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[00:00:00] an additional 30 days for the certification of their employees'
[00:00:03] booklets. Miners can start
[00:00:06] treatment. We agreed with the
[00:00:09] directors of the mines on what they can pay at
[00:00:13] this moment, they signed
[00:00:29] houses and the railway. The engagement of
[00:00:32] helicopters from the Armed Forces of Bosnia and
[00:00:34] Herzegovina is expected.
[00:00:38] The heatwave continues, record low water level
[00:00:42] of the Danube, energy crisis in Hungary and
[00:00:44] Romania.
[00:00:49] Transparency International identified 1,200 instances of
[00:00:52] potential misuse of public resources to promote
[00:00:55] political parties. Of these, 70% refer
[00:00:59] to... mm intensification of public works and what you see, therefore, the cutting of
[00:01:03] ribbons and opening ceremonies of public
[00:01:05] works.
[00:01:09] Anniversary of the start of the closure of the
[00:01:12] Omarska camp marked.
[00:01:18] Few good news for miners, not enough for
[00:01:21] 11 of them who are still in the Raspotočje pit.
[00:01:25] It's good for everyone in the Zedo canton at least to be able to certify
[00:01:28] their booklets to... get
[00:01:30] treated.
[00:01:33] After four days of worker disobedience due to uncertified
[00:01:36] booklets, an agreement was reached between the Health Insurance Institute
[00:01:39] of the Zenica-Doboj Canton and the Management of Three
[00:01:43] Mines. The mines were granted an additional period of 30
[00:01:46] days to certify workers' booklets. These are the brown
[00:01:49] coal mines Zenica, Kakanj and Breza, which owe the institute
[00:01:53] a total of 175 million
[00:01:57] convertible marks in health insurance contributions. They have to pay
[00:02:00] 250,000 marks by the end of the year, where they
[00:02:03] expect to be able to recover, to be able to
[00:02:06] achieve maximum production in the mine, where
[00:02:10] I have their promise that they will start paying the full amount of
[00:02:13] their debts. On the other hand,
[00:02:16] the Breza mine is in the situation it is in, there is no
[00:02:19] production, they are trying to dig
[00:02:23] their face, mm and they have
[00:02:26] some minimal inflow of funds.
[00:02:30] So they also expect in December to start
[00:02:33] production, where we will make a new agreement,
[00:02:36] where they will increase their payments. Although the approval of an additional deadline
[00:02:40] avoided a major crisis, the union warns that
[00:02:43] the roots of the problem lie in economic imbalance and
[00:02:46] the selling price of coal that does not cover production costs. Our
[00:02:50] price of
[00:02:53] coal that we mine is
[00:02:56] more expensive than the selling price and those debts naturally
[00:03:00] That's the problem, the more we dig, the more
[00:03:03] we go into debt, we do one of the hardest, most honorable and
[00:03:06] most honest jobs.
[00:03:09] I believe that this will never happen again, that
[00:03:13] we found a solution, that we will
[00:03:16] fight together, so that all miners in
[00:03:19] the Zenica-Doboj canton have their contributions paid
[00:03:23] for healthcare and Although the continuation of
[00:03:27] workers' health care is currently secured, the question of the
[00:03:30] Mrkonja, you are watching..." sports news on long-term sustainability of the system has been reopened. At the same time,
[00:03:33] macroeconomic analyses show that mining at the federal
[00:03:36] level generates significant revenues.
[00:03:40] Mining as a sector achieved
[00:03:42] one billion and 170
[00:03:45] million convertible marks in revenue and
[00:03:49] 88.2 million convertible marks
[00:03:53] in net profit. Some companies make a profit, some companies
[00:03:56] incur losses, so it shouldn't surprise you that, for example, the
[00:04:00] mining sector achieved a net profit as an
[00:04:03] aggregated whole sector, especially because you have some
[00:04:07] companies that achieved significant net
[00:04:10] profit, because this also includes
[00:04:14] the exploitation of ores,
[00:04:16] metal raw materials and so on in different
[00:04:20] sectors. Despite relatively low productivity per
[00:04:23] employee, mining records the fastest growth among the analyzed
[00:04:27] industry sectors, which indicates that... the problems in
[00:04:30] the functioning of individual mines require a deeper
[00:04:34] analysis of operations. Nataša Kerezović,
[00:04:36] N1.
[00:04:39] Several fires broke out in the Konjic area near
[00:04:43] the inhabited places, Ovčari and Živašnica.
