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[00:00:00] and reviewing the work,
[00:00:02] so you see, we decided, this
[00:00:07] private connections with the president given protest note was, of course, the first step.
[00:00:10] I must say that we have not formally and officially received a single
[00:00:13] answer from any institution. I
[00:00:17] really hope, it was sent on Friday, well, it was
[00:00:21] the weekend, right? Today is Monday, I hope
[00:00:25] we will receive some official notification. So,
[00:00:28] Izetbegović refers to our next steps,
[00:00:32] there is collected, meaning enormous support, I cannot
[00:00:35] describe it to you, we decided to consult
[00:00:39] our colleagues from the non-governmental sector
[00:00:42] who have been dealing for a long time with issues
[00:00:46] of sociological nature, psychology,
[00:00:49] so the general state of society and
[00:00:53] the widest spectrum of activist action,
[00:00:56] which is a priori related to security, what we
[00:00:59] decided is to form a working group in the coming
[00:01:03] period that will try
[00:01:07] to coordinate and gather prominent
[00:01:11] experts
[00:01:14] from various fields that concern
[00:01:18] the work, more or less concern all areas
[00:01:21] of social action, so, uh, we
[00:01:24] decided to gather that group, we have already contacted several
[00:01:28] established organizations,
[00:01:32] because we believe that no
[00:01:35] organization in Bosnia and Herzegovina
[00:01:39] you for can respond to such a complex and
[00:01:42] we believe that a respectable working group
[00:01:46] of experts, male and female experts,
[00:01:48] should be gathered to deal with the complete
[00:01:52] issue, and we must wait for a response to our
[00:01:55] the legal deadline.
[00:01:59] We hope... that we will get it, who worked, we will
[00:02:02] inform the public about
[00:02:06] organizing activities, what I would
[00:02:10] ask all our friends,
[00:02:12] collaborators, is to feel free to contact
[00:02:16] the official email address, if they wish to
[00:02:20] join - in the cooperation of an informal lobby
[00:02:23] group on this and other issues of protecting the rights of women
[00:02:27] to contact them. So, to the
[00:02:31] prominent email address of our
[00:02:34] community, we will certainly include all well-intentioned
[00:02:38] people
[00:02:40] to be part of this
[00:02:43] story, because for a small Gračanica,
[00:02:47] this is an extremely big undertaking and
[00:02:50] we believe that we are not sufficiently capacitated to tell
[00:02:54] the story, but coordination and activity of awakening
[00:02:58] civic awareness for security. Good, good for
[00:03:01] that, thank you very much once again,
[00:03:04] we will certainly follow this whole case and we will, of course, follow
[00:03:08] your activities, here I would like to ask once again
[00:03:11] to add one sentence,
[00:03:15] our first encounter with this topic and a public
[00:03:18] recording was through
[00:03:21] the Factor website where
[00:03:24] we saw the way of communicating certain
[00:03:27] information and so on, I would
[00:03:30] ask the network of all
[00:03:33] media, like you do with N1 for years,
[00:03:36] you give us support so that all of us
[00:03:40] truly, professionally and humanely and in solidarity, get involved
[00:03:44] in thematizing
[00:03:48] as many educational shows as possible in which
[00:03:51] we will bring in experts to speak
[00:03:55] and analyze
[00:03:57] immediately reflect
[00:04:00] we
[00:04:02] rate, and one of at least create conditions for some future cases not
[00:04:06] to have such a precedent. Thank
[00:04:10] you once again, that was Larisa Šuša from the
[00:04:13] women's lobby group Gračanica,
[00:04:16] thank you.
[00:04:25] A conference on economic equality for women, from equal
[00:04:27] opportunities to leadership, was held in Sarajevo. Let's listen
[00:04:31] to the addresses. This
[00:04:34] research actually shows
[00:04:38] the long-standing cooperation
[00:04:40] between UNDP and the Agency for Gender Equality of Bosnia and
[00:04:44] Herzegovina, the Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees
[00:04:47] of BiH.
