29.08.2000

OHR BiH TV News Summary, 29 August 2000

News Headlines:

  • Arrest of Dominik Ilijasevic was in accordance with ‘Rules of the Road’ for arrest of suspected war criminals, The Hague Tribunal confirms this
  • Twenty more bodies exhumed from Paklenik pit; Head of State Commission for Missing Persons Amor Masovic estimates there are over 100 victims from Rogatica and Visegrad in this pit
  • Croatia’s Democratic Centre party President Mate Granic denies accusing BiH Army Fifth Corps of committing war crimes against Serbs in Croatia
  • Milan Levar, who was killed by explosive device on Sunday, was not The Hague Tribunal protected witness in case on crimes committed in Gospic – ICTY spokesman Paul Risley
  • Milosevic still represents main source of instability in Balkans – Former NATO SACEUR Wesley Clark
  • TV BiH shows BiH House of Representatives in uncomplimentary light, even if it adopted Law on State Treasury
  • BiH Federation Ministry for Energy, Mining and Industry condemns OSCE decision to award ballot printing job to Hungarian company; OSCE spokesman Luke Zahner says no printing company in BiH is qualified to do job according to ISO 9000 standards
  • Complicated legislature represents obstacle to investment in Brcko District
  • Tuzla Canton Health Institute losses DM 51 million due to unwillingness of some companies, pension fund and army to pay tax contributions to healthcare benefits
  • BiH Federation Government adopts emergency measures to help combat widespread fires in entity
  • Residents of Simin Han and Caklovici suburbs in Tuzla block roads to protest inadequate water supply
  • World Bank gives $15 million loan to projects on employment and additionally qualifying discharged soldiers in BiH
  • Bicakcic meets with World Bank BiH Country Director Christiaan Poortman to discuss economic reforms in BiH Federation
  • US Government donates additional $5.1 million to refugee return projects in BiH; Miller signs contract with BiH state officials in Sarajevo
  • US Special Envoy for Balkans Robert Frowick concerned about activities of nationalistic forces prior to general elections in BiH, but adds that progress has been made in many areas
  • BiH Federation Payment Operations Bureaux (ZPP) to be dismantled by 28 December
  • OHR concerned about situation in (west) Mostar University that led to resignation of Rector Marko Tadic and University Managing Board
  • SDA says it will no longer argue or discuss lies uttered by LDS Vice President Salih Foco – SDA reacts to Foco’s invitation to citizens not to pay tax for unemployment benefits
  • First document attesting to state attributes of BiH ‘Kulin Ban’s Charter’ signed on this day 811 years ago
  • It was political decision of Serbian leadership to arrest (kidnap) Ivan Stambolic – Stambolic’s lawyer Nikola Borovic
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