09/23/2000

OHR BiH TV News Summary, 23 September 2000

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News Headlines:

  • Refugees from Podrinje block Bijeljina-Zvornik road due to frequent evictions and recent conflict between refugees and police in Bare settlement, they demand resignation of Tuzla Canton Interior Minister
  • Specialists for infective diseases warn of outbreak of hepatitis in wider Zenica area
  • Pre-election silence period in Yugoslavia in progress – News from Yugoslavia
  • Situation in Montenegro full of tension – Report from Podgorica
  • Summary report on pre-election campaigns of Milosevic and Kostunica
  • Kuwaiti delegation visits BiH with aim of supporting economic reconstruction and protection of human rights
  • Bicakcic calls on Kuwaiti businessmen to participate in BiH privatisation process during meeting with visiting Kuwaiti delegation
  • HDZ BiH delegation headed by Andric-Luzanski visits Usora and meets with citizens in this area in framework of preparations for upcoming elections
  • SDA in strongest possible terms condemns brutal use of force of Tuzla Canton police during eviction operations in Bare settlement, SDA demands investigation into this incident
  • Following forced eviction cases, BPS recommends that refugees not accept message of current authorities that wants to “use force to scatter its own people from Australia to America”
  • SDP Main Board assesses work of SDP municipal officials in implementation of SDP activities framework plan as successful
  • GDS satisfied because parliamentary consensus rejecting amendment preventing adoption of law on travel documents was adopted, which created conditions for issuing common BiH passport
  • First Monastery of Karmelicanke Sisterhood opens in Sarajevo settlement of Stup
  • Newly built mosque in Kljuc opens on Saturday
  • Story on Mehic family from Srebrenica, Kada and Meho who are together again after eight years, she was a refugee and he was captured by Serbs
  • International scientific conference “Crimes in Bosanska Krajina” takes place in Bihac
  • Story on difficult life of Bosniak returnees to village of Kamenica in Zvornik Municipality
  • 1st Corps of BiH Federation Army helps construction of Mostar-Boracko jezero road
  • Sarajevo University Administrative Board nominates Professor Boris Tihi for new Chancellor of Sarajevo University