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00:00:00of the ballot paper, or you must completely
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00:01:04N1 news. I am Marijana Kršo, you are watching N1.
00:02:11One of our next guests is a young artist who captivates European audiences with her voice and songs,
00:02:14also raises important questions of identity,
00:02:18belonging and life between two countries.
00:02:21Swiss-Bosnian musician Lejla Šurković came to
00:02:24Sarajevo where, through a performance, panel discussion,
00:02:27and workshops, she will talk about the experience of the second generation of diaspora
00:02:31in relation to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the role of art in connecting people
00:02:35and cultures. In addition to Lejla, our guests today are also Aldin Vrškić
00:02:38from the I platform, an organization that has been building bridges between
00:02:42the diaspora and Bosnia and Herzegovina for years, and Georgette
00:02:45Bruche, representative of the Embassy of Switzerland in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Good day
00:02:49to all of you and welcome. Good day. We are glad to have you. Let's
00:02:52start from that, on whose
00:02:54idea did you embark on this project and panel
00:02:58and performance and... a story about connecting
00:03:02generations who may not have been born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, do not live
00:03:07through this street, taking photos, and here, but have roots from these areas. Yes, yes, well, I could
00:03:09say, as our organization is actively involved with the diaspora
00:03:12and which was created with the support of the Swiss government and the Swiss
00:03:15Embassy in 2015. The Swiss government in 2015, and since
00:03:192023 we have been registered in Bosnia and Herzegovina and we closely cooperate
00:03:23with the Swiss Embassy. Over the past 10 years, the organization has
00:03:27first been involved in creating a network for five years in Switzerland. There were five years
00:03:31of projects in Bosnia and Herzegovina and we just started a new direction
00:03:34in June of this year, about which I have been talking for several
00:03:38years, to work with the second generation of our young people in
00:03:41Switzerland. On top of that, we have this
00:03:45project, and the initiative itself actually came from
00:03:49potential, for years we have focused on the embassy for Lejla to come to Sarajevo, and then we
00:03:52talked a year, a year and a half ago about how to
00:03:55make it a bit more than just a performance. It's great, but we want to try
00:03:59to get as much as possible out of it when... mm Lejla is here so
00:04:02we can really use it for as many activities
00:04:05as possible. We are here now, we succeeded, we have already
00:04:09completed two activities, tomorrow we have two more activities, so it was somehow
00:04:13a joint effort from the beginning. Lejla, and your
00:04:16music actually often talks about identity, about
00:04:19belonging, uh, how difficult is it today
00:04:23to find your own voice in the sea of
00:04:27performers, and actually have. uh
00:04:31that connection between the country
00:04:33where your parents come from and the country where you live today
00:04:37actually to connect these two
00:04:39countries? I think um making
00:04:43music is very important and very important in my
00:04:46opinion,
00:04:49it's not that hard to be honest,
00:04:53that's what I love
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00:05:08And I believe that I am the person who can connect these two
00:05:12cities. that these two countries have many children
00:05:14like me, if music is what connects, then that's
00:05:18great. Georgette, Switzerland and Bosnia
00:05:21and Herzegovina, uh share a long history
00:05:25of immigration and human connections, uh,
00:05:28how important are these cultural projects for the relationships
00:05:31and for connecting these two countries on yet another
00:05:35još jednom
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00:05:41Extremely. All of that is important and we are very happy that
00:05:45this project uh
00:05:48started. This year we are celebrating 30
00:05:52years of bilateral relations between
00:05:55Switzerland and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
00:05:59We wanted to do something a little different and innovative. In
00:06:03the past 30 years, we have worked in numerous
00:06:05domains. On the development of economic
00:06:09solutions in the field of healthcare, culture.
00:06:12We have supported the Sarajevo Film Festival SFFA
00:06:16for 30 years, but this
00:06:19is a good opportunity to celebrate our 30
00:06:22years. We want to focus on
00:06:25time, on a new generation,
00:06:28innovation, trust. This is a project that reflects all
00:06:32of that.
