19.06.2000

OHR BiH TV News Summary, 19 June 2000

News Headlines

  • Serb vandals demolish Bosniak houses and shops in Brcko suburb of Brodusa on Sunday after Yugoslav National Team defeats Norway 1-0 in EURO2000 Championships
  • European Commission donates 10.6 million euros to project on reconstruction of refugee houses in BiH in 2000
  • Srebrenica Municipality needs donations to boost refugee returns – Municipal officials assess
  • First billion KM in civic privatization certificates has been spent in privatization process – BiH Federation Privatization Agency
  • Cheated depositors of bankrupted Sarajevo-based SAB Banka intend to sue BiH Federation Government Banking Agency for their savings, which they want returned in full
  • 1.2 million KM needed to test cattle in BiH Federation for Q-Fever disease
  • Bodies of 58 illegal aliens attempting to enter Britain found in refrigerator truck in Dover
  • World news
  • Swedish Government and BiH Council of Ministers sign agreement in Sarajevo on development cooperation
  • SDP President Zlatko Lagumdzija presents SDP BiH program for direct foreign investments in refugee-return regions to Swedish Government delegation
  • Free-Trade Agreement between BiH and Croatia must be signed as soon as possible – Croatian Chamber of Commerce’s office in Sarajevo
  • There were no serious inaccuracies in voter registers at BiH local elections, only citizens that failed to re-register were omitted from voter registers – OSCE concludes analysis of voter registers
  • RS Education Minister Nenad Suzic’s car was blown up because he was one of signatories of Agreement on Reform of BiH Education System – BiH Liberals
  • BiH Liberals and Liberal Bosniak Organization (LBO) will formally proclaim establishment of new party Liberal Democratic Party (LDS) during Unification Congress this Saturday
  • Funeral of RTV BiH employee Vasiljko Sudarevic held in Sarajevo on Monday
  • Cornerstone laid for Memorial to Croats killed on 14 September 1993 in Uzdol, a village near Prozor town
  • Entire region surrounding Sarajevo International Airport must be de-mined before airport can continue with normal operations
  • Area around TV transmitter on Mount Velez, in Mostar, has been cleared of mines
  • 450th generation of Gazi-Husref Bey’s Islamic High School (medresa) will graduate this year
  • Sports Weather

(This excerpt is taken from the daily report of the IMC-led Joint Media Monitoring Group (JMMG)).