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[00:00:19] Good afternoon, dear viewers, you are watching More than 1.5 million people have been evacuated an information event
[00:00:22] of the day.
[00:00:26] Miners were promised payment of back wages, but they did not receive an exact date
[00:00:30] for payment, so three more members of the union board
[00:00:34] joined the miners
[00:00:35] in the Raspotoče Pit.
[00:00:39] Ukrainian drone attacks in Russia killed 13 people.
[00:00:42] The deadliest attack in the last two
[00:00:44] years.
[00:00:47] Final preparations before the opening of the 32nd Sarajevo Film
[00:00:50] Festival, the red carpet has been laid out. Ticket sales began this morning,
[00:00:54] with crowds reported in front of the main Box
[00:00:56] Office.
[00:01:01] Nine miners from the Zenica Brown Coal Mine spent their sixth night in the Raspotočje
[00:01:05] pit, refusing to come out until they received written
[00:01:09] guarantees of exact payment dates for the wages owed to them. As previously
[00:01:12] announced, three members of the union board joined
[00:01:16] the miners in the pit because they did not receive an exact date for the payment of their
[00:01:19] wages, confirmed by ZN1 Alija Selman from the Zenica Brown Coal Mine
[00:01:23] Union. In the meantime, the Government of the Federation
[00:01:27] and the relevant federal ministry announced that funds
[00:01:30] have been secured for the payment of back wages to employees of the Zenica Brown Coal
[00:01:34] Mine. According to the ministry, following the expected
[00:01:37] operational activation of World Bank
[00:01:40] project funds in the coming days, approximately three million convertible marks
[00:01:44] should be allocated to cover unpaid wages
[00:01:47] to miners. The statement placed special emphasis on the safety
[00:01:50] of miners in the underground
[00:01:54] sector is not up areas of the Raspotočje plant and called on them to immediately
[00:01:56] vacate the underground premises. They state that the lives and health
[00:02:00] of workers are an absolute priority.
[00:02:04] The government secured a World Bank loan of 160 million
[00:02:08] KM, and we soon expect the effectiveness of this loan
[00:02:11] in the coming days, so everything that was planned will be
[00:02:15] paid to the miners. They know this very well. We have
[00:02:18] been communicating during the past few days, of course,
[00:02:22] advising them not to expose themselves to such dangers
[00:02:25] and a type of strike that is happening in methane
[00:02:28] rooms because that is, in our opinion, very, very dangerous.
[00:02:32] So everything that was promised, that is, it will be done.
[00:02:36] Representatives of the Zenica Mine Union have already received a request to fill in
[00:02:40] all the data for the payment of wages, and not just for two months,
[00:02:43] but for three months, given that on the 25th of this
[00:02:47] month, the obligation for the payment of the third salary
[00:02:50] will already arise. Although they did not work during this
[00:02:54] period, we will honor our agreement until the end and pay all
[00:02:58] wages that these workers need to be paid.
[00:03:02] In the Brčko settlement of Ilička, a shooting occurred this morning in which one person
[00:03:06] sustained serious bodily injuries. The incident occurred this morning around 6
[00:03:10] AM on Mihajlo Pupin Street. According to unofficial information, a man
[00:03:13] with the initials MG was wounded. According to RTV Hit Brčko,
[00:03:17] the attack occurred in the immediate vicinity of the injured
[00:03:20] person's family home. Two men who allegedly
[00:03:24] drove up on motorcycles, intercepted M.G. and fired
[00:03:27] about five bullets in his direction. The injured
[00:03:31] the climate, it affects man was transported to the Brčko hospital with serious bodily injuries where he was hospitalized
[00:03:35] in the surgery department and received medical assistance. For now, the motives
[00:03:38] of the attack nor the identity of the people who
[00:03:41] fired are known. According to police, the Brčko District
[00:03:45] police are intensively working
[00:03:46] event.
[00:03:56] In a Ukrainian drone attack on the Russian city
[00:03:58] of Nizhnekamsk, and its oil refinery
[00:04:01] in Tatarstan, 13 people died, including a child, while 39
[00:04:05] were injured. Fierce fighting continues along other front
[00:04:09] lines. Five people were killed in Ukrainian shelling
[00:04:12] of Belgorod, while two died in a Russian attack on Kharkiv.