[00:04:46] Due to inaccessible terrain, the engagement of
[00:04:49] helicopters from the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina is expected to extinguish
[00:04:52] the fire. Fires broke out in several locations.
[00:04:55] It is assumed that they were caused by the braking of a train
[00:04:58] passing through the railway line through that
[00:05:01] area. The fire threatens to spread towards nearby houses and
[00:05:05] railway infrastructure. Due to the inaccessibility of the terrain,
[00:05:09] aerial firefighting was deemed necessary.
[00:05:15] Firefighters in southeastern France are still putting out forest
[00:05:19] fires. A long period of extreme heat, empty
[00:05:22] riverbeds of large rivers, due to the low water level of the Danube,
[00:05:26] nuclear power plants in Hungary, Romania, Slovenia are threatened
[00:05:29] with reactor shutdown. Hungary and Romania are taking measures
[00:05:33] to save electricity.
[00:05:36] Bucharest has plunged into semi-darkness, decorative lighting
[00:05:40] has been switched off, street lighting reduced by a third. In
[00:05:44] Romania, an energy emergency has been declared until the end of the month.
[00:05:47] We, it seems, have reached
[00:05:51] this point due to bad decisions made regarding
[00:05:55] the climate crisis that has been going on for decades. And
[00:05:59] Budapest, with its spectacular panoramas, has turned off many
[00:06:02] lights, to the great regret of some
[00:06:04] tourists.
[00:06:07] I am very disappointed because I come to Budapest once in my life and last night I
[00:06:11] climbed the hill and waited for the lights to turn on, but nothing
[00:06:14] happened. I was so disappointed. And the approval of the local
[00:06:18] population, namely in Paks, Hungary's only
[00:06:21] nuclear power plant, only one reactor is working, because the level
[00:06:25] of the Danube is not enough to cool everything. The nuclear power plant provides about
[00:06:28] 40% of electricity in Hungary. That is
[00:06:31] a minimal, minimal reaction to this whole situation. I completely
[00:06:35] approve and support this. I think it is
[00:06:38] a very good thing in the existing situation. It is very important.
[00:06:45] One reactor is working in the Romanian nuclear power plant
[00:06:49] Cernavodă. In Romania, rocks that were sticking out of the water were blown up
[00:06:53] to redirect the Danube towards the nuclear power plant. Four loaded barges
[00:06:56] are also sinking, in order to increase the water flow towards
[00:07:00] the nuclear power plant.
[00:07:03] Most of Europe, due to these long periods of extreme
[00:07:06] heat, has water levels far, far below
[00:07:09] what is needed for a long period of time. Cooling
[00:07:13] problems, not only for nuclear power plants,
[00:07:15] but also for gas-fired ones, because there is not enough water to cool
[00:07:19] them down. Not only is there not enough water, but the water temperature is also higher,
[00:07:23] which means it is harder to cool them down. That's why they
[00:07:26] have to take such extreme
[00:07:29] measures. Besides the Danube, the water level of the
[00:07:33] Sava is also low, so the Krško nuclear power plant in Slovenia
[00:07:36] will reduce electricity production by 20%. Krško
[00:07:40] provides almost 60% of daily electricity
[00:07:43] consumption in Slovenia. Aleksandra Gotfra,
[00:07:57] steps to resolve the status of dismissed communal
[00:08:01] workers.
[00:08:06] Elections are approaching, the campaign has long since started in the old way,
[00:08:10] in a way it shouldn't. For that, CIK punishes PSS,
[00:08:14] SNSD and SDP. Transparency International identified
[00:08:17] as many as 1,200 instances of potential misuse of public
[00:08:21] resources.
[00:08:23] The Central Election Commission fined three political
[00:08:26] parties for premature election campaigning.
