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00:00:00when the fire brigades light up, the locals on the ground
00:00:03with superhuman efforts try
00:00:06to defend their houses from the flaming
00:00:09tongues descending from the mountain. From the air,
00:00:13helicopters are, of course, providing assistance. Given
00:00:16that the wind is blowing, it does not ease the situation on
00:00:20the ground. The emergency teams remain to monitor
00:00:24the situation. Nataša Kerezović,
00:00:26N1.
00:00:30The Main Board of the New Zenica Ironworks Trade Union demands from
00:00:33the company's management to pay severance pay to all workers by
00:00:37August 10, and if that does not happen,
00:00:40they announce protests on August 11 in front of the administrative building
00:00:43and a lockout in the facilities.
00:00:47If it is not completed by the 10th regarding our
00:00:51demands, on the 11th, all of us workers and our families, we will invite
00:00:55the citizens of Zenica in front of the main
00:00:58directorate. It is certain that we will not retreat until our
00:01:01demands are met, and I must point out
00:01:05that this concerns the citizens of Zenica
00:01:09to a great extent, because 99% will
00:01:11be without heating, which Mr. Hamzić
00:01:15immediately threatened at the beginning, that he has a model to deprive
00:01:19citizens of heating.
00:01:23What we currently have on the scene is a
00:01:27different way of fighting against what the union advocates,
00:01:30i.e., for the continuation of production, preservation of jobs,
00:01:33that
00:01:35is that the entire situation is desired to be transferred, i.e.,
00:01:38the responsibility for the entire situation to the
00:01:41union, which is, to put it
00:01:45mildly, unfair, and we
00:01:47are all aware that the management's responsibility is enormous, and
00:01:51my colleague mentioned, and you followed it during the past
00:01:55months, everything that was promised, in what proportion
00:01:58and what renaissance. a chance regarding the new Zenica Ironworks,
00:02:01we are in a situation to consider
00:02:05bankruptcy, i.e., termination of contracts for all
00:02:09workers.
00:02:12Ultimately, as a result of all that, we have this situation we
00:02:15have today. Next week, a decision should be made
00:02:19on the proposal for the bankruptcy of the new Zenica Ironworks,
00:02:23which was submitted by the management of New Zenica Ironworks
00:02:26already on December 17,
00:02:292022. Their intention was for that bankruptcy to start
00:02:33already from the new year. Well, thank God,
00:02:37thanks to the activities of the union and drawing attention to
00:02:40the importance of the Zenica Ironworks, here we
00:02:43are still alive today, and people are employed, they received seven salaries
00:02:46in the past period, they received holiday allowance and financial aid under the collective agreement,
00:02:50all rights.
00:02:53If the court issues a decision on opening bankruptcy proceedings, this will result
00:02:56in the termination of all...
00:03:00employment contracts, meaning for all 1480 workers
00:03:04who are currently employed.
00:03:06In the Srebrenica police station,
00:03:10four more people connected to the Srebrenica Memorial Center
00:03:14were interviewed today, bringing the number of those interviewed so far to
00:03:17seven, while the list of people who should be
00:03:20interviewed includes a total of 26.
00:03:24The representative of the memorial center, Edi Nikanović, stated that today, statements were
00:03:27given by three people who had previously cooperated with the memorial
00:03:31center and one current associate, and that the
00:03:34interviews were conducted in
00:03:36guidelines on how to fill those the presence of lawyers. He announced that the memorial center, in
00:03:39consultation with the legal team and lawyer, will consider
00:03:43further steps regarding the interviews.
00:03:46Concepts
00:03:49such as legitimate representation and constituent status
00:03:53are often abused under the influence of the politics of neighboring
00:03:56countries, to the detriment of Bosniaks, said the head
00:04:00of BH diplomacy within the framework of the conference on this topic. The trigger
00:04:03for re-examining these terms is the previously adopted Croatian resolution
00:04:07on Bosnia and Herzegovina. However, political
00:04:10representatives of the Serbian and Croatian people clearly state that the equality
00:04:14of the three constituent peoples represents the essence of the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina,
00:04:18the foundation of the functioning of the state. Anything outside of that is,
00:04:21they say, an attack on the constitutional order. The terms
00:04:24constituent status and legitimate representation in Bosnia and Herzegovina are
00:04:27often used to fuel the political
00:04:30atmosphere, especially in pre-election periods, assesses the head of BHA diplomacy.