[00:04:15] Moscow claims to have captured two villages in the Donetsk region, while Kyiv states
[00:04:19] that in the past 24 hours, more than 1,400
[00:04:23] Russian soldiers were eliminated. Ukrainian President Volodymyr
[00:04:26] Zelensky warned that North Korea could
[00:04:29] send up to 50,000 troops to Russia and called on South
[00:04:33] Korea to help Ukraine's air
[00:04:35] defense.
[00:04:40] That's all for the news, dear viewers, thank you for Western Europe has experienced the hottest June and July in recorded
[00:04:43] history with an average temperature of
[00:04:45] 21.6°C, announced the European
[00:04:49] Copernicus service. This is almost three
[00:04:52] degrees above average. Due to extreme heat and drought,
[00:04:56] more than 25,000 people have died, while fires in Spain,
[00:04:59] France, and Italy have destroyed more than 500,000 hectares of land.
[00:05:03] Historically low water levels of the rivers Seine, Rhine, and Danube have endangered
[00:05:07] the energy system, which is why Hungary and Romania have temporarily
[00:05:10] suspended the operation of nuclear reactors. Great Britain
[00:05:13] is currently experiencing its fifth heatwave this summer with orange
[00:05:17] warnings and temperatures up to 36°. And
[00:05:20] the ban on using hoses for watering due to drought has affected
[00:05:24] more than 20 million
[00:05:26] people.
[00:05:31] in eastern China after Typhoon Doksuri hit the mainland,
[00:05:35] the strongest storm in the country since the beginning of the year. With wind gusts of
[00:05:38] 150 km/h, the typhoon caused massive disruptions
[00:05:42] to traffic. In Shanghai, about a thousand flights were canceled,
[00:05:45] the operation of some metro lines was suspended, and numerous
[00:05:48] tourist attractions were closed. Meteorologists in the city are recording
[00:05:52] the highest amount of rainfall in the last 150 years. Although the
[00:05:55] storm weakened as it moved inland, authorities warn of
[00:05:59] a high risk of floods and landslides in several provinces.
[00:06:02] Warnings have also been issued for Beijing. Officially, there are no
[00:06:06] human casualties, except for a report of a missing nine-year-old boy in one
[00:06:09] province.
[00:06:14] I have been living in Shanghai for 10 years, and this is the first time I feel that
[00:06:18] the typhoon has caused so many problems and led to such
[00:06:21] floods. This is the first time I have encountered such a
[00:06:24] situation.
[00:06:27] At least eight people have died, nine have been injured, and one is being
[00:06:31] sought in floods and landslides in the Philippines caused by days of
[00:06:34] heavy rains and tropical storms. The bad weather has
[00:06:37] affected more than 750,000 people, while over 8,000 residents
[00:06:41] have been housed in... evacuation centers. The most severely affected is the island
[00:06:45] of Luzon, where in the vicinity of the capital city of Manila, the water in some sections
[00:06:48] reached waist-high. Due to the floods, schools are closed, and
[00:06:52] ferry traffic in 20 ports has been suspended. Meteorologists
[00:06:56] announce new precipitation.
[00:07:00] An explosion occurred at the Emku arms factory in Bulgaria, reports Bulgarian
[00:07:03] television BTN. The factory is located near the village
[00:07:07] of Belitsa. According to preliminary information from this television, a truck
[00:07:10] caught fire, which then caused a fire in one of the factory's
[00:07:14] warehouses, followed by a series of explosions. Bulgarian
[00:07:17] television states that 300 factory workers
[00:07:20] were evacuated. According to Kristina Sidorova from the local
[00:07:23] administration, no one was
[00:07:26] killed in this incident.
[00:07:35] The red carpet has been laid out in front of the National Theater Sarajevo, marking the beginning of the final preparations
[00:07:39] for the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival. Also,
[00:07:42] ticket sales began this morning at the main box office, where crowds were reported.
[00:07:46] The first 10 customers were rewarded with 10 free
[00:07:49] tickets each for films in various programs. The Sarajevo Film Festival begins
[00:07:53] on Friday, August 14th, and will last until August
[00:07:57] 21st. Large crowds were recorded this morning
[00:08:00] in front of the Sarajevo BKC, or Office
[00:08:03] Box, where the physical sale of tickets
[00:08:07] for the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival began, which will be
[00:08:10] held from August 14th to 21st.