[00:08:30] The Safe Serbian Movement with 8,500 marks,
[00:08:33] SNSD 6,000, SDP
[00:08:36] 4,000. But since the general elections were announced,
[00:08:40] Transparency International has pointed out that "far more complaints
[00:08:43] to the commission, party gatherings in schools, public forums,
[00:08:47] billboards before the campaign, everything," says Srđan Traljić,
[00:08:51] indicated that the premature campaign
[00:08:54] had long since begun. HDZ in Vitez regularly reports on
[00:08:57] every phase of the construction of a local road or where
[00:09:01] the SNSD boasts about paving some macadam
[00:09:04] road, where the SDA Bugojno boasts that
[00:09:08] their minister allocated one million marks for local
[00:09:11] roads. Where the president of the NPS, who has no
[00:09:15] public function in that sense, is not competent, visits public
[00:09:18] works, promotes himself, attributes credit to himself. According to
[00:09:22] data from Transparency International of Bosnia and
[00:09:24] Herzegovina, around 1,200 instances of
[00:09:28] potential misuse of public resources have been recorded. They state that
[00:09:32] the value of completed public works amounted to
[00:09:34] 126 million marks, commenced
[00:09:38] 453 million, while for one-time
[00:09:41] payments. all levels of government allocated
[00:09:44] 45 million marks. But there are also other
[00:09:48] activities such as musical events, makeup vouchers,
[00:09:51] free check-ups, so we had some public
[00:09:54] forums, especially in Travnik, where the Party of Democratic Action organized
[00:09:58] over nine public forums, meetings with citizens where they
[00:10:01] said they had gathered citizens to hear their
[00:10:04] needs and to determine the direction of action. Srđan Traljić adds
[00:10:08] that, unlike previous
[00:10:11] election cycles, complaints about aggressive premature
[00:10:15] campaigns did not bear fruit, such as this campaign
[00:10:19] "Be in Motion" which was led by PSS in
[00:10:23] Banja Luka. So they were not sanctioned.
[00:10:26] They worked, so their explanation was that they had rented
[00:10:29] these billboards until the day the elections were announced, but they
[00:10:33] remained standing in this election
[00:10:36] period. However, that very
[00:10:39] contract, that it was rented until the day
[00:10:42] the elections were announced, was sufficient proof to dismiss the complaint. Because
[00:10:46] of all of the above, Transparency is of the opinion that
[00:10:49] the Central Election Commission has obviously raised the
[00:10:52] tolerance threshold, because despite numerous statements they
[00:10:55] sent, the commission did not consider many of them to have
[00:10:59] elements of violating the election law. Dragica
[00:11:02] Pejaković,
[00:11:03] N1.
[00:11:07] Layoffs at the Communal company in Mostar are still in
[00:11:10] the public's focus. Dismissed workers were supposed to hold
[00:11:14] individual talks with the mayor, but
[00:11:17] most did not respond to the call. A collective meeting
[00:11:20] with the company's management was held nonetheless. It was agreed that
[00:11:24] the legal representative of the workers
[00:11:27] and the company would try to harmonize a written
[00:11:30] statement. This should facilitate the supervisory board's
[00:11:33] decision-making.
[00:11:36] After several days of squabbling and exchanging messages via social networks,
[00:11:39] the mayor of Mostar and the president of the city council today sat down with the dismissed
[00:11:43] workers and the management of the public utility company Komunalno. Although both sides
[00:11:46] remain convinced that they acted correctly, opinions were brought closer after the meeting
[00:11:50] and, as they claim, everything is moving towards the return of the workers to their
[00:11:53] workplaces. At the meeting, it was agreed that
[00:11:57] the legal representative
[00:12:00] of the workers, together with the legal representative
[00:12:03] of the company who advises or represents
[00:12:06] the management, will draw up a
[00:12:09] statement, perhaps an explanation in which
[00:12:13] the workers will state
[00:12:16] unequivocally their
[00:12:19] position regarding their work
[00:12:22] obligations, the procedure that is being conducted,
[00:12:26] and what they have done so far, to answer all
[00:12:29] of us whether they truly refused
[00:12:32] a work obligation or had some
[00:12:35] other intention. The mayor, on the other hand, claims that the workers were
[00:12:38] under a certain pressure the whole time, first when they refused work assignments, and now,
[00:12:42] as he says, even when they need to express their view of the controversial case. It saddens
[00:12:46] me that most of them, not all, but most of them
[00:12:50] refused a one-on-one meeting,
[00:12:53] mm, as I see it. From this collective meeting, it was some kind of
[00:12:57] joint stance of someone who
[00:13:00] suggested to them that they do not need to talk
[00:13:02] to the mayor alone, but that it should be in
[00:13:06] a group, so that perhaps they would be stronger or whatever they
[00:13:10] are trying, I don't know, but anyway, I still agreed to this collective meeting, again wanting
[00:13:14] to show that it is very important to me that we restore the city
[00:13:17] to some normal functioning.
