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[00:00:24] Good morning, I am Nataša Miljković, welcome to a new day, the morning program
[00:00:28] of N1 television. Hashim Thaçi was sentenced to
[00:00:31] 25 years in prison before the Special Court in The Hague, he was found
[00:00:35] guilty of illegal or arbitrary
[00:00:38] arrest, deprivation of liberty as a war crime, for cruel
[00:00:42] treatment as a war crime, for torture as a war crime and for
[00:00:46] murder as a war crime. The same sentence
[00:00:48] was imposed on Jakup Krasniqi, 25 years
[00:00:52] in prison, while two other KLA leaders were sentenced, Kadri
[00:00:55] Veselin to 18 and Rexhep Selimi to 13 years. The indictment
[00:00:59] charges them with crimes against
[00:01:02] humanity and war crimes committed from at least
[00:01:06] March 1998 to September
[00:01:09] 1999 in Kosovo and parts of northern
[00:01:12] Albania, and for that we are now going to The Hague, to our Sanja
[00:01:16] Sovrlić, she followed the events before, during and after this verdict
[00:01:19] Sanja, what did the trial itself
[00:01:22] look like?
[00:01:25] Nataša, the trial began, of course, the accused
[00:01:28] were present... at that moment, now
[00:01:32] convicted KLA leaders on the gallery, members of their
[00:01:36] families. It began with the reading
[00:01:39] of the main parts of the indictment and what
[00:01:42] the court determined as
[00:01:46] their responsibility and what
[00:01:49] the court was
[00:01:51] the European Parliament, which enters its unable to determine. Also,
[00:01:55] the role of Hashim
[00:01:58] Thaçi Kadrijeva, Jakup Krasniqi, and Rexhep
[00:02:02] Selimi during the 90s was discussed,
[00:02:05] their role within the KLA. Hashim Thaçi was the political
[00:02:09] leader of the KLA, Kadri Veselji part of the intelligence
[00:02:12] service, Rexhep Selimi operative, Jakup Krasniqi support for
[00:02:16] Lovk, but also what
[00:02:19] they were after the war, and all four of them had
[00:02:22] been significant officials in
[00:02:25] Kosovo for years. After that,
[00:02:29] the sentencing took place
[00:02:32] by reading their responsibility in order,
[00:02:36] what were the aggravating and mitigating
[00:02:39] circumstances for the sentencing, which were
[00:02:43] seriously considered, and which were not seriously considered,
[00:02:47] and it was determined that
[00:02:50] they were responsible on four counts of the indictment
[00:02:54] for war crimes, but that the court could not determine
[00:02:58] six counts related to crimes against
[00:03:01] humanity, when it comes to what they were
[00:03:05] convicted of, those are four counts, namely,
[00:03:09] arbitrary and illegal imprisonment
[00:03:11] of 385
[00:03:13] blowing in the northern parts, in people, cruel treatment of at least 49
[00:03:17] people, torture of at least 303
[00:03:20] people, and murder of 96 people,
[00:03:23] Serbs, Albanians, Roma, those who were
[00:03:27] considered opponents of the KLA. Because the
[00:03:30] court determines that it is an arbitrary arrest and that
[00:03:34] it is not a targeted
[00:03:36] targeted arrest, torture, cruel treatment, and murder
[00:03:39] of a specific group of civilians, for that reason they were
[00:03:42] not charged with that part
[00:03:46] which refers to crimes against humanity. Also,
[00:03:50] what the court
[00:03:52] did not take into
[00:03:56] account, or rather, was not covered by the verdict, are the events
[00:04:00] after June 20, 1999.
