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00:00:19Good afternoon, dear viewers,
00:00:21the events of the day.
00:00:25The large fire in the Konjic area is still not
00:00:28under control.
00:00:32The Main Board of the New Ironworks Zenica Union
00:00:35questioning due to demands from the company's management severance pay for all workers by
00:00:38August 10th.
00:00:40New hearings for employees of the
00:00:44Srebrenica Memorial Center, the center offers legal assistance for
00:00:47current and former employees.
00:00:50The large fire in the Konjic area
00:00:55is still not under control. The most difficult situation is in the
00:00:58areas of the settlements Kanjina and Živašnica, where the fire
00:01:02threatens residential buildings. Firefighters and residents fought the
00:01:05fires during the night, but inaccessible terrain and demanding
00:01:09conditions further complicate the fight against the fire. In some
00:01:13places, the fire approached houses within a hundred meters.
00:01:17In extinguishing the fire yesterday,
00:01:20air tractors and a helicopter of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and
00:01:23Herzegovina were involved, providing air support to the
00:01:26firefighters.
00:01:28Unfortunately, the fires are active this morning. The big problem
00:01:32is that the fire is in an inaccessible area
00:01:35and that it is very, very difficult to extinguish from
00:01:38the ground. From early morning, we had help in the form of two
00:01:42helicopters, one helicopter of the Armed Forces, and one helicopter from
00:01:46the Zenica-Doboj Canton, which operated
00:01:50on the fire site. Firefighters, of course, our
00:01:54local forces, we have engaged
00:01:56all of them. The focus of all these activities was concentrated around the main road
00:02:00and main roads of populated
00:02:03areas. So, yesterday, all
00:02:07day and night, and since this morning, we have been actively working on
00:02:10extinguishing the fire and we have included all the resources
00:02:14we have. The areas of Živašnica and
00:02:17Kanjina are the most endangered,
00:02:21meaning we have buildings, houses, property,
00:02:24but our firefighters, our
00:02:28resources will certainly not be a problem
00:02:30for the buildings, because for us it is never a problem to extinguish a fire where we can reach
00:02:34with vehicles and water.
00:02:36The problem is always where we cannot reach with equipment, and then
00:02:40the fire can develop in various directions and
00:02:44become a huge fire, as it is now, because the fire has
00:02:47gone into the rocks above the railway line, it is
00:02:51impossible to extinguish from the ground,
00:02:54only by air tractors and
00:02:57Canadairs.
00:03:00The Main Board of the New Ironworks Zenica Union demands from the company's management
00:03:03severance pay for all workers by August 10th, and
00:03:06if that does not happen, they announce protests on August
00:03:0911th in front of the administrative building and a shutdown in
00:03:13the facilities. We have a noose around
00:03:17our necks, and bankruptcy,
00:03:19and simply let's try to
00:03:23solve one problem before it comes, but
00:03:26I say we still don't know, we're not... "We are not in
00:03:30the head of the judge, so we'll see if it comes to
00:03:34that, but let's try to be
00:03:37a step forward.
00:03:38What we have currently on the scene
00:03:41is a different
00:03:44way of fighting against what the union advocates for,
00:03:47that is, for the continuation of production, the preservation of jobs,
00:03:51that is, that this entire situation
00:03:54wants to be shifted, i.e.,
00:03:57the responsibility for the entire situation to..." to
00:04:00the union, which is, to say
00:04:04the least, incorrect, and we are all
00:04:07aware that the responsibility of the management is huge, and my colleague
00:04:10mentioned, and you followed this over the past
00:04:14months, what was promised, in what proportion
00:04:16what renaissance regarding the new Zenica Ironworks,
00:04:20we are in a situation where we are considering
00:04:24bankruptcy, i.e., the termination of contracts for
00:04:28all workers.