[00:13:21] And as the most important conclusion of the meeting, he highlights the common readiness
[00:13:25] to enable workers to return to work. I appeal again for
[00:13:28] politics to stay as far away as possible from the communal enterprise, then I am sure we will
[00:13:32] succeed. If some things happen
[00:13:35] again, prompting from the side, "do it this way, do it that way," I fear that we
[00:13:39] will get tangled up again and just go in circles. The union says that such
[00:13:43] a meeting should have been held much earlier and that the lack of timely
[00:13:46] communication with the company's management is one of the key problems. One
[00:13:50] positive thing, a positive thing, some
[00:13:54] views have been harmonized. Both the mayor and the president of the city council had
[00:13:57] the opportunity to hear both the workers and their
[00:14:01] views and their problems they
[00:14:04] are facing. This is a difficult period for
[00:14:07] them, difficult for those who lost their jobs, difficult for
[00:14:11] all workers of the communal public enterprise who are working now. According to
[00:14:15] the mayor, the solution will be sought by legal representatives, their judgment
[00:14:18] on the whole case will be given by the supervisory board of the company. Workers remain optimistic
[00:14:22] and hope that the process will end with their return
[00:14:26] to work. Đanana Kaminić Puca, N1,
[00:14:28] Mostar.
[00:14:32] In the area of the former Omarska camp, the 34th anniversary
[00:14:35] of the beginning of the dissolution of one of the most notorious camps in
[00:14:39] northwestern Bosnia and
[00:14:41] Herzegovina was marked today. The commemoration gathered former detainees,
[00:14:45] victims' families, representatives of associations, and all citizens
[00:14:49] who wished to pay tribute to the innocent victims. According to
[00:14:52] the data of the Association of Detainees, more than
[00:14:56] 3,300 Bosniak and Croat detainees passed through this camp,
[00:14:59] of whom, according to data, 700 were killed. Some detainees were
[00:15:03] killed at Korićanske Stijene and Hrastova Glavica, large
[00:15:07] execution sites in western Bosnia and Herzegovina. Dozens of
[00:15:10] detainees succumbed to wounds sustained during
[00:15:13] torture.
[00:15:17] I carry that trauma with me and I want to
[00:15:21] carry it. When I started in Hlandi, when I started
[00:15:25] forgetting some things, I went to a therapist to teach me how to cope
[00:15:29] with it, not to forget, not to heal me, but he can't
[00:15:32] heal me. I said, "Help me not to forget."
[00:15:36] The biggest other trauma from the camp is that
[00:15:39] in the camp I was it was some kind of defense system of ours
[00:15:43] it was
[00:15:45] automatism
[00:15:48] uh I could remember the face of every child in the family
[00:15:51] every one of the neighbors the only face of my own aunt I couldn't
[00:15:55] I become emotional
[00:15:58] when I talk about it our dissatisfaction is reflected in the fact that
[00:16:01] uh the direct perpetrators of these crimes
[00:16:04] are still not prosecuted. I mean the former members of the crisis staff
[00:16:07] of the Serbian municipality of Prijedor, the then Serbian municipality of Prijedor, who are, even
[00:16:11] today, alive and living there in Prijedor as free, respected citizens who have
[00:16:15] benefits based on what they did during that period, while their victims, even today,
[00:16:19] are fighting and marking this place to build a monument to the killed children,
[00:16:23] for some status right to get here, unfortunately we still cannot
[00:16:26] get that. Every year on
[00:16:29] August 6th, we gather at this place which we do not
[00:16:32] consider only a camp, but a place that
[00:16:35] symbolizes humanity.
[00:16:38] "A place where human suffering reached the extreme limits
[00:16:41] of endurance for every individual story, of those who
[00:16:45] went through this camp, unfortunately many of them did not. It is
[00:16:48] a place where we must come, we must remember, not only for the past, to
[00:16:52] look back at the past itself, but it is a warning for
[00:16:55] the future,
[00:16:58] it is an obligation, but somehow, it is a human
[00:17:01] satisfaction to be here, to talk to people who have suffered the worst
[00:17:05] suffering, they are strong enough to help
[00:17:08] in detecting perpetrators and masterminds with their
[00:17:12] stories, but also with messages that are important for
[00:17:15] the future, not only of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Today, when we see images from
[00:17:18] Gaza, when we see images from Sudan, from Ukraine, other places,
[00:17:21] it is very important to remember what happened in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
[00:17:24] desilo.
[00:17:27] The Regulatory Agency for Communications of Bosnia and Herzegovina
[00:17:30] officially informed five associations of genocide victims that
[00:17:34] it has initiated a procedure to verify and investigate the allegations from their
[00:17:38] joint complaint against RTRS. The complaint was
[00:17:41] filed due to a controversial segment broadcast in the central
[00:17:45] news program Dnevnik 2 on July 31st.