[00:08:14] Numerous citizens of Sarajevo, as well as all of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and also
[00:08:18] tourists, especially from countries in the region, arrived early
[00:08:21] to buy tickets for this year's
[00:08:24] screenings. Many of them even came, as they say,
[00:08:27] at 4 AM to
[00:08:31] get a place on time and buy the desired
[00:08:35] tickets. I came early in the morning, I was already here at
[00:08:38] 4 AM. We prepared a few movies.
[00:08:42] Teresa, Homeland, Palestine, No Man's Land and so
[00:08:46] on. I'm interested in socializing with the people who come here every
[00:08:49] year, for years, years back, we've been
[00:08:53] gathering. Some come as
[00:08:57] they came this morning, some come at 5:15 as I came
[00:09:00] this morning. Some come at 7:15 and are
[00:09:03] 10th. Some come at 7 and are
[00:09:07] 11th. Every year I am here, that, there is
[00:09:10] that Sarajevo spirit. Good movies, good
[00:09:14] fun, I just feel good. There is great
[00:09:17] interest in online ticket purchases, which
[00:09:21] began at the beginning of last week, when minor
[00:09:25] difficulties were recorded on the first day
[00:09:27] of purchase, but fortunately they were resolved.
[00:09:31] The interest in this year's program
[00:09:33] is very, very high. We resolved
[00:09:37] the difficulties, that was probably, you are talking about
[00:09:40] the first day of pre-sale of tickets when a large
[00:09:44] number of users who wanted to buy immediately, probably
[00:09:48] for a precisely defined screening.
[00:09:51] Online sales are still ongoing, of course, and will last until the end
[00:09:55] of the festival, as well as the physical sale
[00:09:57] of tickets here. For online ticket sales,
[00:10:01] certain discounts are available. The interest is enormous. Last
[00:10:04] year we had record ticket sales, and this year,
[00:10:08] according to the first day of online pre-sales
[00:10:12] that you mentioned, sales are up
[00:10:15] 20% compared to the previous year. Without a doubt,
[00:10:18] Sarajevo this summer, from August 14th to 21st,
[00:10:22] will be the center of the region, as well as the European
[00:10:25] capital of film, when we expect numerous stars
[00:10:29] and world screenings of films with a special
[00:10:32] focus on films from Southeast Europe,
[00:10:35] but also on films from all over the world. Feđa Kulina,
[00:10:39] N1.
[00:10:45] UEFA, the Asian Football Confederation and CONCACAF have strongly
[00:10:48] criticized FIFA President Gianni Infantino for the failed plan to
[00:10:52] sell part of the commercial rights to the World Cup. In
[00:10:55] an open letter published today, they stated that Infantino
[00:10:58] had deliberately undermined trust and demanded an independent
[00:11:02] investigation. The plan envisaged selling 20% of commercial rights
[00:11:06] to private investors for approximately 4.2 billion
[00:11:08] dollars. The three confederations threatened to boycott FIFA competitions
[00:11:12] if they did not receive guarantees that similar plans would not
[00:11:16] be repeated. Leadership in football is not anyone's property, they stated in the
[00:11:19] announcement.
[00:11:24] Sarajevo will be a gathering place today for some of the most talented
[00:11:27] young tennis players, both male and female, from Europe and the world. Tomorrow begins
[00:11:31] the jubilee 30th International Tournament Open RTC
[00:11:34] Barcelona 1899 Sarajevo 2026
[00:11:38] Memorial Terzimehić San Barantintore, which will feature
[00:11:41] competitors from as many as 25 countries. It is a
[00:11:44] first-category Tennis Europe tournament for junior girls and boys up to
[00:11:48] 16 years old, which has for three decades represented one of
[00:11:51] the most significant tennis events of this type in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
[00:11:55] The competition will last until Saturday, August 15th, when this year's
[00:11:58] winners will be
[00:11:59] announced.
[00:12:03] To mention a man who, unfortunately, is no longer with us for several
[00:12:06] years, that is the honorary president Mr. Joan Maria
[00:12:10] Tintoré, who was the first person who came from Barcelona to
[00:12:13] Sarajevo, with whom we, with whom we established contact and
[00:12:17] who in a way started everything. We went from the fourth
[00:12:21] category of Tennis Europe to this first, most prestigious one.
[00:12:25] There is only one stronger, which is the super category, but it is very rare and
[00:12:28] the Master which Tea regularly won, Tea said
[00:12:32] how well organized this tournament is, how important it is,
[00:12:36] I will say that our motto was primarily
[00:12:40] Tea, in fact, all those who came here to Bosnia and
[00:12:43] Herzegovina as young tennis players, they
[00:12:46] trained a lot, gave their best and achieved great
[00:12:49] results.