[00:04:03] I would like to remind you that the indictment refers to the period
[00:04:06] March 1998 to September
[00:04:10] 1999, but
[00:04:13] the court believes that after June 20,
[00:04:17] that period cannot be considered an armed conflict in
[00:04:20] Kosovo, given that its cessation is considered from the
[00:04:24] moment when international forces
[00:04:26] arrived in Kosovo, but that does not mean that... So,
[00:04:30] in the very pronouncement of the verdict it was said that it is now up to the local
[00:04:33] courts to deal with this issue and
[00:04:37] the prosecution of these war crimes, this certainly refers
[00:04:40] to the courts in Belgrade and Pristina,
[00:04:43] otherwise these crimes were committed,
[00:04:47] therefore serious, large-scale, committed in
[00:04:51] 14 municipalities in Kosovo and in two locations
[00:04:54] in northern Albania.
[00:04:58] And Sanja, the verdict is now here, what are the reactions, what happened
[00:05:02] during the day?
[00:05:04] That's right, Nataša, the verdict, which
[00:05:08] is a first-instance verdict, an appeal
[00:05:12] procedure follows. Namely,
[00:05:15] within 30 days, not from the pronouncement, but from the written delivery
[00:05:19] of the verdict, the accused have the right to appeal.
[00:05:22] After that, there is a period of 60 days for
[00:05:26] the appeals panel to respond, so in the next couple of months, we can
[00:05:29] expect a final
[00:05:33] verdict, and what the defense
[00:05:36] has already announced is that they will appeal. That is
[00:05:40] one of the reactions of Hashim's lawyers. The former president
[00:05:43] and political leader of the KLA said that he was shocked
[00:05:47] by the verdict, that
[00:05:50] it was predetermined, that the evidence presented
[00:05:53] by the defense was not taken into account, but only that which was
[00:05:57] presented by the prosecution.
[00:06:00] And also,
[00:06:03] therefore, an appeal is announced. The chief prosecutor
[00:06:06] of the Specialized Chambers of Kosovo says that
[00:06:09] this verdict is very important. I saw
[00:06:12] that during the pronouncement of the verdict, former
[00:06:16] or ex-officials in Kosovo were there,
[00:06:19] for example, Petric Selimi, who
[00:06:23] was the former Minister of Foreign Affairs, otherwise from
[00:06:26] the Democratic Party of Kosovo, from which Krasniqi, Veselji
[00:06:30] and Thaçi are, but also the current Minister of Foreign Affairs
[00:06:33] Glauk Konjuvca, who is from the ranks
[00:06:36] of Self-Determination. Let me remind you that Rexhep Selimi is also
[00:06:40] from Self-Determination, and Glauk Konjuvca
[00:06:43] spoke for Albanian and foreign media. I tried to find
[00:06:47] an opportunity to ask him for a comment,
[00:06:51] but without success, but what I was
[00:06:54] able to hear while he was speaking for
[00:06:58] foreign media was that he really would not
[00:07:01] comment on something that was pronounced in the name of the people
[00:07:05] of Kosovo, namely he referred to the beginning
[00:07:08] of the trial when it was said in the name of the people of Kosovo, because it
[00:07:12] is a Kosovo court, so specialized chambers based
[00:07:16] in The Hague with international staff, but
[00:07:19] an institution that was established in 2015
[00:07:23] by international agreement and confirmation in the Assembly
[00:07:26] of Kosovo. These are some reactions we could hear, that
[00:07:30] this is not a verdict in the name of the people of Kosovo. As for reactions on
[00:07:34] the street, in the early morning hours before the verdict was pronounced,
[00:07:38] we could see several dozen people carrying
[00:07:41] various symbols gathered in front of the court
[00:07:45] building, so they had symbols of the KLA, Albania,
[00:07:49] Greater Albania, Kosovo, printed
[00:07:52] photographs of the four KLA leaders, and
[00:07:56] they chanted KLA, they had signs
[00:07:59] that read "Freedom has a name, KLA," "War heroes."
[00:08:03] However, very soon, before the verdict was pronounced, a little after 9
[00:08:07] o'clock, the police asked them to move away from there
[00:08:11] during the pronouncement of the verdict. In front of the court building were news
[00:08:14] crews and police, but also gathered citizens, they were
[00:08:18] 2 km away where they followed the pronouncement of the verdict.
