FENA 27/09/2004 - Finding a strategic partner is very important for privatization of military industry, whose annual production is potentially worth approx two billion KM, underlined FBiH Prime Minister. Ambassador McElhaney underlined the interest of the U.S. Government for the situation in BiH.

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FSA0412: 27.09.2004 04:41

BiH - SWEDEN

SWEDISH PARLIAMENTARIANS VISIT ZENICA

ZENICA, September 27 (FENA) – Zenica Municipal official Zakir Pasalic today held talks with a Swedish parliamentary delegation about the social and economic situation in BiH.

The guests underlined that the Swedish Parliament is monitoring the post-war events in BiH with great interest. They are satisfied with BiH’s admission into the Council of Europe, and will continue supporting BiH on the road of becoming a modern, stable and a prosperous country.

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FSA0413: 27.09.2004 04:48

SARAJEVO - ROME

HAMAMDZIC MEETS PUCCIO

SARAJEVO, September 27 (FENA) – Director of the Italian-Slovenian Cultural Centre in Rome Gianni Puccio today met with the mayor of Sarajevo, Muhidin Hamamdzic.

Puccio is paying a visit to Sarajevo in order to get acquainted with the current economic situation in the city and the requirements for helping various institutions, such as kindergartens, institutions for children without parents, the homes for the aged, the centres for persons with special needs, etc.

           

The mayor of Sarajevo thanked Puccio on the preparedness to help the citizens of Sarajevo.

Puccio announced his new visit to Sarajevo in the next month, when he will officially provide help to some of the said institutions.

(Fena) jc

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FSA0414: 27.09.2004 04:56

FBiH - RAILWAYS - CONTRACTS

FBiH: SIGNED CONTRACTS ON RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE AND PASSENGER TRAFFIC

SARAJEVO, September 27 (FENA) – FBiH Minister of Traffic and Communications Nedzad Brankovic and General Director of FBiH Railways Narcis Dzumhur today signed the Contract on financing maintenance of railway infrastructure worth 19 million KM and the Contract on co-financing the services of railway passenger traffic worth 5, 8 million KM. 

The contracts are based on the recently adopted Law on Financing Railway Infrastructure and Co-financing Passenger and Combined Traffic, which was designed in accordance with the best European practice, was stated.

Aim of these contracts, said the signatories, is to insure the necessary level of security and maintenance of railway infrastructure, as well as to encourage cantons and the Federation to revitalize railway passenger traffic.

(Fena) jc

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FSA0415: 27.09.2004 05:07

BiH - KUWAIT

TOPIC MEETS PARLIAMENTARIANS FROM KUWAIT

SARAJEVO, September 27 (FENA) – BiH Deputy Foreign Minister Lidija Topic today received a delegation of the Parliament of Kuwait, headed by Awad Bard Al-Finze.

Topic expressed hope that this visit would contribute to development of bilateral relations, as well as to attracting new investments from Kuwait to BiH.  

Considering that the Kuwait parliamentarians expressed particular interests for investing in the sector of tourism in BiH, Topic underlined that tourism is one of the five priority areas in focus of the domestic authorities, whose development would result in making BiH economically self-sustaining.

She added that the main message BiH officials wish to convey to the world is that BiH is a politically stable country, which is turning to intensive economic development.

(Fena) jc

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FSA0423: 27.09.2004 05:25

FBiH - USA

HADZIPASIC MEETS McELHANEY

SARAJEVO, September 27 (FENA) – FBiH Prime Minister Ahmet Hadzipasic today held talks with the U.S. Ambassador to BiH, Douglas McElhaney, about the future cooperation in privatization and economic restructuring.

“Continuation of successful cooperation with American partners is significant for the recovery and the economic development of BiH”, said Hadzipasic, noting that this support is particularly welcome in the metal industrial and energy sectors.

Finding a strategic partner is very important for privatization of military industry, whose annual production is potentially worth approx two billion KM, underlined FBiH Prime Minister.

Ambassador McElhaney underlined the interest of the U.S. Government for the situation in BiH.

“Within the future cooperation, we need to make joint efforts to provide for the political stability and implementation of economic reforms”, said McElhaney, accenting the need for removing bureaucratic obstacles.

(Fena) jc

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FSA0422: 27.09.2004 05:16

BiH - EXHUMATION

ROGATICA: REMAINS OF 13 VICTIMS EXHUMED FROM A MASS GRAVE

SARAJEVO, September 27 (FENA) – The remains of 13 victims have been exhumed from a mass grave located at Dizdareva njiva in the village Seljani, Municipality Rogatica, member of the FBiH Commission on Missing Persons Sadik Selimovic told Fena today.

The grave was opened on Friday, and is presumed to hold another six bodies, according to Selimovic.

The victims were men, local residents, who were taken out of their houses in June of 1992, separated from their wives and children, and murdered at Dizdareva njiva.

Exhumation of the mass grave at Seljani is in progress. Apart from this grave, the expert team of the FBiH Commission on Missing Persons will in the next ten days also be carrying out exhumations on other locations in Municipality Rogatica.

