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00:00:19Good afternoon, dear viewers, you are watching N1
00:00:21info.
00:00:26The fire on Čvrsnica is still active, Croatia has approved the use of two Canadairs.
00:00:32Miners of the Kakanj brown coal mine are in labor disobedience after the repeated
00:00:36suspension of health
00:00:37booklet verification.
00:00:40Trump threatens the European Union due to plans for Canada to become an associated
00:00:44member. The Canadian Prime Minister addressed the European
00:00:46Parliament.
00:00:51The fire that has been active for several days in the Blidinje Nature Park
00:00:55has flared up again and engulfed part of the forest. The spread of the fire is favored by strong
00:00:59winds and a prolonged drought, and family houses and cottages are only
00:01:02100 to 200 meters from the fire site. Due to
00:01:05the inaccessible terrain, extinguishing by ground forces is currently
00:01:09not possible, it was announced earlier by the operational center of civil protection
00:01:14speech of of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton. All available firefighting forces from Jablanica and
00:01:18neighboring towns and municipalities have been engaged in extinguishing the fire,
00:01:21the fire continues to spread. Air extinguishing is being assisted by
00:01:24an air-tractor helicopter of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and
00:01:28Herzegovina, and the Government of the Republic of Croatia has approved the use of two
00:01:31Canadairs to provide humanitarian aid to Bosnia and
00:01:34Herzegovina.
00:01:38Two injured in the fire at the nursing home in Lukavac are in critical condition. One
00:01:42patient is on a respirator. A patient with initials OH, born in
00:01:451948, suffered severe
00:01:48burns, combined with inhalation burns. The patient is
00:01:52intubated and on mechanical ventilation. Another patient
00:01:55with initials MO suffered facial and body burns.
00:01:59The general condition of both patients is serious. The fire broke out last night in one of
00:02:02the nursing homes in the Lukavac area. All competent
00:02:06services are on the ground and
00:02:07the still current topics in Bosnia and the circumstances and cause of the
00:02:10fire are being investigated.
00:02:16After the suspension of health booklet verification, the miners of the Kakanj Brown Coal Mine
00:02:20are still in labor disobedience. The RMU
00:02:23Kakanj union demands a check of the legality of the actions taken towards the workers
00:02:27of this company by the Health Insurance Institute
00:02:30of the Zenica-Doboj Canton, which has reactivated the decision to make it impossible
00:02:34to verify health booklets for miners from this canton. We remind you,
00:02:38the debts of the coal mines in Zenica, Breza and Kakanj to the Health
00:02:41Insurance Institute for unpaid health contributions
00:02:44exceed 175 million
00:02:47convertible
00:02:48marks.
00:02:52The Canton Sarajevo Health Workers' Union and the basic trade
00:02:55union organizations of the University Clinical Center in Sarajevo pointed out numerous
00:02:59irregularities in the work of the management, especially in connection with the rulebook on work
00:03:03and the collective agreement, as
00:03:05could read and hear at they state, the management of the Clinical Center does not respond to their letters and
00:03:08there is a lack of social dialogue and involvement of trade unions in important
00:03:11issues, they pointed out problems with work organization,
00:03:14overtime work and compensation, as well as the relocation of employees to other
00:03:18organizational units, particularly highlighting the lack of staff,
00:03:22increased employee workload and possible consequences for patient
00:03:26safety. The union announced that if such practices continue,
00:03:30they could submit documentation to the court as part of a judicial
00:03:33procedure. Overtime work in the
00:03:36clinical center is paid
00:03:40in a lump sum uh not in all clinics
00:03:44depending on the head
00:03:47of the clinic
00:03:49property, first of all, let's due to the lack of employees, which is
00:03:52evident, due to
00:03:55the systematization with which a sufficient number of staff
00:03:58of all profiles in
00:04:01healthcare in the clinical center is
00:04:05undeniable that excess hours are accrued
00:04:08and
00:04:10simply that work must be verified,
00:04:13recorded and
00:04:15paid,
00:04:18I must say that simply in our institution
00:04:22we have union members who have been working
00:04:25for over 20, 30 years who are not recognized
00:04:29as... staff who have completed faculties, we had
00:04:32an agreement that this would be recognized, but it is not
00:04:36happening, mm, the management's consent
00:04:39existed, but there are always some people who
00:04:42obstruct it, I must say that our staff teaches
00:04:46at universities, they are not recognized in that
00:04:48institution.