[00:04:50] So, through the Women for Development Forum
[00:04:53] and UNDP's initiative
[00:04:57] Economics, we connect feminist
[00:05:01] economics, research evidence and
[00:05:04] women's experiences
[00:05:07] with public policies and institutional
[00:05:10] action. This
[00:05:12] adjusted gap of
[00:05:14] 13%
[00:05:17] shows us that this difference in
[00:05:20] earnings cannot
[00:05:23] be explained only by education,
[00:05:27] age, and personal
[00:05:29] characteristics.
[00:05:32] Unfortunately, uh, it also shows and
[00:05:36] indicates structural
[00:05:39] inequality in the valuation of work,
[00:05:43] in the distribution of opportunities, as
[00:05:45] well as in the recognition of women's economic
[00:05:49] contribution. The Women for Development Forum
[00:05:53] represents a very important platform for us,
[00:05:57] because through that platform we connect
[00:06:00] these findings, all these researches
[00:06:04] practically with the voices of women, we strengthen
[00:06:08] partnership and we improve
[00:06:11] transformative
[00:06:12] leadership
[00:06:15] through the gender equality accelerator, which is a
[00:06:19] large program jointly implemented by UN
[00:06:23] agencies and the Agency for Gender
[00:06:27] Equality and gender centers, with
[00:06:30] the full financial
[00:06:32] support of the European Commission in Bosnia and
[00:06:36] Herzegovina, Sweden and
[00:06:40] Denmark, we...
[00:06:42] organized both these
[00:06:46] researches and this meeting
[00:06:50] of ours today. Thank
[00:06:52] your attention.
[00:06:54] Thank you for inviting me here today. It is an
[00:06:58] honor to be here at the launch of this very
[00:07:01] important study that supports the
[00:07:04] advancement of gender equality in Bosnia and
[00:07:07] Herzegovina.
[00:07:10] My name is Alissa Bronsty. and I am economist
[00:07:14] who supported some of this work and I want to
[00:07:17] highlight some of its findings,
[00:07:20] particularly from feminist economics
[00:07:24] perspective. I think one important aspect to
[00:07:28] highlight is that for the first time,
[00:07:31] Bosnia and Herzegovina have achieved the milestone of
[00:07:35] a statistical study that is comparable to the
[00:07:39] statistical standards practiced. to do these kinds
[00:07:43] of studies in the EU, and the
[00:07:46] topline finding of gender wage gap
[00:07:50] is 2.7%
[00:07:53] before controlling for any of the
[00:07:56] characteristics that women and men bring to the labor
[00:08:00] market.
[00:08:08] Good day to you. I thank you warmly for inviting me
[00:08:12] to this conference, also to your
[00:08:15] press conference. It is a great honor for me to be present here today
[00:08:19] at the launch of a study that is
[00:08:22] very important, that is, at its presentation, which is
[00:08:26] extremely important for the context of gender
[00:08:30] equality in Bosnia and Herzegovina and
[00:08:33] its advancement. Namely, I am
[00:08:36] an economist, my name is
[00:08:40] Elisa Braunstein and
[00:08:43] as an economist, I have supported
[00:08:45] the development of this study
[00:08:49] in certain parts and so I would like to emphasize
[00:08:52] certain findings which
[00:08:55] particularly
[00:08:59] the feminist economic perspective.
[00:09:02] Namely, this is the first time that Bosnia and
[00:09:05] Herzegovina has reached a
[00:09:09] turning point which
[00:09:12] shows the fulfillment, that is,
[00:09:15] the approximation to statistical standards that exist in
[00:09:18] the European Union, and the main finding of this
[00:09:22] study is therefore
[00:09:24] 2.7%
[00:09:29] before the control characteristics of
[00:09:32] men and women in the labor
[00:09:35] market, meaning 2.7%
[00:09:38] participation.
[00:09:43] gender wage gap is drawn from what i would
[00:09:47] say sort of the raw numbers at
[00:09:49] enterprises with 10 or more workers, it does not
[00:09:53] include the agricultural sector or the public
[00:09:56] administration
[00:09:57] sector,
[00:10:03] namely, the 2.7%
[00:10:07] that was determined in the
[00:10:09] study refers to
[00:10:13] the difference in wages, the gender
[00:10:17] difference in wages, this was reached
[00:10:20] based on raw
[00:10:23] data that was obtained from
[00:10:27] companies that employ 10 or more
[00:10:31] workers, which means that this percentage does not
[00:10:34] include, does not include agricultural
[00:10:38] producers, nor the public sector.
