OHR BiH TV News Summary, 26 September 2000

News Headlines:

  • Zeljko Dzidic, one of five Mostar Croats indicted for war crimes, turns himself in to Cantonal Court in Mostar – Justice Mladen Juricic tells HINA news agency
  • BiH Federation House of Representatives fails to adopt amendments to draft Law on Pension-Disability Insurance
  • BiH Council of Ministers Chairman Spasoje Tusevljak denies claims his visit to Sydney was private, and that visit blocked work of BiH Council of Ministers
  • BiH Council of Ministers rejects amendments to law on amendments and supplements to BiH Law on Travel Documents proposed by [SDS] house delegate Mirko Banjac, and delivers initial text to BiH Parliamentary Assembly for adoption
  • World news: Yugoslav Federal Election Commission still has not announced official election results, as international officials welcome Vojislav Kostunica victory and warn Slobodan Milosevic not to resist transition of power
  • OHR spokesman Chris Bird says Yugoslav elections indicate that majority of Yugoslav citizens seeking some kind of change
  • BiH Foreign Minister Jadranko Prlic says that BiH expresses readiness to unconditionally establish diplomatic relations with Yugoslavia if opposition election victory is confirmed
  • RS Democratic Party (DS RS) congratulates Vojislav Kostunica his on election victory
  • Slavko Mitrovic, SNSD Main Board member, says that opposition election victory in Yugoslavia represents victory over the past and isolation
  • SNS President Biljana Plavsic says that Yugoslav opposition election victory is obvious
  • Head of EC Representation Office in BiH Hansjorg Kretschmer meets in Mostar in separate meetings with Mostar Mayor Safet Orucevic and Mostar Deputy Mayor Neven Tomic to discuss economic recovery of this town
  • New tax rates in effect in BiH Federation as of Tuesday that should cause reduction of certain retail prices – Sefika Hafizovic, Assistant BiH Federation Finance Minister
  • Head of UN Mission to BiH Jacques Klein says large number of untrue reports concerning murder of Jozo Leutar recently published in media, through which certain political leaders wanted to improve their image
  • BiH Federation Privatisation Agency Sector for Tender Sale opens in Sarajevo
  • World Bank program team members charged with preparing credit for technical assistance to privatisation process in BiH Federation meet with Federation Prime Minister Edhem Bicakcic and express satisfaction with results achieved in preparations for large-scale privatisation
  • Tuzla Canton Governor Tarik Arapcic urges Speaker of Tuzla Canton Assembly Izet Zigic to initiate immediate investigation into excessive use of force by police officers during evictions in Tuzla and Banovici
  • OHR concerned about news that Tuzla Canton Governor Arapcic requested stop of evictions in this canton
  • Tuzla Canton Interior Ministry says that police officers used minimum force during disputed evictions in Tuzla settlement of Bare and Banovici
  • Bosnian Party (BOSS) presents poster and leaflet ‘Sign Petition against Force and Terror’ calling on citizens to sign petition to replace Tuzla Canton Interior Minister Bahrija Dautovic
  • Sarajevo Canton Government confirms appointment of Boris Tihi as new Sarajevo University Rector
  • European Youth Parliament meets in Sarajevo and gathers students from both BiH entities and colleagues from Germany with aim of creating common youth policy
  • Only international donors conference can help accelerate implementation of Dayton Agreement‘s Annex 7 in Brcko District – Brcko District officials and refugee representatives conclude at meeting in Brcko
  • World news: World Bank and IMF summit officially opens in Prague
  • European Literary Gathering opens in Sarajevo
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