00:04:51The Health Insurance Institute of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton
00:04:55is hosting a conference dedicated to the future of healthcare, at
00:04:58which sustainable financing, prevention, and challenges facing
00:05:02the healthcare system are being discussed. The goal is to open up space for the exchange
00:05:05of experiences and finding solutions that would contribute to long-term
00:05:09quality healthcare. The conference concluded that...
00:05:12that a stable and functional healthcare system requires
00:05:15adequate funding and long-term planning, although the
00:05:18departure of doctors is a problem that is present in various parts of Bosnia and
00:05:22Herzegovina, in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton,
00:05:25it is currently, as announced, not so pronounced, but the need
00:05:29for additional investments in healthcare remains one of the important
00:05:32challenges.
00:05:35Precisely because the market is now liberalized and
00:05:39they have a much simpler possibility of leaving, like all other workers. But of course,
00:05:43this is perhaps most felt when it comes to healthcare staff,
00:05:46primarily doctors, this, for now we do not have
00:05:49alarming indicators when we talk about our county, but
00:05:53it is definitely one of the potential problems
00:05:56since, as I said, young people are looking for a better
00:05:59opportunity for themselves, we are aware that the current method of
00:06:03healthcare financing is not sufficient for them to have such
00:06:07conditions, primarily material in some part and working conditions,
00:06:10so that they can be completely satisfied and do not need to look for another
00:06:14alternative,
00:06:17it is true that we have three hospitals, we have
00:06:20so many health centers, I can responsibly say that in our
00:06:24canton, there are 20% more
00:06:27employees in healthcare per capita
00:06:30than in all other cantons of this country. That is
00:06:34our problem. Here, the director of the institute said,
00:06:37that is, how difficult the financial situation is, but he
00:06:40also said that we are not the only ones in such a situation, but
00:06:44given what I said, that is, on the one
00:06:47hand, it justifies this
00:06:50current state of financial healthcare
00:06:51system.
00:06:55The cantonal government is responsible for the
00:06:57construction and equipping of our health institutions
00:07:01for almost 50 million convertible marks, but
00:07:04today we are at a moment when we are actually proud of everything we have
00:07:07built, we have today a hospital of European
00:07:10standards, our university. Clinical hospital is no longer a hospital
00:07:14for three cantons, but a hospital for the entire
00:07:17region.
00:07:20The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has initiated the process of drafting a new
00:07:23development strategy until 2034.
00:07:26The goal is to define key priorities to be financed by public money
00:07:30through broad consultations with experts at all levels of government
00:07:33in the next six months. Officials say that the new strategy should not
00:07:37be just another wish list, but a concrete plan
00:07:41with clear deadlines. secured
00:07:43funds.
00:07:46It is a key horizontal,
00:07:49multi-sectoral document that determines
00:07:52social consensus and development priorities in the next
00:07:56planning period. Um, the strategy itself
00:08:00uh is here to bring
00:08:03concrete changes, uh, betterment for the lives of citizens
00:08:06in the period until 2034
00:08:10and the Federal Institute for Development Programming is
00:08:14an institution that coordinates the process that will ensure
00:08:18that the document is prepared in accordance with
00:08:21the legal framework responsibly, transparently and involving all
00:08:25stakeholders. I believe it is very important that today
00:08:28there are people here who have both the competence, knowledge and opportunities
00:08:31to initiate uh today
00:08:35activities so that through the formation of an expert group we can come
00:08:38up with a draft strategy when it says: what will be in it,
00:08:42I cannot say, nor can
00:08:45Director Kovač, because mm we might have some
00:08:49of our own priorities, but that's what we need to talk about today, to compete for those projects,
00:08:52to set them up so that we can then
00:08:56create a document that will be accessible to everyone, just
00:08:59as the previous ones were accessible, and it will be very simple to see what
00:09:03was not
00:09:05implemented.