[00:08:21] At that location there were incidents and, I might
[00:08:25] say, some kind of clashes with the police, but very
[00:08:29] quickly those incidents, so
[00:08:31] the police intervened and suppressed
[00:08:35] the demonstrators. After that, most of the day
[00:08:38] was peaceful. We could often
[00:08:42] see people or vehicles with
[00:08:46] KLA symbols or
[00:08:50] other Albanian symbols displayed, but most of the day in
[00:08:54] the afternoon was peaceful.
[00:08:57] Thank you, this was our Sanja Sovrlić, guest of Danica
[00:09:01] Vučenić, and after the news is Professor of International Law
[00:09:05] at the University of Reading Marko Milanović, with whom we will
[00:09:08] talk about the legal, political, and social aspects of this
[00:09:12] verdict in The Hague. We will comment on current events in the press
[00:09:15] review, and the guest is journalist Rade Radovanović, while the topic
[00:09:19] of the morning is elections, after almost all opposition parties
[00:09:22] withdrew from the election race in favor of the student list and the referendum
[00:09:25] atmosphere, the European Serbia list stated that it would not
[00:09:29] make such a decision, so why? I ask
[00:09:32] the list holder Zdravko Ponoš, president of the Serbia
[00:09:36] Centre party. We are on until 11, stay with us and let's see what
[00:09:39] our colleagues in the region are doing. Melika
[00:09:43] Valihodžić guides you through Sarajevo's new day, Nina
[00:09:46] Kljenak awaits you in Zagreb. Good morning, good morning, good morning, Melika, what is
[00:09:50] most important? Well, reactions
[00:09:53] from outside to what has been happening in the region in recent days,
[00:09:57] including of course Bosnia and
[00:10:00] Herzegovina, continue to arrive, as we know, from
[00:10:03] Brussels, that is, Strasbourg, where the European Parliament
[00:10:06] is sitting these days, and from Washington. The European
[00:10:09] Parliament, as we know, a few days ago raised the issue
[00:10:13] of the glorification of convicted war criminal
[00:10:17] Ratko Mladić after his funeral in Belgrade, with messages
[00:10:20] that there is no place for glorifying war criminals in Europe. And
[00:10:24] yesterday, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen,
[00:10:27] addressing MEPs in Strasbourg, reiterated that
[00:10:30] she was horrified by the scenes from the funeral and
[00:10:34] stated that such messages are incompatible with European
[00:10:38] values. All victims of the wars in former Yugoslavia deserve to
[00:10:41] be remembered and all their families deserve our
[00:10:44] sympathy, because that is what we as a union stand for, for
[00:10:48] truth, justice and respect for our
[00:10:51] values.
[00:10:54] At the same time. So, the question remains what after the condemnations
[00:10:57] and will the European Union change its attitude towards
[00:11:00] our region, what consequences can all this have for Bosnia
[00:11:04] and Herzegovina. In Washington, meanwhile, a serious debate
[00:11:08] continues about a new American
[00:11:11] policy towards Bosnia and Herzegovina. We know that a hearing took place
[00:11:14] in the American Congress which opened questions about the lifting
[00:11:18] of sanctions against Milorad Dodik, the future of the OHR, state
[00:11:21] property and American engagement in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with
[00:11:25] differences between the positions of Congress and the Trump
[00:11:28] administration. And today in the Senate, the hearing
[00:11:31] for the candidate for the new American Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina,
[00:11:35] Ronald Johnson, begins. If confirmed, Johnson would be
[00:11:39] the first American ambassador to our country who is not a career
[00:11:42] diplomat, and his hearing should show
[00:11:45] how he sees the future policy of Washington towards
[00:11:49] Bosnia and Herzegovina. About everything that is currently changing
[00:11:52] in European policy towards our region, we will discuss