00:04:34The resolution on Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina, adopted in the Croatian Parliament,
00:04:37is a kind of trigger for their return to the framework of argumentation and
00:04:40definition. There is also the question of the position of the member of the Presidency of Bosnia and
00:04:44Herzegovina. There are a series of other indicators that are
00:04:48shockingly to the detriment of Bosniaks in this country. It is not
00:04:51a weakness, it was the wish of previous authorities,
00:04:55this, perhaps precisely because it is about the smallest
00:04:58constituent people. to accommodate them in some positioning, but
00:05:02then when today you have those who disregard all that, do not appreciate or understand
00:05:06it, and problematize one issue, then they roughly
00:05:10interfere with the constitutional arrangement in Bosnia
00:05:12and Herzegovina. Konaković is disappointed that the heads of the SDP
00:05:16and HDZ clubs from Croatia refused the invitation to discuss this topic, and only
00:05:19Dalija Orešković, a representative in the Croatian Parliament who
00:05:23did not vote for the resolution, responded. There are some parts
00:05:27that are more related to political issues and
00:05:30associations with wartime,
00:05:33and not so much to the electoral
00:05:36engineering itself, which is also very significant and sends bad messages
00:05:40and a bad image. Based on an empirical approach, analyses of the representation
00:05:43of constituent peoples and others in the institutions of Bosnia
00:05:47and Herzegovina were presented, including the staffing
00:05:49structure and the distribution of managerial positions.
00:05:53We will not count, as they say, blood cells,
00:05:57but we want to clearly point out
00:06:00the problem of the disappearance, the extinguishing, not only
00:06:03of political, but every other influence of the most numerous people in Bosnia
00:06:07and Herzegovina, which can lead to
00:06:11the radicalization of the political scene.
00:06:14However, instead of discussing the problem, there is still more resorting to
00:06:17counting blood cells, stated the state delegate from the HDZ of
00:06:21BiH. You have the paradox that those who
00:06:25do not want to discuss and resolve that
00:06:28problem, when the Croats
00:06:31complain that in
00:06:33the presidency,
00:06:36someone is elected to the position of the Croatian representative
00:06:39who has nothing to do with Croatian,
00:06:42with Croatian legitimacy, and so on, then
00:06:46they respond by saying that
00:06:49citizens elect, that members of the presidency do not
00:06:53represent the people, but their citizens, and so on.
00:06:57However, in the application to
00:07:00the European Court of Human Rights,
00:07:02these same people and political
00:07:05centers complained that the members
00:07:09of the presidency
00:07:11represent only the peoples, not
00:07:14the citizens. The constant efforts of political representatives from the Bosniak people
00:07:17to position political representatives based on the number of citizens living in Bosnia
00:07:21and Herzegovina are problematic, emphasize state parliamentarians from the
00:07:25Serbian people, reminding that the equality of the three constituent
00:07:28peoples is the essence of the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the foundation
00:07:32of the functioning of the state. All those who in any way advocate
00:07:35for anything outside of that equality of the three constituent peoples are those who are attacking
00:07:39the constitutional order of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who are openly working
00:07:42to overthrow Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is unusual that we
00:07:45from Banja Luka and Republika Srpska are opposing
00:07:49those who are overthrowing the constitutional order and,
00:07:52that is, those who are overthrowing Bosnia and Herzegovina, but we simply
00:07:56have to say, people, it is high time you understand, you can accept Bosnia and
00:08:00Herzegovina with three equal constituent peoples, or you simply must
00:08:04give up on Bosnia and Herzegovina, because you are the ones who are overthrowing it. It is crucial
00:08:08to respect that constitutional provision for the constituent status of peoples when it comes to these
00:08:11most important positions in the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina. I primarily mean
00:08:15the executive structures of the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where for more than
00:08:19a year, almost two years, we have a shortage
00:08:22of ministers from the Serbian people in the Council of Ministers in Bosnia and Herzegovina. You
00:08:26know that the Minister of Security has still not been filled and appointed,
00:08:30and he should belong to the Serbian people, so that is a kind
00:08:33of discrimination that is contrary to the constitutional structure of this country. Therefore,
00:08:37the content of any conference can only meet the expectations of those who
00:08:41organized it, concludes our interlocutor, but without a clearer
00:08:45picture or structure that will provide
00:08:48positions in accordance with constitutional provisions. Tatjana
00:08:52Drljić, N1. In the continuation of news from
00:08:56the world.