00:09:09The Indirect Taxation Authority of Bosnia and Herzegovina today handed out the first
00:09:13solutions to citizens who have been approved a VAT refund for the purchase
00:09:16of their first property. The Director of the Indirect Taxation Authority
00:09:20Zoran Tegeltija announced that the funds would be paid to users
00:09:23already the next day after receiving
00:09:26the solution. Tegeltija stated that as of yesterday, the Indirect
00:09:30Taxation Authority of Bosnia and Herzegovina received a total of
00:09:321453 requests for VAT refund on the first
00:09:36property. Of that number, the Tuzla regional center received
00:09:40682 requests or...
00:09:4246.25%,
00:09:44Sarajevo 382 requests or
00:09:4726.29%, Banja Luka
00:09:50281 request or
00:09:5319.34%,
00:09:56while the Mostar regional center received
00:09:58118 requests, which is 8.12%.
00:10:11In his address to the Parliament, Canadian Prime Minister
00:10:15Mark Carney called for the creation of a new alliance for
00:10:18the future between Canada and the European Union to strengthen collective resilience
00:10:22in conditions of geopolitical turmoil and economic pressures.
00:10:26Carney proposed deepening cooperation in the areas of critical minerals,
00:10:29artificial intelligence, energy security, defense and education,
00:10:33emphasizing that the goal of the alliance is not to create a new power
00:10:36bloc.
00:10:39We do not want to rule over others.
00:10:43On the contrary, we want to achieve
00:10:45resilience so that no one can gain
00:10:49control over our open markets, threaten
00:10:52our sovereignty, threaten territorial integrity
00:10:55or undermine our freedoms, democracy or the rule of law,
00:10:59and these reasons in conjunction with
00:11:02our latent hard power mean that
00:11:06we can help create
00:11:09a new, just, stable and prosperous
00:11:12world
00:11:13order.
00:11:22Europe has never been afraid of... forging new
00:11:25parts, creating, if I can use this in in your presence
00:11:29mark, new frontiers, and
00:11:32if you look at the European parliament, first of all, today with the reaction
00:11:35of what the prime minister said in his
00:11:39the members in the house, very much
00:11:43welcoming the subjects
00:11:44raised.
00:11:48US President Donald Trump has threatened the European Union with new
00:11:52high tariffs if Canada becomes an associated member of the union. Trump
00:11:55called such a possibility ridiculous and stated that he could
00:11:59consider it a hostile act. He warned that the
00:12:02US could impose high tariffs or suspend
00:12:06trade with Europe in certain sectors in response, accusing Canada
00:12:09of being a bad trading partner.
00:12:25they do that, if I think it's an all hostal act, I will put very
00:12:28serious tariffs or stop trading with
00:12:31Europe on many things, so if they do that, if
00:12:35Europe does that with a bad intention, if it's a good
00:12:38intention, that's fine, if it's a bad
00:12:40intention,
00:12:46While a resolution of relations with allies in Europe is awaited, the American
00:12:49president stated that Iran directly addressed Washington to reach
00:12:53an agreement and that he hopes for a speedy end to the war, which is entering its seventh month.
00:12:57Trump will discuss post-war plans in New York with leaders
00:13:01of Persian Gulf countries, while tensions around the Strait of Hormuz continue.
00:13:05Meanwhile, the UN mission announced that it has reasonable
00:13:08suspicions that the US was responsible for attacks on a school and sports
00:13:12facility in Iran in February, which constitutes a war crime. The UN also states
00:13:16that Iranian authorities committed crimes against humanity during the
00:13:19brutal suppression of anti-government
00:13:22protests.
00:13:25In the Gaza Strip, attacks and violations of the truce continue. In the settlement
00:13:29of Sheikh Radwan, a fifteen-year-old boy was killed by a drone while he
00:13:32was trying to save an injured person. In Gaza City,
00:13:3621 people died in the collapse of the Al-Saad building
00:13:39after the attack, while on the West Bank, more Palestinians were hospitalized
00:13:43after attacks by Israeli forces. At the same time, on the eve of the UN
00:13:46General Assembly, the US extended visa sanctions
00:13:50to officials of the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian Liberation
00:13:53Organization due to initiating
00:13:55proceedings before the International Criminal Court and seeking unilateral
00:13:58recognition of the state. President Mahmoud Abbas was again denied
00:14:02a visa to come to New
00:14:03York.
