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00:00:00on the political ground, whether the doubts about new technologies
00:00:02are justified.
00:00:06What does it look like 10 days before the official start of the election
00:00:09campaign? One-time aid for pensioners is announced on the official
00:00:12websites of entity governments, tractors are distributed, villages,
00:00:16towns, and municipalities are visited. The campaign and the struggle for voters are obviously
00:00:20that waste is again being brought to the location already ongoing, and part of that struggle are narratives against new election
00:00:23technologies. They are particularly vocal in the SNSD, after Sanja
00:00:27Vulić and Nikola Špirić, party leader Milorad Dodik
00:00:30openly expressed opposition to new technologies and
00:00:34the voting method. The system with optical scanners, such as the one being introduced in
00:00:37Bosnia and Herzegovina, is only used by the Philippines, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, and
00:00:41Iraq. Voters in Bosnia and Herzegovina will receive four
00:00:44separate ballot papers, which
00:00:47increases the possibility of technical errors and jeopardizes the secrecy of
00:00:50voting. The Central Election Commission claims the opposite. The experience of the pilot
00:00:54project shows that the average voting time was between 40 and
00:00:5845 seconds, that... 58% of the results
00:01:01were transmitted electronically without subsequent changes. The
00:01:05coalition "Pod lupom" (Under the Magnifying Glass) warns that such rhetoric from politicians aims to
00:01:09create fear and distrust among voters in the election process. We
00:01:12truly want to clearly and unequivocally state that no one can find out
00:01:16how someone voted on election day, and
00:01:20also, citizens will be able to
00:01:23very easily educate themselves on how to vote correctly on election day. We
00:01:26have been brought into a situation in just the last few election cycles
00:01:30where we have to annul elections due to manipulations that we
00:01:34discovered at a certain number of polling stations.
00:01:37In the public sphere, it is very often
00:01:40mentioned that these manipulations are of a much larger scale.
00:01:43This is an attempt to have cleaner, more transparent,
00:01:47fair elections. The key goal is to strengthen the integrity
00:01:50of the electoral process, precisely in the loss of opportunities for
00:01:53manipulations on election day. The opposition sees the reason for the resistance
00:01:57of a part of the government to new technologies. Almost
00:02:00every day they lament and complain
00:02:03that new technologies are coming. I think it's immediately
00:02:07clear what they've been doing and
00:02:10they are aware of what they are losing and what will
00:02:14happen differently on October 4th. However, new technologies
00:02:18cannot prevent pressure, abuses, or eventual
00:02:21vote buying. The coalition "Pod lupom" is therefore already monitoring the activities
00:02:24of politicians and noting what they consider a premature
00:02:27campaign. Among those reported to CIK is Branislav Borenović
00:02:31who responded with a counter report. Premature
00:02:34campaign, I didn't even mention elections, October 4th, or
00:02:38changes, but I only said what I say every day and
00:02:41will say, the government is asleep, do your
00:02:44job, we obligated them regarding border
00:02:48crossings, they did nothing, we obligated
00:02:50them regarding controversial
00:02:53diplomas and the publication of diplomas, they did nothing
00:02:56and look now, under scrutiny, punishing...
00:03:00us because we are talking about it, while CIK rejects numerous complaints from non-governmental
00:03:03organizations, the election law considers premature campaigning
00:03:07to be paid advertising. Due to incomplete legislation in
00:03:11the field of the internet, political
00:03:13Mrkonja, and you are watching sports news on communication is increasingly moving to social networks. Politicians' posts,
00:03:16direct discussions and communication through so-called
00:03:19bots are becoming part of the struggle for voters, especially younger ones.
