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[00:00:21] Good afternoon, you are watching N1 info, event
[00:00:23] of the day,
[00:00:27] due to active fires in the area of Konjic. A state of natural
[00:00:31] disaster has been declared, firefighters are at the end of their strength, international
[00:00:35] assistance has been requested.
[00:00:38] Alarming situation in the region, on Brač, a large fire, dozens of
[00:00:41] firefighters on the ground, also burning in Serbia and Montenegro,
[00:00:45] Montenegro,
[00:00:48] the death toll in the strong earthquake in Colombia rose to
[00:00:51] 265, 496 people are listed as
[00:01:11] disaster due to large forest fires that have been burning for the eighth day in the area of
[00:01:15] Kanjina, Živašnica, Brđani, Džep and Džepska Planina. The fires are still
[00:01:18] not under control, and they tend to spread, which is further favored by
[00:01:22] high temperatures and wind. The terrain is mostly inaccessible for
[00:01:26] extinguishing from land, which is why preventing further spread of the fire
[00:01:29] is significantly hindered. Since early morning, members of the armed
[00:01:32] forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina have continued to fight
[00:01:35] fires, although air support plays a crucial role, the fight against
[00:01:39] fires is continuously being waged on the ground as well. The city of Konjic
[00:01:42] has included all available resources and capacities in extinguishing the fires. On the ground are
[00:01:46] the entire staff, professional fire brigades, horsemen, and stationed
[00:01:50] hunters. The situation on the ground is further complicated by the extremely steep
[00:01:53] and inaccessible terrain, characteristic of
[00:01:56] the Konjic area, which prevents access for heavy fire engines.
[00:02:00] In the Neum area, a fire is still active on inaccessible terrain
[00:02:04] above the villages of Glumina and Lastva, where grass and low vegetation are burning. In the municipality of
[00:02:08] Čitluk, two fires are active, fires have been
[00:02:11] reported in the areas of Jablanica, Mostar and
[00:02:14] Stolac.
[00:02:17] The current situation at the fire site, meaning the fire is still active,
[00:02:20] mm, we have,
[00:02:23] that is,
[00:02:25] the fire is spreading, there are high temperatures on the ground, which favor
[00:02:29] the spread. Strong wind, mm, our focus today is to prioritize
[00:02:33] trying to prevent the fire from spreading in the direction from
[00:02:36] Džepska Planina towards the village of Brđani which is spreading, this
[00:02:40] attempt is to try to localize that
[00:02:44] direction, and this morning there was an operation of helicopter forces of Bosnia and
[00:02:47] Herzegovina, it operated from 7:10
[00:02:51] AM until 9:20
[00:02:54] AM, it made five
[00:02:55] flights.
[00:02:59] A large open-air fire also broke out during the night on the island of Brač in the
[00:03:02] Puščića area, firefighters have been intensely fighting
[00:03:06] the fire since early morning. As many as 106
[00:03:09] firefighters with 31
[00:03:12] fire engines are participating in the extinguishing, and four Canadairs provide additional
[00:03:16] support. The fire has not yet been brought under control and has affected a large area.
[00:03:20] The fire line is located above houses that are currently not directly
[00:03:24] threatened. However, during the night the situation was serious and
[00:03:27] firefighters managed to defend residential
[00:03:30] buildings. Due to the fire, it was necessary to disconnect part of the power
[00:03:33] grid in order to enable a safer intervention on
[00:03:37] the ground. Additional forces were sent to Brač by ferry from
[00:03:40] Split. Firefighters from Split, Trogir,
[00:03:43] Slatina, Makarska and Imotski are arriving on the island and will join the
[00:03:47] teams on the ground. The scale of the fire and scenes from this area show
[00:03:51] how serious the situation is, while firefighters continue to fight the fire and
[00:03:55] strive to prevent its further
[00:03:57] spread.
[00:04:00] In Serbia, there are currently 33 open-air fires, the most challenging of which are fires
[00:04:04] in Deliblatska Peščara, on
[00:04:08] Mount Stolovi in the village of Breznica in the municipality of Bujanovac.
[00:04:11] The Stolovi area was visited by the Minister of Internal Affairs of Serbia, Ivica
[00:04:15] Dačić. In a helicopter, he toured the area affected by this
[00:04:19] fire and announced the possibility of engaging an additional
[00:04:21] helicopter for extinguishing.
[00:04:25] Tomorrow we will see uh, now we will
[00:04:28] talk to... our capacities, we have four
[00:04:32] helicopters that are functioning, the army also
[00:04:35] helps us to somehow uh to
[00:04:39] somehow transfer one part of the capacities here
[00:04:42] uh maybe one more
[00:04:46] helicopter in order to extinguish this fire
[00:04:50] here.
[00:04:52] In Deliblatska Peščara, about 700 hectares of forest burned down. The fire
[00:04:56] is still not completely localized, but the Ministry of Internal Affairs says the fire is under control.