00:14:13Palestine from being center and front in the United
00:14:16Nations and in the deliberations, but more importantly we need
00:14:20to see the war to stop, the illegal
00:14:23occupation. start the process of evacuating and
00:14:27peace to take place through the two states solution formula, which
00:14:31there is global
00:14:32consensus.
00:14:41For the rest of the news, let's also look at the weather
00:14:43forecast.
00:14:46Greetings, dear viewers, a change in weather has arrived, clouds are approaching
00:14:50from the northwest, there is already rain in the western
00:14:53part of Bosnia. The weather conditions have changed because a frontal disturbance
00:14:57is moving over us, it has destabilized
00:15:00the atmosphere, precipitation will spread from the northwest and west
00:15:03to - over the central
00:15:07regions of Bosnia, the northern part, as well as to the east,
00:15:10we expect that by the end of the day in Herzegovina it will still remain
00:15:13mostly dry, a northern wind has already started blowing in the northern
00:15:17parts of Bosnia, elsewhere a southwest
00:15:21wind continues to blow, all of which then affects the temperatures, which are certainly
00:15:24v... towards the south up to 32 we expect in the Herzegovina region where it will
00:15:28remain dry, elsewhere these are still lower values in Bosnia,
00:15:32mostly from 24 to
00:15:3529, tomorrow there will still be frequent
00:15:38rain, showers with thunder which in some parts of Bosnia
00:15:42can be more pronounced, these instabilities will spill over
00:15:46into Saturday, only on Sunday we actually expect
00:15:49a gradual decrease
00:15:50in cloudiness.
00:15:53That's all for this news overview, all current events are available on n1info.Ba, thank you for
00:15:57your attention.
00:16:29And what is changing today in American policy towards Bosnia
00:16:33and Herzegovina, how important could that change be for the future
00:16:37of our country. A few days ago, the American Congress discussed lifting
00:16:40sanctions against Milorad Dodik, the southern interconnector,
00:16:44state property and the future of the OHR. Some warn that
00:16:47the Trump administration, through these moves, politically strengthens Dodik
00:16:51and weakens the state institutions of Bosnia and
00:16:54Herzegovina, while from his administration comes a completely different
00:16:57explanation that the time of American imposition of solutions
00:17:01is over and that responsibility should be returned to domestic
00:17:04politicians. At the same time, today before the Senate comes the candidate for
00:17:08the new American ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina. So what is actually
00:17:11happening in Washington and what is the new American
00:17:15calculus for Bosnia and Herzegovina. We will discuss this in the continuation. In the
00:17:19studio, I am joined by American analyst Kurt
00:17:22Bassiner, one of the founders of the Democratization Policy
00:17:26Council initiative. Good morning, thank you very much for being
00:17:29here. Good morning, thank you for inviting me. Let's
00:17:33start with the congressional hearing that happened a few days ago, which
00:17:37certainly attracted a lot of attention in the
00:17:41domestic public, given
00:17:44Herzegovina, let's start with Milorad Dodik and
00:17:48sanctions, given that we could hear very directly
00:17:52the explanation that his behavior
00:17:55after the sanctions has not
00:17:58changed, how do you read all that discussion,
00:18:01everything we heard, so on the one hand the request for...
00:18:05tracking those sanctions, on the other hand
00:18:07and the justification of the Trump
00:18:11administration for lifting them.
00:18:24Several members of Congress stated that
00:18:28Dodik had already
00:18:30violated
00:18:33the principles for which
00:18:37those sanctions were
00:18:38imposed,
00:18:41that there is a basis to re-impose
00:18:45them, but this
00:18:48administration says that
00:18:51the sanctions were lifted because he withdrew
00:18:55anti-Dayton laws last
00:18:57year, but
00:19:00since then, since October,
00:19:04Dodik has... "If he hasn't maintained, then he
00:19:08has gone further in his rhetoric, so
00:19:12I don't think that sound logic
00:19:16stands
00:19:18behind the explanation of this new
00:19:21administration, why sanctions
00:19:25were lifted and
00:19:28why they may not be
00:19:31re-imposed. What Mr. Lawton said in
00:19:35Congress was not
00:19:38convincing to me, especially when he was asked if he would re-impose sanctions,
00:19:42Mr.