00:08:59Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan signed
00:09:03a defense
00:09:03agreement.
00:09:07US President Donald Trump publicly acknowledged that the supplies
00:09:11of certain types of ammunition and missiles in the United
00:09:14States have decreased, but claims that the military is still
00:09:17extremely strong. According to reports, the military spent almost
00:09:21four-fifths of its supplies of Thad missiles and
00:09:24half of its Patriot interceptors during the war
00:09:27with Iran. Trump strongly condemned the leaking of this information
00:09:31to the media, calling it a threat to national
00:09:34security. Due to reduced supplies and concerns of allies
00:09:37in the Gulf, the US President ordered the Justice
00:09:41Department to investigate at the defense industry, demanding an immediate
00:09:44increase in
00:09:45production.
00:09:50munitions that are very powerful that we have
00:09:53unlimited virtual unlimited supply, we have others where it's a
00:09:56little bit tighter. we have uh certain types of
00:10:00munitions which are very, they may not
00:10:02be as accurate, they may not be, you're not as elite. we
00:10:06have elite to, but we're we're watching
00:10:09that very closely, but we have a certain type. which are
00:10:13very powerful and very good uh and we
00:10:17have an unlimited supply and uh so we're in
00:10:20great shape, but uh with that being said uh we always
00:10:24want
00:10:37Donald Trump's Peace Committee issued the first contract for
00:10:40the reconstruction of Gaza, which envisages the construction of a small military base for
00:10:44150 Moroccan soldiers within the international stabilization force.
00:10:47The project was awarded to the American company
00:10:51Arkel International. It will be built in an area controlled
00:10:55by the Israeli army. Although a complete reconstruction
00:10:58and the New Gaza project were previously announced, the plan has been reduced to a miniature
00:11:02pilot project. Meanwhile, most of the two million residents
00:11:05of Gaza continue to live in harsh conditions in camps, without
00:11:09access to drinking water, while Amnesty International warns of
00:11:13thousands of bodies trapped
00:11:14under the rubble.
00:11:18Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan signed a key trilateral
00:11:21defense agreement in Jeddah today. In addition to closer
00:11:25military coordination, the agreement includes intelligence
00:11:28sharing, joint military exercises, and cooperation
00:11:32in the defense industry. The pact links Saudi Arabia's economic power,
00:11:35Turkey's military technology as a NATO member, and
00:11:39Pakistan's nuclear potential. The agreement
00:11:42comes as a direct response to the escalation of conflicts between the US
00:11:45and Iran, and aims to protect maritime routes in
00:11:49the Red Sea and the Strait of
00:11:50Hormuz.
00:11:55but it may not happen and it may take time is for some countries in the region
00:11:59to say, we have to work more closely together so that we can
00:12:03contain and deter Israel so that we can have
00:12:06understandings but also contain Iran
00:12:10and so that we have more independence from America and the announcement of a of
00:12:14a some kind of security alliance, we we don't yet know how it's really going to play
00:12:17out, but even the announcement from Saudi, Turkia and
00:12:21Pakistan gives us a glimpse of one of the...
00:12:29The rating of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fallen
00:12:32below the rating of leading military generals, according to a new survey
00:12:36by the Sozis agency. Zelenskyy has fallen to sixth place in
00:12:39popularity in the country, with only 18%
00:12:43of citizens giving him full support. The drop in popularity
00:12:46followed protests caused by the dismissal of Defense Minister
00:12:50Mykhailo Fedorov. In first place in terms of citizen trust is
00:12:53the former Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Valeriy Zaluzhny, ahead of
00:12:57Zelenskyy are the Chief of the General Staff Mykhailo Drapaty and the Chief
00:13:01of Staff Kyrylo Budanov.
00:13:05Zelenskyy will arrive in Serbia for an official visit tomorrow.