00:03:23Who will now read some sophisticated diplomatic
00:03:26stories, and then
00:03:29some press releases here and there? They figured out what is,
00:03:33as young people say, what is viral, how to reach a young
00:03:36person, how to connect with them. While the fight for voters is already ongoing, the Central
00:03:39Election Commission is slow to react to complaints, but they clearly state that
00:03:43despite all opposition, innovations in voting, the postponement of elections
00:03:47scheduled for October
00:03:56and DF clubs in the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and
00:04:00Herzegovina have submitted a request to the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina for an assessment
00:04:04of the constitutionality of an article of the Criminal Code of Republika Srpska that introduces
00:04:07the public display and promotion of flags and
00:04:11symbols of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a criminal offense.
00:04:15The Constitutional Court of BiH has been requested to issue a temporary measure
00:04:18pending a decision on the request. The temporary measure, they point out, is necessary
00:04:21to prevent permanent and irreparable damage that
00:04:25could arise from the application of the contested legal provision, according to the
00:04:28statement.
00:04:32"Next week I will come to Sarajevo at the Carriers from Bosnia and Herzegovina announced a protest for Monday in front of
00:04:36the headquarters of the European Union Delegation, announced the Logistics Consortium.
00:04:39On the same day, at the same time, protests by
00:04:43carriers will be held in other Western Balkan countries, all ahead of the European Commission
00:04:47session on September 1st, where the main topic
00:04:50will be drivers from the Western Balkans. If there is no solution,
00:04:54they announced new protests at all border crossings with the European
00:04:58Union that are currently planned.
00:05:00September 14th, the consortium announces. Carriers from the region
00:05:04expect the European Union to offer a concrete solution by September
00:05:071st for the problem of limited stay of professional drivers in
00:05:11the Schengen area. State Minister Edin
00:05:14Ford
00:05:16also promised the carriers.
00:05:21Due to the emission of dark smoke and ash from the Tuzla thermal power plant,
00:05:25residents of Bukinje and surrounding settlements went
00:05:28out to protest. Elektroprivreda Bosnia and Herzegovina assures
00:05:32that they are eliminating technical problems in the system
00:05:35of slag and ash transport at block 4, which are
00:05:38causing the increase in smoke and ash emissions.
00:05:43This is what the table in front of the Čehajić family's house looked
00:05:46like yesterday. Esma says that the dust is unbearable and
00:05:49endangers their health. We were so covered in that
00:05:53dust that it was like some Sahara. We don't even know what color
00:05:57it is, there's red, there's yellow. On my
00:06:00roof, on the cats, on the boxes and everything, you can see
00:06:03different kinds of burning materials.
00:06:07Beekeepers have problems because their bees cannot survive in the vicinity of
00:06:10the thermal power plant. This current situation with the thermal power plant means that bees
00:06:13can no longer survive here, so we had to move
00:06:17the beehives, so now everything is empty,
00:06:20and these beehives, which are on
00:06:23pastures around Požarnica, we cannot bring them home because of this situation.
00:06:27To warn of the difficult environmental situation of settlements near
00:06:30the thermal power plant, about a hundred citizens gathered today
00:06:33in the area of Šićki Brod. They are demanding an urgent reaction from the authorities.
00:06:37They say that in addition to adults, children are particularly at risk. We are not
00:06:40here today without reason about the quality in this area. Behind us is an elementary
00:06:44school, as you can see. For years, parents have been sending their children to elementary
00:06:48school where the air is polluted, where the soil is polluted. So, you have
00:06:52nothing here that is like in a normal world. The most
00:06:56devastating fact is that the children in these schools, therefore,
00:06:59have health problems, allergies, respiratory diseases. The gathered residents
00:07:03today demanded a reaction first and foremost from the management of the thermal power plant,
00:07:06Elektroprivreda and the Ministry of Energy, Mining and Industry
00:07:10of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. I contacted, therefore, all international
00:07:14organizations, the European Union, and I sent all
00:07:17evident proofs, a dossier, even videos, a video database
00:07:20and all relevant proofs. People responded
00:07:23positively and told us how it is possible that a country in the heart
00:07:27of Europe, therefore, allows such ecocide against its
00:07:30citizens. This gathering can initiate many processes if we direct
00:07:34it in the right sense, which is the responsibility of individuals. No
00:07:37individual can be more important, no director of a thermal power plant,
00:07:41or whoever, no minister, than all these citizens, than these children who
00:07:45should go to school tomorrow, here in the school which is located under
00:07:48the chimney. Life in these settlements is unbearable, the residents
00:07:52are clear. If there is no reaction, life here will be
00:07:55impossible. We are truly endangered to the extreme, to the extreme
00:07:59limit, he says, it has gone beyond
00:08:01all human normalcy to live here. Elektroprivreda
00:08:05announced in a statement that there is a malfunction in block
00:08:084, and its repair is underway. The malfunction caused
00:08:12technical problems in the transport of slag and ash, which reduced
00:08:16the efficiency of electrostatic precipitators and increased emissions.