00:04:31"Ultimately, as a result of all that, we have this situation we have
00:04:35today. Next week, a decision should be made
00:04:38on the proposal for the bankruptcy of the new Zenica Ironworks
00:04:42which was submitted by the management of the New Zenica Ironworks
00:04:45back on December 17,
00:04:482025. Their intention was for that bankruptcy to start
00:04:52already in the new year. Thank God,
00:04:56thanks to the activities of the union and drawing attention to the importance of the ironworks.
00:05:00Zenica, here we are still alive today, and people are
00:05:04employed, they received seven salaries in the past period, they received holiday bonuses,
00:05:07financial aid under the collective agreement, all
00:05:09rights. If... if the court makes
00:05:13a decision to open bankruptcy proceedings, that will result in
00:05:17the termination of all employment contracts,
00:05:20meaning for all 1480 workers who are currently
00:05:24employed.
00:05:26odnosu.
00:05:28The Srebrenica Memorial Center announced that the interrogations of employees and
00:05:31associates of the memorial center have continued, both current and
00:05:35former. The center's management called on all affected
00:05:38to contact them urgently to organize legal
00:05:41protection. So far, 28 associates
00:05:44of the memorial center have received a summons for
00:05:47an investigation into alleged tax evasion.
00:05:51The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and
00:05:54Herzegovina organized a conference in Sarajevo on the position of
00:05:58constituent peoples and others in institutions in Bosnia and
00:06:01Herzegovina. The goal is to open an interdisciplinary
00:06:04expert dialogue on the challenges in applying the constitutional principle
00:06:07of the constituent nature of peoples and the equality of others in the
00:06:10state institutional system. The trigger for returning
00:06:14to the real situation and defining it was the previously adopted resolution of Croatia
00:06:18on Bosnia and Herzegovina.
00:06:20The resolution was the trigger to return
00:06:25to the framework of argumentation, to return to the real situation, to
00:06:29numbers, defining
00:06:31first and foremost the terms that some misuse in Bosnia and
00:06:34Herzegovina, what is constituent, what is legitimate
00:06:38representation, what do the laws of Bosnia and Herzegovina say.
00:06:40I am really happy that we have a serious
00:06:44response today at this conference, and I am a little disappointed that from
00:06:47Croatia, where this resolution was adopted,
00:06:50today we have Dalija Orešković as a panelist in
00:06:53this second part, and the head of the SDP club and the head of the HDZ club
00:06:57did not respond
00:06:58to our invitation.
00:07:02When we discussed this in the Croatian Parliament and
00:07:05passed the resolution, I believed that
00:07:09such a form, such a way of sending political
00:07:13messages from one parliament to the electoral
00:07:16system of another country is not appropriate,
00:07:19so the resolution itself
00:07:22has some parts that are more
00:07:26related to political issues and associations with the
00:07:30war period, not so much to the electoral
00:07:33engineering itself, which is also very
00:07:37indicative and sends bad, bad messages and a bad
00:07:40image.
00:07:49US President Donald Trump publicly admitted that the supplies of certain
00:07:53types of ammunition and missiles in the United States
00:07:57have decreased, but claims that the military is still extremely strong.
00:08:01According to reports, during the war with Iran, the military spent
00:08:04almost four-fifths of its supplies of Fad missiles and
00:08:07half of its Patriot interceptors. Trump strongly
00:08:10condemned the leaking of this information to the media, calling it
00:08:14a threat to national security. Due to reduced
00:08:17supplies and concerns of allies in the Gulf, the US
00:08:20president ordered the Justice Department to investigate, while demanding
00:08:24an urgent increase in production from the defense industry.
00:08:42of munitions, which are very, they may not be as
00:08:45accurate, they may not be, they're not as elite, we have
00:08:49elite to, but we're we're watching that very closely,
00:08:53but we have certain types which are very
00:08:56powerful and very good, and we
00:08:59have an unlimited supply, and so we're in great
00:09:03shape, but with that being said, we
00:09:07always want more, we have to have more, we have other things maybe come up, you
00:09:11maybe come up and maybe don't come up.