00:19:45Lawton did not commit that it was possible, on the other
00:19:49hand, congressmen
00:19:52reminded him of the law that Congress
00:19:55adopted at the end of 2025, which actually
00:19:58envisioned sanctions for actors who threaten peace and
00:20:02stability in the Western Balkans.
00:20:05If that is the correct interpretation of that law,
00:20:08then can it happen that the executive branch in
00:20:11America, in the state from which you come, and Congress on the other hand, find
00:20:15themselves in direct conflict over Dodik
00:20:19and in the period ahead
00:20:22of us, it can happen that
00:20:26they conflict, I think
00:20:28there is already a difference
00:20:31of opinion that is obvious.
00:20:34And now,
00:20:38we will see
00:20:39today
00:20:43when Mr. Johnson
00:20:45appears before
00:20:48Congress, whether the same question will appear before
00:20:52a larger number of congressmen regarding
00:20:55this issue, it should, but
00:20:59we'll see. On the list of what needs to be done
00:21:01and
00:21:04about what
00:21:06can
00:21:10be clashed in Congress where
00:21:12there will eventually be more Democrats after
00:21:15these November
00:21:19elections, we will definitely hear this story again,
00:21:23but the only question is
00:21:26how much the administration of the president
00:21:29will push
00:21:32its agenda,
00:21:35it is clear to me that the current
00:21:39administration does not want and will not
00:21:42re-impose sanctions on Dodik, mhm, uh, they
00:21:45said that they still retain that... instrument that they will use
00:21:49if they assess that
00:21:53someone has threatened stability or American
00:21:57interests. Now, you are someone who knows very well
00:22:00the situation in the United States of America, but also in Bosnia and
00:22:04Herzegovina, where you have lived for over twenty years,
00:22:06what would you say, considering
00:22:09uh the situation in both countries, what could possibly be the move
00:22:12of either Dodik or any of the actors in Bosnia and Herzegovina
00:22:16for American sanctions to be reconsidered
00:22:20again? I don't
00:22:22know.
00:22:29I think that Dodik currently feels
00:22:32untouchable,
00:22:35that is, that he will go unpunished, so
00:22:38I really don't know what would have to happen,
00:22:42um, that is, what anti-Dayton
00:22:45move he would have to make for sanctions to be
00:22:49reconsidered again. "Will he eventually put police
00:22:52on the border between the entities
00:22:56or declare independence? Will that be the move that will
00:22:59reopen the discussion on imposing
00:23:03sanctions?"
00:23:04Lui Krišok, who is
00:23:08currently acting high
00:23:11representative is a person who has only
00:23:13warned
00:23:16all parties
00:23:20in
00:23:20terms of
00:23:25the activities they undertake, but
00:23:28no sanction, as a serious sanction that should
00:23:32be imposed for anti-Dayton actions was
00:23:36not considered, as far as I know, yes, the instrument
00:23:40exists,
00:23:45will the Treasury Department re-impose
00:23:48those sanctions? "I don't know if they have red
00:23:52lines or if it's
00:23:55something that requires calling the White House and getting their
00:23:59approval before re-imposing sanctions, yes,
00:24:03uh in the report of the Democrats, Dodik
00:24:06was not much different from somehow
00:24:09from the energy projects that await
00:24:12us in that sense, certainly of American
00:24:15interest, we are talking about the southern
00:24:18interconnector. Furthermore, Keating
00:24:21warned of possible broader political trade-offs,
00:24:25citing a politically strengthened Dodik, a weakened
00:24:28OHR and American interest in the southern interconnector, as something
00:24:31that could create particular pressure on the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina
00:24:35regarding the issue of state
00:24:39address that, how serious do you think that scenario is?
