a single bullet to the back of the neck.
Bacot hid the body with the help of two of her four children. In October 2017 she was arrested, confessed and one year later released pending her trial while remaining under judicial control.Her lawyers said "the extreme violence that she suffered for 25 years and the fear that her daughter would be next" pushed her to kill Polette.
The same lawyers, Janine Bonaggiunta and Nathalie Tomasini, had already defended Jacqueline Sauvage, a French woman who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for killing her abusive husband but won a presidential pardon in 2016 after becoming a symbol for the fight against violence directed at women.
-These women who are victims of violence have no protection. The judiciary is still too slow, not reactive enough and too lenient towards the perpetrators who can continue to exercise their violent power- Bonaggiunta told AFP.
-This is precisely what can push a desperate woman to kill in order to survive- she said.
Bacot was "certain that she needed to commit this act to protect her children", a court evaluation found.
More than 500,000 people have signed a petition demanding that Bacot, who risks life in prison for murder, be cleared of the charge.
The trial in Chalon-sur-Saone, in France's central Burgundy region, is due to run through Friday.

Bacot was 12 when her mother's partner, Daniel Polette, who was 25 years her senior, raped her for the first time

Woman who killed rapist husband goes on trial in France

Police officers from the Sarajevo Canton MUP Police Directorate identified, found and arrested Fahrudin Ramić from Sarajevo last night, who is suspected of the criminal offense of "Endangering Security" under Article 183 of the FB&amp;H Criminal Code, committed to the detriment of Muriz Memić from Ilidža.
Ramić is the husband of Alisa Mutap, Dženan's ex-girlfriend who was arrested in Sarajevo four days ago and is currently in custody in Tuzla.
As we published last night, he is in the premises for the detention of persons deprived of liberty by the MUP of the Sarajevo Canton, and a criminal investigation is underway.
The duty prosecutor of the Cantonal Prosecutor's Office of the Sarajevo Canton was also informed about everything.
We found out that he was arrested in his house in Stari Grad, where the KS Ministry of the Interior recently conducted a search.

Ramić is the husband of Alisa Mutap, Dženan's ex-girlfriend who was arrested in Sarajevo four days ago and is currently in custody in Tuzla

This is Fahrudin Ramić, the husband of Alisa Mutap, who threatened to kill Muriz Memić

Five new countries including the US were added on Friday to the EU's travel list, lifting entry restrictions against the coronavirus for international arrivals.EU governments agreed to add the US, North Macedonia, Serbia, Lebanon, and Albania to the list, their representative Council of the EU announced.The list also included Taiwan, which China considers a “breakaway province,” while Taipei insists on its independence since 1949 and currently maintains independent diplomatic relations with at least 16 nations.Restrictions for travelers from two of China's special administrative regions, Hong Kong and Macao, were also lifted with the condition of reciprocity.The decision updated the list already featuring Australia, New Zealand, Rwanda, Israel, Singapore, South Korea, Japan, Thailand, and China in case of reciprocity.Residents of these countries can visit the EU for non-essential purposes regardless of their vaccination status.The free travel list is considered a recommendation for EU members, whose governments are allowed to make exceptions and allow visitors from other non-EU countries.The bloc decided to restrict the entry of non-EU nationals to its territory last March in order to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Residents of US, North Macedonia, Serbia, Lebanon, Taiwan can visit bloc without COVID-19 restrictions

Restrictions for travelers from two of China's special administrative regions, Hong Kong and Macao, were also lifted with the condition of reciprocity

EU adds 5 new countries to free travel list

Austria will donate one million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to western Balkan countries, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said Friday.

In April, Austria and Slovenia promised thousands of coronavirus vaccine doses to the Czech Republic after coming under fire from Brussels for refusing to help EU partners in greater need of jabs. 
-We will deliver one million doses of vaccines from Austria to the western Balkans from August until the end of the year- Kurz told reporters after meeting representatives from Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, Republic of North Macedonia and Serbia.
A spokesman told AFP that the donations would be mostly AstraZeneca and that further details -- including who gets how many -- would still need to be decided.
-We will only be able to overcome this pandemic once all countries in Europe and beyond have overcome it- Kurz said.
Almost half of Austria's almost nine million people have already received at least one shot, while a quarter is fully vaccinated.

Kurz: We will only be able to overcome this pandemic once all countries in Europe and beyond have overcome it

Almost half of Austria's almost nine million people have already received at least one shot, while a quarter is fully vaccinated

Austria to donate million Covid vaccine doses to Balkan states

One in two Germans have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine, health authorities said Friday, warning against complacency as the Delta variant is expected to become the dominant strain.