[00:12:53] I am very happy as a...
[00:12:55] tennis player from Bosnia and Herzegovina to see such a big tournament in
[00:12:59] our capital city, so I thank all of
[00:13:03] you for enabling this tournament for us and
[00:13:07] for following me and my results. As perhaps
[00:13:11] the greatest junior in BiH
[00:13:14] ever, to be in support of this tournament, I am really happy
[00:13:18] and I watch our younger generations
[00:13:19] now.
[00:13:23] I think this is the most important tournament. perhaps in Bosnia and
[00:13:26] Herzegovina.
[00:13:29] I am sorry that every year I talk about the same thing, which is financial
[00:13:33] support. The Ministry of Culture and Sports does provide support, but not as much
[00:13:37] as it should be, so this is a unique opportunity for the
[00:13:40] 31st tournament to be held so that all levels of
[00:13:43] government understand the importance of this tournament, because this is a tournament where players
[00:13:46] from all over Bosnia and Herzegovina play, a tournament where
[00:13:50] 25 countries come to our
[00:13:52] city.
[00:13:55] Finally, let's look at the weather forecast.
[00:13:59] Warm regards, dear viewers, high temperatures prevail throughout Bosnia and
[00:14:02] Herzegovina, as you can see, which is why an alert
[00:14:06] has been issued via the Meteoalarm system of the Federal
[00:14:08] Hydrometeorological Institute. Warm air will continue
[00:14:12] to linger over our area. For the remainder of Monday,
[00:14:15] it will remain mostly sunny throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina,
[00:14:19] dry with mostly light winds. Mostly east
[00:14:22] and northeast winds blow, with west and southwest winds dominating
[00:14:26] in Herzegovina and the southwestern part of Bosnia. All of this
[00:14:29] together, of course, affects temperatures. We expect that
[00:14:32] maximum temperature values in
[00:14:35] the Herzegovina area today will climb to 40°,
[00:14:39] in Bosnia mostly from 30 to a maximum of 36,
[00:14:42] 37. The heatwave will continue in the coming days until
[00:14:46] the end of the week, it will certainly remain hot, dry
[00:14:49] and still rarely with showers, possibly during
[00:14:52] Wednesday in parts of Herzegovina. More concrete
[00:14:55] relief with precipitation is only possible in
[00:14:59] the new upcoming
[00:15:00] week.
[00:15:05] your attention, goodbye.
[00:15:28] The weather forecast is brought to you by your ice cream destination,
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[00:15:45] Warm regards, dear viewers, high temperatures prevail throughout Bosnia and
[00:15:48] Herzegovina, as you can see, which is why an alert
[00:15:52] has been issued via the Meteoalarm system of the Federal Hydrometeorological
[00:15:56] Institute. And warm air will continue to linger over our
[00:15:59] area. For the remainder of Monday, it will remain mostly
[00:16:03] sunny throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina, dry with mostly light
[00:16:06] winds. Mostly east and northeast winds blow, with
[00:16:10] west and southwest winds dominating in Herzegovina
[00:16:13] and the southwestern part of Bosnia. All of this together, of course, affects
[00:16:17] temperatures. We expect that maximum
[00:16:20] temperature values in the Herzegovina area today
[00:16:23] will climb to 40°, in Bosnia mostly from 30 to
[00:16:27] a maximum of 36, 37. The heatwave
[00:16:29] will continue in the coming days until the end of the week, it will certainly
[00:16:33] remain hot, dry and still rarely with
[00:16:36] showers. Possibly during Wednesday in parts
[00:16:40] of Herzegovina. More concrete relief with
[00:16:43] precipitation is only possible in the new upcoming week.
[00:17:01] Weather information brought to you by your ice cream destination,
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[00:17:21] A new day begins. The sponsor of the show
[00:17:24] is Medicana Health Group.
[00:17:36] We continue to talk about heat, about the extremes that
[00:17:39] are happening to us, about
[00:17:42] drought, which is no longer just an ecological problem, but is becoming
[00:17:46] a matter of energy security. Due to
[00:17:49] record low water levels of the Danube, Hungary,
[00:17:52] we remind you, has almost completely stopped the operation of its largest nuclear
[00:17:56] power plant. Reduced production was recorded at the Krško power plant
[00:17:59] in Slovenia. When there is not enough water for cooling
[00:18:02] reactors, power plants must reduce production or shut down completely,
[00:18:06] and that opens up a question that perhaps until yesterday seemed
[00:18:10] unimaginable. Can climate change threaten the stability
[00:18:13] of electricity supply in Europe, and what does that mean for Bosnia
[00:18:17] and Herzegovina, which relies on hydropower plants and thermal power plants?