00:13:08The German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung assesses that
00:13:11the visit primarily represents a political signal. The President
00:13:15of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, said that he and Zelenskyy have several important
00:13:19topics for discussion, from the European path of Ukraine and Serbia to
00:13:22economic and energy cooperation. What
00:13:25could all be topics of the visit and what was the history of meetings
00:13:29between Vučić and Zelenskyy like, more in the analysis by Dušan
00:13:32Mlađenović. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
00:13:35is coming for his first visit to Serbia since the beginning of the Russian aggression in February
00:13:392022. The topics of the visit are still
00:13:42speculative. German media, specifically Frankfurter Allgemeine
00:13:46Zeitung, states that the main topic could be drone production
00:13:50in Serbia. Allegedly, an advisor to Zelenskyy has already visited
00:13:53Serbia several times, touring locations for
00:13:57possible production of unmanned aerial vehicles. Journalist Michael
00:14:00Martens writes that former US Ambassador Christopher
00:14:04Hill told him that he connected Ukraine and Serbia,
00:14:07and that he inquired with the Serbian authorities about ammunition, and that
00:14:11the US then began to buy a significant amount
00:14:14of weapons that Ukraine needed. This confirms
00:14:17the story that Serbian weapons ended up in Ukraine.
00:14:21Belgrade has always denied claims that it does so directly,
00:14:24but has admitted that it is possible that this happens through third
00:14:28countries. Another version of Zelenskyy's visit, reported
00:14:31by all pro-regime media, is the so-called Carpathian
00:14:35initiative, which would connect several countries
00:14:37of Southeast and Central Europe with Ukraine regarding
00:14:41logistics, economic development, security, tourism, and
00:14:44reconstruction, but it is added that this is still at the level
00:14:48of an idea. This proposal does not mention weapons. This
00:14:51visit had a precedent. In May, a high-ranking
00:14:55Ukrainian delegation came to Belgrade, and at that time there was
00:14:58a possibility that Zelenskyy himself would come, but that did not
00:15:01happen. Deputy Prime Minister Taras Kachka came, and
00:15:05several memoranda of cooperation and understanding
00:15:09were signed. Relations between Belgrade and Kyiv could be described
00:15:13as complicated, at the very least. The first meeting between
00:15:16Zelenskyy and Vučić took place in early June
00:15:192023. So, a year and four months after
00:15:23the start of the war, and that was at the meeting of the European Political
00:15:26Community when they only shook hands. The first
00:15:29direct talks were held two months later in
00:15:33Athens, at the Ukraine- Southeast Europe summit. On that
00:15:36occasion, the President of Serbia announced that Belgrade would continue to
00:15:40support and respect the territorial integrity
00:15:43of Ukraine, which he has repeated since the beginning of the war. Belgrade has
00:15:46sent humanitarian aid to Kyiv multiple times, including
00:15:49generators, for which the Ukrainian state leadership thanked them. Kyiv is
00:15:53also important to Belgrade because it does not recognize Kosovo's
00:15:56independence. Despite persistent demands from Brussels for Serbia
00:16:00to align with the European Union's foreign policy, this has not yet
00:16:03happened. Serbia remains the only candidate for membership that has not
00:16:07distanced itself from Moscow. This is explained in Belgrade by centuries-old
00:16:10friendship with the Russian people and
00:16:13energy agreements. The Serbian President is criticized
00:16:17for meeting with Vladimir Putin multiple times,
00:16:20including attending a military parade in Moscow in
00:16:232025, when he was the only European official
00:16:27there, besides the Slovakian Prime Minister. And Moscow also has something to criticize
00:16:31Belgrade for. In June 2025,
00:16:34the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service announced that
00:16:37Russian weapons had ended up in Ukraine, which caused strong
00:16:41reactions from Moscow, after which Belgrade banned arms exports
00:16:45for at least some time. Allegedly, in Beijing, Putin personally
00:16:48complained to Vučić about this. The spokesperson of the Russian Foreign
00:16:52Ministry, Maria Zakharova, stated last year that it seems
00:16:56there are different Vučićs because the Serbian President
00:17:00gives different statements when he is in Moscow and when he speaks from other
00:17:04positions. Brussels is probably closely monitoring the visit at a time
00:17:07when Ukraine is facing a shortage of weapons to
00:17:11respond to increasingly frequent and powerful Russian drone and ballistic
00:17:14missile attacks.
00:17:16Hundreds
00:17:19of thousands of people in southwestern Japan are
00:17:22evacuating due to Typhoon Dolphin. More than 500
00:17:26flights have been canceled, and operations at some factories have been suspended. The typhoon brings
00:17:30winds up to 144 km/h, with gusts up to 200
00:17:33km/h. An evacuation order has been issued for almost
00:17:37260,000 residents of Kagoshima and
00:17:40Okinawa prefectures due to the risk of flooding. The island of
00:17:44Kyushu, which is recovering from a 7.1 magnitude earthquake, is in the path of the storm.