[00:11:56] directly from Strasbourg with European parliamentarian Marjan
[00:11:58] Šarec. We will analyze the new American policy towards Bosnia and Herzegovina,
[00:12:02] the messages coming from Congress, and what we can expect
[00:12:05] today with American analyst
[00:12:09] Kurt Bassuener, who is coming to our studio. That is
[00:12:12] still only a small part of the program, a small part
[00:12:15] of the content we prepared for the new day. We actually start
[00:12:18] with a conversation with the selector of the basketball national team of Bosnia
[00:12:22] and Herzegovina, who these days has his hands full, given that he also
[00:12:25] leads the basketball club Bosna, which is proudly
[00:12:29] returning to the European scene. But of course, we also bring
[00:12:33] you a review of the most important current events. A note to our
[00:12:36] viewers that there was a fire in a nursing home in
[00:12:39] Lukavac, where two people were injured. We know that this reminds
[00:12:43] us of the scenes that happened not so long ago in Tuzla,
[00:12:46] unfortunately. Therefore, we call on everyone
[00:12:50] to get the latest information on the n1info.b
[00:12:52] portal. So that's the Sarajevo new day
[00:12:56] this morning, and the Zagreb Nina, we're dealing with
[00:12:59] political communication, at least the one in Croatia. Analysts
[00:13:03] claim that 10 years ago, a lot of things were unimaginable. Insults,
[00:13:07] sexism, and low-level provocations are rampant.
[00:13:09] Communication is mostly devoid of substantial, argumentative debate,
[00:13:13] characterized by conflicts, and petty
[00:13:15] retorts. What I can tell him is that
[00:13:19] we are not afraid, I am certainly not the only "mucica" [small, cute thing], there are
[00:13:23] many "mucicas" in this country, that's us... those of us who believe that
[00:13:26] institutions should not be led by people who, for example, plunder healthcare
[00:13:30] like his minister, or those who allow 37,000
[00:13:33] tons of waste to be buried in the ground, either you're a human or you're
[00:13:37] an HDZ member. Let's remember that Prime
[00:13:40] Minister Plenković was called a Führer, and then that we are
[00:13:44] worse than Nazis. We advocate that
[00:13:47] the level of discourse in the Croatian Parliament and through
[00:13:50] debates, no matter how heated, should be argumentative, but
[00:13:54] they should be at a certain level. So, the biggest
[00:13:57] problem with such communication is
[00:14:00] the normalization of something that some ten
[00:14:04] years ago, not to mention more, was considered completely
[00:14:07] unacceptable, so we would even say scandalous.
[00:14:09] It is no longer scandalous,
[00:14:12] and experts claim that divisions in
[00:14:15] society, intolerance, and the atmosphere of violence are influenced
[00:14:19] precisely by politicians with
[00:14:22] their speeches and communication. We are also
[00:14:25] following, and analyzing in the studio,
[00:14:28] Ursula von der Leyen's speech, which we broadcast live yesterday on our
[00:14:32] program: a lot of nice words, few concrete plans, more
[00:14:36] or less, these are analyses, does the European Union have answers to
[00:14:39] the crises we are facing? There is, however, an announcement that has already
[00:14:43] provoked a series of reactions: namely, the announcement of Canadian-European
[00:14:46] rapprochement has provoked a fierce response from the White House.
[00:14:50] Trump threatens the European Union with high
[00:14:52] tariffs.
[00:14:55] "now I think it's laughable, look uh, the whole thing with Canada,
[00:14:58] Canada has been a terrible trade partner,
[00:15:01] and uh, no, I don't see that, and if they do that, if
[00:15:05] I think it's at all hostile act, I will put very serious
[00:15:09] tariffs or stop trading with Europe on many
[00:15:12] things, so if they do that, if Europe does that with a
[00:15:16] bad intention, if the if it's a good intention, that's fine, if it's
[00:15:19] a bad intention, we'll put very heavy tariffs on
[00:15:22] Europe.