[00:18:21] Are we ready for a future in which droughts, heatwaves, and water scarcity
[00:18:24] will directly affect electricity production and its price? About that
[00:18:28] with energy expert Mr. Edhem Bičakčić this
[00:18:31] morning. Good morning and welcome to a new day. Good morning to you and
[00:18:35] the viewers of N1. Mr. Bičakčić, what kind
[00:18:38] of times are we witnessing, where climate change literally,
[00:18:42] following what we see in Hungary and Slovenia, and long
[00:18:46] ago in Bosnia and Herzegovina, dictates whether
[00:18:49] tomorrow we will have enough energy for our own needs or not?
[00:18:53] Uh, climate change
[00:18:57] causes a series of disruptions, they are a product
[00:19:01] of greenhouse gas emissions,
[00:19:04] CO2 emissions into the atmosphere, and that affects
[00:19:08] the melting of Arctic glaciers,
[00:19:12] prolonged dry periods, the spread
[00:19:15] of fires, and floods, on the other hand,
[00:19:19] the fall of large amounts of water in a short period.
[00:19:23] These cycles alternate and are becoming
[00:19:26] more intense. In Europe, this
[00:19:29] is already felt very drastically, and Bosnia and Herzegovina is
[00:19:33] a somewhat less threatened area so far,
[00:19:37] but it is coming its turn, and we are already
[00:19:41] seeing a greater spread of forest fires
[00:19:44] in areas where this has not happened before,
[00:19:48] and outside , for example, Herzegovina, where people
[00:19:51] have always dealt with this, and then sometimes with
[00:19:54] floods. Bosnia and Herzegovina cannot avoid
[00:19:58] this. Bosnia and Herzegovina contributes very little to greenhouse
[00:20:01] gas emissions in global terms, it is measured in promilles,
[00:20:05] meaning 1 part of that, in
[00:20:09] European terms in percentages, one to
[00:20:12] 2%, but regardless, our production
[00:20:15] structure, especially in energy, is based on coal-fired
[00:20:19] thermal power plants, and they are major polluters, or rather
[00:20:22] they cause, uh,
[00:20:25] they cause, uh, an increase in
[00:20:29] CO2 emissions. Yes, uh, we are signatories
[00:20:33] of the Energy Community and thus with Europe since 2006.
[00:20:37] By doing so, we committed to following
[00:20:40] all these European energy policies.
[00:20:43] We have committed, but we are not following them and have not entered
[00:20:47] the transition. which is necessary
[00:20:50] to overcome this, so for
[00:20:54] us the cuts will be drastic, this
[00:20:57] is shown by these situations. Now we will talk about these drastic
[00:21:01] cuts and specifically about Bosnia and Herzegovina. I would like to briefly only
[00:21:04] dwell on these nuclear power plant reactors that are being shut
[00:21:08] down due to lack of water in Hungary. Krško is also threatened, I say, in
[00:21:11] Slovenia. Now, how much can
[00:21:15] such situations affect the price of electricity
[00:21:18] in the region? It is very concrete that Hungary is currently facing
[00:21:22] scarcity, that it is implementing reductions at all levels,
[00:21:25] however, looking at the future trend-wise, how can this situation
[00:21:29] we are currently facing affect the region? For example,
[00:21:32] the shutdown of the nuclear power plant
[00:21:36] in Hungary drastically affects the region of
[00:21:38] Southeast Europe, because it is a large capacity, and
[00:21:42] the extremely low level of the Danube is a phenomenon that perhaps
[00:21:45] is being seriously recorded for the first time now. You are witnesses
[00:21:50] that you can cross the Danube in some
[00:21:52] places, that I saw in one recording
[00:21:56] that a car can drive across the Danube, which is
[00:22:00] unprecedented, which is unprecedented. In such
[00:22:02] circumstances, there is not enough water to cool the reactor, and
[00:22:06] if there is not enough water, the reactor must be either reduced or
[00:22:10] subsequently shut down. Not only in Hungary, but there are problems with
[00:22:13] the nuclear plant in Romania. Here,
[00:22:16] the first problems are visible with the Krško
[00:22:19] nuclear plant on the Sava, mhm, and it has
[00:22:22] reduced production, but the possibility of
[00:22:25] a complete shutdown is being seriously considered,
[00:22:28] which then leads, for example, Slovenia into a drastic
