03.10.2000

OHR BiH TV News Summary, 3 October 2000

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BiH News Headlines:

  • Roads and entire towns in Serbia blocked by opposition supporters protesting fraudulent elections
  • Milosevic calls on citizens to defend country from “invasion”
  • BiH House of Representatives holds session in Sarajevo
  • High Representative to BiH Wolfgang Petritsch addresses NATO members via video link and voices support for extension of SFOR mandate in BiH
  • Petritsch meets BiH Federation TV Managing Council to discuss disputed issues concerning RTV BiH transformation – OHR spokesman Oleg Milisic
  • IMC decision on BRT International is legal, final and binding – IMC spokesperson Zinaida Babovic
  • UN Mission to BiH concerned with threats made against those refusing to participate in politically motivated protests against the recent apprehension of Croats indicted for murder of Jozo Leutar – UNMIBH spokesman Douglas Coffman
  • OHR concerned about misuse of alternative accommodation intended for refugees – OHR spokesman Milisic
  • Hague Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Carla del Ponte arrives in Sarajevo and meets High Representative Petritsch to discuss political situation in region
  • Srebrenica and Zepa Enclaves Association of Mothers dissatisfied with number of those arrested for war crimes committed in Srebrenica
  • Trade Union of BiH Federation Primary and Secondary School Teachers sign collective employment contracts with BiH Federation government
  • Bosanska Krupa-based Una-OM wood processing company workers announce hunger strike due to non-fulfilment of demands concerning provision of raw materials
  • European Commission signs Mostar Airport reconstruction contract worth 2.6 million DM
  • British Ambassador to BiH Graham Hand expresses UK government’s dissatisfaction with meager political progress reached in BiH so far
  • BiH Central Bank Governor Peter Nicholl opens ZEPS 2000 Fair in Zenica
  • 2000 Info Fair (IT) opens in Sarajevo
  • World news: armed conflict in Middle East continues despite claims that agreement on cease-fire reached
  • Culture: Tuzla National Theater cannot produce new performances due to lack of funds
  • OSCE sends absentee ballots to BiH voters in 73 countries around the world

TV BiH Election 2000 News:

  • SDP BiH President Zlatko Lagumdzija visits Great Britain at invitation of British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook (00:32)
  • SDA BiH claims SDP BiH representatives in BiH Federation parliament acted irresponsibly when they abstained from voting on amendments to pension law (00:30)
  • HDZ BiH delegation headed by HDZ BiH Vice President Ivo Andric-Luzanski attends ZEPS 2000 Fair opening ceremony and meets HDZ BiH Zenica branch officials (00:30)
  • LDS BiH youth members request BiH Federation Education Minister Fahrudin Rizvanbegovic to resign because of increased tax on books (00:18)
  • SPRS to request that all IC-imposed laws, including the Law on BiH Travel Documents, be subject to public debate (00:24)
  • PDP RS maintains that entity names on BiH passport not against BiH interests (00:25)
  • BOSS leader Mirnes Ajanovic says his party’s election campaign will focus on presenting party’s economic and social programs (00:38)
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