00:09:21Donald Trump's peace committee issued the first contract for the reconstruction
00:09:24of Gaza, which envisages the construction of a small military base for
00:09:271,500 Moroccan soldiers as part of the international stabilization force.
00:09:31The project was awarded to the American company
00:09:35Arkel International, it will be built in the area under the control
00:09:38of the Israeli army, although a complete reconstruction of the
00:09:41New Gaza project was announced earlier, the plan has been reduced to a miniature
00:09:45pilot project. Meanwhile, most of the two million residents
00:09:49of Gaza still live in difficult conditions in camps, without
00:09:52access to drinking water, while Amnesty International warns of
00:09:56thousands of bodies trapped
00:09:57under the rubble.
00:10:01Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan are signing a key trilateral
00:10:05defense agreement today in Jeddah. In addition to closer military
00:10:08coordination, the agreement includes intelligence sharing,
00:10:12joint military exercises, and cooperation in the defense
00:10:15industry. The pact connects Saudi Arabia's economic power,
00:10:19Turkey's military technology as a NATO member, and Pakistan's nuclear
00:10:23potential. The agreement comes as a direct response to the escalation
00:10:27of the conflict between the US and Iran and aims to protect
00:10:30maritime routes in the Red Sea and the Strait of
00:10:33Hormuz.
00:10:38The rating of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has fallen below
00:10:41the rating of leading military generals. According to a new
00:10:44survey by the Sozis agency, Zelensky has fallen to sixth place in
00:10:47popularity in the country, with only 18% of citizens giving him
00:10:51full support. The drop in popularity followed
00:10:55protests caused by the dismissal of Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov. In first
00:10:59place for citizen trust is former Chief of the Armed Forces
00:11:02Valeriy Zaluzhny. Ahead of Zelensky are Chief of the General
00:11:06Staff Mykhailo Drapatyi and Chief of Staff Kyrylo
00:11:09Budanov.
00:11:14The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo has for the first time
00:11:18exceeded 4,000, while 1,850 patients
00:11:21have died. This is the second largest Ebola epidemic in history.
00:11:25The fastest spreading so far. Experts warn that the virus
00:11:28began circulating months before the official declaration of the epidemic
00:11:32on May 15, so it is feared that the actual number of infected is significantly
00:11:35higher. Cases have been confirmed in five provinces. Suppressing
00:11:39the disease is hampered by conflicts on the ground, an overburdened
00:11:42healthcare system, and a lack of
00:11:44vaccines.
00:11:48Hundreds of thousands of people in southwestern Japan are evacuating due to
00:11:52Typhoon Dolphin. More than 500 flights have been canceled.
00:11:55Operations at some factories have been suspended. The typhoon brings
00:11:58winds of up to 144 km/h, and collisions of up to
00:12:02200 km/h. An evacuation order has been issued for
00:12:06almost 260,000 residents of Kagoshima and
00:12:09Okinawa prefectures due to the risk of floods. The island of
00:12:13Kyushu, which is recovering from an earthquake of magnitude
00:12:157.1, is in the path. Thousands of people are in evacuation
00:12:19centers, and a heatwave
00:12:20is also threatening.
00:12:24Extreme heatwaves and droughts have hit Central and Eastern
00:12:27Europe. Slovakia records a record 42 degrees. In
00:12:31Poland, due to the low water level of the Vistula, two thermal
00:12:34power plants have been shut down, while in Germany almost 12,000 people have died
00:12:38from the heat. The Pax nuclear power plant in Hungary is back in operation, but
00:12:41electricity saving is still being sought. Due to drought, extreme heat, and
00:12:45war conflicts, global food prices have reached a three-year
00:12:48record. Wheat, sugar, and vegetable oils have become the most expensive.
00:12:52Bojan Lipovšćak at the end brings the weather forecast.