00:08:19The situation is difficult because this block is the only one in operation while
00:08:23the others are undergoing overhaul. Shutting down block 4 would create a risk for
00:08:27the stability of the power system and the continuity of electricity
00:08:31production. While dense dark smoke continues to emanate
00:08:34from the thermal power plant's chimney, the authorities claim that they have put
00:08:37all human and technical capacities into operation to
00:08:41resolve this problem. On the other hand, citizens say that this time they will not
00:08:44give up. They expect help from European institutions and clearly
00:08:47state that human
00:08:58and ecological justice is also being waged by the citizens of Mostar, demanding
00:09:02the closure of the Uborak landfill. The authorities claim that waste
00:09:05is currently not being deposited at the landfill, but only being transshipped and
00:09:09transported to other locations.
00:09:12Their vines, figs, fruits, vegetables, all that grows here, people have been
00:09:16harvesting for their tables for years, and also selling, and right behind their
00:09:19fields is Uborak. People wash it, thinking they've
00:09:23done something, but it's not healthy at all. Look at this vineyard here,
00:09:26how would you, how would you eat this fruit, this
00:09:30grape? It's poisoned. If I had somewhere to go, I wouldn't
00:09:33live here. That's why agricultural crops are now under scrutiny,
00:09:37to determine if they contain traces of heavy metal contamination.
00:09:41Samples were taken from places up to about 300 meters from
00:09:44Uborak. It's a bit strange that these samples were taken
00:09:48almost two months after that
00:09:51fire. It cannot be safe for
00:09:54use, certainly, because we saw that it was a huge fire,
00:09:58plastic was burning, tires were burning, and all of that, of course,
00:10:01had to end up on the ground, on fruits, on
00:10:05vegetables. While waiting for the results of the analyses, the dispute over Uborak is not
00:10:08subsiding. The announcement of renewed waste transshipment led to a blockade of the landfill,
00:10:12and then to the detention of residents and activists. Among them was Nedžad, who
00:10:16claims that this is no longer just a question of waste, but of life and
00:10:19survival. The Federal Inspectorate closed
00:10:22the Uborak landfill. Actually, we were there. We were defending
00:10:25the law because no activity can be carried
00:10:29out at that landfill. But
00:10:32we were arrested
00:10:34defending the law. However, the court recognized that we did not
00:10:37commit any offense, and therefore
00:10:41we were acquitted. They warn
00:10:45where, they claim, the consequences of the fire have not yet been removed.
00:10:48Here, citizens have not been able to open their windows for months. We are suffocating
00:10:52every night. You can imagine in these temperatures when you can't open
00:10:56a window at night. Mm, every morning the fires are still
00:10:59active. You can see the smoke in a few places,
00:11:02so we still have smoldering, evaporation of those
00:11:06harmful substances, plastic, nylon, and
00:11:09similar. But trucks with waste continue to arrive at the landfill. A new plot is
00:11:12being planned, and closure is promised. Given that Mostar's waste will
00:11:15not be able to be transported to other landfills in Bosnia and Herzegovina
00:11:19for much longer, the mayor previously stated that until a
00:11:22long-term solution is found, waste could be packaged and stored.