[00:17:48] The associations state that the segment contained severe
[00:17:52] insults and defamatory allegations against surviving
[00:17:55] victims and mothers of Srebrenica with shameful insinuations about
[00:17:59] financial embezzlements and alleged enrichment at the expense
[00:18:02] of tragedy through statements about a "factory of money."
[00:18:05] RAC confirmed in its official
[00:18:07] response that it will officially investigate all
[00:18:11] allegations from the received
[00:18:12] complaint.
[00:18:17] The Minister of Defense of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Zukan Helez, and the Commander of the NATO
[00:18:21] Headquarters Sarajevo, Brigadier General James Fauler, visited
[00:18:24] the defense industry companies in our country. They visited
[00:18:28] Binas in Bugojno, BNT in Novi Travnik, and Pretis in
[00:18:31] Vogošća. General Fauler said that he saw firsthand
[00:18:35] the capabilities and capacities of the industry and
[00:18:38] that production is carried out according to Western and NATO
[00:18:41] standards. He said he was most impressed by the people
[00:18:44] working in these companies. The mission of NATO Headquarters in Sarajevo and
[00:18:48] EUFOR supervise production in the defense industry of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
[00:19:08] It's uh good to see that um the products being made are
[00:19:12] uh two western and NATO standards and uh they
[00:19:16] they are um targeted on um
[00:19:19] on uh capabilities such as the 155 that
[00:19:22] are and
[00:19:26] what fascinates me is the constant increase
[00:19:30] in the number of employees, the constant increase in productivity and
[00:19:34] revenue. Specifically, Binas
[00:19:37] "compared to last year, these two months,
[00:19:41] June and July, have 2 million more in revenue
[00:19:45] compared to the same period last year. Also,
[00:19:48] uh, we have seen different production
[00:19:52] assortments of the company BNT in Novi
[00:19:54] Travnik. They have also increased their revenue
[00:19:58] by
[00:19:59] 50%.
[00:20:02] The Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina has officially applied for
[00:20:06] accession to the Single Euro Payments Area,
[00:20:09] which is one of the most significant steps in the process of integrating Bosnia and
[00:20:13] Herzegovina into the European payment area. The European Payments
[00:20:16] Council and other European bodies are now beginning to review
[00:20:20] the submitted documentation. This process includes a detailed
[00:20:23] analysis, possibly requesting additional clarifications or amendments, and
[00:20:27] making a final decision on Bosnia and Herzegovina's admission to the SEPA
[00:20:41] Two Israeli soldiers killed in an explosion during fighting in southern
[00:20:44] Lebanon.
[00:20:49] Iran and Oman are in the final phase of defining a framework for navigation
[00:20:53] through the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran emphasizes that the
[00:20:56] agreement reached does not mean automatic opening of this strategic
[00:21:00] passage and that it directly depends on the cessation of American threats and
[00:21:04] sanctions. At the same time, US President Trump stated that
[00:21:07] negotiations are progressing and that the Strait could soon be
[00:21:10] open, adding that he prefers an agreement, but that the
[00:21:14] use of military force is still an option. Scientists
[00:21:17] warn that the months-long blockade of over 1,500
[00:21:20] ships in the Persian Gulf represents an ecological disaster
[00:21:24] and a risk of spreading invasive marine species after
[00:21:27] the resumption of traffic.
[00:21:58] and they called me and they said please don't do it let's talk and then they don't they say we never said that you know what the
[00:22:02] fake news knows they did say that but we are talking let's see
[00:22:14] were killed and four were seriously injured in an explosion in southern Lebanon
[00:22:17] in the city of Majdal Zun. These are the first... Israeli losses since the ceasefire
[00:22:21] with Hezbollah came into effect in June. In response to, as
[00:22:25] they claim, a violation of the ceasefire, Israeli forces carried out a series of air
[00:22:28] strikes on cities in southern Lebanon. According to data
[00:22:32] from the Lebanese Ministry of Health, at least one person was killed, while more than
[00:22:35] twelve were injured. The new wave of violence interrupted negotiations between Israel and
[00:22:39] Lebanon in Rome, which are being held with US mediation. However,
[00:22:43] US officials emphasize that discussions on political and military
[00:22:46] issues were productive and that negotiations continue.