00:12:56Good day. What weather
00:12:58can we expect today until the end of the day? The cold front
00:13:02is located
00:13:05north of the Alps, a small part of it has passed over
00:13:09the Alpine barrier, bypassed it, and a smaller amount of
00:13:13unstable air has penetrated over the northern
00:13:16Adriatic, over the northwestern parts
00:13:19of the interior
00:13:22of the Balkans. That cold front
00:13:25will pass very quickly north of the Alps, it will not bring
00:13:29a significant change in weather here. For now, sunny and
00:13:32stable weather will prevail. Namely, behind the cold
00:13:36front, the ridge of the anticyclone strengthens and
00:13:39the weather stabilizes again, so this
00:13:42is a short-lived small bite,
00:13:45a small bite of winter that only interrupted
00:13:49the heatwave in places. Today we will have
00:13:52mostly sunny weather with moderate to strong development
00:13:56of daytime clouds, so only local showers and
00:14:00thunderstorms are possible in some places. The highest
00:14:04daily temperatures will be high,
00:14:08hot, above 30°C in
00:14:11Herzegovina, up to 38°C.
00:14:14The sea is very warm,
00:14:1828°C, so it
00:14:22is very pleasant for swimming, and the ultraviolet
00:14:25index is also high and very high. On the Adriatic, a southwesterly wind
00:14:29will blow, while on the northern part of the Adriatic, a bora
00:14:32wind will blow. You can follow
00:14:35more about the weather on our
00:14:39info channels.
00:14:42That's all for the news overview, thank you for your attention, goodbye.
00:15:45The first Ćiro passed through Bosnian-Herzegovinian
00:15:47railway tracks more than 130
00:15:51years ago, back in 1891.
00:15:54It solemnly arrived from Metković to Sarajevo. From
00:15:57then until today, this section is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian
00:16:01treasure, built by the Austro-Hungarians for seven years
00:16:04in four stages due to the difficult terrain.
00:16:08Today, train drivers call part of this railway from Sarajevo
00:16:11over Bradina "half in the dark, half in the air,"
00:16:15due to more than 70 bridges and viaducts over which
00:16:19the train passes, and as many as 166
00:16:22tunnels. It is part of Corridor 5c and has for years been the lifeline
00:16:26for transporting tons of various goods to and from
00:16:30the port of Ploče in neighboring Croatia. Its perhaps even
00:16:33greatest value are the magnificent landscapes,
00:16:36nature that travelers describe as paradise on Earth.
00:16:40It deserves the epithet of one of the most beautiful train rides in
00:16:43the world, says an enthusiastic Australian of Bosnian-Herzegovinian
00:16:47origin, Safet Mangić.
00:16:51The rivers are green and blue. And it rests
00:16:54the eyes, it rests the mind. I say, this is
00:16:57paradise. And we had such a nice experience in Mostar,
00:17:01it was phenomenal. Culture, tradition,
00:17:05the Old Bridge. On the boat, "we went
00:17:08up and down, we climbed the bridge,
00:17:11went, drank a beer or two and
00:17:14so on, we really had a nice time,
00:17:17now we were
00:17:20looking for a normal transport that would allow us to, look
00:17:24at this, look at this beauty, look how
00:17:27green, blue, how clean, how crystal
00:17:31clear it is, that's what we came to see, and some
00:17:35history too, I like history, yes."
00:17:38"Well, you can't get a better view than this, you can't, really, look
00:17:41at this, I'd like to take my canoe from Perth
00:17:45and canoe here with my son, we
00:17:48do that, whether it's a ride through the Neretva canyon,
00:17:52railway bridges over Lake Jablanica, or even
00:17:56a view of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian natural
00:17:58riches while driving over high viaducts,
00:18:02it's enjoyable from the first to the last minute. The most responsible for the safety
00:18:05of tourists are those who operate the train,
00:18:09the train drivers, they tell us, the most beautiful view
00:18:12is from their workplace, so we go
00:18:16there. Some might say that the job of a
00:18:19train driver is easy, but it's far from it.
