09.01.2000

OHR BiH TV News Summary, 9 January 2000

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News Headlines

  • Attacks on Grozny continue
  • High BiH Federation and Sarajevo Canton officials visit Sehid cemetery
  • Reisu-l-ulema Ceric receives representatives of fallen soldiers (Sehid) associations
  • On second day of Bajram, Sehid cemeteries being visited throughout BiH (reports from Bihac, Zenica, Mostar, Tuzla, Gorazde, Orasje)
  • Ten die in train accident in northern India (world news report)
  • Mesic, Croatian presidential candidate, warns voters that victory for Granic would mean victory for HDZ’s so-called right wing headed by Ivic Pasalic
  • Negotiations between Syria and Israel expected to continue in Shepherdstown
  • ICG director participates in Circle 99 session
  • Party for BiH Executive Commission condemns Russian attacks on Chechnya and welcomes opposition victory in Croatia
  • BiH Commission for Currency issues Sivar Investment Association first license for managing privatization investment fund in BiH Federation
  • 49,000 unemployed and 7,000 on waiting lists – Zenica-Doboj Canton Statistical Institute
  • Over one million people in BiH still cannot return to their homes because international forces do not provide needed safety – former US Senator Bob Dole stated USA Today
  • Report on refugees in collective center in Memici, near Kalesija, their difficult living conditions and strong desire to return to pre-war homes
  • Refugees return to pre-war homes in Hajvazi, Osmaci Municipality, 75 houses being reconstructed
  • President of German Humanitarian Organization Bridges of Friendship Seherzada Valkizad proclaimed honorary citizen of Tuzla due to her great humanitarian help to orphans
  • Group of 17 Chinese thwarted in attempt to cross border between BiH and Croatia illegally
  • In memory of painter Ivo Seremet and his work – cultural news