Headlines
- G8 Summit on Kosovo in Koln
- Successful Yugoslav forces’ withdrawal from Kosovo
- Germans demilitarize KLA in Prizren, Kosovo
- Louise Arbour claims for stronger SFOR mandate in BiH
- TV INFO topic: How to decrease the military budget and number of soldiers and how to increase number of returnees?
- Railroads workers strike from today
Convertible Mark
Convertible Mark has its first birthday. This is one of the strongest cohesion elements in the country. OBN crew made a piece on this according to the news of the BH Press Agency.
Kosovo
Soldiers of the Kosovo Liberation Army in Prizren, Kosovo will not be permitted to bear any weapon with them. Also, they can not walk in uniforms. Colonel Rolf Bescht said that the High Representative Ekrem Rexha proposed this forbid as an introduce to the further agreement between NATO and KLA.
According to the NATO, Yugoslav forces’ withdrawal from Kosovo took an successful development. In the terms of deadlines, neither one soldier can stay in Kosovo until Sunday midnight.
In front of KFOR Headquarters in Skopje the bomb exploded. There was no injured people. Investigation is ongoing.Safet Bisevac from Skopje reported on this. Also, he reported on returnees to Kosovo from Macedonia. 5.420 refugees from Kosovo returned their to homes yesterday. Up to now 10.000 refugees returned to their homes in Kosovo, even if the UNHCR warned them that living and safety conditions are not favorable yet.
According to the Monte Negro Police Report 600 of Serbs and Monte Negros from Kosovo arrived to Rozaje, Monte Negro.
Koln
G8 Summit on Kosovo in Koln began. Zdravko Lipovac reported from Koln. German Chancellor Shroeder met wit Bill Clinton. NATO and Russia relationship was discussed. It was announced informally that German could catalyzes between these two.
Robert Gelbard visited Podgorica to encourage democracy process in Yugoslavia.
Brussels
After experience with KFOR in Kosovo, Louise Arbour asked for stronger mandate of SFOR in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in order to underline SFORs’ duty to arrest war criminals. Mirko Klarin reported on this.
Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council was concerned by the lack of achievements in the Peace Implementation Process. Steering Board was not satisfied by the BiH Parliament functioning.
Banja Luka
Prime Minister of the Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, nine Presidents of Municipalities in the Republika Srpska and USAID assigned the Memorandum of 17 million dollars of aid for infrastructure and reconstruction in this part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
This report was followed by reactions on the return of the property in the Republika Srpska.
Sarajevo
OBN’s reporters Danijela Bozic and Amarildo Gutic researched the case of attacks on the policeman in Federation BiH and Sarajevo Canton, organized criminal, and protection of witnesses.
SDA
Executive board of the SDA Party proposed to redirect 50 million out of the military budged for the development of the returning process. OBN’s reporter Sanjin Beciragic made a piece on this.
Privatization in BiH
President of the War Veterans Organization in the Republika Srpska, Zdravko Petrovic, said that veterans from RS are not satisfied with the privatization process, particularly with project for privatization 350 small companies. He claimed for postponement of this process until the law of rights for veterans would be adopted. War veterans in the Federation BiH have the same opinion. Dejan Hadzic from Banovici made a piece on this.
Neum
OBN’s editor Mujo Delibegovic attends the seminar on transition and privatization, organized by International League of Humanists. He reported on tourism as the chance to make incomes in BiH from this.
Sarajevo
A report on the strike of railroads workers. Among other requests, workers ask from the Government to provide funds for social security of workers. On this occasion Prime Minister of the Federation BiH, Edhem Bicakcic had a meeting with Steering Board of Railways and Representatives of Syndicates.
Tuzla
It is announced that Airport will be opened for civil traffic.
Sport
A report from Bihac on the “Jedinstvo” football team that will represent BiH at the forthcoming match. Hockey and NBA reports followed.
Mostar
Fisherman in Mostar hunted the fish with 17 kg weight. This is a local record, not only story.