03/27/2000

OHR BiH TV News Summary, 27 March 2000

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News Headlines

  • BiH Federation Government delegation visits Slovenia
  • Putin remains Russian President
  • Prlic informs of BiH participation in upcoming financial conference on Stability Pact, which will take place in Brussels
  • Former Tuzla Canton officials Hazim Vikalo, Halid Kovac and Osman Sinanovic found guilty of abusing official positions and sentenced
  • Sarajevo Cantonal Court acquits Ibrahim Djedovic of war crimes charges
  • TV BiH journalist reports on current situation in Montenegro
  • Incidents in Kosovska Mitrovica continue
  • Denmark no longer accepting BiH refugees, although many of them still trying to get asylum
  • Zenica BH Steel Company Trade Union strongly demands payment of their salaries
  • Tuzla Company Polihem workers continue strike
  • OHR and UNHCR welcome extension of deadline for purchasing apartments in BiH Federation
  • Unknown vandals attack Lijanovici Company building in Siroki Brijeg
  • Group of Bosniak returnees in Zidine, Serb Gorazde Municipality, ask IC and authorities to protect them from constant attacks by Serbs, they say authorities have done nothing to protect them since their return
  • First artificial conception performed at Sarajevo Gynecology Clinic
  • Culture
  • Bosniaks who have certificate for property return may start working land in Kopaci, Gorazde area – ONASA
  • Initiative Board for Journalist Association appeals to OHR, OSCE and

IMC

  • Refugees returning to pre-war homes in Kevljani, Prijedor area say no incidents have occurred
  • Refugees willing to return to pre-war homes to Bratunac
  • Doctors from Sarajevo hospitals visit Bosniak returnees in Doboj and examine their health News Summary

Initiative Board for Journalist Association appeals to OHR, OSCE and IMC

Due to the unresolved status of three Brcko media outlets, the Initiative Board for the Formation of a Journalist Association in the Brcko District addressed an appeal to the Brcko Mayor, Deputy Mayor, OHR, OSCE and IMC to resolve the issue of forming and financing the media in the Brcko District. The Board suggested the formation of three branches within this association, meaning radio, TV and newspaper, so that nobody currently employed ends up without a job.

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