00:17:48Thousands of people are in evacuation centers, and a heatwave is also threatening.
00:17:52Extreme
00:17:55heatwaves and droughts have hit Central and Eastern
00:17:59Europe. Slovakia is recording a record 42 degrees, and in
00:18:03Poland, due to low water levels in the Vistula, two
00:18:06thermal power plants have been shut down. Meanwhile, in Germany, almost
00:18:0912,000 people have died from the heat. The Paks nuclear power plant in Hungary is returning to
00:18:13operation, but electricity savings are still required. Due to drought, extreme
00:18:17heat, and war conflicts, global food prices have reached
00:18:20a three-year record. Wheat, sugar, and vegetable
00:18:24oils have risen the most.
00:18:24An informal
00:18:28group of citizens of Goražde protested today in front
00:18:32of the city administration due to long-standing problems with
00:18:34water supply and daily interruptions, especially during
00:18:38summer days. They demand an answer from the authorities as to when
00:18:41a stable water supply will be ensured. They warn of problems
00:18:45in the operation of the company "6. Mart," water losses greater
00:18:48than 70%, and long-standing problems in
00:18:51system management. They believe that previous rehabilitations
00:18:54have not yielded the expected results and demand long-term
00:18:58solutions.
00:19:00I would say that I only encouraged this small
00:19:04group of citizens to gather today
00:19:07to try to permanently resolve the issue of water supply. So,
00:19:11it's not just my problem, but the problem of all of us. I am sorry that
00:19:15so few people responded to this gathering. I expected
00:19:18a much larger number, considering that many more
00:19:22people contacted me to come and support us, because this is
00:19:25a common problem. If we sit and remain silent, believe
00:19:29me, no one will solve our problems. We must
00:19:33stand up, we must fight for our rights so that we can say that we
00:19:36have done something. The demands are that our current
00:19:39mayor, together with
00:19:42the city councilors led by Mr. Dženis
00:19:45Ćulov, answer questions about what they have
00:19:49done regarding water supply during their mandate
00:19:52so far, why the pumps that should have been
00:19:55installed were not installed, why
00:19:5850,000 marks that were earmarked for the preparation
00:20:01of studies were directed to a festival,
00:20:04and until when will our taps
00:20:08only have air, not water?
00:20:11The City of Goražde, within my mandate, took all steps to bring
00:20:15"6. Mart" to, let's say, a state that can be said to be
00:20:18zeroed. That is regarding these settlements where there is no
00:20:22water, with an operational plan now immediately where it is possible
00:20:25to set up something, we will return everything. I would like these
00:20:28citizens to have protested against the political elites who
00:20:31in the 90s and 2021
00:20:34took millions of amounts and did nothing for the people. Today,
00:20:38here in front of the city administration, let them be, so that theft and everything that was done that
00:20:42was not completed, that is a question for the prosecutor's office, not for Mayor
00:20:45Imamović Ernest. I understand and I will do everything in these
00:20:49settlements where there used to be water, to restore water
00:20:52to a state, what is technically possible now, projects, all
00:20:56these that we have, we will put into function. Secondly,
00:21:00certain, certain, certain, let's say, political
00:21:03power centers that appear on television and talk about what the problem is, I
00:21:07would invite them to accept responsible positions, be directors and then see
00:21:10what it's like to solve water supply issues.
00:21:14In the continuation, an announced story about the Bijambare caves, and also
00:21:18this:
00:21:21Vjetrenica becomes a refuge from the heat. The cave
00:21:24attracts more and more
00:21:25tourists.
00:21:30High temperatures fill pools and other swimming areas, but more
00:21:34and more citizens find refreshment in nature. Bijambare
00:21:37is among the favorite destinations for escaping the heat. The greatest
00:21:41attention of visitors is attracted by
00:21:43the caves.