00:06:35When I talk about time, it's the time that you, Lejla and your
00:06:39father spent in Switzerland. "Trust,
00:06:43new generation, innovation, we will continue
00:06:46to support cultural activities, the diaspora is
00:06:50extremely important in Switzerland, 60,000 people
00:06:53and there is a strong
00:06:56connection, but what you said is exactly
00:06:59right, that is what we can bring to this connection,
00:07:02but let's not forget that the Bosnian diaspora also brings a lot to
00:07:06Switzerland. Yes, Lejla, it is often said that
00:07:09the second generation of the diaspora
00:07:12are people, i.e., young people between two worlds. Is that an advantage
00:07:16or a burden when we talk, for example, about art, about
00:07:20creativity in the field
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00:07:29As a child, sometimes it was a little
00:07:31difficult for me, because I didn't feel aligned with
00:07:34all of it, but as I got
00:07:36older,
00:07:39I realized that it is a privilege to have those two
00:07:41cultures, especially the Bosnian one which is very rich. Every
00:07:45summer, every year I come here for the past 25 years
00:07:48and I think it's the right thing to
00:07:52do. Aldin, uh, actually,
00:07:55who can attend the panel tomorrow, first of all,
00:07:58how and uh, who will have
00:08:01the opportunity to actually talk to the panel participants? Yes, yes,
00:08:05the panel is tomorrow at the Uter's House at 1:30, there are open free
00:08:09registrations, I think they are until midnight tonight. Besides
00:08:12Lejla who will talk about her art, we will have, with us will
00:08:15be Nataša Mitrović who is also part of the second
00:08:18generation of our people in Switzerland and
00:08:22Haris Abdagić, a member of Balcanieros, because our wish was to
00:08:25connect art from Switzerland and from Bosnia and
00:08:28Herzegovina. It is important to mention that in addition to these two activities
00:08:31today we were in Sarajevo pop rock school because when we do projects
00:08:35here in Bosnia, we always try to include as many organizations as possible, while
00:08:39yesterday we were in Zenica, at the "Naša djeca Zenica" association where
00:08:42a songwriting workshop was held. So, really,
00:08:46it's a full program. We are looking forward to tomorrow's panel from 13 to
00:08:491, and then we are in the AG in the evening.
00:08:53Now, besides the domestic media, the media from Switzerland are also interested in this
00:08:56event. A large number of them will be there, so they are actually
00:08:59already here. Georgette, what kind of image can
00:09:03they send from Bosnia and
00:09:05Herzegovina today?
00:09:10I hope they will send a picture of the true nature of Bosnia and
00:09:13Herzegovina, which has a lot to offer, it is a great
00:09:16country, and Lejla is very well known and famous
00:09:20in Switzerland, so people in Switzerland are very
00:09:24interested in all of this. I didn't know her songs
00:09:27before, but my children, for example, know her very well
00:09:31and know her well.
00:09:34And she mentioned in an interview that it
00:09:37was once your dream, but being famous in
00:09:40Switzerland doesn't necessarily mean that it's easy to come to Sarajevo and say, I
00:09:44am famous in Switzerland, can I perform here? So
00:09:47we are very glad that we established this connection,
00:09:51it is a connection with Switzerland, a bridge between Switzerland and Bosnia and
00:09:55Herzegovina, and of course as the Swiss Embassy, that is what
00:09:58we want to establish, a connection between two
00:10:01cultures. We are very happy and very
00:10:05satisfied with the project that the platform
00:10:08organizes. It's not just a concert, but also all other
00:10:11activities. I am sure it will resonate in Switzerland,
00:10:15apropos of that, Lejla, when you come to Bosnia and
00:10:18Herzegovina, to Sarajevo, do you feel like
00:10:21a guest or someone who is actually returning home, what kind of feeling?
00:10:28I always feel like I'm coming
00:10:30home.
00:10:33It's hard to describe, but when you have two homes, it's
00:10:37something wonderful.
00:10:40Also, a large part of the album was created
00:10:44here in New York and Bern. And those are very important
00:10:47places for me. When I come here, it's like coming
00:10:50home. Aldin, what does this
00:10:54experience of Lejla actually show us about the potential of young people from Bosnia
00:10:57and Herzegovina who are not here today, but have remained connected to these
00:11:01areas and how much do we, as a country,
00:11:04use these connections and potentials? Well, I wouldn't really
00:11:07talk about potentials, because there are really many organizations and people who
00:11:11are already working. When we talk about potential, it's something untapped. I think
00:11:15there are really mm a large number
00:11:18of organizations besides ours that deal with the issue of diaspora and
00:11:21really connect mm both these... countries
00:11:25and generally the diaspora and Bosnia and Herzegovina. What
00:11:28we have been working on is that very sense of belonging.