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FSA0410: 27.09.2004 04:36

BiH - PARLIAMENT

BiH/PARLIAMENT: HOUSE OF PEOPLES SESSION

SARAJEVO, September 27 (FENA) – BiH House of Peoples today adopted the Report by the Joint Commission on harmonizing the text of the Law on Public Procurement.

The Report was adopted in the House of Representatives previously. When the law was adopted in different texts, it was necessary to harmonize them.

Thus, the Law on Procurement in BiH is finally adopted.

Further, the House of Peoples consented with ratification of the Agreement on Financial Cooperation in 2002 between BiH Council of Ministers and the German Government, as well as with ratification of the Convention on establishing the Council for Customs Cooperation, and the Agreement amending the Framework Agreement on the river Sava basin.

The delegates also adopted the conclusion of the House’s Collegial, which requests from the Constitutional-Legal Commission to hold a session on Thursday, September 30, in order to consider the set of judiciary laws necessary for prosecuting war crime cases in BiH.

The next session of the House of Peoples should be held on Thursday.

(Fena) jc

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FSA0428: 27.09.2004 05:39

SCG - RS

BELGRADE: TADIC AND CAVIC ON COOPERATION WITH ICTY

BELGRADE, September 27 (FENA) – Cooperation of Serbia and RS with the Hague Tribunal must be full and it is not a matter than can be discussed, instead it is a key condition for integration into the European Union and NATO, was mutually ascertained by Serbian President Boris Tadic and RS President Dragan Cavic, who have met today in Belgrade.

“Cooperation with the Hague can only be full. The war crime suspects must go to the Hague and face the judicial-court system there, there is no dilemma about this”, Tadic told the press after meeting with Cavic, was reported by Hina.

Cavic declared that “time is running out and that the RS is quite aware what are the consequences of failing to fulfill the commitments towards the ICTY”.

Tadic and Cavic concluded that the Serbian and RS institutions must establish better cooperation in fulfilling the commitments toward the Hague Tribunal, and added that both sides must “raise the operational measures to a higher level”.

Talks also focused on working of the Srebrenica Commission, which should complete the final report about the crimes in Srebrenica in 1995 by the end of September, announced Cavic, adding that “political will” now exists in the RS for the Serb people to “face the bad things from the past”.

It is necessary, they stressed, that all persons responsible for this crime are sanctioned, but, it is also necessary to focus on the suffering of the Serb people in the former Yugoslavia during the war conflicts of the 90s.

Tadic and Cavic supported the Dayton Accords, declaring that “bringing this agreement into question might cause instability in BiH and the region”.

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FSA0435: 27.09.2004 05:50

ANNOUNCEMENT

ANNOUNCEMENT OF EVENTS FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28

STATE INSTITUTIONS:

SARAJEVO: 10:00 – BiH PRESIDENCY CHAIR SULEJMAN TIHIC VISITS CANTON SARAJEVO

12:00 – BiH PRESIDENCY MEMBERS RECEIVE COMSFOR MAJOR GENERAL VIGIL PACKETT

NOVI TRAVNIK: BiH PRESIDENCY MEMBER DRAGAN COVIC VISITS NOVI TRAVNIK

ENTITY INSTITUTIONS:

ZENICA: 11:00 – FBiH GOVERNMENT DELEGATION HEADED BY PRIME MINISTER AHMET HADZIPASIC PARTICIPATES IN THE CEREMONY OF OPENING THE GENERAL BiH FAIR “ZEPS 2004”

SARAJEVO: 11:30 – PRESS CONFERENCE OF FEDERAL DEFENCE MINISTRY ON THE OCCASION OF SIGNING THE DOCUMENT ON TERMINATING THE AGREEMENT ON MEASURES FOR BUILDING TRUST AND SECURITY IN BiH (FBiH ARMY HOUSE)

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

SARAJEVO: 11:30 – INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS’ PRESS CONFERENCE - UNITIC

SIROKI BRIJEG: 12:15 – THE HIGH REPRESENTATIVE, PADDY ASHDOWN, VISITS SIROKI BRIJEG

POLITICAL PARTIES:

SARAJEVO: 11:00 - PRESS CONFERENCE OF GDS

11:00 - PRESS CONFERENCE OF LDS

CULTURE:

SARAJEVO: 19:00 – OPENING OF EXHIBIT BY TURKISH ARTIST BALKAN NADZI ISLIMJELI - TURKISH CULTURAL CENTRE

20:00 – PROMOTION OF THE BOOK "MY SON AN ADDICT" – MULTIMEDIA CENTRE MAK

20:30 – PROJECTION OF FILM "BAHTALO DROM" - CAFE KARABIT BiH ART GALLERY

EDITORS ON DUTY:

MORNING AND AFTERNOON: FERID KORIC

AFTERNOON AND EVENING: FAIK IMAMOVIC

tel. 00 387 33 44 53 36

fax: 00 387 33 26 54 60

e-mail: fena@fena.ba

EDITORS ON DUTY IN MOSTAR:

08,00 - 14,30 – DRAGO KEZIC

14,30 - 21,00 – DANIJELA PERIC - SILIC

tel. 00 387 36 31 92 22

fax. 00 387 36 31 94 22

e-mail: desk.mostar@fena.ba

(Fena) jc

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