Welcome to Bosnia and Herzegovina: On Human Rights in BiH
Journalist Kristina Ljevak narrates a film consisting of interviews with Bosnian-Herzegovinian human rights and political experts, including Jadranka Milicevic of the CURE Foundation, Sasa Gavric of Sarajevo Open Centre, Mostar author Veselin Gatalo, Dr. Lejla Turcilo, and Mehmed Halilovic of Internews.
For more information in English about the BiH political system and its consequences on human rights, read The Political System of Bosnia and Herzegovina, published in 2013 and found at the following link:
This clip was created as a part of the project Interpretation and Practice of Human Rights - WITHOUT DIALOGUE supported by Internews Sarajevo. A production of Media plan institut. Film originally published here:
Emisija napravljena u okviru projekta Tumačenja i praksa ljudskih prava-BEZ DIJALOGA koju podrzava INTERNEWS Sarajevo.
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Election to choose three members of Bosnian presidency
(7 Oct 2018) Polls opened in Bosnia on Sunday morning in a general election to chose the country's three-member presidency.
The elections risk cementing the ethnic divisions of the country's war, as a pro-Russian nationalist runs for the three-member presidency and politicians seeking other posts campaign on war wounds rather than reforms.
Some 3.3 million voters are being asked to fill the national presidency and other elected positions in the complex network of institutions established in the accords that ended the Bosnian War.
The 1992-95 war among Serbs, Croats and Muslims during the break-up of Yugoslavia left more than 100,000 people dead and millions homeless.
Bosnia today consists of a Serb entity, a Muslim-Croat entity and a central government that holds both together loosely.
Voters are choosing the three members of the Bosnian presidency, the president of the Bosnian Serb entity, assembly seats at all levels and cantonal authorities.
The results could determine whether Bosnia is strengthened as a unified, multiethnic country or fragments again along ethnic lines.
The vote is seen as a test of whether a place ravaged by ethnic war and unemployment will move closer to European Union and NATO membership or remain mired by historical resentments.
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Inauguration of Bosnia's three-member multi-ethnic presidency
(20 Nov 2018) Bosnia's three-member presidency was inaugurated on Tuesday after last month's elections, with nationalist politicians dominating the body designed to bridge the country's ethnic divide stemming from the 1992-95 war.
The multi-ethnic presidency includes a Muslim, a Serb and a Croat.
It is part of Bosnia's complex post-war administration that features a Muslim-Croat and a Serb entity, joined by central institutions.
The three politicians include staunchly nationalist Serb leader Milorad Dodik who has advocated eventual separation of the Serbs from Bosnia.
Dodik took office on Tuesday together with Muslim politician Sefik Dzaferovic and Bosnian Croat Zeljko Komsic.
Komsic is the only one of the three who's widely seen as a moderate.
However, all three politicians made speeches in which they reached out to all of the country's citizens.
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BOSNIA: SARAJEVO: INTERNET CONNECTION TO THE WORLD
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The citizens of Sarajevo are now able to communicate with the outside world quickly and for free thanks to the information superhighway.
An electronic post office has been set up in the Bosnian capital, enabling hundreds of people to send messages on the computer network Internet.
The scheme, financed by the Soros foundation, is proving to be a vital link between Bosnians and the outside world.
In this tiny office in central Sarajevo an electronic revolution has opened up a new channel of communication with the outside world.
The system is called Za Mir-Sa, which means Peace for Sarajevo - computer professionals are working round the clock connecting dozens of subscribers every day.
For the residents of this war-torn city, keeping in touch with their relatives abroad has not been easy at the best of times. Now thanks to computers the electronic message is fast replacing the envelope and stamp.
SOUNDBITE:
At this moment I'm writing to my uncle who is in Kentucky, USA, and I received from him a message this morning and I'm answering him back.
SUPER CAPTION: Damir Kantardzic
The war in the former Yugoslavia meant there was a virtual blockade on information. Those who have had to endure the unreliable trickle of postal deliveries are overwhelmed by the speed of the electronic message.
SOUNDBITE:
This is a very quick way of communicating with other parts of the world. For example my messages come to America one and a half days from the time I wrote it and it is much quicker than writing a letter and then sending it through regular mail system.
SUPER CAPTION: Damir Kantardzic
Another significant reason why the Internet is replacing the postal system is that it is free of charge. This man, who earns a meagre salary every month, can now keep in regular contact with his son who is studying in the United States.
SOUNDBITE:
This is completely without any expenses I can do it without paying any amount what is especially important in this Bosnian situation is for example my salary is one or two German marks.
SUPER CAPTION: Muhamed Bukvic
The electronic post office in Sarajevo was installed by members of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Society for Information and Computer Engineering. The project has been financed by the Soros Foundation.