00:11:26But residents are asking where the end is to a story that has been going on for years, and will
00:11:29the saga finally end or
00:11:41are warning about drought and high temperatures that have already left
00:11:45consequences for agriculture. Corn suffered the most,
00:11:48but damages are visible on other
00:11:51crops. Smaller yields could mean less animal feed
00:11:55and new prices already from autumn. In the
00:11:58fields, losses are already being counted. High temperatures and prolonged
00:12:01drought particularly affected corn, but damage is
00:12:05also noticeable on other field crops and fruits. Where
00:12:08there is no irrigation, yields will be significantly lower, while the full
00:12:12extent of the damage will only be known at the end of the season. There will be a shortage
00:12:15of goods, there will be all goods
00:12:18of corn that was harvested in October, here it is for
00:12:22silage, it has to be harvested five days
00:12:25ago. People started harvesting so that what was left wouldn't burn
00:12:29out. So if it had stayed until October 10th, everything would have burned out.
00:12:32So they have to harvest it a month earlier to take what
00:12:35they can get. And potatoes are not yet being harvested. This early
00:12:39variety is being harvested now, it's passed, the early
00:12:43a month ago when it started. Now it's a late
00:12:46potato. What will happen to it, we will see. It is harvested in
00:12:50October. It should be more expensive. There will certainly
00:12:53be a shortage of goods, less corn means less food for livestock,
00:12:57they say. And when animal feed becomes more expensive or there isn't enough,
00:13:00the consequences can spill over into milk and meat production, and into
00:13:03the prices consumers pay. The problem will be big because
00:13:07neighboring countries have also suffered from drought. There will be a
00:13:10shortage of meat, milk, fruits, and vegetables.
00:13:13Producers will be left with only a few animals that will eventually fall into the hook
00:13:17of a fisherman. That is, for example, the end of a story. Any country that
00:13:21does not have food, water, meat, milk as strategic products
00:13:24has nothing more to talk about. Citizens are already thinking about what
00:13:28awaits them in autumn. They expect food prices to rise,
00:13:32most likely they will. Listen, how
00:13:34will it? Well, as always.
00:13:37That's simple. Prices rise,
00:13:40wages rise, pensions are lower, and
00:13:43things balance out. What do I know, it will
00:13:46certainly, not only drought, but
00:13:49also politics. Experts warn that such seasons
00:13:53are becoming an increasing challenge for agriculture.
00:13:55Climate change brings longer dry periods, so without major
00:13:59investments in irrigation, production will be increasingly risky.
00:14:03The effects on prices can be significant
00:14:06when we look at the extent of the damage, but we must be realistic. In Bosnia and
00:14:10Herzegovina, prices are already at an unrealistically high level
00:14:14and there is indeed room for traders to reduce
00:14:17their own profit, that is, to not
00:14:21pass on all these costs to the final customer. In the coming period,
00:14:24I... is that our agriculture will need even greater
00:14:28help and support, even greater investment,
00:14:31investment in irrigation systems, in various
00:14:34protective measures that could mitigate the effects of future
00:14:37disasters. Farmers are therefore demanding
00:14:40concrete state aid. The demand is that due to the consequences
00:14:43of the drought, a state of natural disaster be declared so that producers
00:14:47can receive support to preserve production. Similar requests
00:14:51have been sent previously, but a state of natural disaster has not been declared.
00:14:57level of Bosnia and Herzegovina to try to declare a situation so that
00:15:01we can save ourselves. Will the drought bring only weaker harvests or
00:15:04a new blow to food prices, will be clearer in autumn. For
00:15:07farmers, however, there is no dilemma. Without state aid,
00:15:11they say, the consequences could be long-term, from reduced
00:15:22Plješevica near Bihać currently does not threaten
00:15:25the tall coniferous forest. After the rain that fell on
00:15:28the fire site, there are no open flames. However, due to the wind,
00:15:32the emission of smoke from burning stumps has intensified, which is why
00:15:35emergency teams continue to monitor the fire site day and night. For extinguishing
00:15:39the fire in the inaccessible part of the fire site, air support from helicopters
00:15:43of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and
00:15:46Herzegovina was previously requested. The helicopter of the Armed Forces
00:15:49today extinguished the fire in the Trebinje area, while the fire in
00:15:52the Cazin area was extinguished, so there was no need for the
00:15:56helicopter to be sent to that
00:15:58area today.