[00:22:53] Progressive politician Abdul El Said won the Democratic
[00:22:57] primary elections for the US Senate in Michigan, defeating
[00:23:01] moderate congresswoman Haley Stevens. If he defeats Republican
[00:23:05] Mike Rogers in the general elections in November, this doctor
[00:23:08] of Egyptian origin will become the first Muslim in the US
[00:23:12] Senate. El Said based his campaign on universal healthcare
[00:23:15] and ending military aid to Israel, with the support of Bernie
[00:23:19] Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez. His victory
[00:23:23] was sharply criticized by US President Trump, who called it great
[00:23:26] news for the Republican Party and criticized the Democratic
[00:23:30] Party's policies.
[00:23:34] Hiroshima marked the 81st anniversary of the American atomic
[00:23:38] bombing. Mayor Kazumi Matsui called on world powers to
[00:23:42] cease wars and renounce nuclear weapons. Around
[00:23:46] 50,000 visitors paid tribute to the victims at 8:15
[00:23:50] AM, exactly at the time when the bomb fell in
[00:23:54] 1945. The attack on Hiroshima claimed
[00:23:56] 140,000 lives, while in Nagasaki three days
[00:24:00] later, another 70,000 people died.
[00:24:03] Today, there are only about 90,000 survivors
[00:24:07] with an average age of more than 86
[00:24:09] years.
[00:24:17] The words and actions of political leaders represent
[00:24:20] a disregard for the obligations defined by the nuclear non-proliferation
[00:24:23] treaty, thereby undermining the very foundations of international peace and
[00:24:27] stability. If this continues, a spiral of distrust
[00:24:30] will spread across the world, with the risk of returning to the era of the Second World
[00:24:34] War, when pure greed was allowed
[00:24:37] to prevail.
[00:24:38] pohlepa.
[00:24:43] The devastation caused by the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and
[00:24:46] Nagasaki, and the indescribable suffering endured by so many people, must
[00:24:50] never be repeated. Japan firmly adheres to the three
[00:24:53] non-nuclear principles as the only nation that suffered
[00:24:57] atomic bombings in war, and bears the responsibility to relentlessly
[00:25:01] strive for a world without nuclear weapons. Therefore,
[00:25:05] we cannot allow our efforts to cease. We are determined to
[00:25:08] continue implementing realistic and practical initiatives within
[00:25:12] the Hiroshima Action Plan, advocating for the
[00:25:15] maintenance and strengthening of the nuclear non-proliferation
[00:25:18] treaty, so that Japan can lead the efforts
[00:25:22] of the international community towards achieving a world without
[00:25:25] nuclear weapons. Here in Hiroshima, I deeply feel
[00:25:28] the responsibility to leave future generations a society
[00:25:31] in which all people can live in security and peace, and I also
[00:25:35] pledge to do everything in my power to achieve
[00:25:39] a world without nuclear weapons and lasting
[00:25:41] peace.
[00:25:44] In gratitude for many years of engagement
[00:25:47] and exceptional contribution to strengthening friendly. ties between Sarajevo and
[00:25:51] Dayton, the City Council of Sarajevo awarded the recognition of honorary
[00:25:55] citizen of the city of Sarajevo to American local
[00:25:58] official Meth Joseph. The cooperation between Dayton and
[00:26:01] Sarajevo during the past year covered a wide range of joint
[00:26:04] activities, the focus was highlighted on practical
[00:26:08] matters. The Mayor of Sarajevo Sami Ravdić said that during
[00:26:11] his mandate, Met participated primarily in
[00:26:14] initiatives for student exchange, cooperation in the field of
[00:26:18] culture and other areas.
[00:26:32] top of the list,
[00:26:34] I think because uh, in my heart of hearts,
[00:26:38] along with making sure that I take care of my residence in
[00:26:41] Dayton, make sure that the the trash is picked up, to make sure that the
[00:26:45] pot holes are filled,
[00:26:48] that I also in my heart of hearts, I want to make sure that there's a strong relationship
[00:26:52] with Sarajevo, and to do
[00:26:55] that, I I've been always trying to keep
[00:26:58] communication open, trying to take opportunities for.
[00:27:06] This is a man who, since 2003, has actively
[00:27:10] participated in the work of the City Council of
[00:27:13] Dayton, but with a special emphasis in
[00:27:17] his sixth term, I can say, he never
[00:27:21] missed an opportunity
[00:27:23] to do good things for Sarajevo, to
[00:27:27] maintain contacts for Sarajevo, regardless
[00:27:30] of which uh administration. who was
[00:27:33] mayor, so once again, I
[00:27:37] truly thank him