[00:05:00] Above part of the sandy area, thick black smoke is still visible, and the police
[00:05:04] did not allow journalists to approach the village of
[00:05:07] Šumarak.
[00:05:12] Small, those fires literally fire, flames shoot up from
[00:05:15] the ground, because it's about
[00:05:19] roots, the locals explain to me, they have to
[00:05:22] dig, I don't know, almost
[00:05:25] a meter deep to reach moist,
[00:05:29] or cold sand, then they fix it there,
[00:05:33] pour water, like this, if they clean it superficially by 20, 30
[00:05:37] cm, that means nothing, because here, for example,
[00:05:40] you can even cook an egg in the sand, even
[00:05:44] when it's not like uh high
[00:05:48] temperature.
[00:05:51] In Montenegro, fires are currently active in the areas of
[00:05:54] Nikšić, Bar, Herceg Novi and Kolašin. In Bar, the fire
[00:05:58] is active on Lisinj mountain, in the Herceg Novi area, all
[00:06:01] available vehicles and personnel are on the ground, the fire was close to houses and several
[00:06:05] were preventively evacuated.
[00:06:09] Last night we had a very turbulent night, because
[00:06:13] dozens of houses were threatened, fortunately, not a single house
[00:06:17] was damaged, nor was it affected by the fire, fortunately
[00:06:20] not a single member of the protection and
[00:06:23] rescue service was injured, nor any local residents, tourists
[00:06:27] or police, because last night there were members of various institutions on
[00:06:30] the ground, and the municipality made sure that all
[00:06:34] those citizens who were evacuated during the night were taken care of and
[00:06:38] provided with all necessary
[00:06:40] assistance.
[00:06:46] The director of the Srebrenica Memorial Center, Emir Suljagić, filed
[00:06:49] a criminal complaint with the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina against the Minister of Finance and
[00:06:52] Treasury of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Srđan Midžić, due to the existence of grounds
[00:06:56] for suspicion that he committed the criminal offense of non-execution of decisions of the High
[00:06:59] Representative. The complaint states that Minister Amidžić, as a responsible
[00:07:03] state official and member of the Council of Ministers, knowingly and continuously
[00:07:06] failed to fulfill obligations arising from the decision of the High
[00:07:10] Representative of September 20, 2023, which
[00:07:14] adopted the law on amendments to the law on the Srebrenica Memorial Center,
[00:07:18] Potočari, a memorial and cemetery for the victims of the genocide of
[00:07:21] 1995. The mentioned amendments significantly
[00:07:24] expanded the mandate of the Memorial Center in the areas of genocide research
[00:07:28] and education, while new Article 15a established
[00:07:31] a department for genocide research and education about genocide within
[00:07:35] the center. Members of the department are entitled to salary and compensation in accordance with
[00:07:39] the law, and the Ministry of Finance and Treasury of Bosnia and Herzegovina, under
[00:07:43] the leadership of Minister Midžić, according to the allegations in the complaint, did not take
[00:07:46] the necessary steps to ensure the organizational structure and
[00:07:49] financial
[00:07:50] resources.
[00:07:55] The representative in the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina,
[00:07:58] Šemsudin Mehmedović, held a press conference where he spoke about the imbalance
[00:08:02] of employed Bosniaks in state institutions in relation to other
[00:08:05] constituent peoples. Mehmedović spoke about the proposal
[00:08:08] of amendments to the Law on Administration that would address this problem.
[00:08:14] I proposed that, if an institution employs less than
[00:08:18] 10% of the legally determined number belonging to each constituent people
[00:08:22] and others, priority should be given to candidates belonging to the people who are not
[00:08:26] sufficiently represented in the employment structure of each administrative
[00:08:29] body .
[00:08:31] My proposal for urgent parliamentary procedure was
[00:08:35] expeditiously rejected by the votes of representatives from the Republika Srpska and
[00:08:38] HDZ. "we can ask ourselves
[00:08:43] why exactly these two
[00:08:46] political partners,
[00:08:48] before that in 2023, I asked the administrative inspector
[00:08:52] to instruct eight specific
[00:08:55] institutions to eliminate the imbalance of
[00:08:58] members of the constituent peoples, Croats, Serbs and Bosniaks,
[00:09:02] as well as others, but in vain, the inspectorate obviously
[00:09:05] exists to fulfill the wishes of HDZ's Minister of
[00:09:09] Justice, Mr. Bonozo." Around 50 driving instructors from
[00:09:16] Tuzla Canton protested again today in Tuzla, demanding that the
[00:09:19] cantonal Ministry of Education and Science immediately withdraw the decision on
[00:09:23] the introduction of new software in the process of taking driving
[00:09:26] tests. Representatives of driving schools claim that the imposition of
[00:09:29] digitalization in this form is contrary to valid legal
[00:09:32] regulations. Due to this long-standing conflict between driving schools and the
[00:09:36] ministry, only candidates suffer. For two months now,
[00:09:39] driving tests in Tuzla Canton have been completely blocked because
[00:09:43] driving schools refuse to implement the new system, which means candidates
[00:09:47] cannot appear before the examination committee. Instructors say that
[00:09:50] they will not give up their demands and that they will continue with protests until
[00:09:54] the relevant ministry revokes the decision on the
[00:09:58] mandatory introduction of software and initiates a dialogue to find a
[00:10:01] legally based solution.