[00:15:25] What is that intention, and Canada and the European Union are currently discussing
[00:15:28] ways that would enable Canadian products, services, and workers
[00:15:32] involved in strategic supply chains such as energy, artificial
[00:15:35] intelligence, defense, and key generals to
[00:15:38] move freely, which would practically move the border
[00:15:41] of the European Union. Here's what the citizens of Canada say. We
[00:15:45] been very dependent on the United States, deeply integrated,
[00:15:49] exceedingly so since NAFTA in the
[00:15:52] 90s really has pushed us into a situation
[00:15:55] where we're vulnerable and that has been exploited.
[00:15:59] So for us in Europe, we need to be taking advantage of,
[00:16:02] well we've got partners and friends who are democratically
[00:16:05] aligned who share. any of the same values and cultural
[00:16:09] traditions? i think it's great to develop trade relationships with other countries
[00:16:13] and other parts of the world. i think we're a little bit behind in developing some of our
[00:16:16] natural resources to offer these products to sell to them. i think that they would love to have
[00:16:20] our products if we were able to deliver them like natural gas across the
[00:16:24] Atlantic. i think that it is a good move. i a
[00:16:27] big supporter of being in global connection and i'm
[00:16:31] also not against Americans, think i'm just against trump's
[00:16:34] policy. but i think that the more
[00:16:41] Well, we are also following the so-called diplomatic harvest, in which the President
[00:16:45] of the Republic Zoran Milanović is participating. Will he comment on the
[00:16:48] recent events in Croatia? Stay with
[00:16:51] us. Stay tuned to the Zagreb and
[00:16:54] Sarajevo New Day. We begin in Belgrade with the
[00:16:58] weather
[00:16:58] forecast.
[00:17:08] A change in weather is coming, a weather alert has been activated for two
[00:17:11] Croatian regions, we will find out the details in the weather center where meteorologist
[00:17:15] Tea Blažević is with us this morning. Tea, good morning, what awaits us?
[00:17:19] The change in weather has already reached parts of Croatia. I must
[00:17:22] say, according to the latest information, two waterspouts have formed
[00:17:25] in the northern Adriatic Sea, a strong
[00:17:28] storm will affect the western coast of Istria
[00:17:32] in about half an hour, so a warning to all
[00:17:35] of you who are there. However, there are instabilities in
[00:17:39] western Croatian interior, so it is definitely necessary to
[00:17:42] be careful given that these showers will
[00:17:45] intensify in the coming hours, so
[00:17:48] we expect unstable conditions elsewhere in
[00:17:52] Croatia, as well as in Bosnia and
[00:17:55] Herzegovina, the weather conditions will significantly change compared to
[00:17:58] yesterday, for example, all because a frontal disturbance
[00:18:02] is moving over our regions, it has destabilized the atmosphere,
[00:18:05] so in Croatia, as you mentioned... we already have
[00:18:09] instabilities in the west this morning, we expect rain and
[00:18:12] showers to spread towards central and eastern Croatia,
[00:18:16] interior, and also to affect
[00:18:20] northern Dalmatia, we expect it to remain
[00:18:23] mostly dry in the south. As for Bosnia and
[00:18:26] Herzegovina, we also expect instabilities in the area of western
[00:18:30] Bosnia, parts of central Bosnia, and also
[00:18:34] in the northern part of the country.