SOUNDBITE:
For the reasons of breaking the information blockade in the society this has been installed, built in, on both BBS systems which is used for exchanging information all over the world. The system is used mainly by public organisations, journalists newspapers but also in the circumstances in which we live here in Sarajevo many people use this system to exchange private messages with their families their relatives, their friends all over the world.
SUPER CAPTION: Muhamed Sarajlic
For the citizens of Sarajevo who've logged on to electronic mail it could well mean an end to queuing for stamps at the post office, and the long, sometimes futile wait for the postman.
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Sarajevo Tales - Inat Kuća
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A documentary about the restaurant Inat Kuća in Sarajevo, Bosnia.
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AT4 projekt - Sarajevofortællinger
En dokumentar om den lille restaurant Inat Kuća i Sarajevo, Bosnien
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BOSNIA: BOSNIAN SERBS CONTINUE TO FLEE SARAJEVO SUBURBS
Serbo-Croat/Nat
Bosnian Serbs still living in the Serb-held suburb of Hadzici are fleeing the area as the Muslim Croat Federation prepares to take it over on Wednesday.
Despite extra IFOR security, assurances by both the High Representative's office and the Federation government, most residents have packed up and left.
Serbian military trucks are helping residents in Ilidza pack up their belongings.
Others are on their way to Hadzici, 20km southwest of Sarajevo centre, to assist inhabitants wishing to leave before tomorrow's (Wednesday's) deadline.
NATO says it will beef up its presence to keep fleeing Serbs from destroying any more utilities.
Meanwhile, Serbs continued packing up and leaving their suburban homes.
Ilidza, the most populous Serb suburb, transfers to federation control on March 12. Grbavica, a central Sarajevo district where buildings have blazed on recent nights, changes hands March 19.
On Tuesday less than 200 Bosnian Serb civilians remained in Hadzici.Most will be gone by Wednesday, the official day of transfer.
Residents of Hadzici, like tens of thousands of Sarajevo Serbs fearing retribution for three and a half year years of siege and bombardment, packed their belongings, fleeing ahead of the deadline.
Maksim Stanisic, Head of Bosnian Serb Council for Sarajevo, however, was advocating Serbs to remain in formerly Serb-held suburbs.
SOUNDBITE
It is in the interests of people to stay here, or they cannot go.
SUPER CAPTION: Maksim Stanisic, Head of Bosnian Serb Council
But residents are distraught. Bosnian Serbs lined up near the post office waiting for the last buses and trucks to arrive.
Two Bosnian Serb men said they were waiting for transport to leave Hadzici.
A Bosnian Serb woman, crying, said there was nothing more anyone could do to help - even God had turned his back on them.
The Bosnian Serb police station appeared devoid of life - even the sign on the door had been pulled down.
Bosnian Serbs continued to burn their houses in Hadzici on Tuesday as the few remaining residents waited near the downtown district to board buses and trucks to flee.
Some 70 federation police - 50 Muslims, 15 Serbs and five Croats - and 38 international police will arrive in Hadzici early Wednesday, said Alexander Ivanko, a spokesman for the U.N. police force.
Most houses were stripped bare, some were torched and several utilities were destroyed before residents left.
NATO already guards critical telecommunications stations and other utilities, but protection will increase in Hadzici, Ilidza and Grbavica, which are to transfer from Serb to Muslim-Croat federation control by March 19.
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DIY Destinations (4K) - Bosnia and Herzegovina Budget Travel Show | Full Episode
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Charles is on an epic journey in Bosnia and Herzegovina on a budget, visiting some of the most popular and off the beaten path attractions. In Sarajevo: Sebilj Fountain and Baščaršija Square, Morica Han, Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque and Bazaar, Clock Tower Sahat Kula, Svrzo's House, Cathedral of Jesus Sacred Heart, Museum of Crimes Against Humanity, Yellow Fortress, Tunnel Museum, Museum of Sarajevo 1878–1918, Despic's House, Ewige Flamme, Olympic Skenderija, St. Joseph Cathedral, Sarajevo City Center, Parliamentary Assembly, Avaz Twist Tower. We'll also sample some of the traditional dishes, including burek and cevapi, and the local beer. As well as getting around on a public tram, buses and train. We'll also venture underground to the famous Tito's Nuclear Bunker in Konjic. In Mostar, we'll visit the Old Bridge and Peace Bell Tower, and the surrounding attractions including its Secret Air Field, Hum Mountain, and in Blagaj, the Castle of Herceg Stjepan and Blagaj Tekke. We'll have lunch in Počitelj and visit its Citadel and ending it at the Kravica Waterfall. We'll also visit some of attractions in the Republika Srpska, including Banja Luka's Kastel Fortress and Monument to Fallen Krajina Soldiers and Sutjeska National Park.