[00:22:32] level of need for electricity, then Croatia and the entire
[00:22:35] region, and yet in these current
[00:22:39] circumstances in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the public
[00:22:44] to the task that is somehow
[00:22:47] expected of it. What do we rely on, how much electricity
[00:22:50] comes from thermal power plants, how much from hydropower plants, how much from
[00:22:53] wind farms? What is it that we currently have at
[00:22:57] our disposal in Bosnia and Herzegovina? Well, Bosnia and Herzegovina
[00:23:01] had, before the war, 4
[00:23:04] megawatts of electricity production capacity for electricity, of
[00:23:08] which 2 megawatts were hydropower, 2000 megawatts were
[00:23:12] thermal, but production in thermal power plants was
[00:23:15] 60 to 70%, because they
[00:23:18] operate for a greater number of hours than hydropower plants, mhm,
[00:23:22] depending on the hydrological year, what kind of precipitation
[00:23:25] there is. Uh, so it went up
[00:23:28] to 70% from thermal power plants, in good
[00:23:31] hydrological conditions 50, something lower, mhm. After
[00:23:34] the war, the private sector built
[00:23:38] 1600 megawatts of new capacity, 300
[00:23:42] megawatts of thermal power plants in Stanari,
[00:23:45] then over 900 megawatts of solar power plants
[00:23:48] on the transmission and distribution
[00:23:51] grid, about 300 megawatts of
[00:23:54] wind farms, and 100 megawatts of small
[00:23:57] hydropower plants. So most of the solar are 900 megawatts,
[00:24:01] most of them, well, privately owned, all privately
[00:24:04] owned. And the state public sector, I mean the electric power companies
[00:24:08] have not produced a single kilowatt of solar energy, but only maintained
[00:24:11] existing production and consumed
[00:24:15] existing capacities and worked on existing ones. There are also
[00:24:18] , for example, wind farms.
[00:24:20] Uh, Podveležje was built by Elektroprivreda BiH, Mesihovina was built by
[00:24:24] Elektroprivreda Mostar, and Elektroprivreda Mostar
[00:24:28] built two hydropower plants, Mostarsko Blato and
[00:24:30] Tihaljina. These other capacities have not, although they were
[00:24:34] designed, although all the preconditions for their construction exist,
[00:24:38] they are not being built today. Ultimately, what does that
[00:24:41] mean, Mr. Bičakčić, in conditions where we are moving towards solving
[00:24:45] dirty energy, when we will pay penalties for CO2,
[00:24:48] when our thermal power plants are being shut
[00:24:51] down, have we perhaps started shutting
[00:24:55] down something from which we get energy too soon? We have
[00:24:58] deeply abandoned thermal
[00:25:00] power plants, or rather coal mines that
[00:25:04] provide coal, so production from four
[00:25:08] years ago with 6 million tons has been reduced to 3
[00:25:11] million tons and lower. We will not achieve
[00:25:14] production of even 3 million tons this year in the mines
[00:25:18] in the Federation. What does that mean? That means that the
[00:25:21] electric power company in Sarajevo is an importer of electricity.
[00:25:25] And one terawatt, that's a million
[00:25:29] kilowatts, uh, a thousand
[00:25:32] GWh annually imports
[00:25:35] electricity. The Sarajevo electric power company from Trebinje imports
[00:25:39] 500,000 megawatts. The Mostar electric power company
[00:25:42] is balanced at approximately zero.
[00:25:45] So we are now already importers from exporters.
[00:25:49] We have become importers of electricity, absolutely.
[00:25:52] That is a phenomenon that has occurred, although when
[00:25:56] we look at Bosnia and Herzegovina as a whole with the private
[00:25:59] sector, we are still today exporters of electricity,
[00:26:03] which is rare in the region of Southeast Balkans,
[00:26:06] because these new facilities are producing, all of which are going
[00:26:10] for export, although export is difficult, but
[00:26:14] let's say on Friday the prices on the stock market for daily
[00:26:18] uh purchases were 230 euros per
[00:26:21] megawatt, that's four times more than
[00:26:24] standard, if you place it in the evening
[00:26:27] when solar power plants shut down, then the price
[00:26:30] goes up to 500 euros per meter.
