10/28/2000

OHR BiH TV News Summary, 28 October 2000

TV BiH News Headlines:

  • All-Croat National Congress to convene in Novi Travnik on Saturday (00:24)
  • Another 57 employees of Bihac company Trgovina join co-workers in their hunger strike demanding overdue salaries (01:42)
  • Bodies of 450 unidentified Serb soldiers and civilians to be reburied in city cemetery in Banja Luka (01:10)
  • BiH Federation budget loses DEM 1 billion per year due to black market; large portion of these revenues lost in Arizona inter-entity market in northern Bosnia (03:30)
  • Situation in smuggling in BiH Federation is alarming – TV BiH interview with Zenit Kelic, advisor to director of BiH Federation Customs Authority (04:25)
  • Tuzla Thermal Power Plant finalises second phase of reconstruction thanks to Power 2 Project sponsored by World Bank (00:40)
  • Mostar old Bridge to be fully reconstructed by 2002 – Expert Team for Old Bridge Reconstruction (00:30)
  • Only four Bosniak families have returned to Srebrenica so far – RS Refugee and DP Ministry (00:22)
  • University of Sarajevo Political Science Faculty Professor Halim Mulaibrahimovic dies in traffic accident on Friday (00:40)
  • Municipal elections to take place in Kosovo on Saturday (01:27)
  • World news (01:30)

TV BiH News Election Chronicle:

  • All-BiH Croat national congress adopts decision to hold referendum of Croat people on same day as general elections in BiH, 11 November (03:03)
  • Announced referendum of BiH Croats is HDZ BiH attempt to keep power at moment when they feel they are losing support of electorate – OHR (01:15)
  • Only 8% of Dayton Peace Agreement has been implemented thus far – Silajdzic tells panel discussion of Congress Council of Bosniak Intellectuals (VKBI) (00:25)
  • SDP BiH will not be intimidated by last ditch desperate attempts of nationalist parties to discredit this party – SDP BiH Main Board session in Sarajevo (00:37)
  • Gradacac residents are concerned about future of Bosniak people in BiH, and also due to biased attitude of international community concerning its favouritism of certain political parties – SDA Vice President Sulejman Tihic quotes citizens as saying following election rally in Gradacac (00:22)
  • Privatisation process in BiH must be monitored closely – Women’s Party BiH (00:22)
  • DNZ opens party’s office in Sarajevo (00:25)
  • Party for BiH presents election platform in Sarajevo’s Centar Municipality (00:30)
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