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Music:
Cesc Vilà: Everdream, Sun and Stars
Capo Production: Real, Defiance, Peace, Constance, With Me
Aid supplies arriving and newly opened airport
November 25
1. Aid convoy approaching from distance
2. Various of aid convoy driving along road
4. Various, aid convoy moving slowly along busy road
5. Aid truck backing up
6. Refugee camp
7. Various of refugee camp showing people
8. Pan from camp to aid lorries
9. Various of aid lorries being uncovered
10. Various of people unloading aid
11. Various, people laying tarpaulin on ground next to lorry
12. Various of aid being unloaded
13. Various of onlookers
14. A soldier controlling crowd
15. Various of crowd of onlookers
16. Large stack of food aid from Red Crescent
17. Reza Taheri, Red Crescent aid worker at table
18. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Reza Taheri, Red Crescent aid worker from Mashad:
This consignment consists of food stuffs, blankets and clothes. We started from Mashad and arrived in Herat yesterday and today we are distributing aid into camps.
19. Close up, man writing names of refugees receiving aid on form
20. Various, unloading aid
21. Various of refugees carrying sacks of aid past other refugees
22. Refugees watching the distribution of aid
23. Refugee women standing by well
November 26
24. Herat town, showing mosque in background
25. Various shots of street scenes
26. Long shot of aircraft flying over the city
27. Wide shot, pan of airport
28. Mid shot, airport building
29. Control tower
30. Various of military jets parked on runway
31. Various of airport worker next to aircraft
32. SOUNDBITE (Dari) Amrollah Surur, Northern Alliance Airport Commander, Herat:
We started on the airport the day we got here. Everything was destroyed. God Willing by tomorrow all kinds of aircraft, military and civilian will be able to come here.
33. Various, workers clearing runway
STORYLINE:
Herat is finally coming back to life, after years of being cut off from the rest of the world by the Taliban.
The Northern Alliance re-took control of north-west Afghanistan's main city two weeks ago.
With the Alliance in control, it did not take long for aid agencies to arrive.
The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Red Crescent were the principle relief agencies to deliver aid.
The situation in the city and surrounding areas is dire.
A severe drought, which has lasted for the last several years, has led to crops failing repeatedly.
The locals are having to forage for food, especially in Herat's refugee camp where thousands are living hand to mouth.
Their plight is worsened by the onset of winter.
The temperature reaches freezing at night now in Herat.
APTN filmed the second aid convoy from the UNHCR and Red Crescent to reach the refugee camp.
Two tonnes of aid were brought in this time - including food, clothing and blankets for the cold.
The aid convoy came from Mashad in Iran, at least a day's drive away.
When the Northern Alliance arrived in Herat, they say one of the first things they did was set to work on the airport.
Whilst it was in Taliban hands, the US-led air coalition bombed it heavily, destroying runways and any aircraft the Taliban had there.
But the airport is very useful for the Alliance, for both military and civilian uses.
Both the US coalition and the aid agencies may utilise it.
Speaking earlier this week, the Alliance's commander said the airport would be ready for use from Wednesday.
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BOSNIA: SARAJEVO: BOSNIAN SERB GUNNERS TARGET CITY CENTRE
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Bosnian Serb gunners opened fire on the centre of Sarajevo Wednesday pounding the city with anti aircraft fire.
Several people were wounded as the battle for the city continues.
Bosnian Serb gunners fired shells into the centre of the city again targeting office and apartment buildings.
Plumes of smoke could be seen rising above the city as the Bosnian Serbs intensified their daily camp campaign.
The Bosnian Government launched an all out offensive to take control of the capital last week from the Bosnian Serbs.
But signs of victory have not materialised, the Bosnian Serbs have countered the fighting with a barrage of mortars and shell fire on civilian targets.
This has forced the Bosnian government reconsider its options and is now indicating that it would settle for the siege being broken by negotiation - if the Serbs would stop bombardment of the city and allow aid in.
The increasingly isolated rebel Serbs also have indicated they might go back to the negotiating table.
This teenage boy was wounded escaped serious injury in today's attack, the latest victim in a growing number of Bosnian Muslim casualties.
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Places to Visit When in Bosnia | Where to Travel in Bosnia | City of Tuzla
Lets take a tour of Tuzla City.
Tuzla is the third largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the administrative center of Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The city of Tuzla is home to Europe's only salt lake as part of its central park. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tuzla is also regarded as one of the most multicultural cities in the country and has managed to keep the pluralist character of the city throughout the Bosnian War and after, with Bosniaks, Serbs, Croats and a small minority of Bosnian Jews residing in Tuzla. Tuzla is one of the oldest European sustained settlements. During the period of the Roman Republic (before the area was conquered by Rome), Tuzla (or Salines as it was called at the time) was ruled by the Illyrian tribe Breuci. It remained under Ottoman rule for nearly 400 years.
