20.07.1999

OBN News Review, 20 July 1999

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Headlines

  • BiH should become a part of the European nations’ family, the European Union representatives think
  • USA President, Bill Clinton, will attend the Stability Pact Summit in Sarajevo next week, the White House announced
  • Preparations for the Summit was one of the main topics at the press conference held by the Finish President Advisor today in Sarajevo
  • The main Prosecutor of the Hague Tribunal, Louise Arbour, being unsatisfied with the cooperation of Croatia, said that the Tribunal will punish Croatia
  • Border crossing between BiH and Montenegro in Scepan Polje

Scepan Polje One of the border crossings between BiH and Montenegro is in Scepan Polje. Many people from BiH, mainly from the RS, go to spend their weekends in Montenegro. Some of the refugees from Kosovo return to their homes. A report on this was produced by OBN journalist and presenter, Danijela Bozic.

Brussels A report on the visit of the BiH delegation to Brussels. The BiH Foreign Minister and the head of the BiH delegation in Brussels, Jadranko Prlic, said that the main opinion of the EU representatives is that BiH should become a member of the European nations family.

Sarajevo From the beginning of this month, the Finish President Advisor, Alpo Russi is in Sarajevo. Finland is the chairman of the European Union. At the press conference held today in Sarajevo, Alpo Russi said that he was satisfied with preparations for the Stability Pact Summit to date. A report on this was made by OBN journalist and presenter, Duska Jurisic.

This was followed by a report on three international telephone lines for all service information established by the BiH Interior Ministry. OBN reporter, Anes Alic, produced a report on Sarajevo hotels.

Zagreb A report on the press conference held by the main Prosecutor of the Hague Tribunal, Louise Arbour. She said she would report to the Hague Tribunal President that Croatia has refused to cooperate with the Tribunal. A report on this came from Zagreb for TV INFO.

Kosovo The European Commission announced that they would approve an additional 150 million dollars of humanitarian aid for Albanian and Serb refugees who fled Kosovo. A report on the current situation in Kosovo and Serbia was produced by the OBN journalist, Gordana Frimel.

World This was followed by a report on the search for John Kennedy Junior, his wife and sister-in-law. The USA investigators believe there is no hope for them. This was followed by reports from Taiwan, Kashmir, Cyprus and Uzbekistan.

Sarajevo Today, the High Representative, Carlos Westendorp, suspended Mehmed Alagic, Mayor of Sanski Most, from office for failure to support the implementation of the Dayton Accords.

Srednja Bosna Canton On July 11th, 1999 twenty prostitutes from the Ukraine were arrested in Busovaca, Novi Travnik and Vitez. IPTF complained they were not informed about the action. The Deputy Interior Minister of the Canton, Bare Prslja, said that police acted according to the law.

Mostar A report on new details of the case regarding the blocking of the M17 highway as a result of two trucks, from the Mustapic Frigo Company, being confiscated by the Interior Ministry of the Sarajevo Canton. A report on this was produced by OBN reporter, Damir Kaletovic.

Health A report on the transformation of the public health system in the RS was followed by a report on donation of the Federal Health Ministry to the Pale Municipality with the seat in Praca.

Srebrenica A report on 32 people from Srebrenica who went to Sweden today to meet their families. This was organised by humanitarian organisations from BiH and Sweden.

Mostar A report on the return of Bosniaks to Postoljani and Kljun villages in the Mostar Municipality. A report was produced by OBN reporter from Mostar, Enes Ratkusic.

Sport A report on the Tour de France was followed by a report on international football.