The variant first identified in India, now spreading fast in Britain and elsewhere, has doubled to just over 6 percent of all new infections in Germany during the week ending June 6 from the previous seven days.
-By the autumn, it will be the dominant strain- said Lothar Wieler, who heads the disease control agency RKI. 
It was "biologically logical" for the strain to become dominant simply because it was more infectious, he said.
Data from Britain, which has one of the fastest vaccination campaigns in the world, show that innoculation helps prevent serious disease.
Nevertheless, "that is valid only for fully vaccinated people," said Wieler, noting that those who have received only one jab could still catch the variant and spread it.
Around 29 percent of Germans are fully vaccinated.
Germany has eased most restrictions, reopening restaurants, shops, pools and museums in the last weeks as new infections dip sharply.
On Friday, it recorded 1,076 new cases, while the the number of new cases over a seven day period continued to drop to 10 per 100,000 people.
Wieler said however that it was necessary to keep wearing masks indoors, such as on public transport or at offices. 
"We have achieved really good results but the virus is still active and please let us give this virus no chance," he urged.

Data from Britain, which has one of the fastest vaccination campaigns in the world, show that innoculation helps prevent serious disease

Around 29 percent of Germans are fully vaccinated

Half of Germans have first jab but variant fuels fears

The Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina says that three people were arrested during today's searches in Tuzla and Sarajevo.
- The searches refer to a total of three people, and are carried out with the aim of finding documentation, evidence and official records of the American University in Tuzla. The suspects will be questioned within the legal deadline, after which the acting prosecutor will make a decision on further activities in the case.
Searches are conducted in order to find evidence of the work and activities of this institution, as part of the investigation related to illegalities and irregularities in connection with the issued diplomas.
In the interest of working on the case, we cannot provide more information at this time - it is eritten in the statement of the Prosecutor's Office of B&amp;H.

The searches related to three persons, and are conducted with the aim of finding documentation, evidence and official records of the American University in Tuzla

B&H Prosecutor's Office on Prcić's arrest and aearch at American University: Three people arrested in Tuzla and Sarajevo

Mostar Mayor Mario Kordić and Mostar City Council President Salem Marić met with Ambassador Johann Sattler, Head of the European Union Delegation and EU Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
 
They discussed current activities of the new city administration and infrastructure projects in Mostar at the meeting.
Mayor Kordić and the President of the City Council Marić emphasized that the City Administration has a significant job ahead of it and that the expectations of the citizens are high. They acquainted Ambassador Sattler with the plans of the new leadership of the City of Mostar, especially when it comes to improving the functionality and transparency and activities on the implementation of priority infrastructure projects.
Sattler welcomed the efforts of the new administration and called for resolving urgent issues for the citizens of Mostar.
The interlocutors also discussed projects whose implementation was contributed by the European Union, as well as the need to implement projects that would strengthen the economy and tourism, the City of Mostar announced.

They discussed current activities of the new city administration and infrastructure projects

Mario Kordić, Johann Sattler and Salem Marić

A group of 187 migrants relocated from two locations in Bihać area

Australia struggles to quash persistent coronavirus outbreaks

COVID-19 confirmed in nine people in B&H, with six deaths

Video / Hearing of the arrested Denis Prcić: Where is the evidence that Osmica was a student

Alisa Mutap's husband, who threatened Muriz Memić with murder, was released

Feraget: Dalida Burzić must be held accountable for a false indictment

Muriz Memić after the hearing: There should be new arrests

Prosecutor Čampara: They are threatening to kill a father who is fighting for justice for his dead son

Germany arrests Russian scientist for 'spying' for Moscow

Woman who killed rapist husband goes on trial in France

This is Fahrudin Ramić, the husband of Alisa Mutap, who threatened to kill Muriz Memić

EU adds 5 new countries to free travel list

Austria to donate million Covid vaccine doses to Balkan states

Half of Germans have first jab but variant fuels fears

B&H Prosecutor's Office on Prcić's arrest and aearch at American University: Three people arrested in Tuzla and Sarajevo

Ambassador Sattler meets with Kordić and Marić

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A group of 187 migrants relocated from two locations in Bihać area

Australia struggles to quash persistent coronavirus outbreaks

COVID-19 confirmed in nine people in B&H, with six deaths

Video / Hearing of the arrested Denis Prcić: Where is the evidence that Osmica was a student

Alisa Mutap's husband, who threatened Muriz Memić with murder, was released

Feraget: Dalida Burzić must be held accountable for a false indictment

Muriz Memić after the hearing: There should be new arrests

Prosecutor Čampara: They are threatening to kill a father who is fighting for justice for his dead son

Germany arrests Russian scientist for 'spying' for Moscow

Woman who killed rapist husband goes on trial in France

This is Fahrudin Ramić, the husband of Alisa Mutap, who threatened to kill Muriz Memić

EU adds 5 new countries to free travel list

Austria to donate million Covid vaccine doses to Balkan states

Half of Germans have first jab but variant fuels fears

B&H Prosecutor's Office on Prcić's arrest and aearch at American University: Three people arrested in Tuzla and Sarajevo

Ambassador Sattler meets with Kordić and Marić