[00:10:04] We
[00:10:09] don't ask for anything that is against the law, let
[00:10:12] the minister show, let him
[00:10:15] say that decision, by what law
[00:10:17] that decision is tied, and why isn't that law in Sarajevo, why isn't that law
[00:10:21] in Zenica, why isn't that law? "If it's not in Republika Srpska, why is only
[00:10:25] in Tuzla Canton one
[00:10:28] decision subject to law and it is binding, look, it is
[00:10:32] binding, so that so many people lose their jobs,
[00:10:36] that is really worrying,
[00:10:39] well, I personally have, that means
[00:10:43] 19 to 20 applications submitted
[00:10:46] for two months already, no one is coming out for regulations,
[00:10:50] nor for first aid, nor for driving, practically for..." Of course
[00:10:53] we suffer, that means we have no work, we work,
[00:10:56] we cannot work, our work is prevented, that's it,
[00:11:00] The death toll in the powerful earthquake of
[00:11:13] 7.4 on the Richter scale that hit Colombia on Monday rose
[00:11:17] to 265. Around 3,500 people were injured, and
[00:11:21] 496 people are officially listed as missing. Meanwhile,
[00:11:25] on an unofficial online platform for the missing, nearly
[00:11:28] 4,200 people were listed. Rescuers are still
[00:11:32] under pressure searching the rubble, in a race against time and
[00:11:36] the crucial 72-hour deadline, after which the chances
[00:11:39] of finding survivors significantly decrease.
[00:11:43] to wait for the news from
[00:11:49] the personnel who are searching the rubble for patients. One.
[00:11:53] They inform us that they have already found
[00:11:56] patients, that there is life, uh we enter,
[00:12:00] we extract the patient, uh and
[00:12:02] uh we provide the first medical attention, we stabilize them and
[00:12:05] then we transfer them in the ambulances. We already have all the medical
[00:12:09] team ready and coordinated for that
[00:12:11] action.
[00:12:14] We are trying to get the people out while we have
[00:12:17] everything ready here to help them. We have
[00:12:21] medicines, gauze, anything to give them the first aid.
[00:12:36] Japan lodged a strong protest regarding Vladimir
[00:12:39] Putin's visit to the Kuril Islands, which was the first time a Russian
[00:12:43] president had visited the disputed archipelago. Russian state media
[00:12:46] reported that Putin visited Iturup, known in Japan as
[00:12:50] Etorofu, one of the four islands in the Kuril chain claimed by both
[00:12:53] Russia and Japan, Reuters reports.
[00:12:56] Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi stated
[00:13:00] that these islands are inalienable Japanese territory, both
[00:13:04] historically and according to international law, and that the Government of
[00:13:06] Japan strongly protests this visit.
[00:13:09] The Northern Territories are an integral part
[00:13:13] of Japan's territory, both historically and according to international
[00:13:16] law. This latest visit to Etorofu Island by the current President
[00:13:19] of Russia is contrary to Japan's consistent stance regarding the northern
[00:13:23] one.
[00:14:15] We continue to monitor the conditions in Bosnia and Herzegovina,
[00:14:19] which have been sunny since early morning, stable under the influence of
[00:14:22] anticyclones, and that is something that will accompany us.
[00:14:25] In the continuation of this Thursday, the wind is mostly dominant
[00:14:29] from the northeast, of weak to
[00:14:32] moderate intensity, a moderate bora, therefore blowing in the area of
[00:14:35] Herzegovina and the southwestern part of Bosnia, all of which
[00:14:39] affects temperatures. We expect today to be the hottest in
[00:14:42] the Herzegovinian area, up to a maximum of 38, 39, in
[00:14:46] Bosnia mostly up to a maximum of 33 will be the
[00:14:49] maximum temperatures, stable conditions will accompany us
[00:14:53] during the weekend, but... The new week brings a real
[00:14:56] turn, significantly more unstable conditions,
[00:15:00] rain, showers, thunderstorms and it seems also a noticeable drop in
[00:15:03] temperatures.
[00:15:06] That was all in this news overview, dear viewers, more information
[00:15:09] can always be found on the N1 portal. Thank you for your attention, goodbye.
[00:30:34] tomorrow today.
[00:30:37] concrete, the construction industry is looking for ways
[00:30:41] to reduce its massive carbon
[00:30:43] footprint,
[00:30:46] but it's still early days for change in the
[00:30:48] sector.
[00:30:53] One new sustainable approach and much more coming up
[00:30:56] tomorrow today.