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BOSNIA: 3 MEMBERS OF JOINT PRESIDENCY MEET FOR FIRST TIME UPDATE
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The three members of Bosnia's joint presidency met at a Sarajevo hotel Monday for the first time since their election earlier this month.
The meeting has been delayed for some time, with the main objections coming from the Bosnian Serb side.
Momcilo Krajisnik, Bosnian Serb member elected for the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, had repeatedly refused to come to central Sarajevo citing fears for his safety.
It was the first time Momcilo Krajisnik met with Alija Izetbegovic and Kresimir Zubak since war broke in Bosnia. Krajisnik, the Bosnian Serb candidate elected to the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, arrived in Sarajevo Monday for the meeting with his former political foes.
Driving through former battle lines secured by a number of Bosnian and Serb policemen on the road, Krajisnik arrived at the hotel just inside the capital from the Serb stronghold Pale, where he was met by Croat Kresimir Zubak and High Representative Carl Bildt.
Alija Izetbegovic, the Bosnian-Muslim chairman of the presidency elected in the September 14 elections, arrived a little later.
Sources close to the Bosnian president say that Izetbegovic is hoping to secure a guarantee that the Bosnian Serb leaders will remain committed to a unified Bosnia.
Izetbegovic has also insisted repeatedly that all three members of the presidency must take an oath to protect Bosnian sovereignty before the presidency even convenes.
The mistrust on all sides that has delayed the first meeting of the presidency has been compounded by technical difficulties. For example, there are no direct phone links between the Muslim-Croat federation and the Serb half of Bosnia.
The three sat for the cameras after the relatively informal meeting -- but did not speak to the press.
International community observers tout this first meeting of the newly elected Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a big step forward along the path to continued peace in the region.
SOUNDBITE:
Then the character of the meeting was somewhat informal, I think that was necessary for a first meeting. I will assume that they'll have more formal meetings but they are, from now on, in command and control and in full authority of their united country.
SUPER CAPTION: Carl Bildt, AEU High Representative to Bosnia
But Bildt also talked about the problems that the three-way presidency will face in future months.
SOUNDBITE:
No I wouldn't be that because there are immense problems and we will have enormous problems, we will have crises, we will have turmoil, we will have breakdowns, we'll have all of that in this process of constitutional implementation but it was very important to get them to meet for the first time, meet alone, and do it quickly after the certification of elections. It's a small step but it's a small step of big significance.
SUPER CAPTION: Carl Bildt, AEU High Representative to Bosnia
The first session of Bosnia's highest executive body is a crucial step toward setting up the country's new government. The three members have to form the Council of Ministers, or Cabinet.
The present Bosnian government, meanwhile, will act as caretaker until the post-election government takes shape.
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BOSNIA: 3 MEMBERS OF JOINT PRESIDENCY MEET FOR FIRST TIME
Serbo-Croat/Nat
Under intense international pressure, the three members of Bosnia's joint presidency met at a Sarajevo hotel Monday for the first time since their election earlier this month.
The meeting has been delayed for some time, with the main objections coming from the Serb side.
Momcilo Krajisnik, Bosnian Serb member elected for the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, had repeatedly refused to come to central Sarajevo citing fears for his safety.
For the first time since the war in Bosnia started four years ago, Momcilo Krajisnik - Bosnian Serb member elected for the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina - arrived in Sarajevo to meet with his former enemies Alija Izetbegovic and Kresimir Zubak.
Driving through former confrontation lines secured by a number of Bosnian and Serb policemen on the road, Krajisnik arrived at the hotel just inside the capital from the Serb stronghold Pale, where he was met by Croat Kresimir Zubak and High Representative Carl Bildt.
He seemed cautious about the outcome he expects from the historic meeting and emotional about his return to Sarajevo after a four year exile.
SOUNDBITE: (Serbo-Croat)
This is a step forward and we express our satisfaction about that. But every stale-mate leads to further tensions. Anyway we will see what happens after the meeting. It is hard to describe emotions.
SUPER CAPTION: Momcilo Krajisnik - Bosnian Serb member elected for Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Alija Izetbegovic, the chairman of the presidency elected in September 14 elections, arrived a little later.
Sources close to the Bosnian president say that Izetbegovic is hoping to secure Milosevic's guarantee that the Bosnian Serb leaders will remain committed to a unified Bosnia.
Izetbegovic has also insisted repeatedly that all three members of the presidency must take an oath to protect Bosnian sovereignty before the presidency even convenes.