[00:18:37] This will be an area where, as far as Bosnia and Herzegovina
[00:18:41] is concerned, there will be showers. In the
[00:18:44] interior of Croatia, a moderate northeast, north wind has already
[00:18:47] started blowing. It has started
[00:18:51] the east a northwest wind. On the Adriatic, for now, a
[00:18:54] southeast wind dominates, but there will also be bora winds later
[00:18:58] in the day. As for the Bosnian-Herzegovinian
[00:19:00] area, a weak wind, for now it is still predominantly southern flow,
[00:19:04] but there will be a change, so the wind will turn to
[00:19:07] a northern direction which, with
[00:19:10] instabilities, may be temporarily stronger,
[00:19:14] there may be stormy gusts, so it is necessary to be
[00:19:17] careful in the coming hours. As we heard in the introduction, a weather
[00:19:21] alert is in force for two Croatian regions. In Croatia, especially
[00:19:24] in the area of the northern Adriatic and Gorski Kotar, we expect
[00:19:27] locally heavy rainfall which may result in flooding, so
[00:19:31] this change in the coming hours will
[00:19:35] certainly be in focus. Temperatures today
[00:19:38] will be highest in the south of
[00:19:41] Dalmatia, where precipitation will mostly be
[00:19:43] absent, up to a maximum of 30 degrees Celsius. Elsewhere, mostly
[00:19:47] from around 20, 21 to a maximum of
[00:19:50] 25, somewhat higher towards the east, because there, especially
[00:19:53] in the far east, we expect the least precipitation. These
[00:19:57] are the maximum temperatures in the Bosnian-Herzegovinian
[00:20:00] area, also quite similar values as
[00:20:03] in Croatia, mostly from around 20.
[00:20:07] The highest values will be in the south, where we expect up to
[00:20:11] 31 degrees Celsius
[00:20:14] in the Herzegovina area. It should certainly
[00:20:17] be noted that tomorrow will bring a frequent occurrence of rain
[00:20:21] and thunderstorms, and even the first part of
[00:20:24] Saturday, I would say, especially the morning hours. Only
[00:20:27] in the second part of Saturday do we expect
[00:20:30] a gradual calming, and then during Sunday,
[00:20:34] a calming of the weather conditions. So
[00:20:37] the second part of the weekend will be somewhat warmer, because this
[00:20:41] change in circulation that I mentioned will also result in a drop
[00:20:44] in temperatures during Thursday and
[00:20:48] Friday. One more time for the end. So, a warning
[00:20:51] about possible dangerous weather conditions, first of all in
[00:20:55] the area of Istria, at these moments, so we expect the
[00:20:59] storm to affect western Istria, two
[00:21:03] waterspouts have already formed, we will of course monitor this in the coming hours.
[00:21:23] Good morning, dear viewers, once again welcome to a new
[00:21:26] day, the morning program of N1 television, and this
[00:21:30] morning we will analyze for you the key events that mark
[00:21:34] the week, which is now largely behind us. We will discuss
[00:21:37] and analyze how events in Bosnia and
[00:21:40] Herzegovina and the region are viewed on
[00:21:43] the American and European scene, while at the same time not
[00:21:47] forgetting what makes us happiest.
[00:21:50] And those are very often the sports successes of our teams, but
[00:21:53] also individuals, so that will take up a good part of this new
[00:21:57] day, we are with you until 11 o'clock, here's what we
[00:22:00] bring you.
[00:22:03] The American Congress opened the question of lifting sanctions
[00:22:06] against Milorad Dodik, the future of the OHR, and a new
[00:22:09] relationship between Washington and Bosnia and Herzegovina. What is really
[00:22:13] changing in American policy and what consequences can that have
[00:22:17] for Bosnia and Herzegovina, that is one of today's topics. Our guest is
[00:22:21] American analyst Kurt
[00:22:22] Bassuener.
[00:22:25] From the funeral of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić and messages
[00:22:29] from Belgrade and Banja Luka to changes in policy in Ljubljana and an increasingly
[00:22:33] strong right-wing wave across Europe, the Balkans are once again
[00:22:36] becoming part of a big European political story. From
[00:22:41] third day of session. Member of Parliament Marijan Šarec reports live to us.
[00:22:45] Can one man
[00:22:49] simultaneously make a breakthrough with the
[00:22:52] national team and with the club? Dario Gerđa took over
[00:22:55] the Dragons in the fight for the World Championship, and is bringing Bosnia
[00:22:59] back to the big European scene and into the ABA League and EuroCup.