[00:10:42] so this study took the this this project
[00:10:45] took the study a step further
[00:10:49] and looked at what we call the adjusted gender
[00:10:52] wage gap, which is where the... through
[00:10:55] statistical analysis you can
[00:10:57] control for different qualities
[00:11:01] that women and men bring to the labor market, in
[00:11:04] particular things like education,
[00:11:08] which sector they work in and age
[00:11:11] as a proxy for
[00:11:13] experience.
[00:11:16] after controlling for those features, the
[00:11:19] gender wage gap increases from
[00:11:21] 2.7% to 13%.
[00:11:31] So, it was precisely through this
[00:11:34] project that the study went a step
[00:11:38] further, so it reached the so-called
[00:11:42] adjusted gender pay
[00:11:45] gap. This is very important
[00:11:49] for statistical analysis
[00:11:52] because it takes into account
[00:11:56] all the qualities that men and women bring
[00:11:59] to the labor market. These qualities refer
[00:12:03] to the level of education, refer
[00:12:06] to the sector in which they are employed, refer
[00:12:09] to age, which is
[00:12:13] a substitute value for
[00:12:15] experience. So, when all these
[00:12:19] characteristics are taken
[00:12:22] into account, then this gap of
[00:12:26] 2.7%, that is, the gender pay gap, increases to
[00:12:29] 13%.
[00:12:33] And once you you can take this kind of analysis
[00:12:37] even further and look at the returns
[00:12:41] that women and men with the same characteristics
[00:12:44] um get in the labor market in Bosnia and
[00:12:47] Herzegovina and if you look at it from that
[00:12:50] way because of women's lower market
[00:12:54] returns. to the same
[00:12:56] characteristics, the gender, the they
[00:12:59] make negative
[00:13:01] 7% um on the wage gap, which
[00:13:05] means that for the characteristics that they bring to the
[00:13:08] labor market, they get lower returns than men
[00:13:12] do.
[00:13:19] And so, this
[00:13:22] analysis goes even
[00:13:25] further, so it talks about
[00:13:29] the so-called return for men and women
[00:13:32] in the labor market and
[00:13:35] with the existence of the same characteristics for
[00:13:38] both men and women, so a lower
[00:13:42] market, lower market return
[00:13:45] for women was observed, which amounts to
[00:13:49] negative seven percent, which means
[00:13:52] that with the same characteristics,
[00:14:03] women have a lower, smaller market return, and and so to close, I think it's important to focus on the fact that it's a select
[00:14:06] group of women that are in the labor market and that are
[00:14:10] studied by this analysis,
[00:14:14] and another important feature, gendered
[00:14:17] feature of the labor market in Bosnia and
[00:14:19] Herzegovina is that women have very low labor
[00:14:23] force participation.
[00:14:27] the most important targets in addition, in addition to looking
[00:14:31] at the gender wage gap, is to understand why it
[00:14:35] is that so few women do participate in the
[00:14:38] labor market, and why do they meet more
[00:14:41] gender inequality when they get
[00:14:43] there?
[00:14:46] and we're closing now, so I want to thank you very much for your
[00:14:50] attention this
[00:14:51] morning.
[00:14:55] thing, so we focused
[00:14:57] on a selected group of women present
[00:15:01] in the labor market and an analysis
[00:15:05] was conducted which shows
[00:15:08] a different characteristic
[00:15:11] of their presence in the labor
[00:15:14] market. Namely, the
[00:15:18] rate of women's participation
[00:15:22] in the labor force
[00:15:25] is low, along
[00:15:27] with the gender pay
[00:15:30] gap. So, we saw why so
[00:15:33] few women are present in the labor market and
[00:15:37] it was concluded that
[00:15:40] they face
[00:15:43] greater gender inequalities
[00:15:46] in the labor market itself. Thank you very
[00:15:50] much.