International community observers tout this first meeting of the newly elected Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a big step forward along the path to continued peace in the region.
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Preview on 10th anniversary of the Dayton agreement, end of Bosnian war
(20 Nov 2005) SHOTLIST
Sarajevo, Bosnia - 18 Nov 2005
1. Wide shot Sarajevo
2. People walking in street
New York City, USA - 18 Nov 2005
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Holbrooke, US diplomat who brokered the Dayton deal:
At about 8:30 or 9:00 in the morning, with 800 journalists waiting outside ready for the failure announcement, Milosevic walked through the snow into our offices and said 'One more try', and he made one final offer. We raced off to see Izetbegovic (late Bosnian Muslim president), Warren Christopher and I, and said is it, and Izetbegovic listened, the Bosnian president, and he said 'This is not a just peace, but it is peace and my people need peace, and I will accept this'.
Sarajevo, Bosnia - 18 Nov 2005
4. Wide shot exterior Sarajevo business centre
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Michael Humphreys, European Commission ambassador to Bosnia:
The peace is maintained. There was a large international military presence here and not a one of them was killed in battle. The peace worked and over the past ten years there was progress, but not enough progress. What is needed now is to move beyond the Dayton constitution, beyond the Dayton peace agreement, to the European future of Bosnia Herzegovina as a member of the European Union.
6. Mid shot destroyed apartment block on former front line in Sarajevo suburbs
New York City, USA - 18 Nov 2005
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Holbrooke, US diplomat who brokered the Dayton deal:
Still, it's very corrupt, it's a weak central government and I'm glad the Bush administration is finally, if belatedly, addressing this issue. I've a lot of confidence in Undersecretary of State Nick Burns.
Srebrenica, Bosnia - 18 Nov 2005
8. Exterior entrance to memorial centre
9. Wide shot Muslim graves
10. Close-up Muslim grave
Sarajevo, Bosnia - 19 Nov 2005
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Haris Silajdzic, former Bosnian prime minister and member of Bosnian delegation in Dayton
It is actually the result of a fascist concept of dividing Bosnia, destroying Bosnia's structure.This was a multiethnic country, now they wanted these ethnicities to isolate themselves and to live separately. This is the concept that unfortunately is still going on in Bosnia.
Pale, Bosnia - 19 Nov 2005
12. Mid shot road sign reading: Welcome to Republic of Srpska
13. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Radomir Lukic, former advisor to Radovan Karadzic and member of Serb delegation in Dayton:
Human rights and protection of them in Bosnia is at a very low level, perhaps the lowest lever of all countries that applied for membership of the European Union. Besides the Office of the High Representative, foreign citizens are ruling the state and the constitutional courts here. The judges here are scared. Before they were scared of and dependent on local officials and now they're scared of and dependent on foreign officials.
Sarajevo, Bosnia - 18 Nov 2005
14. Wide shot exterior butcher's shop chain called Dayton
New York City, USA - 18 Nov 2005
15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Richard Holbrooke, US diplomat who brokered the Dayton deal:
The European Union has the major role to play with the carrot in the carrot and stick game, because the carrot is European Union membership. Without European Union membership the Balkans will always be a kind of a mess in the middle of Europe, with EU members like Greece and ultimately others around it. And yet without reforms the Balkans are not ready for EU membership.
Sarajevo, Bosnia - 18 Nov 2005
16. Mid shot exterior butcher's shop chain called 'Dayton'
STORYLINE
Ten years after the Dayton peace accord ended Bosnia's bloodshed, the question being asked is why the country is still struggling to function.
But Dayton was a roadmap to peace, not a blueprint for the future.
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Bosnia - Municipal elections
T/I: 10:00:15
Bosnians began voting on Saturday (13/9) in country-wide municipal elections seen as an important step forward in Bosnia's peace process.
About 2.5 million people had registered to vote in the two-day
polls. The NATO-led Stabilization Force (SFOR) had 36,000 troops
deployed throughout the country to ensure the security of voters and try to prevent any outbreaks of violence. An explosion rocked a local office of the main Bosnian Croat party, the HDZ, in central Sarajevo a few hours before the polls opened. In Mostar, some Muslims are boycotting the polling stations in a protest at a last minute concession to the Croats who until Thursday had threatened a total boycott of the elections.