[00:23:03] How will he balance two important fronts? He will reveal that to us in the New
[00:23:07] Day. The basketball coach of Bosnia and Herzegovina is our first
[00:23:10] guest.
[00:23:13] And from the first training to the world final in just
[00:23:17] two years. That sounds incredible, but that's exactly
[00:23:20] the story of 18-year-old Sarailija Rijad
[00:23:23] Jukić. Three victories in Krakow, world silver
[00:23:26] and a coach who was himself a world champion. This morning
[00:23:29] we are talking about how this young Sarajlija made such a rapid
[00:23:33] ascent in the world of Brazilian
[00:23:35] Jiu-Jitsu.
[00:23:38] But first, we check the traffic situation in Bosnia and
[00:23:42] Herzegovina, whether traffic is flowing smoothly and without congestion, very soon.
[00:23:46] We will hear that information from the Bihamka team.
[00:23:58] And this morning, Amra Musagić is there. Amra, good morning, we hope
[00:24:02] no unfavorable information or bad news regarding
[00:24:06] the roads in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
[00:24:09] Good morning, unfortunately, I cannot start this morning's broadcast
[00:24:13] so positively, due to
[00:24:16] a traffic accident in Tatar Budžak on the Maglaj road section.
[00:24:20] Traffic is slow, one lane
[00:24:23] alternating, due to the high frequency of vehicles at the scene of the accident,
[00:24:27] long queues are forming. At this
[00:24:30] moment, traffic intensity is increased on most city
[00:24:33] roads, there are larger crowds during the morning rush hour,
[00:24:37] especially near schools, on approaches to city
[00:24:40] centers, on busy road sections.
[00:24:43] Traffic regime has been changed on the A1 motorway, Kakajn
[00:24:47] Lašva, Golubinja, Nemila and Sarajevo. West
[00:24:50] Lepenica. On the main roads Dobropolje, Miljevina and
[00:24:53] Jablanica, Blidinje, traffic is still allowed only for
[00:24:57] vehicles up to 3.5 tons. The traffic regime has been changed on
[00:25:01] the main roads, Jajci, Crna Rijeka, Bugojno Novi Travnik on
[00:25:05] Rostovo, Mostar, Čitluk, Bertohum and Podromanija
[00:25:09] Sumbulovac, Romanija Pass. As for border crossings,
[00:25:13] delays are not longer than 30
[00:25:16] minutes. That's all for this report from Bihamka, we wish you a pleasant day.
[00:25:20] We wish you,
[00:25:22] Amra, thank you, good luck, everyone is certainly heading out, we
[00:25:26] are starting our first conversation for this morning, my first guest
[00:25:29] has already joined me in the studio,
[00:25:43] and from the national team that dreamsTELEVISION NEWS TRANSCRIPT: basketball world of
[00:25:46] Bosnia returning to the big European stage. Dario
[00:25:50] Jeerda took on two big tasks. With the
[00:25:53] basketball dragons, he has already shown that Italy can
[00:25:56] be defeated, but until the end of the qualifiers, there are still
[00:26:00] matches in which there is not much room for... error, then he
[00:26:04] also took over Bosnia, a club that, after a long time, returned not only to the ABA
[00:26:08] league, but to Eurocup, an almost completely
[00:26:11] new roster, even 12 new players, two big
[00:26:14] competitions and huge expectations in Sarajevo, and certainly
[00:26:17] in the rest of Bosnia and Herzegovina, can Bosnia make a breakthrough in
[00:26:21] Europe, can it take the national team
[00:26:24] to the World Cup, that's exactly what we're asking the basketball coach
[00:26:28] Dario Gjerga, good morning, thank you very much, good morning to you and
[00:26:32] to the viewers. viewers of Enian Television,
[00:26:35] you see, a lot of work ahead
[00:26:37] of us. Uh, I think
[00:26:41] that as far as the national team is concerned, I'll start with that first,
[00:26:45] it goes chronologically, mhm, we've made some
[00:26:48] progress, but we missed some chances, and I think
[00:26:52] we're all aware of that.