00:18:22Namely, from the first to the last minute of the journey,
00:18:25concentration must be at a high level. In addition
00:18:29to that, from point A to point B, there are almost no breaks, no trips
00:18:33to the toilet, the post is always done by two train drivers.
00:18:37Too much responsibility, simply, here's one
00:18:40of the most dangerous railway lines in Europe, you're bringing a train down here, I'm saying
00:18:44a 1400-ton train, you need to bring the train down to
00:18:47Konjic where all sorts of unforeseen
00:18:50things happen, this and that. I don't know what's a greater responsibility,
00:18:53when the terrain is difficult and sometimes
00:18:56people, the responsibility is greater for people. For example,
00:19:00Friday, Saturday, Sunday, the train goes to Ploče, a double
00:19:03set, 500, 600 passengers on the train.
00:19:08You have to be responsible for 500-600 passengers. Now, bringing
00:19:11a train down this track with some breakdowns, whatever, it
00:19:15always happens, something happens, a defect occurs
00:19:18on the locomotive, what do I know
00:19:20everything, you think about safety,
00:19:24traffic, about everything,
00:19:26it's a burden, it's a responsibility, but there's
00:19:30a good part here, adventure, you're always in
00:19:33a different place, always with different people, there are positive things.
00:19:38The tracks also bring numerous dangers, falling
00:19:40stones, animals, but in the worst case,
00:19:44an irresponsible individual. There haven't been any major
00:19:46accidents, especially when passengers are on the train,
00:19:50say experienced train drivers Aid Bučuk
00:19:54and Senin Bešić. No matter how dangerous the section over
00:19:57Bradina is, it's a challenge for them. Slopes, deer
00:20:00and bears are everyday sights for them. But when a breakdown
00:20:04occurs on this particular part of the track, you have to roll up your
00:20:07sleeves. Perhaps that's one of the reasons
00:20:11why there isn't a single woman in this job.
00:20:14Bradina is a problem, for a woman, Bradina might be a bit of a problem.
00:20:18It looks simple, but it's not, believe me, a freight train,
00:20:22let's say you're on a freight train
00:20:25and God forbid you have a breakdown somewhere
00:20:28here, and you have to get out and protect that train.
00:20:31In five minutes, you have to protect that train so it doesn't go
00:20:35downhill where... you need wheel chocks, we have our
00:20:38chocks, so you put chocks under the wheels, then we have hand
00:20:42brakes so you wind them up, then you have to go uphill for three hours, after
00:20:46midnight it's snowing, fog, this and that, bears.
00:20:50They fall down. So what happens when you can't
00:20:54fix it yourself? Then you
00:20:57call, you report where you are, what you are doing, an auxiliary locomotive
00:21:01arrives,
00:21:03and another one arrives, if there is one nearby, and there should
00:21:07be. Another
00:21:09locomotive comes, everything is hitched up, and the
00:21:13journey continues. Serious breakdowns don't happen often, and
00:21:16passengers who travel daily during the summer season... up to
00:21:20a thousand, possible unpleasant events in the locomotive
00:21:23are not felt in the train, mostly tourists, especially after
00:21:27the British Guardian declared this railway one of
00:21:30the 18 most beautiful in the world. But locals often
00:21:34return for the ride, so this
00:21:37route is really beautiful, the Neretva canyon is wonderful, the view
00:21:40of Prenj, Čvrsnica, it's beautiful, truly unique,
00:21:44our Bosnia and Herzegovina is the most beautiful, there's no
00:21:48doubt about it.