SHOWS:
VARIOUS BOSNIA 13/9
SARAJEVO:
WS city over river;
WS street;
CU campaign poster pull out to WS city;
Ext polling station;
voters walk in;
Int station;
Vs voters being scanned to vote;
Vs voting scenes.;
CU bus;
pull out to WS bus of refugees in Sarajevo who are going back to their former town of Srebrenica to vote;
People boarding bus;
PAN Int bus;
bus moves off to Srebrenica;
PALE:
SFOR patrols on road in Pale area;
Vs SFOR troops on patrol shift;
WS voting station in Pale;
people queuing to vote;
Int man going to vote;
WEST MOSTAR:
Vs bombed out street scenes;
Ext polling station;
people queueing;
Int Vs people voting;
SARAJEVO:
SFOR troops near hdz headquarters where blast occured;
Darinko Dago (with beard) Croatian Ambassador to Bosnia walking through tape to outside building;
CU Dago;
SOT eyewitness man who says he was there when the blast went off and that he and his family were turned upside down;
shattered glass in bucket;
vs blast damage;
VS people voting;
Stjepan Kljujic voting (founder of HDZ Party who was thrown out at beginning of war also former member of Bosnian presidency before war);
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Bosnia - First post-war multi-party elections
T/I 10:31:42
Voting got underway in over 4000 polling stations across Bosnia on Saturday (14/9) in the country's first postwar elections.
Among the three million people expected to vote were Bosnian Serb refugees, who, together with Bosnian Muslim refugees from the Bosnina Croat Federation, returned to the area of Prijedor in Northwestern Bosnia to cast their votes.
SHOWS:
PALE TO SARAJEVO ROAD, 14/9
Man being searched by checkpoint police
UN workers checking papers
IFOR troops officiating
C/way soldiers on tank turret
Bus pulls away
KOVANJ, 14/9
buses with Muslim refugees returning to Serb stronghold
GVS refugees voting
SARAJEVO, 14/9
Bosnian president Alija Izetbegovic voting
SOT Izetbegovic: I believe in our victory and for the last 60 days we haven't controlled the media...if the SDA has a victory, it will be a miracle of bosnian defiance.
FARITICI, OUTSIDE SARAJEVO, 14/9
(location of alleged serbian attack)
WS scene
Gvs Police at scene
WS surrounding hills - zoom back to scene
BANJA LUKA, 14/9
EXT polling station
SDS hard line nationalist Biljana Plavsic, finger is sprayed
Various Plavsic voting
SARAJEVO, 14/9
Bosnian Prime Minister Hasan Muratovic and wife voting
SOT Muratovic: We expect the OSCE to be flexible if in any
place voters will not be able to vote today
BANJA LUKA, 14/9
Richard Holbrooke, independent US envoy standing with EU Representative Carl Bildt
SOT Holbrooke (in english): The people who are ethnically cleansed from the area should have a right to return to it. The second point I would like to make is the people we talked to, all candidates for office, all people who will continue to play an important political role in Bosnia all said they were committed to the principles of Dayton, specifically that means it is one country with a central government.
VS Holbrooke and Bildt meet with Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plavsic.
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Sarajevo (; Cyrillic: Сарајево, pronounced [sǎrajeʋo]; see names in other languages) is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its administrative limits. The Sarajevo metropolitan area, including Sarajevo Canton, East Sarajevo and nearby municipalities, is home to 555,210 inhabitants.a Nestled within the greater Sarajevo valley of Bosnia, it is surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of the Balkans.
Sarajevo is the political, social and cultural center of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a prominent center of culture in the Balkans, with its region-wide influence in entertainment, media, fashion, and the arts.Due to its long and rich history of religious and cultural diversity, Sarajevo is sometimes called the Jerusalem of Europe or Jerusalem of the Balkans. It is one of only a few major European cities which have a mosque, Catholic church, Orthodox church and synagogue in the same neighborhood. A regional center in education, the city is home to the Balkans first institution of tertiary education in the form of an Islamic polytechnic called the Saraybosna Osmanlı Medrese, today part of the University of Sarajevo.Although settlement in the area stretches back to prehistoric times, the modern city arose as an Ottoman stronghold in the 15th century. Sarajevo has attracted international attention several times throughout its history. In 1885, Sarajevo was the first city in Europe and the second city in the world to have a full-time electric tram network running through the city, following San Francisco. In 1914, it was the site of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria by local Young Bosnia activist Gavrilo Princip that sparked World War I, which also ended Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and resulted in the creation of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Later, after World War II, the establishment of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina within the Second Yugoslavia led to a massive expansion of Sarajevo, the constituent republic's capital, which culminated with the hosting of the 1984 Winter Olympics marking a prosperous era for the city. However, after the start of the Yugoslav Wars, for 1,425 days, from April 1992 to February 1996, the city suffered the longest siege of a capital city in the history of modern warfare, during the Bosnian War and the breakup of Yugoslavia.Sarajevo has been undergoing post-war reconstruction, and is the fastest growing city in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The travel guide series Lonely Planet has named Sarajevo as the 43rd best city in the world, and in December 2009 listed Sarajevo as one of the top ten cities to visit in 2010. In 2011, Sarajevo was nominated to be the European Capital of Culture in 2014 and will be hosting the European Youth Olympic Festival in 2019.
