OHR BiH TV News Summary, 12 November 2000

TV BiH News Headlines:

• High Representative to BiH Wolfgang Petritsch proclaims set of laws to strengthen BiH institutions (02:03)
• Barry, guest of Circle 99 Independent Intellectuals, comments on Croat referendum saying HDZ had been planning it for three years
• Petritsch says elections went smoothly and were without incident; Barry says final results to be disclosed after 17 November adding that political parties should focus on implementation of election results – joint OHR-OSCE press conference (01:22)
• Croat referendum case referred to EASC – OSCE
• “When and if OSCE decides to sanction our party, HDZ Presidency will take a stand on the matter” – HDZ spokesperson Tomic at press conference; he continued that HDZ candidates were much more successful in these than in previous elections (00:58)
• HDZ wins majorities in 5 cantonal assemblies – HDZ
• Unofficial results show Sarovic with 290,439 votes – SDS press conference
• SNSD reports Dodik wins 37,2 % while SDS candidate Sarovic takes 47,1% of votes for RS president
• Election observers give a high marks for organisation of elections, adding that media acted professionally during elections
• Outcome of US presidential elections still uncertain
• News from Kosovo
• World news
• Gunter Grass publishes new book – cultural news
• According to unofficial results, SDA strongest political party in BiH Federation – SDA press conference (00:42)
• Will of people confirms SDP strongest political party at BiH and BiH Federation levels – Lagumdzija at press conference (00:36)
• SDA says it now controls Una-Sana Canton Assembly
• Sports