00:24:42mhm,
00:24:49I'm not sure I get the... I don't see a direct
00:24:52connection there,
00:24:55the southern
00:24:57interconnector should pass only through
00:25:00the Federation. The law has been adopted, but as far
00:25:03as I know, the contract has not been signed
00:25:07and it should have been signed
00:25:10at the same time as the
00:25:14amendments to the law were adopted, as far as I know, it hasn't. The contract
00:25:17with the contractor has also not been
00:25:21signed,
00:25:26I know that we also need to work with the
00:25:29Croatian side, but of course state
00:25:33property must be utilized,
00:25:36if we want to see, that is, if they want to see
00:25:39that gas pipeline built,
00:25:43but it has been clear for years that
00:25:47Milorad Dodik is focused
00:25:50on state property,
00:25:54that he also received Vučić's support,
00:25:58that his eyes are constantly
00:26:01fixed on state property, because he
00:26:04wants to dispose of and eventually
00:26:07sell uh state property and everyone wants
00:26:10to play and be involved
00:26:13in this game, not only Dodik, but it seems
00:26:17that only Dodik would be at the top of that pyramid, but
00:26:21no, there are many others who
00:26:24want to invest to extract
00:26:27profit from Bosnia and Herzegovina based on
00:26:31solving the problem. of state, under quotes, the problem
00:26:34of state
00:26:35property.
00:26:39In the Congress
00:26:43report, we said that this is a constitutional
00:26:45issue. And we said that the
00:26:495 + 2 condition for closing the OHR
00:26:52was always a too low
00:26:55bar for closing the OHR, because in
00:26:59fact, if you remove EUFOR and OHR. "you
00:27:02no longer have the instruments to
00:27:05implement and ensure
00:27:08the Dayton
00:27:11agreement,
00:27:14if you don't have that, then you must have another
00:27:17operating system, so either state property
00:27:21will remain
00:27:23state until
00:27:27the moment you don't have a more democratic
00:27:31government." and a more responsible government,
00:27:35Dodik wants that Pandora's box
00:27:39to be opened, but he is certainly not the only one who
00:27:42wants that. There are domestic
00:27:45and foreign actors who see their interest there who
00:27:49want state property to be
00:27:52devolved. to the entity level and even
00:27:56lower. And that's a reason for
00:28:00concern.
00:28:03that uh members
00:28:06of PIC and the European Union uh
00:28:10show a firm stance on this issue, but I haven't seen them
00:28:13do it so far. Yes, quite a few congressmen
00:28:17talked about possible pressure even on
00:28:20the Bosniak member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina to
00:28:24accept the solution for state property that will be
00:28:27in favor of what the entity, Republic of
00:28:30Srpska, has been advocating for many years. However, the issue
00:28:34of state property was not the only segment that was
00:28:37discussed and warned about when
00:28:40talking about the southern interconnection when
00:28:44it comes to the ties between the company and
00:28:47the Trump administration. What is somehow
00:28:51the most important thing we could hear in the discussion as
00:28:55an explanation?
00:29:04In Kucinich's report, you
00:29:07the hearing
00:29:09that
00:29:13there is a lot of information
00:29:16that is publicly known that
00:29:20the company itself
00:29:23was founded shortly
00:29:27after
00:29:29it was announced that America has an interest in
00:29:33creating that interconnection
00:29:35that BiH gas
00:29:39is excluded from that project
00:29:43uh with Bechtel who was also interested
00:29:46in participating in that project, now it's not even
00:29:49clear who will do what,
00:29:51but
00:29:56it was seen in the papers that there is a connection
00:30:00between Trump's interests and...
00:30:10but it is clear to me from
00:30:12the report
00:30:15that, based on previous
00:30:18policy, this is a big
00:30:20deviation.
00:30:24The US has supported this
00:30:28project for some time. And that...
00:30:33At first, it was supposed to be part of
00:30:37the Adriatic gas pipeline,
00:30:40then it wasn't,
00:30:41then
00:30:45to move away from all of that to a company
00:30:49that was founded immediately
00:30:51after the adoption of amendments to the
00:30:55law
00:30:57on gas pipelines and