[00:15:59] The United Nations Security Council on Friday extended the mandate of the European
[00:16:03] Union military mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina for another year.
[00:16:06] And from the United States of America comes the message that political
[00:16:09] parties that have won the trust of citizens must start acting as soon as possible,
[00:16:13] while European countries insist on preserving the strong
[00:16:16] mandate of the High Representative with executive powers.
[00:16:20] The OHR report sent to New York for the last Security Council session is
[00:16:24] actually just an objective overview of the situation in Bosnia and
[00:16:27] Herzegovina, it contains facts, there are very few political qualifications
[00:16:31] and if there are any, they are based on verifiable
[00:16:34] facts. All those who hoped that now after the departure
[00:16:38] of Christian Schmidt the report would go in the direction
[00:16:41] of fulfilling someone's wishes and projections of what the real situation in Bosnia and
[00:16:44] Herzegovina is were wrong and it is obvious that Louis Krysok
[00:16:48] took his job seriously and will probably continue to do it until the end
[00:16:51] of his term, that is, until the election of a new permanent High Representative. So,
[00:16:55] warnings about blockages,
[00:16:58] that have long been present in this country are there, this is another warning
[00:17:02] to the international community that the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina is not stable, on the contrary,
[00:17:06] it is far from it and that Bosnia and Herzegovina must continue to receive
[00:17:10] the case before, that other
[00:17:13] crises must not turn into an excuse
[00:17:16] not to pay attention to Bosnia and Herzegovina anymore. In this particular
[00:17:19] case, we can distinguish three positions within
[00:17:23] the international community that are reflected in the situation in Bosnia
[00:17:26] and Herzegovina. The first is this position of the European Union, i.e., influential
[00:17:29] European countries. From the speeches of their representatives at the Security
[00:17:33] Council, it was completely clear that they continue to stand on the positions of the need
[00:17:37] to preserve Bosnia and Herzegovina on the foundations of the Dayton Agreement
[00:17:40] and its strengthening as a state, at the same time
[00:17:43] warning that it is necessary to curb and
[00:17:46] prevent secessionist threats and everything that leads to the destabilization
[00:17:50] Herzegovina. Russia,
[00:17:53] of course, thinks that Bosnia and Herzegovina should be abandoned and that everything should be left to
[00:17:56] domestic politicians. The United States, whose statement,
[00:18:00] that is, the statement of their representative, was expected with particular attention, are, I
[00:18:04] would say, in a way in between, so what the Ambassador
[00:18:09] said at the Security Council meeting,
[00:18:11] reflected the American position through the message that they
[00:18:14] actually want to give an opportunity to these newly elected
[00:18:17] authorities to show whether they are capable, serious, responsible enough to take
[00:18:21] responsibility for the situation in the country. So, if the new authorities can eventually
[00:18:25] take a step further towards stabilizing the situation and implementing
[00:18:28] reforms, so much the better. If not, the status quo will continue, but that is
[00:18:31] only to the detriment of those who claim to have the ability, possibility, and
[00:18:35] desire to take responsibility for the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Let's not
[00:18:39] delude ourselves too much, regardless of how important and influential the European Union
[00:18:43] is and how it is the primary foreign policy goal of Bosnia and
[00:18:46] Herzegovina, very little can actually be done to approach that
[00:18:49] goal as long as there is some discrepancy in the attitude
[00:18:52] of the international community as a whole, and by that I mean, of course, primarily the
[00:18:56] West towards Bosnia and Herzegovina. When it
[00:18:58] comes to that issue, then I am primarily referring
[00:19:02] to the elections for the American Congress that await us in two
[00:19:06] days and things. Next, American foreign policy is actually
[00:19:09] something comparable to an aircraft
[00:19:11] carrier, it is a situation where it is very
[00:19:15] difficult to change the course that vessel is taking, and
[00:19:19] when that is done, it takes time to return to some other settings or to
[00:19:23] redirect it. Therefore, even if there is a significant change
[00:19:26] in the balance of power in the United States when it
[00:19:30] comes to the balance of power in Congress, it will not necessarily
[00:19:35] on the foreign policy of the United States because the executive powers remain
[00:19:38] in the hands of the Trump administration, and it will obviously