00:21:45While temperatures throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina reach their summer
00:21:50maximum, many seek relief from the heat in
00:21:52nature. One of the favorite places for a break is
00:21:56the protected landscape of Bijambare, where dense forest, clean
00:21:59air, and natural shade provide refreshment upon
00:22:03arrival. This is our first time here. Whenever we head towards
00:22:07Sarajevo, we see this place, but we never stop. Now we've finally come to
00:22:10explore this part of Bosnia. And what are your
00:22:13impressions? Fascinating! At first, everyone
00:22:16thought they wouldn't like it, but everyone is delighted. We come here
00:22:20simply because it's beautiful, because it's nature, clean, and
00:22:23the air. We simply love nature. Precisely
00:22:27because of the lower temperatures that are felt, but also because of
00:22:30the unsurpassed nature, this area is a favorite
00:22:34refuge for all those who seek escape from
00:22:37summer heat. But the biggest attraction of this
00:22:41area are precisely the caves where the temperature throughout
00:22:44the year is only 5 degrees Celsius.
00:22:48Precisely because of this, visitors experience a real temperature
00:22:52shock, especially in summer. In
00:22:55the cave, it's definitely a shock, but
00:22:58it's worth visiting and seeing. It's definitely
00:23:01worth visiting, but as I said, you need to bring something
00:23:04with you so that the temperature is a little more
00:23:08adaptable, because it's really a shock when you go down there.
00:23:11Last year we were here, I was dressed like this in this ambiance
00:23:15and it was unpleasant, especially when
00:23:18you go down a bit... and this year I didn't
00:23:22plan to. There are a total of eight caves in this
00:23:25area, but the Middle Cave stands out as the main tourist
00:23:28attraction, and is also the most visited.
00:23:32Its interior is adorned with travertine pools, cave
00:23:36decorations, and a musical hall. This main
00:23:39cave is open from April to November. Visitors
00:23:43have the opportunity to come here every day during that
00:23:46period. Honestly, for me, the most beautiful period
00:23:50of the year to visit is somehow from the beginning
00:23:52of spring, late autumn, then the temperatures outside
00:23:55are quite pleasant, and the difference
00:23:59in temperature compared to the cave is quite
00:24:02small, and mostly everyone brings jackets then. But
00:24:06during the summer, we record a really large number
00:24:09of visitors. In addition to natural beauties and refreshment,
00:24:13visitors also have access to a new speleological exhibit,
00:24:16through which they can learn more about this protected
00:24:20area. Precisely such content, as well as summer
00:24:23heat, contribute to the increasing interest of tourists. As for me,
00:24:26it's wonderful, because I'm escaping the heat, and visitors also
00:24:29come here to escape the heat.
00:24:33extreme heat, there are quite a lot of guests
00:24:37compared to last year, about 15, 20% more
00:24:40visitors, mm, mostly our
00:24:43diaspora and there are approximately these
00:24:46guests from the Middle East, they are predominant now, while the
00:24:50cities are struggling with summer heat, Bijambare remains
00:24:53a place where nature offers what air conditioners cannot,
00:24:56which is fresh air, shade and complete
00:25:00peace. Dragica Pejaković,
00:25:02N1. Numerous tourists find refreshment
00:25:06in the Vjetrenica cave, where the temperature throughout
00:25:09the year is around 11 degrees Celsius. Reuters
00:25:13also reported on this natural attraction under UNESCO
00:25:16protection. It is located in the municipality of Ravno, due to
00:25:20the sensitivity of the ecosystem, the number of visitors is limited
00:25:23to groups of up to 80 people. According to director Davor Baković,
00:25:27more than half of last year's
00:25:2921,000 visitors came during the summer
00:25:32months. Vjetrenica is a habitat for hundreds of specific
00:25:36organisms, the most famous of which is the human
00:25:38fish.
00:25:41UNESCO actually recognized Vjetrenica precisely under category 10,
00:25:44which implies biodiversity. Vjetrenica today ranks among
00:25:48the world's best when we talk about the number of living organisms
00:25:52with 231 species of organisms recorded here
00:25:55from the 19th century to today, and we always like to emphasize
00:25:59how for the first time actually 37
00:26:02animal species were precisely described in
00:26:05Vjetrenica as an underground ecosystem and as such were actually
00:26:09found for the first time and inhabit only in this area
00:26:12of ours.
00:26:18in other words the cave systems in which the protest lives,
00:26:22and to do that, to do conservation management, we have to
00:26:26focus on concentrating the attention
00:26:28we have to the quality of the environment, the water environment.
00:26:34Sarajevo continues to break tourism records, the tourist
00:26:37community continuously records an increase in the number of guests
00:26:40and overnight stays, while other parts of the federation are not
00:26:42excelling. The tourist season in Sarajevo
00:26:46is at its peak, and the streets of the capital are full of guests
00:26:50from all over the world. In July alone, Canton Sarajevo was visited
00:26:53by more than 112,000 tourists
00:26:56who generated almost 242,000 overnight stays.
