The Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina party (HDZ BiH) applauded the decision saying the Croats, as one of the three constituent peoples, were entitled to a radio and television channel in the Croatian language within Bosnia's public broadcasting system.
Local Croatian media and a number of Bosnian Croat officials said yesterday's decision represented a victory for all who advocated the establishment of a radio and TV channel in Croatian.
However, the spokesman for the Office of the international community's High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mario Brkic, said the decision was not a victory for anyone as it returned the whole process to the beginning.
The reform of the national public broadcasting system is one of 16 conditions the European Commission set for Bosnia so as to sign a Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the European Union. The third round of negotiations on the Agreement began in Sarajevo today.