[00:19:42] have now, and will have in the future, many more important priorities than
[00:19:46] Bosnia and Herzegovina, so I think that from that side we should
[00:19:50] not expect any exceptionally new winds to
[00:19:53] blow. The only thing that Bosnia and Herzegovina can use here to
[00:19:56] its advantage is this impetus coming from neighboring countries,
[00:19:59] for example, Montenegro, which has shown that despite internal
[00:20:03] friction, misunderstandings and conflicts, both about the past and about
[00:20:06] the present, about the future,
[00:20:10] it can still make progress if there is good
[00:20:14] will to implement reforms. So, I think that in Montenegro
[00:20:17] they have shown that there is some minimum consensus about what the fundamental interests
[00:20:21] of ordinary people are, who care about improving their living standards and opening
[00:20:25] some perspective of getting out of the Balkan quagmire. That can
[00:20:28] also be done in Bosnia and Herzegovina, it's just a question of good
[00:20:31] will and eventual readiness to do it. I think that after the elections
[00:20:35] in Serbia, when Milorad Dodik lost another
[00:20:38] important support in his separatist policy
[00:20:42] and in confrontation with the whole world, except, of course, with
[00:20:46] the Russians, that this can also mark a positive contribution in which
[00:20:50] some positive energy will be created here within Bosnia and Herzegovina
[00:20:53] that will change things for the better, but again
[00:20:56] I must say that I am a bit skeptical there. A new government is being announced,
[00:21:00] we saw Mr. Bobakir Izetbegović who
[00:21:04] is now announcing that a new coalition will be established
[00:21:07] very soon, rejecting the SDP, but at the same time offering us some problematic concepts, at least from
[00:21:11] my point of view, when he says that the SDA needs a new
[00:21:15] Fadil Novalić, so
[00:21:18] the fact that the government should be taken over by people
[00:21:22] who have already been convicted of abuse of official position and authority and
[00:21:26] for that reason are in prison, and if the future of Bosnia and Herzegovina
[00:21:29] is to be built or reformed in that way, then there is
[00:21:31] really nothing to it.
[00:21:39] The route of the southern interconnection is changing. The new gas pipeline
[00:21:42] route should bypass the problem of state property by routing it over existing
[00:21:46] public infrastructure. The Federal Ministry of Energy
[00:21:50] states that they are not familiar with these plans.
[00:21:53] The American company EFS is rapidly working on a feasibility study
[00:21:57] for the new route of the Southern Interconnection gas pipeline, which, according to the director
[00:22:00] of this company's branch in Bosnia and Herzegovina, should bypass state
[00:22:04] property and thus solve the main problem of project realization.
[00:22:07] Amer Bekan, in an interview with N1, says that the new project is necessary not
[00:22:11] only because of property but also because of the ban on the company using the old
[00:22:15] BH Gas project, which was financed by the European Union.
[00:22:19] We engaged one company in the world
[00:22:22] that is currently working on a new project, a new feasibility
[00:22:26] study. That project costs around
[00:22:29] 10 million dollars. We are currently working on a completely new
[00:22:33] project. The European Union, which financed the majority
[00:22:37] of the southern interconnection project,
[00:22:39] did not give its consent for that project to be handed over to us,
[00:22:43] that is, for BH Gas to hand it over to us, so we are working on a completely new
[00:22:46] project. We are currently working on a variant
[00:22:50] in which the law on the south,
[00:22:54] that is, the law on state property,
[00:22:57] will not be a stumbling block to this project, that is, we are working on an
[00:23:01] alternative for which it will not be necessary to resolve
[00:23:04] state property issues. Bekan did not explain how, unofficially,
[00:23:08] existing infrastructure such as roads
[00:23:11] which are public goods would be used. Following
[00:23:15] roads is a more expensive and longer option, but for investors it
[00:23:19] apparently seems a more realistic option than waiting for
[00:23:22] a political solution to the issue of state property. The
[00:23:25] Federal Ministry of Energy is not aware that an alternative
[00:23:29] solution is being worked on. They previously emphasized that they are working intensively on
[00:23:32] the contract. The contract itself does not specify the route, but
[00:23:36] the directions, so the feasibility study should not be an
[00:23:39] obstacle to the document that should soon be signed with
[00:23:42] the federal authorities, says Bekan. There are a few
[00:23:46] points left that we need to harmonize with BiH legislation.