00:11:32For example, in our organization, we develop, and generally in conversations with
00:11:35people, that feeling that you don't have to be there or here, but that
00:11:39you can be both there and here. And we know how exclusive we are as
00:11:43people, not only in the Balkans but generally, that
00:11:46you have to decide whether you are Swiss or Bosnian. We are really
00:11:50now with the second generation saying, you can be both
00:11:53Bosnians and Swiss. And I see a huge
00:11:56potential there, because for the first time we have young people, specifically in
00:12:00Switzerland, with whom I also cooperate, who
00:12:03are university educated, who want to work with Bosnia and Herzegovina and
00:12:07are ready to invest, so this bridge through
00:12:10the embassy, an example like Lejla, our organization, and
00:12:13the support of media like yours, really supports
00:12:16that and we are moving forward, because I only
00:12:20said when we started working in the organization that Bosnia doesn't need help
00:12:23but support. It is precisely through this type of projects that we support
00:12:27young people in Bosnia, we connect them, and then
00:12:31there is really room, but step by step, person by person.
00:12:34We said after the panel, tomorrow night is the first
00:12:37performance in front of the Sarajevo audience. Lejla, I have to
00:12:41ask you, since it's the first, do you have stage fright, how much
00:12:44will the repertoire be somewhere adapted to this
00:12:48audience, or this
00:12:50space?
00:12:55Of course I have stage fright,
00:12:58I have never had so much stage fright, because this
00:13:01is a very important
00:13:02performance for me.
00:13:05Three years ago I performed live, for the first time in Switzerland,
00:13:09I thought, I want to perform in Sarajevo, that's my dream. I have
00:13:13two homes, one is here, now that moment has finally come,
00:13:16yes, I have stage fright,
00:13:20you have to come and see my performance to see
00:13:23for yourselves if I have...
00:13:25I'm good, thank you for the invitation, uh,
00:13:28of course, uh, I have to ask you what are the
00:13:31biggest obstacles to stronger cultural connection between Bosnia and
00:13:35Herzegovina and its diaspora, for example in Switzerland. You are managing
00:13:38to overcome them and this project is somewhere an indicator that you are managing
00:13:42to overcome them.
00:13:46Small problems with the headphones, but no
00:13:49problem.
00:13:53No.
00:13:57for culture, but what I know is that we have an exchange
00:14:00at the embassy, representing
00:14:04Switzerland and people from the diaspora who come for vacation,
00:14:07and we work
00:14:11on the economic
00:14:14that, but perhaps it
00:14:18was too much, this experience also shows us the right
00:14:21way to take...
00:14:25a cultural approach to the young generation and
00:14:29people like you, people from the younger generation can
00:14:32show us the way. There are not so many
00:14:36obstacles and it is good that we are now starting to overcome them.
00:14:39Lejla, are there in Switzerland still
00:14:42young people from Bosnia and Herzegovina who are
00:14:45somewhere on the way to seriously doing what you
00:14:49do? Uh, how much cooperation is there on that front, do you
00:14:52have the opportunity to actually uh... talk,
00:14:55meet with them and what are their
00:14:58experiences, for example, on that
00:15:00front?
00:15:06As far as I know, there aren't any, but maybe I just haven't heard of
00:15:09them. I would like to be
00:15:12a person they can turn to, young people or
00:15:16children to ask me some
00:15:18questions.
00:15:20I am like a bridge between everything and I am always open to
00:15:24questions. Or if someone wants to create
00:15:27music, people from Switzerland and Bosnia and
00:15:30Herzegovina. There are many creative people I know
00:15:34who are from BiH, considering that, well,
00:15:38tomorrow there will be that round table, you will probably save most of those messages
00:15:41for tomorrow, but uh, let's
00:15:44send one now at the end of this conversation,
00:15:47uh, to people here and to people abroad who
00:15:51are watching us, and who are originally from here,
00:15:54what would you tell them, from this
00:15:56place?
00:15:59we are creative, we
00:16:02are creative, we have our dreams and we should
00:16:06live them. Thank you very much, thank you for your time, thank you for being
00:16:10our guests, we announced these events for tomorrow, and
00:16:14mentioned those that took place during the day which we are slowly bringing
00:16:17to an end. Thank you for the invitation, so
00:16:20we talked about the project connecting Switzerland and Bosnia and
00:16:24Herzegovina. Lejla Šurković was with us,
00:16:28she will hold a concert in Sarajevo tomorrow evening, Aldin Mrškić from
00:16:31"i platforma" and Georgette Broche,
00:16:35representative of the Swiss Embassy in Bosnia, were also there.
00:16:37and Herzegovina, stay tuned to N1 Television's live daily show.
