OHR BiH TV News Summary, 25 September 2000

News Headlines:

  • Both ruling and opposition political parties claim victory in Yugoslav presidential and parliamentary elections
  • Orasje farmers dissatisfied with their status and block bridge over Sava River joining Orasje, BiH, and Zupanja, Croatia, and only de-block it after compromise reached with Croatian authorities
  • Two houses of Bosniak returnees destroyed by explosive devices in village of Trnova, Ugljevik Municipality, last weekend
  • BiH Association of Refugees says 4,300 houses reconstructed for returnees by EU still vacate because these are houses of persons not interested in returning
  • President of Regional Board for Return to Southeast BiH Vahid Kanlic says that recent visit of High Representative Wolfgang Petritsch to Kopaci only had negative effect and caused counter-reaction by local Serb authorities, which completely stopped return process to this village
  • Ziahudin Smailagic, member of Co-ordination Board of Association of Banja Luka Refugees Living in BiH Federation, says Banja Luka refugees of Bosniak nationality will decide at meeting in Zenica on Tuesday on when they will erect tent settlement in Banja Luka
  • Bosanska Krupa-based Una-Om wood processing company workers go on strike due to lack of raw materials
  • Around 230 Lukavac-based Aida company workers organise peaceful protest in front of Aida management building demanding payment of unpaid salaries
  • Sarajevo University Students Association expresses concern over still unsolved financial problems related to student standard
  • Kuwaiti parliamentary delegation ends three-day visit to BiH and expresses concern over administrative and legal obstacles to foreign investments in BiH
  • BiH Federation Police Academy promotes fifth multiethnic generation of police officers
  • US Ambassador to BiH Thomas Miller meets with leadership of BiH Serb Civic Council (SGV) and discusses implementation of BiH Constitutional Court rulings concerning equal constitutional status of all people throughout BiH, as well as return of people and properties
  • European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) delegation meets with BiH Federation Prime Minister Edhem Bicakcic and presents draft of EBRD new strategy that should be finalised by 14 November this year
  • RS Helsinki Committee for Human Rights considers BiH Presidency’s request for replacement of BiH Council of Ministers Chairman Spasoje Tusevljak as BiH Presidency attempt to avoid its own responsibility
  • Liberal Democratic Party (LDS) BiH maintains that BiH Presidency should make radical step and immediately replace Tusevljak because he was deliberately obstructing work of BiH Council of Ministers – LDS leader Rasim Kadic
  • Croat National Alliance (HNZ) BiH Main Board concludes at session in Ljubuski that HNZ will continue talks on possible cooperation with other political parties, regardless of fact it will run in November elections independently
  • TV BiH continues receiving letters of protest against excessive use of force by police officers during evictions in Bare, near Tuzla and Banovici
  • Mirzet Imamovic killed in exchange of fire between himself and Sead Alibasic late on Sunday in Kalesija village of Donje Vukovije
  • High Representative Wolfgang Petritsch and his wife Nora present donation of cassette recorders and wrist watches for the blind to Sarajevo Canton Association of Visual Impaired
  • IMC opens information campaign to educate citizens on how to lodge complaint against radio or TV stations in BiH if their program violates IMC Broadcasting Code of Practice
  • European Literary Gathering of writers, translators, journalists and strip authors to open in Sarajevo on Tuesday
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