27.09.1999

OHR BiH TV News Summary, 27 September 1999

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News Headlines

  • Solana and Clark visit Sarajevo
  • World news
  • British Foreign Affairs Minister Robin Cook convinced ICTY will try Milosevic but it will be difficult to remove him from power
  • Izetbegovic conducts second day of visit to Iran and meets with President Hatami
  • Luzanski meets with US Peace Institute delegation stressing need for returns and arrest of indictees
  • Ganic meets with US Peace Institute Delegation on possibilities to create global strategy in region
  • Sloga to demand premature RS presidential elections if Sarovic refuses position – SNS delegate Milica Markovic Elez
  • Liberal Party holds press conference
  • LBO press conference
  • BOSS demands Izetbegovic explain situation over auctioning of Sarajevo Canton-owned flats
  • BiH Syndicate to hold strike in Sarajevo on 25October
  • Bicakcic conducts working visit in Una-Sana Canton on rebuilding infrastructure
  • Tuzla Assembly holds session once again failing to adopt proposed budget re-balance
  • Difficult situation in domestic agriculture that fails to collect profits
  • Humanist League opens conference in Dubrovnik on violence against children
  • Lions Club Association helps rebuild home for blind and visually impaired children
  • BiH Federation Minster for Refugees and DP’s Sulejman Garib talks to US Ambassador in BiH Miller on adoption of BiH orphans
  • Miroslav Jancic book of poetry ‘Bosniak-alien’ promoted in Sarajevo on Monday
  • Bosanska Posavina refugees await return home on other side of Sava River
  • Sports
  • Weather

News Summary

Liberal Party holds press conference

“Reactions to the arrest of the international terrorist Mehrez Amdouni cast a black shadow over BiH, placing the stone of terrorism around its neck, even in the hardest of times, Bosniaks never reached for terrorism” BiH Liberal Party Vice-president Strajo Krsmanovic stated. The Party is supporting activities of the Statesmanship Revision Committee and demanding a revision of the voting lists.

00:26

LBO press conference

“Corruption in BiH is a universal occurrence and no foreign expert team can reveal its real roots” stated LBO President Muhamed Filipovic. He also manifested a belief that none of the Izetbegovic family members are thieves. The question is not whether Izetbegovic has stolen something or not but rather what is his political responsibility for the state that BiH is in?

00:26

BOSS demands Izetbegovic explain situation over auctioning of Sarajevo Canton-owned flats

While conducting a search regarding The New York Times article on corruption in BiH, BOSS delegate in Sarajevo Canton Assembly Hamid Lagumdzija came into possession of documents showing that the Sarajevo Construction Institute is in charge of auctioning cantonal flats. A long-standing member of the institute is Bakir Izetbegovic and BOSS is requesting an explanation from BiH Presidency Member Alija Izetbegovic.

00:22