00:16:02In the territory of Serbia, 35 open-air fires are currently active,
00:16:05while the most demanding situation remains in the Deliblato Sands
00:16:09area. So far, there are no burnt objects or human
00:16:12casualties, while all settlements have been defended
00:16:15from the fire, state the competent institutions. A new fire
00:16:18broke out near Vranje and covered about 1 hectare of
00:16:22grass, low vegetation, and forest. Its spread has been prevented, but the
00:16:26extinguishing is still ongoing. In the fire extinguishing operation in the Deliblato Sands
00:16:30after the activation of the European Union's civil protection mechanism,
00:16:33helicopters with crews from
00:16:36the Czech Republic and Slovakia, as well as ground forces from Romania and
00:16:40Germany, were included. Also, a Russian plane is on the ground,
00:16:43announced the Serbian Ministry of Interior.
00:16:44Srbije.
00:16:48A five-year-old girl succumbed to injuries sustained in a serious
00:16:52traffic accident in Kraljevo when a car
00:16:55swerved off the road and hit a mother of two small
00:16:59children on the pedestrian path. The girl was transported
00:17:02to the University Children's Clinic in Tiršova in Belgrade after the accident, where she
00:17:06died despite the doctors' efforts from the injuries sustained. The other
00:17:10child, a one-and-a-half-year-old boy, was also transferred to
00:17:13Belgrade with severe head and limb injuries. The children's
00:17:17mother was treated for severe injuries at the health center in
00:17:21Kraljevo. The driver was arrested. He is a man aged
00:17:2426, who, according to local media,
00:17:27did not have a driver's
00:17:29license.
00:17:32This horrific tragedy could have been prevented. How?
00:17:36By taking systemic measures that are otherwise
00:17:39foreseen in the traffic safety strategy and in the action plan
00:17:43which has, however, expired, but certainly contains measures that should
00:17:47have been implemented. As the most important measure, the profession emphasizes traffic
00:17:50education and upbringing. Every citizen of this country must go to elementary
00:17:54school. If there was an appropriate curriculum in elementary
00:17:58schools that would raise the level of
00:18:01awareness of children who will then grow up to become
00:18:04drivers, this would certainly happen in fewer cases.
00:18:17the US and Canada, Trump issued new threats, now he wants to
00:18:21rename Lake
00:18:22Ontario.
00:18:28Iran claims it is ready to respond to expanded US sanctions
00:18:32that Washington described as economic D-Day with
00:18:36the aim of isolating Tehran and the global economy. US
00:18:39Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent states that the goal is to issue a final
00:18:43warning to all countries in the world to cut their business ties with
00:18:47Iran or risk having key companies and entities excluded
00:18:51from the dollar-based financial system. The first such
00:18:53exclusion could happen later this
00:18:57week.
00:19:00The war with Iran, which according to Donald Trump's plans was supposed to be
00:19:03over in a few weeks, has not ended six months later.
