OHR BiH TV News Summary, 26 September 1999

News Headlines

  • Russia ready for ground invasion in Chechnya
  • Solana and Clark arrive in Kosovo
  • KFOR confiscates many weapons from Serbs in Kosovo Polje, reason for Serbs to block main road in area
  • World news
  • World Bank annual assembly being held in Washington – TV BiH correspondent in Washington
  • BiH delegation headed by Izetbegovic visits Tehran, economic cooperation discussed
  • The Hague to bring verdicts in Kvocka, Radic, Kos and Zigic trial
  • Eight police officers of Serb nationality to start work in Drvar – ONASA
  • According to HN Canton Ministry of Labor data, 3,562 families returned to canton so far
  • BiH Federation delegation visits returnees in villages of Kusonje and Brezik
  • Tuzla Canton Government makes plan to implement de-mining projects
  • First BiH Pharmaceutical Conference taking place in Vogosca, near Sarajevo
  • Zenica doctors successfully remove lip tumor
  • Association of Independent Intellectuals Circle 99 holds session
  • Una-Sana Canton organizes six auctions for privatization process
  • International League of Humanists discusses rights and protection of children at conference in Dubrovnik

News Summary

The Hague to bring verdicts in Kvocka, Radic, Kos and Zigic trial

The Hague Tribunal is expected on Monday to bring verdicts in the trial of a group accused of war crimes committed against Bosniaks and Croats in Prijedor in 1992. Miroslav Kovcka, Mladjo Radic, Milojica Kos, Zoran Zigic are accused of killing, torturing and sexually abusing Bosniaks and Croats in the Omarska, Trnopolje and Keraterm concentration camps.

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Eight police officers of Serb nationality to start work in Drvar – ONASA

Based on the agreement on multiethnic administration implementation, eight police officers of Serb nationality are to start work in Drvar, ONASA reports. The first phase anticipates the employment of 15 Serb-nationality police officers in the Livno Canton Interior Ministry.

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BiH Federation delegation visits returnees in villages of Kusonje and Brezik

A BiH Federation delegation headed by Vice-president Ejup Ganic met in Tuzla with representative of associations for refugee return. They visited the towns of Kusonje and Brezik, where refugees have already returned. BiH Federation Labor, Social Policy and Refugees Minister Sulejman Garib stated that the economic situation is the current problem in maintaining the return process. The Dutch Government secured help for the reconstruction of 15 houses in the villages of Kusonje and Krizevici. The First Secretary of the Dutch Embassy announced that the Dutch Government will reconstruct 10 houses in the center of Brcko. BiH Federation Vice-president Ejup Ganic said, “with the reconstruction of houses, we will start returning people. More than half of Bosnia is empty and, when they return to empty spaces, a natural peace starts to rule.” The BiH Federation delegation announced an initiative of long-term loan support from the International Community worth $1 billion of aid for return.

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