OHR BiH TV News Summary, 29 August 1999

TV BiH 19:30 news for 29 August 1999

News Headlines

  • Croatia exposed to strong diplomatic pressure due to allegations of non-cooperation with The Hague Tribunal
  • Zoric denies information that official Zagreb plans to interrupt diplomatic relations with BiH
  • Albanians protest against Russian troop deployment to Orahovac
  • Holbrooke meets with Kosovo Albanian leaders
  • Russians are important part of process in Kosovo and have legitimate role in KFOR – Holbrooke
  • World news
  • Djindjic announces that his party will participate in elections
  • Survey of Macedonian, Croatian, Albanian, Hungarian, Slovenian, Bulgarian and BiH citizens on Œwhat would you do if you were Slobodan Milosevic?ą
  • TV BiH journalist investigates Talicąs origin and concludes he is not Muslim from Sanski Most area, as speculated in some media
  • Croatian Interior Ministry still searching for perpetrators of attack on apartment of Islamic Community President in Croatia Mufti Sevko Omerbasic
  • Within Bosniak corps, there are certain number of people who hate everything Croat, Serb and western – BiH House of Representatives Vice-president Soljic
  • Milovanovic speaks with Talic by phone
  • RS insists Talic be released immediately – Milovanovic
  • Motive and manner of arresting Talic is big black stain on international distributors of justice from The Hague- Milovanovic
  • ICG analyzes refugee return process in last report
  • HKDU suggests revising what has already been accomplished in privatization process and considers establishment of control to enable manipulations in privatization process inevitable
  • Around 200 refugee families return to villages near Pelagicevo, Gradacac Municipality
  • Central Bosnia Croat refugees living in Drvar under HDZ pressure – Marceta
  • Holy Ivan Church near Kladanj reconstructed
  • Return of Bosniak refugees to their pre-war homes in Osmaci, Kalesija Municipality
  • Croat refugees have strong will to return to their pre-war homes in Tramosnica, Modrica Municipality
  • Zenica-Doboj Canton gives full support to newly adopted curriculum

News Summary

Zoric denies information that official Zagreb plans to interrupt diplomatic relations with BiH

BH Press information that official Zagreb plans to interrupt diplomatic relations with BiH due to BiH Council of Ministers Co-chairman Haris Silajdzicąs statements about Croatian President Franjo Tudjmanąs responsibility for the conflict between Croats and Bosniaks brought many reactions. Croatian Ambassador to BiH Damir Zoric said that this is not an information at all, because it does not have any elements of information. “We want relations between BiH and Croatia to be better and progressive, not in regressive, and it is sure that such false information contributes to regression,” Zoric asserted, adding that interruption of diplomatic relations is neither Croatiaąs aim nor interest. BiH Ambassador to Croatia Hasan Muratovic stated, “we have gotten no sign from the Croatian Government that would support such information.” (01:40)