Summaries of TV coverage

News Headlines Dodik arrives in Israel for celebration of 2000 years since birth of Jesus RS Day of Republic and St. Steven Day to be celebrated in Banja Luka on 8 and 9 January SDP-HSLS Coalition receives majority of votes in Croatian elections Elections in BiH Solana welcomes opposition victory in Croatia Dodik welcomes opposition victory in Cro [...]

Headlines Elections for the Croatian Parliament have been held A great number of voters in the BiH Federation voted during the second day of the elections for the Croatian Parliament - number of those who voted in the RS very small Registration of citizens for the process of privatisation in the RS began Experts for economics think that the increa [...]

3 January 2000, 19:30 News Headlines Petritsch extends decision on special taxes on imported goods Petritsch decision inevitable and normal - Kurtovic Polling stations for Croatian parliamentary elections close at 19:00 on Monday 60% turnout for Croatian parliamentary elections - HINA World news Portuguese Ambassador assumes duties of European Mon [...]

News Headlines Privatization registration starts throughout RS RS privatization registration starts in RS privatization center in Sarajevo Dodik and RS Religion Minister Turanjanin to celebrate 2000 in Jerusalem For participation in European integration, BiH should be sovereign and multiethnic - Klein IPTF spokesperson Roberts holds press conferen [...]

Headlines Voting of diaspora marked the beginning of the voting for the Representative House of the Croatian Parliament - twenty nine voting stations opened on fifteen locations in Bosnia and Herzegovina Chechenia - fights for Grozny intensified Who is Vladimir Putin, the man Boris Yeltsin chose for his successor? Most recent economic evaluation o [...]

2 January 2000, 19:30 News Headlines Pre-election silence begins in Croatia Collated report on voting in BiH for Croatian parliamentary elections TV BiH crew unwelcome at Mostar polling station with explanation that special accreditation from Zagreb is needed to record voting process or receive important information TV BiH cameraman removed from p [...]

News Headlines Patriarch Pavle to visit Bethlehem Pope serves mass in Vatican Gypsy house burned in Pec - KFOR Four Serb houses burned in Prizren - KFOR KFOR arrests six in Prizren and Orahovac - KFOR KLA soldiers attack one Goran civilian - Goran Minority National Community Office Kouchner tells Reuters TV that he postponed election preparations [...]

News Headlines New Year celebrations in Banja Luka and world First girl in 2000 born at 00:15 hrs in Banja Luka hospital New Year celebrations in Prijedor, Serb Sarajevo, Trebinje, Brcko, Bijeljina and Sarajevo New Year celebrations in Yugoslavia Kosovo calm during celebrations Gorazdevci Serbs block road to Pec, protesting against attack on Serb [...]

Sarajevo / Banja Luka / Mostar Atmosphere in Sarajevo, Banja Luka and Mostar during the New Year Eve was presented. Fireworks were organised in all three towns. For the first time, citizens of Sarajevo celebrated coming of the New Year on the streets of the town in a large number.

Moscow While the entire world had been preparing for the coming of the New Year, an unexpected news came from Russia. The Russian President, Boris Yeltsin, announced his withdrawal and appointed Vladimir Putin, Russian Prime Minister, for the Acting President.