[00:23:50] "You must understand, I mean, the public
[00:23:53] must understand that this is ultimately not just about the southern interconnection, but about a
[00:23:57] complete investment
[00:24:00] limit or, I would say, a framework of some two million, two billion
[00:24:03] euros, and such things must
[00:24:06] be checked, must be
[00:24:09] harmonized, because at one point that investment must not be
[00:24:12] jeopardized. Let's remember that according to the law on the southern interconnection, which
[00:24:16] the federal parliament adopted in April, domestic authorities were given
[00:24:20] one month to harmonize and sign the contract for the construction
[00:24:23] of the southern interconnection gas pipeline. The deadline expired
[00:24:26] in May. Almir Bačarević comments that because of all
[00:24:30] of the above, he does not believe that the works will start before
[00:24:33] 2030, if it even happens
[00:24:37] at all. You know Mr. Lakić's statement that the southern
[00:24:40] interconnection will be built by 2020, by the end of
[00:24:44] 2027, when Russian gas will no longer be in
[00:24:47] Europe. You know when it will be built, 2027. It will never
[00:24:50] be built, not even in 2030, because
[00:24:53] how can you build 200 km of gas pipeline
[00:24:57] in one year? It's impossible, you don't even have a project, you have nothing, you don't have permits,
[00:25:01] you have nothing, you don't have expropriation, there are no basic
[00:25:03] things. We asked Bekan, but the American
[00:25:07] company has never commented on deadlines, precisely because of the complexity
[00:25:11] of the project. When will the new contract be signed,
[00:25:15] the director of Energoinvest is not aware, but it is a
[00:25:18] strategic project that will ensure
[00:25:20] competitive gas prices and therefore it must be
[00:25:23] insisted upon. The question of what is too slow, I will tell you
[00:25:27] for Krk, for example, as an LNG terminal, Croatia worked on that project for almost 10, 15
[00:25:31] years, these are not projects that are solved in one
[00:25:34] year, in six months, there was a very big pressure to speed everything
[00:25:38] up, but the reality of those projects is longer, unfortunately we are victims
[00:25:42] of inaction in the previous period, otherwise, let's remember that Democratic
[00:25:45] Congressman Bill Keating published on September 15th with the support
[00:25:49] of colleagues from the party a report in which he problematizes American
[00:25:52] support for the company AFS in the Southern
[00:25:55] Interconnection project. The construction of the gas pipeline is not in dispute, what is in dispute
[00:25:59] is the experience of the investor and his political ties with
[00:26:03] the Donald administration. Trap. I believe this
[00:26:06] happened solely due to their
[00:26:09] that they have absolutely no experience in managing liquefied natural
[00:26:13] gas pipelines nor experience in the Western
[00:26:16] Balkans. The State Department responded to these allegations by saying
[00:26:19] that concession models were the choice of American companies and were
[00:26:23] sovereign decisions of officials of the Federation of Bosnia and
[00:26:25] Herzegovina. A similar response came from the American
[00:26:29] investor. Tina Elindis da R.
[00:26:35] The Ugljevik thermal power plant is back in operation thanks to coal arriving from
[00:26:39] the Bukova Kosa mine near Prijedor, which has temporarily
[00:26:42] reduced the need for electricity imports. However, energy
[00:26:45] economic experts warn that this is not a long-term solution and that
[00:26:49] the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina could face new electricity price increases as early as the beginning
[00:26:53] of next year. Estimates speak of price increases of up to
[00:26:56] 30%, and the consequences could also be felt through rising prices
[00:27:00] of other products and services.