Bosnia/Croatia - Bosnian Situation
T/I: 11:06:40
Fighting around the Sarajevo continued into the early hours of
Tuesday (30/5) morning, as Bosnian Serb and Bosnian government
forces exchanged small arms and machinegun fire, punctuated by
the occasional shell. The Serbs also moved U.N. tanks and armoured
personnel carriers, captured from arms collection depots during
the weekend, into defensive positions around their barracks south
of Sarajevo at Lukavica. In Sarajevo, French peacekeepers held a
memorial service for two of their comrades killed as they seized
back an observation post captured by Bosnian Serbs at the weekend.
Dozens more French peacekeepers are among the more than 300 U.N.
personnel being held hostage by the Bosnian Serbs. U.N. Special
Envoy, Yasushi Akashi, is negotiating for their release, but has
yet to make a breakthrough. While the Bosnian Serbs appear to have
the upper hand around Sarajevo, it's a different story outside the
capital. The Bosnian Government army has been making gains in
several areas.
SHOWS:
SARAJEVO, 3/5
00:00 Night shot of Bosnian government held office building
00:03 VO starts here
00:05 Cutaway WS of Sarajevo by night
00:08 Night shot building, flares go off
LUKAVICA, NEAR SARAJEVO 30/5
00:16 PAN across U.N. vehicles outside Serb barracks
00:20 U.N. vehicle on road
00:24 LS of U.N. tank outside Serb barracks
SARAJEVO 30/5
00:27 French soldiers lined up for memorial service
00:32 CU French soldier
00:35 Coffins lowered onto trestles
00:45 CU soldiers by coffin
ZAGREB, CROATIA 30/5
00:48 YASUSHI AKASHI, UN SPECIAL ENVOY SOT: We continue our
efforts so that their conditions will be ameliorated and
they will be eventually liberated.
00:57 Akashi leaves in car.
VOZUCA, CENTRAL BOSNIA 30/5
01:03 Bosnian government troops walking in file
01:08 Body of Serb soldier
01:10 Body of another Serb soldier
01:13 Tattered Serb flag
01:16 Pile of weapons on ground
01:22 Zoom in on boot.
01:27 ENDS
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WRAP Sarajevo joy, Bos Muslim reax ADDS Karadzic's house, Pale reax
SHOTLIST
Pale
1. Wide of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic's house
2. Mid of Karadzic's house
3. Wide of Karadzic's SDS party offices
4. SOUNDBITE: (Serbian) Aco Divcic, Pale resident, vox pop:
I'm stunned. This is a shame for the Serbian government and a shame for the Serbian people. At least I hope that the family will not be harassed by NATO troops anymore.
5. Wide of street
6. SOUNDBITE: (Serbian) Slavko Vasic, Pale resident, vox pop:
I'm totally horrified. This is crazy, especially now when I see what the medias in the federation are saying.
7. Wide of street
Sarajevo
8. Wide of Sarajevo street
9. Newspaper stand with headlines reading: (Bosnian) Karadzic arrested
10. Man reading newspaper
11. SOUNDBITE: (Bosnian) No name given, Sarajevo resident, vox pop:
I'm happy, finally after 13 years he is arrested. You can see in the paper he is holding his head. I hope, with God's help, the other will be arrested too. That is all I can say - happiness and joy. And finally we see some justice done.
12. Man buying newspaper
13. SOUNDBITE: (Bosnian)
This is the surprise of the year. No, this is the surprise of the century. Let's see him off to court.
14. Wide of traffic
Sarajevo
++NIGHT SHOTS++
15. Exterior of television station
16. SOUNDBITE: (Bosnian) Sulejman Tihic, Muslim leader:
I think we have come to a closure, where the butcher of Balkans will finally bury his sick project.
17. Mid of car in front of television station
18. SOUNDBITE: (English) Zlatko Lagumdzija, Bosnian Social Democrat:
The arrest of Radovan Karadzic is, I hope, the chance for a new beginning in the region, not just for Bosnia-Herzegovina. It's a chance for the international community, the European Union in particular, and regional leaders to reshape, restructure, redefine the regional policy.
19. Wide exterior of television station
Sarajevo
++NIGHT SHOTS++
20. Men chanting around a fire
++NIGHT SHOTS++
Sarajevo
21. Various of street celebrations, men clapping and jumping in the rain, chanting and cheering
STORYLINE:
Bosnians were still coming to terms - some with joy, others steeped in fury -
with the news on Tuesday morning that the former Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic had been arrested.