[00:26:32] for watt, that's mm, that's a jump, the stock market immediately
[00:26:36] reacts and you have to buy electricity at those expensive
[00:26:39] prices which practically
[00:26:43] doesn't exist, there's not enough, and at what prices do we buy when
[00:26:46] we import? Here are the Sarajevo and Trebinje power companies, if you say
[00:26:49] yes, so let me clarify for our viewers, the
[00:26:53] energy we sell at high prices is sold by
[00:26:57] private companies, or they were made for their own needs, those
[00:27:00] 1600 MW hours which are...
[00:27:11] imported for the needs of their citizens of Sarajevo,
[00:27:14] Trebinje, through those power companies, at what price do
[00:27:17] they then? I hope they realized that import
[00:27:20] before these drastic jumps on
[00:27:24] the stock exchange. In the first half of the year, that price on
[00:27:27] the stock exchange was from 50 to 80 euros per megawatt, and that
[00:27:31] was... relatively favorable and
[00:27:34] in those circumstances it could also pay off,
[00:27:38] and today whoever is forced to import, they will pay dearly for it.
[00:27:42] I believe that uh they can
[00:27:45] still produce that amount of electricity today,
[00:27:49] they can also
[00:27:52] buy all offered
[00:27:55] quantities that the private sector offers
[00:27:58] to them, but especially the power company in
[00:28:01] Sarajevo... "for this year
[00:28:04] rejected small producers with the
[00:28:07] explanation that it is a complicated
[00:28:10] contract, that it does not pay off, and they only took
[00:28:13] some large producers with whom it is easier and
[00:28:17] simpler to work, and they refused to
[00:28:21] buy energy that is offered to them at the doorstep at prices that
[00:28:25] are lower than market prices, which are produced in the country, which are produced in
[00:28:28] the country, that is a catastrophic policy, that is
[00:28:31] responsibility." Sometimes they asked me
[00:28:35] uh uh
[00:28:38] is that even possible? Well, you see, it is possible. Mr. Bičakšić,
[00:28:41] based on your years of professional experience and
[00:28:45] looking at these trends, who will pay
[00:28:48] the highest price first of the open market, second
[00:28:52] of that import of electricity, where could
[00:28:55] these prices go and how likely is it that
[00:28:58] social peace can be bought in the future as it has
[00:29:02] been a fact. done so far, where is the limit when the
[00:29:05] public sector will no longer be able to buy social peace, but we will
[00:29:09] go for market prices to procure energy and citizens will
[00:29:13] pay for that energy, that should have been
[00:29:16] established long ago in its entirety, it had
[00:29:20] started in that direction, but it was very quickly
[00:29:23] abandoned, because it requires a responsible approach,
[00:29:26] responsible work and responsible management, people do not
[00:29:30] want to manage responsibly, they want to... "be sure that
[00:29:33] they will not make a mistake, they will not make a mistake if they do nothing, that
[00:29:37] is what it comes down to, it has brought us to this point, it
[00:29:41] has brought us to the point where the power company in Sarajevo will this
[00:29:44] year show several hundred million
[00:29:47] in losses, that there are uncollected receivables
[00:29:51] that amount to billions, billions, who are the biggest
[00:29:55] debtors, who are the biggest debtors, and they are not
[00:29:58] from the highest debtors are
[00:30:01] again public." sector, it cannot exist,
[00:30:05] postojati,
[00:30:07] a consumer who does not pay for electricity for two months
[00:30:11] cannot exist, he must be disconnected and
[00:30:14] resolve that issue in the future, otherwise the
[00:30:17] substance is being eaten which has largely been eaten
[00:30:21] in such a way that coal was paid
[00:30:24] in advance and was never delivered, and that on that
[00:30:28] basis there is that debt that the government needs to
[00:30:32] resolve. "Buying coal below market price, where the mines are brought into
[00:30:35] a situation where they are not profitable, that price relationship also in Bosnia and Herzegovina
[00:30:39] must be regulated in such a way that every kilowatt is
[00:30:43] fairly paid, every,
[00:30:46] every ton of coal that is delivered to power plants at
[00:30:49] market prices, that electricity is also sold at market
[00:30:52] prices, well, whoever takes on that cut, someone
[00:30:56] will have to, and from what I see, they are leaving it."