00:17:51Sarajevo will, therefore, from tonight for the next seven days, once again be in
00:17:54the sign of film, the red carpet and numerous guests, because the
00:17:58Sarajevo Film Festival, 32nd edition, begins. The start of the SFFA
00:18:01brings a recognizable festival atmosphere to the streets of Sarajevo,
00:18:05the city center is already in the sign of the festival. With tonight's program,
00:18:08the days officially begin during which the main BiH city
00:18:12will live in a special rhythm. In the streets of Sarajevo, our
00:18:15reporting team is joining us at this moment, Amila
00:18:18Mrkonja. Amila, what does the festival square look like right
00:18:22before the opening ceremony of this year's
00:18:25festival?
00:18:28Well, Dalibor, both the festival square and the whole
00:18:32of Sarajevo, I think it's already beating to the rhythm of the festival.
00:18:35Somehow, the citizens and visitors,
00:18:38numerous tourists have gathered here in front of the National Theater Sarajevo, walking
00:18:44the atmosphere will surely become more fiery as
00:18:47the night goes on. So, there is
00:18:51still about half an hour until the start of the
00:18:55red carpet ceremony, when numerous guests
00:18:57will walk here in front of the National Theater Sarajevo, and the
00:19:01opening ceremony itself begins at 8
00:19:04PM. It will be hosted by... the well-known
00:19:07Bosnian and Herzegovinian young actor Kerim Čutuna and
00:19:11it is actually well known that the Sarajevo Film Festival
00:19:14every year offers young actors and actresses the opportunity to
00:19:18open the Sarajevo Film Festival. This year, that honor fell
00:19:22to Čutuna, and the film that will open
00:19:24this year's edition is the film "Fatherland" by director
00:19:28Paweł Pawlikowski, and it actually
00:19:32first had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival
00:19:36this year when
00:19:39Pawlikowski also received the award for Best Director. The film
00:19:43actually deals with the theme, actually describes
00:19:46a journey through Germany by director Thomas Mann and his
00:19:49daughter Erika after the Second World
00:19:53War. 51 films are in competition this year for the Heart of
00:19:57Sarajevo award, in four categories: documentary,
00:20:00feature, short, and student film. Out of these
00:20:0351, 21 films will have their world
00:20:07premiere, six international, one European, and
00:20:1023 films will have their regional premiere,
00:20:13while one film will have its premiere outside of competition, its
00:20:17Bosnian-Herzegovinian premiere. In addition to the Heart of
00:20:21Sarajevo award, traditionally awards are given,
00:20:24a special award for promoting gender
00:20:27equality, an award for human rights, and this
00:20:30year there is also a new award, namely the
00:20:34Cineplex award, which will actually be the audience award
00:20:37mm for the best film that has its Open Air
00:20:40premiere. As for mm guests of the Honorary
00:20:44Heart of Sarajevo, mm, we already have some names,
00:20:47or rather five names, like
00:20:51diverse names, if I can say so, there is
00:20:54the actress from Great Britain Emily Watson,
00:20:57we have Asghar
00:21:00Farhadi, director from Iran, then
00:21:03Woody Harrelson, actor from the United States
00:21:06and the well-known Bosnian-Herzegovinian
00:21:10actor Emir Hadžihafizbegović. So in the next
00:21:14seven days we expect over 250
00:21:17films, mm and
00:21:20from about 70 different countries around the world
00:21:23and the Sarajevo Film Festival will therefore
00:21:26host numerous well-known
00:21:29personalities until August
00:21:3121st. Amila Mrkonje, therefore,
00:21:34in front of the National Theater where in
00:21:37about an hour and a little more, the opening ceremony
00:21:41of the 32nd Sarajevo Film
00:21:43Festival begins.
00:21:52And while Dalmatia is fighting difficult devastating fires, Herzegovina is also burning,
00:21:55forests and low vegetation have been disappearing in flames for days. In the first
00:21:5913 days of August alone, violent detection systems
00:22:02recorded as many as 1292
00:22:05fire points across Bosnia and Herzegovina. The situation is particularly
00:22:09alarming in four main hotspots: Trebinje, Nevesinje,
00:22:12Konjic and Neum. Compared to last year, the number of hotspots is,
00:22:16they say, three times higher.