00:19:07And Washington continues with threats that since March
00:19:10have ranged from the erasure of a civilization to
00:19:14the latest one they called D-Day for the Iranian
00:19:17economy. The US is threatening sanctions not only
00:19:21against Iran, but also against foreign banks, companies, and intermediaries
00:19:25that continue to do business with Iran. This potentially
00:19:28affects Chinese, Turkish, Qatari, and other
00:19:31firms. These are not UN sanctions; these are not
00:19:34multilateral sanctions. We call on all parties to fully engage in
00:19:38negotiations and mediation led by Qatar and Pakistan, along with
00:19:42other regional actors. We believe this is the only way out of
00:19:45this crisis. However, the greatest fear is of
00:19:48China's reaction. Beijing, which imports 80% of Iranian
00:19:52oil, has already announced that any sanctions would be illegal
00:19:55and that it will do everything to protect its
00:19:58interests. It is unclear how far the US
00:20:02administration is prepared to go in that direction, especially considering
00:20:06that President Trump plans a new
00:20:07meeting
00:20:10at the end of September. Between the US and China, there is currently
00:20:13a very sensitive trade truce, and a move against
00:20:17a large Chinese bank that would cut it off from
00:20:20the international financial system could
00:20:23seriously damage those relations. In Iran, however,
00:20:27they are confident that they can withstand new sanctions. We have been under
00:20:30sanctions for 47 years. Now
00:20:33we have closed the Strait of Hormuz for six months, for six months we have been...
00:20:45This will not affect our friends and partners; these are our
00:20:49allies. And they have passed their test, thank God,
00:20:53they stood by our country, and their interests are tied to our
00:20:56country. An oil tanker was hit on Tuesday
00:21:00by an unidentified projectile at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz.
00:21:04It is not yet known who hit the ship. According to
00:21:07available information, only two merchant ships
00:21:11managed to pass through
00:21:20US President Donald Trump threatened on his social media
00:21:24that he could rename Lake Ontario to Lake
00:21:28America amidst new trade tensions between the US
00:21:31and Canada. The Canadian government decided not to respond
00:21:35to such Trump's posts. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc
00:21:39said that a few months ago they decided to ignore
00:21:42the daily posts of the American president and his
00:21:45ministers on social
00:21:47networks.
00:21:51British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, during his visit to Ukraine,
00:21:54announced the licensing for the production of British
00:21:58weapons in Ukraine. On this and what this could mean for the production
00:22:02of American weapons in Ukraine, Deputy Editor-in-Chief
00:22:05of Kyiv Independent, Oleksiy Sorokin,
00:22:08spoke to N1. Watch the full
00:22:11interview on our website.
00:22:13air defense systems and missiles
00:22:20for for those systems are
00:22:23produced exclusively in the US and only the US can grant
00:22:27licensing for Ukraine to produce those missiles right?
00:22:31what uh the UK did actually is is a
00:22:34really good positive step because they provided us with the
00:22:37blueprint to produce the scalp or storm shadow
00:22:41missile which would probably serve as a
00:22:44good step and a good example for the Americans that the Ukrainians can be
00:22:48trusted with high...
00:23:03A severe storm hit parts of southern France. Footage from the village
00:23:06of Vèrze shows a tornado that formed and swirled above
00:23:10the area. At least 41 people were injured in the storm,
00:23:12while about 2,800 households were left without
00:23:16electricity. The storm caused significant material damage. Some
00:23:20houses were damaged and partially destroyed, while strong winds
00:23:23knocked down trees and destroyed
00:23:27vegetation. The French meteorological service had previously issued
00:23:30a warning due to severe thunderstorms.
00:23:33nevremena.
00:23:38At least 35,000 people have died across Europe
00:23:42due to a series of unprecedented heatwaves that hit the continent
00:23:45this summer. However, experts warn that the real
00:23:49toll will be drastically higher, as current data only covers
00:23:53half of European countries and still does not include final
00:23:56statistics for August. In Germany, France, and Spain alone,
00:24:00more than 25,000 so-called excess
00:24:03deaths were recorded. Germany was hit hardest, with an estimated
00:24:0614,000 victims,
00:24:09making this summer the deadliest in the country's history
00:24:12in terms of heat. Although high temperatures are rarely
00:24:16a direct cause of death, they drastically worsen existing chronic
00:24:20cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, scientists
00:24:23appeal again and remind that climate change is the main culprit for
00:24:27such weather extremes becoming our increasingly frequent
00:24:30and dangerous
00:24:32daily life.