On Tuesday a judge finished interrogating Karadzic, the accused mastermind of Europe's worst massacre since World War II, triggering a procedure to hand him over to a UN war crimes court.
Karadzic, 63, was arrested on Monday evening in a Belgrade suburb after more than a decade on the run.
Speaking in Karadzic's home town of Pale, a Serb strong-hold, where Karadzic is still regarded a nationalist hero, resident Aco Divcic said he was stunned on hearing the news, which dominated the headlines of Bosnian papers on Tuesday.
He called the arrest a shame for the Serbian government and a shame for the Serbian people.
Another resident, Slavko Vasic, echoed these sentiments: I'm totally horrified. This is crazy.
In Bosnia, however, one group's hero is another group's monster.
Since the end of the war, the country has been divided into a republic run by Bosnia's Christian Orthodox Serbs and a federation between Muslim Bosnians and Catholic Croats.
The streets of Sarajevo were jammed with euphoric crowds before dawn on Tuesday as Bosnian Muslims celebrated Karadzic's arrest.
And on Tuesday morning, more Sarajevans, who braved a remorseless three and a half year siege and relentless shelling, which killed thousands, expressed their joy - All I can say - happiness and joy. And finally we see some justice done, said one man.
Another Sarajevo resident called the news the surprise of the century, adding, let's see him off to court.
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ZIVI STIT
Dokumentarni film ZIVI STIT
NEWS FEATURE Concerns on effect of political crisis on investment
1. Wide construction work of new office buildings in central Sarajevo
2. Mid construction work, scaffolding
3. Various construction work, cranes, diggers
4. Wide business centre with construction work in front
5. Various of billboard showing the picture of the new business centre and the Austrian investor Alpha Baumanagement. Austria
6. Mid of UNIQA (Austrian insurance firm) sign
7. Close-up of Sarajevo Stock Exchange (SASE) sign on door
8. Wide of brokers working in an office
9. Various of brokers looking at stocks on a computer
10. SOUNDBITE (Bosnian): Zlatan Dedic, Chief Executive, Sarajevo stock exchange (SASE):
No one likes to invest in a place with an unstable situation. We can confirm that some stock holders have put their shares on hold because of the crisis. We hope things will change for the better.
11. Wide of Sarajevo skyline
12. Wide exterior of offices belonging to Raiffeisen Bank in Sarajevo
13. Mid of women at the counter inside the Bank
14. Close up of woman holding money in her hand
15. SOUNDBITE (English): Michael Muller, CEO Raiffeisen Bank Bosnia:
It was expected that this (situation) would not be welcomed, but I'm persuaded that we will be able to resolve it in a political way and in discussions. I really do not expect any major events in this country.
(Question: So you would say that the money that is placed here is safe?)
Absolutely, absolutely. I sleep very well.
16. Wide shot of new Raiffeisen headquarters under construction
17. Mid of workers on the building site
18. Wide of crane at work at building under construction
19. SOUNDBITE (Bosnian) Haris Basic, Director of Bosnian foreign investment agency:
The fact is that this situation can badly affect foreign investments in the longer term. But now, there is no retreat of foreign investments and there are no signs of the market going down badly.
20. Wide shot of office blocks of the Austrian HVB Bank (left of screen)
21. Mid of HVB Bank sign on roof of building
22. Mid of Volksbank (German bank) sign on roof of building
23. People at check out counters at a store
24. Various of people shopping
25. Items being checked at till
26. Customers placing bags in shopping trolley
27. Wide of man and woman leaving the store
28. SOUNDBITE (Bosnian): No Name given, Vox Pop:
I can say that this is not an easy and simple situation, but I think it will be resolved positively. I have trust in the international community.
29. SOUNDBITE (Bosnian) No Name given, Vox Pop:
There will be no war, there will be no lack of food.The only thing we lack is money.
30. Panoramic view of Sarajevo
STORYLINE:
Concerns are rising that the current political crisis in Bosnia may have an adverse impact on foreign investments in the country.
Many companies have set up offices in Bosnia and are spending large amounts of money in the country.
The construction of several high rise buildings is underway in the capital Sarajevo.
But last week, the resignation of Bosnian Prime Minister Nikola Spiric, an ethnic Serb from the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, marked a political crisis that threatens the country's post-war stability
Spiric resigned after the high representative of the international community in Bosnia, Miroslav Lajcak put forward plans to lowered the quorum required for the parliament and the federal government.
Lajcak's proposals would change the way a quorum is calculated in order to make it more difficult for lawmakers to block decisions simply by not showing up.
The Bosnian Serbs and Serbia claim that Lajcak's procedural reforms, which envisage strengthening Bosnia's central institutions, were designed to abolish the Serb mini-state in Bosnia created in the 1995 peace accords.
I sleep well, said Muller.
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