00:22:19After the subsidence. of the natural disaster that broke out in Trebinje in the first days of August,
00:22:22the next hotspots were activated in Nevesinje, Konjic,
00:22:26Neum. The fire in Konjic has been raging for a week now, and currently the biggest
00:22:29focus is on the hotspot on Mount Džepska. The danger of the fire spreading is particularly
00:22:33worrying, which is favored by high temperatures and
00:22:36wind, while the inaccessibility of the terrain makes extinguishing difficult. Fires are
00:22:40still active in the villages of Brđani,
00:22:43Živašnica, Tanjina, Džepska Planina, Džepi.
00:22:47The fire still has a tendency to spread.
00:22:50The spread of the fire was exacerbated by
00:22:53high daily temperatures and the wind blowing in
00:22:56that area. This morning we had
00:22:59the action of a helicopter of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina which
00:23:03helped extinguish from the air. In the meantime, maximum efforts are being made to extinguish
00:23:07from the ground, Hondo adds. Aid was
00:23:10also provided by the professional fire brigade of the Sarajevo Canton. Given
00:23:14that local forces have exhausted all available human
00:23:18and material-technical capacities.
00:23:20Additional support has been requested in the form of fire tanker trucks
00:23:24with crews and an off-road vehicle. The Civil Protection of
00:23:27Konjic reminds of the request for international assistance. However, after
00:23:31initial unofficial indications that two Canadair planes would be approved for
00:23:35extinguishing, the situation with fires in Croatia complicated the situation, so the
00:23:38response is uncertain. In the meantime, with the engagement of new resources,
00:23:42members of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina have increased support
00:23:45to the affected population in the fight against fires in the area of Konjic, Nevesinje
00:23:49and Bosansko Grahovo. In Nevesinje, the air traffic control of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of
00:23:52Srpska has also been engaged. An emergency situation was declared
00:23:56earlier, and in recent days two
00:23:59fires have been active.
00:24:02The fire here came very close to the settlement, to the village, and
00:24:05we are protecting the houses, and we have another fire zone nearby,
00:24:09up there we also have firefighters who are extinguishing with the locals
00:24:12and the situation there is not easy at all, the houses are close,
00:24:16so we expect it all day.
00:24:20We are on the ground, the biggest problem is the inaccessible terrain and
00:24:23the fact that the village is close to the forest. The fire near
00:24:27Tomislavgrad is also not under control, strong winds that intensify and change direction
00:24:31push the fire towards populated areas, confirmed by the local
00:24:34civil protection. While the raging natural disaster is unstoppable, forests,
00:24:38low vegetation and valuable natural resources throughout Bosnia and
00:24:41Herzegovina, violent fire detection systems
00:24:44recorded 1292 fire points
00:24:46in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 13
00:24:50days, and the main ones are precisely these in Herzegovina. Compared
00:24:53to last year, the number of hotspots is three times higher, which is why
00:24:57experts are once again pointing to urgent systemic solutions. Retired
00:25:00commander of the professional fire brigade of Sarajevo Canton, Kemal
00:25:03Cacan, points out that there are 11 causes of fires, and
00:25:07the most dominant is the human factor. But how to deal with these
00:25:11challenges when government representatives have invested very little in equipping
00:25:14fire brigades for more than three decades. Cacan,
00:25:18however, cites the Sarajevo Canton as a positive example. In addition,
00:25:22the situation is complicated by complicated and incompatible
00:25:25entity regulations. That fragmentation, first of all, means that
00:25:28it strikes at the very core of fire protection problems,
00:25:32where we are all like one, it's not all like one anymore, you have to
00:25:36have some kind of procedures, requests, this and that,
00:25:39which very, very often slows down, deadens,
00:25:43then in 2009 we got a law, uh, in
00:25:46RS it was earlier, we in the Federation got a law from 200... 5
00:25:50years ago, the law on fire protection and firefighting which
00:25:53tried to unite two segments, meaning
00:25:56the preventive part, that is the law on fire protection, and firefighting is
00:25:59repression, repression, the repressive
00:26:03part, that is incompatible, I mean, it is what
00:26:06I know is compatible in some domains, but it is incompatible. Here we are talking about what
00:26:10should be done so that it doesn't happen, and here it is what to do when it
00:26:16the firefighters themselves, who bear the greatest burden in extinguishing fires, who are
00:26:20themselves undercapacitated, adds Cacan, because government representatives
00:26:23consider firefighters a cost and not an investment. With a limited budget
00:26:27and equipment that has not been renewed for almost half a century, firefighters give
00:26:31much more of themselves than is... given to them, bearing in mind
00:26:34the risks to which they are constantly exposed, which are very
00:26:37often taken for granted. Tatjana Drljić,
00:26:41N1.