00:24:38On this day 34 years ago, the Sarajevo City Hall was set on fire.
00:24:42On the night of August 25th
00:24:44to 26th, 1992, the army of
00:24:48the Republika Srpska began shelling and systematically
00:24:51burning the then headquarters of the National and University
00:24:55Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina. A large part of the
00:24:58invaluable book and archival collection was lost in the fire. The management
00:25:02and employees of Nuba want to return to their original premises, so they
00:25:06submitted a petition today to the city administration of Sarajevo.
00:25:10On the night between August 25th and
00:25:1226th,
00:25:161992, the City Hall was in flames,
00:25:20irrevocably destroying a large library collection
00:25:24of the National and University Library with about 2
00:25:27million units. By burning this library and
00:25:30the Oriental Institute, they wanted to
00:25:33erase, destroy the collective memory,
00:25:36the cultural and historical identity of the state of Bosnia and
00:25:40Herzegovina and Bosniaks. That was the goal, the target was not
00:25:43the building, but the content in this
00:25:47building, those are books. One of seven.
00:25:50Institutions of Culture of state importance that does not have a solved financing
00:25:53issue is the National and University Library
00:25:57of Bosnia and Herzegovina. 34 years after
00:26:00the burning of the city hall, at the request of citizens, it launched a
00:26:04petition for the preservation of cultural heritage and finding
00:26:07a permanent solution for its future. From the beginning of
00:26:11my mandate, my last mandate, as a councilwoman of the city council, as deputy
00:26:14chairperson of the city council, I voted for the council initiative
00:26:18that demands the return
00:26:21of the library to the city hall. I remained
00:26:24on that course until today. The National Library
00:26:28in every country is one of the most important
00:26:31symbols. its statehood, so we have a complex
00:26:34situation, we are not fighting only for books and
00:26:38libraries, but by fighting for them, we are also fighting
00:26:41for the status of the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina, for its
00:26:45statehood, now what I already said, it is
00:26:49time for the gentlemen who decide these matters to understand
00:26:52that there are greater values than profit.
00:26:55The need for a permanent solution to the status of this
00:26:58institution, its return to the City Hall, was emphasized by the mechanism of
00:27:02a stable financing model from the budget of the founder and
00:27:05owner of the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The signatories
00:27:09of the petition come from 21 countries. Along with
00:27:12the signatures, a large number of comments of support were collected,
00:27:16testifying to the importance that the National and University Library of Bosnia
00:27:29necessary approvals from the competent institutions in Bosnia and
00:27:32Herzegovina for the acquisition of N1 new in Bosnia and
00:27:36Herzegovina, announced Pedro Vargas David, owner and
00:27:39general director of Alpak Kapital. He stated that it is
00:27:42an important strategic investment, part of the long-term vision
00:27:46for the development of media business throughout Southeast Europe.
00:27:49He expects that the remaining steps necessary for the
00:27:52formalization of the transaction will be completed in the coming days. In
00:27:56the statement, he emphasized the importance of media independence and
00:27:59professional journalism and announced a clear pro-European
00:28:03orientation based on, as he pointed out, the values of
00:28:06democracy, the rule of law, media freedom,
00:28:09institutional responsibility, and European integration.
00:28:13He assessed that the future of Bosnia and Herzegovina is deeply connected with
00:28:16the future of its media and stated that high ethical and
00:28:20journalistic standards of independent editorial staff without political interference,
00:28:23financially stable media companies represent
00:28:27the foundation of the success of democratic societies. It was announced that
00:28:30Amir Zukić was re-appointed to head the news program of
00:28:34N1 Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Dželila Mizdrak to head
00:28:38Nova BH. Vargas David added that the goal is not to change
00:28:41the identity of successful local media brands, but to
00:28:45provide them with additional resources, technological support, international
00:28:48expertise, and new opportunities for growth and development.
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