[00:26:54] The next
[00:26:57] four games will essentially determine what it is, nothing
[00:27:01] is lost yet. However, in the November
[00:27:04] window, we have to be at the best possible level and try to have all
[00:27:08] the players who can be with us at that moment, meaning
[00:27:11] without Nurgić and Garza, but these guys
[00:27:15] who are perhaps in the Euroleague,
[00:27:18] Kamenjaš and Musa, we will see what their injury situation is,
[00:27:21] because it's a really serious injury and you have to be fair
[00:27:25] and admit
[00:27:28] that if we resolve those two games
[00:27:31] in the right way, a chance opens up for us, in fact, to
[00:27:34] decide for yourself, which is best somehow in
[00:27:38] February against Italy, where you would
[00:27:41] then have to see what your chances are of
[00:27:44] going to the World Cup, which I think
[00:27:47] we were in some of those games in
[00:27:51] Lithuania, the game against Serbia when I first
[00:27:55] arrived, so a level that was not
[00:27:58] enough for us to maybe win there...
[00:28:02] So all those missed opportunities, but we have to
[00:28:06] emerge stronger and better and
[00:28:09] with more motivation, which I keep telling
[00:28:12] the guys that they can, that they have the quality, that
[00:28:16] they also have the knowledge, some things are naturally missing, but
[00:28:19] we need to raise that to a better level with each
[00:28:23] gathering, that's regarding the national team, as for
[00:28:26] Bosnia, uh, well, I think we've done a lot
[00:28:30] in these month and a half just by... restructuring
[00:28:33] the club,
[00:28:36] finding players now and entering the EuroCup, which I think is a great
[00:28:39] success considering that it opened up for us because Monaco
[00:28:43] pulled out, so we have a chance to enter there.
[00:28:46] Now what we need is something we don't have,
[00:28:50] and that's time, because we put together the roster, you know,
[00:28:53] before... like three days ago, and the league
[00:28:57] starts in eight or nine days, so, you know, we're a little
[00:29:00] bit... late there, but it doesn't matter, we're going
[00:29:04] to fight, we're going to be better and better every game,
[00:29:07] with every training, we're getting better. I hope
[00:29:10] in the foreseeable future we will be at a level that will allow us
[00:29:14] to be competitive in every competition. Yes, you have already
[00:29:18] made a very nice overture to everything we
[00:29:21] will discuss in more detail, so both about the situation in
[00:29:25] the national team and in the basketball club Bosnia, but since
[00:29:28] you have already connected your two stories that...
[00:29:32] you work and live, I still want to ask my first
[00:29:36] question, which is strictly related to your inner
[00:29:39] feeling. Everyone who at least tries to follow Bosnia,
[00:29:43] to watch every game they play, knows how demanding it is
[00:29:46] to keep up with that schedule, given that they also had a lot
[00:29:50] of work last season. When one person leads both
[00:29:54] the national team
[00:29:56] and a club with so much work and appearances,
[00:30:00] what is that feeling like, how much do you manage to take care of your
[00:30:04] health? You know what, I
[00:30:07] look at it, this isn't a job for me, mhm, this
[00:30:11] is a boundless love for me, what
[00:30:14] I do, you have to love it, you have to be dedicated 24
[00:30:17] hours a day. That's how I
[00:30:20] approach it, uh, I think
[00:30:24] that if it were something else, you know, if it wasn't related to basketball,
[00:30:28] I would never do it, but I think
[00:30:31] I follow the "guys in the national team, I have good relationships with
[00:30:35] them, discussions during the season, when someone plays
[00:30:38] a good game, it's normal to
[00:30:41] also consult how you are, what you're doing,
[00:30:44] what suits you best, you know, it all has to be connected to
[00:30:47] each other. Uh, it's not easy,
[00:30:51] but that love for what I do
[00:30:54] is currently still there, you know, maybe in a few years I won't
[00:30:58] be able to."