00:26:48In the continuation, we will go to BIHAMK to check the situation on the roads and
00:26:52border crossings. It's Friday, so it's afternoon, we can assume there are some
00:26:56crowds. Ksenija Selimović has all the information. Ksenija, good day first
00:26:59of all. Good day, Dalibor, and to your
00:27:03viewers. Well, increased traffic, both on city roads
00:27:06on roads, bypasses and roads
00:27:09throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina, the season of
00:27:12annual vacations and current works are slowing
00:27:15traffic on numerous sections, so
00:27:18drivers should plan their journeys in accordance with possible
00:27:22delays. Due to high daily temperatures, we recommend
00:27:26avoiding long-distance drives during
00:27:29the day, if you still travel, it is advised...
00:27:32more frequent breaks, drive carefully and respect all
00:27:36traffic regulations. There are long queues of passenger vehicles
00:27:40at the entrance to Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Izačić
00:27:43border crossing, in both directions at the Deleuša
00:27:47and Velika Kladuša border crossings. At the Gradiška
00:27:50Gornji Varoš border crossing, there are no crowds
00:27:53at our exit-entry ramp, but there are long
00:27:57delays at the exit and entry into the Republic
00:28:00of Croatia. At other border... crossings,
00:28:03passenger vehicles currently do not wait longer than 30
00:28:07minutes. On the main roads Dobropolje
00:28:10Miljevina, Tuzla Bijeljina and Jablonica Blidinje,
00:28:13traffic is still permitted only for vehicles up to 3.5
00:28:17tons. Today during the day, as well as tonight, on the eve
00:28:21of the religious holiday of Velika Gospa, an increased number
00:28:24of pilgrims
00:28:27walking towards Marian shrines in Bosnia and
00:28:30Herzegovina is expected. We appeal to all... traffic participants
00:28:33to drive with maximum caution, to adjust
00:28:37speed and pay attention to pedestrians and
00:28:40organized groups of pilgrims and to
00:28:43show patience and understanding. Due to
00:28:46the Sarajevo Film Festival event until
00:28:50August 21st, every day from 5 PM
00:28:54to 2 AM, traffic is suspended and
00:28:57parking is prohibited in Sarajevo in the streets
00:29:00Zelenih Beredki, Branilaca Sarajeva,
00:29:03Ćemaluša, Ćumurija and Francca Lehara.
00:29:07That's all for this report, to everyone who travels, we wish a safe journey,
00:29:11to you and your colleagues a pleasant rest of the day and
00:29:14upcoming weekend. Thank you very much Ksenija, we return of course with good
00:29:18wishes, we recommend all drivers to pay extra
00:29:22attention and caution behind the wheel. The heatwave continues in Bosnia and Herzegovina,
00:29:25today it was sunny and very warm. Temperatures at two in the afternoon ranged
00:29:29from 29
00:29:32degrees. The forecast for the weekend ahead degrees in Sarajevo. In Tuzla it was 30, Bijeljina 31, Banja
00:29:35Luka, Zenica 32, Trebinje 35 and Mostar
00:29:3837 whole
00:29:43will be announced by Sara Botić.
00:29:45The weekend in Bosnia and Herzegovina brings sunny, very warm
00:29:48weather, at the beginning of next week there will be a change in weather,
00:29:52rain, showers and a drop in temperature. During the weekend
00:29:55it remains stable and warm, locally wind strengthened on
00:29:59Monday then cloudiness increases, there will be conditions for showers and
00:30:03thunderstorms in some places, from Tuesday there will be a penetration of slightly fresher
00:30:06air, cloudiness, rain in Bosnia and a drop
00:30:09in temperature. The weather on Saturday will be sunny, wind weak to
00:30:13moderate in the south and southwest, in the rest of the country, east and
00:30:16northeast. The morning minimum temperature in Bosnia from
00:30:2010 to 16, in Herzegovina up to
00:30:2225, while then the highest daily temperature will be from
00:30:2632 to 34 degrees, in the south up to
00:30:2937. Sunny and warm, it remains... another week
00:30:33temperatures further above 35 degrees on
00:30:36Monday then gradual cloudiness, rain and showers
00:30:40in some places and thunderstorms, although on Monday it will still be warm, from
00:30:43Tuesday then predominantly cloudy, rainy, followed by a drop
00:30:47in temperature, so the highest daily temperature will be from
00:30:5024 to 33
00:30:52degrees.
00:31:00yes...
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