00:26:59Compared to the same month last year, arrivals and
00:27:03overnight stays show growth. Most foreign guests came from Turkey,
00:27:06Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, Israel and China.
00:27:10We are from the Netherlands, we just arrived in Sarajevo yesterday.
00:27:14Bosnia is a beautiful country and we really enjoy this city, it's
00:27:17very pleasant, beautiful, the coffee is great.
00:27:21Of Moroccan origin, we live in the Netherlands, the first impression
00:27:24is excellent.
00:27:27I love Sarajevo very much, it's a beautiful place, the people
00:27:30are very nice. And Zagreb. mm
00:27:33I think this is my fourth time in Sarajevo, is it, I think
00:27:36it is, I like it, I really like it, it has a soul,
00:27:40I'm from Croatia, originally my family is from the vicinity
00:27:43of Jajce, and we've come now
00:27:46to do a whole tour of Bosnia, we're from Cazin, we've been coming
00:27:50here for a long time, every year three or four times,
00:27:54we enjoy it because Sarajevo is the capital of Bosnia
00:27:58and the most beautiful city of Bosnia in my opinion. Since the beginning of
00:28:01the year, the number of arrivals has remained almost at last year's
00:28:05level, but the number of overnight stays has increased by 5.2%.
00:28:08Well, what attracts people, or rather tourists, to Sarajevo
00:28:12is the story of history itself, or even sometimes recommendations
00:28:15from their friends who have been there and experienced Sarajevo
00:28:18in a special way, and what charms them is the city itself,
00:28:22the people, the history, the culture, so they decide to stay
00:28:26longer. More tourists mean more customers and guests. In Baščaršija,
00:28:30the increased visitation is felt in souvenir shops, craft
00:28:33shops, as well as catering establishments. Souvenirs,
00:28:36mostly these our products, coffee pots, sets, then
00:28:40magnets. This year is better than
00:28:43previous ones, all foreigners who come here,
00:28:47they already know what they are looking for, they
00:28:50know what they will buy. Additional impetus to tourism
00:28:54is given by large concerts, festivals and cultural events.
00:28:57During the three days of Dino Merlin's concerts, almost
00:29:01156 million Bosnian convertible marks of fiscal
00:29:04turnover were recorded in Canton Sarajevo, almost 49 percent
00:29:07more than during the comparable weekend a month earlier. The tourist
00:29:11board expects that the upcoming events, including the Sarajevo
00:29:15Film Festival, will have a similar effect. These are events that
00:29:18enrich the tourist offer, that is the first thing that brings people
00:29:21to the destination, and above all,
00:29:25they stay at the destination, when you visit Sarajevo, the
00:29:28Sarajevo mountains or the tunnel or Baščaršija, you have to
00:29:32have something. This means festivals, gastronomic,
00:29:35musical, mm, a lot of culture that
00:29:38will keep visitors at the destination,
00:29:42to see something, to hear something. As you know, in about seven
00:29:45days there is a big event in Grbavica, which is already sold out.
00:29:49Sarajevo is growing, but if we look at the overall data for the
00:29:53Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in June almost 10% fewer
00:29:56tourists were registered than a year earlier, while the number of
00:30:00overnight stays fell by 5.6%. There is a crisis among our
00:30:03neighbors and globally. Croatia, I don't know, calculated
00:30:07a 7-8% deficit, they were precise, as they
00:30:10have a lot of online bookings, that 23% fewer Germans
00:30:13came this year, so the wars in the Middle East,
00:30:17the wars in Ukraine, and the big economic crisis in the European
00:30:21Union, primarily in Germany, resulted in a decline
00:30:24everywhere. Sarajevo, at least for now, stands out from this
00:30:28trend, and if current indicators are anything to go by, the crowds
00:30:31in the streets of the capital will continue for some time.
00:30:35Feđa Kulina, N1.
00:30:38In the Bosnian Cultural Center in Tuzla, the book
00:30:42"Send me a piece of Malin" by Salih
00:30:44Strašević was promoted. It is a novel that breaks
00:30:48prejudices, shatters entrenched stereotypes,
00:30:51and reveals the dark sides of historical events that Bosnia
00:30:55and Herzegovina went through from the agrarian reform of
00:30:571918 until its end.