00:21:50Neretva, lakes, mountains, plains,
00:21:54everything, everything, everything, from Mostar to Sarajevo, we have
00:21:58something to look at and see, tunnels and everything. Mostar
00:22:02is the final destination for most, the train goes slow
00:22:05enough, at some points only 30 km/h, which provides
00:22:09an excellent opportunity for passengers to sightsee, but in some
00:22:13parts it goes 80 km/h, which makes the
00:22:16journey from Sarajevo to Mostar and back take about
00:22:20two hours, almost the same as by car. Still,
00:22:24it's not the same, says train driver Senit
00:22:26Bešić. Especially, for example, if we look at it from an
00:22:29ecological aspect, for example, we use electricity
00:22:33for transport, right now passengers, where
00:22:36there is no harmful impact
00:22:40on nature. That's
00:22:43enough to start from that, to
00:22:46say why the railway is important, why
00:22:50the railway should be used more. Now, for example, if I have
00:22:53in this train, let's say, 300
00:22:57passengers,
00:22:59now imagine, let's say two passengers per car,
00:23:03imagine now 150 cars on this section on
00:23:07roads as they are, what a burden that is for road
00:23:10traffic. What kind of fuel
00:23:14consumption is that, what kind of pollution we were talking about
00:23:18in the end, about gases and so on,
00:23:21I mean, there are many, many advantages,
00:23:25and for that
00:23:28reason, the railway,
00:23:31the railway needs to be given attention, and the government
00:23:35of the federation
00:23:37needs to get more involved in the development, modernization
00:23:40of the railway, so that we would have,
00:23:43well, more comfortable
00:23:46passenger transport, so that by doing so, we would
00:23:50save so much of these beauties that you experienced by riding with us on
00:23:53the locomotive. There are many, many, many, many aspects,
00:23:57which is why the railway is a very acceptable mode of
00:24:00transport for both passengers and goods.
00:24:04The director of one of the sectors within the Federation Railways,
00:24:06Namir Mahmutović, also appeals to
00:24:10the authorities to pay more attention to this mode of
00:24:13transport, especially when it comes to freight transport,
00:24:17and for the passengers themselves, ticket prices are accessible,
00:24:21and the advantages are huge. As for this railway line, from
00:24:24Sarajevo towards Ploče, I think that a period of almost
00:24:2830, 40 years has passed, during
00:24:32which nothing more has been done on this railway line, and we believe that it
00:24:36is a pan-European railway line on Corridor 5c, and
00:24:39we believe that a significant portion of this part from
00:24:43Bradina to Konjic, i.e., from Konjic to Bradina, represents a bottleneck
00:24:47on this railway line, and we are of the opinion
00:24:50that it was long overdue to work on
00:24:54some other project, because generationally speaking,
00:24:57every 50 years the railway underwent
00:25:01some technical
00:25:04transformations, while this railway line still remains in the period
00:25:07it was in before the war. We must build it ourselves
00:25:11and I think we must catch up as soon as
00:25:14possible with the development of railways in the European Union. You see that we have
00:25:18trains in Europe now that travel 200 km to 400
00:25:21km/h. We probably find it difficult
00:25:25to achieve such speeds here, but it is necessary to acquire,
00:25:28build new railways, and acquire new capacities. This is shown by
00:25:32the interest of passengers. We have a very large
00:25:35renewed freight transport in this area. In any case,
00:25:39perhaps this would also be an appeal for responsible people from
00:25:43state and entity levels to get involved as soon as possible
00:25:46in railway projects, in the development of the railway tracks
00:25:50and capacities on the railway. The first kilometers
00:25:53of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian railway were built during the Ottoman
00:25:57era, and continued during Austro-Hungarian rule,
00:26:01but the train was then reserved only for high-class
00:26:04clientele. Ticket prices from Bosanski Novi, today's
00:26:07Novi Grad, to Banja Luka cost a staggering
00:26:1190 crowns for first class. If
00:26:14we translate that to the conditions of that time,
00:26:17the price of one rifle was said to be 30 to 40
00:26:21crowns, the price of one sheep was 10 crowns. Today,
00:26:25for a little over 20 marks, we can all
00:26:28be high-class clientele, afford a ride of 102.
00:26:3229 km of railway, which is
00:26:35the best way to experience the adventure of train travel,
00:26:38as stated by the British Guardian, placing this
00:26:42journey on par with the railways of Sicily, Corsica,
00:26:45Norway, Tibet, Peru.