[00:27:04] Online shopping changes consumer habits, but it raises questions
[00:27:08] of security, customer protection, and merchant business practices. While
[00:27:12] citizens are increasingly shopping online, the domestic market is still
[00:27:15] looking for a way to keep up with this
[00:27:17] trend.
[00:27:19] To look for a desired product at home and buy it online or go from
[00:27:23] store to store and choose. Although it is gaining
[00:27:26] popularity, trust in online shopping and the experiences of citizens
[00:27:30] are still varied.
[00:27:32] is the thing, you don't have to bother, you can order from home, that's
[00:27:36] it, you won't believe it, I bought chocolates online, they show you
[00:27:40] for example coffee, you would usually buy coffee, now
[00:27:43] instead of going somewhere, you know you'll need that coffee, I'll buy it
[00:27:47] online, 2 kg, let it sit, I also look at prices
[00:27:51] depending on what I need, household,
[00:27:54] clothes, shoes, not that often, you have conveniences, you go in and
[00:27:58] buy closer, I don't want to buy until I touch it, I don't
[00:28:02] like anything. My wife and daughter buy, they probably buy something
[00:28:05] too. One of the key factors when buying is the price,
[00:28:08] the same product in different stores can cost significantly
[00:28:12] more or less, which is why citizens are increasingly comparing prices.
[00:28:15] One example of such a possibility is the platform Škrtica.B
[00:28:19] which was recently launched by Dženan Hamzić, a resident of Zenica with an address in
[00:28:23] Austria. Average savings on Škrtica between current
[00:28:27] offers is about 61 or 62
[00:28:30] marks, but for larger products, household appliances, for
[00:28:33] televisions, for mobile phones, that difference is significant, I have
[00:28:37] a good example from yesterday where my wife was looking for
[00:28:41] a vacuum cleaner and we found a difference of 700
[00:28:44] marks. Although interest in online shopping is growing, the domestic
[00:28:47] market still lags behind more developed countries, especially when it comes
[00:28:51] to product availability and ease of ordering. In
[00:28:54] many countries around the world, online trade practically
[00:28:58] surpasses in importance and influence traditional
[00:29:01] trade. Practically everything is bought and ordered online,
[00:29:05] this is a trend that it would be normal to
[00:29:08] fully transfer to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Unfortunately, in
[00:29:12] our country, many things still cannot be ordered online in
[00:29:16] as practical a way as in the world. Because of this, some citizens
[00:29:19] are increasingly turning to foreign platforms, especially
[00:29:22] low-budget ones from China. However, economists believe that they are
[00:29:25] useful for consumers because they often offer citizens to buy the same products
[00:29:29] significantly cheaper than on the domestic market. Any
[00:29:33] burdening of such
[00:29:36] trade, or such purchases with additional duties, as
[00:29:39] is done in the European Union, would be very
[00:29:42] wrong, it would discourage and make such
[00:29:45] trade more expensive, on the other hand, it would contribute to even
[00:29:48] higher prices on the domestic market. The development
[00:29:52] of online trade is also accompanied by problems, according to estimates by the relevant
[00:29:55] ministry, due to the gray economy in electronic trade, the Federation
[00:29:59] of Bosnia and Herzegovina annually loses more than 200 million marks
[00:30:03] in public revenue. The new law on electronic trade in
[00:30:06] the Federation, according to announcements from the relevant ministry, could
[00:30:09] regulate the current situation. One of the main goals of this
[00:30:13] law is to ensure a safe
[00:30:16] purchase for consumers in such a way
[00:30:19] that the law clearly stipulates that the price of the product
[00:30:23] must be clearly displayed, delivery costs, and that
[00:30:27] returns of goods
[00:30:29] that do not correspond to how they were
[00:30:33] presented in sales are enabled. All
[00:30:36] European directives have been applied in this law,
[00:30:40] so unregistered sales via social networks will be regulated, for those who
[00:30:43] operate outside the regulations, fines of 3,000 to
[00:30:46] 30,000 marks are foreseen, while this area is not regulated,
[00:30:50] citizens are left to carefully choose from whom and how they buy,
[00:30:53] Feđa Kulina N1.
[00:30:57] N1.