BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: NATIONAL DAY MARKS ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1943 RECOGNITION OF THE STATE OF BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA

Record ID: 639807

  • Title: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: NATIONAL DAY MARKS ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1943 RECOGNITION OF THE STATE OF BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
  • Date: 25th November 1995
  • Summary: SARAJEVO, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA (NOVEMBER 25, 1995) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. GV CEMETERY IN SNOWY WEATHER (2 SHOTS) 0.11 2. SV PEOPLE PRAYING AT GRAVESIDE 0.19 3. LV/SV WOMAN TENDING GRAVE (2 SHOTS) 0.29 4. SLV FLOWERS LAID AT SITE OF AUGUST 1995 MORTAR ATTACK NEAR CENTRAL MARKET (2 SHOTS) 0.38 5. LV NEWS STAND 0.42 6. CU NEWSPAPERS, SHOWING MAP OF BOSNIA WITH TERRITORIAL LINES MARKED (2 SHOTS) 0.52 7. SLV VETERANS AT WORLD WAR TWO MEMORIAL 0.56 8. SV/LV VETERANS LAY WREATH AT MEMORIAL (3 SHOTS) 1.14 9. SLV BOSNIAN PRIME MINISTER HARIS SILAJDZIC AT CEMETERY 1.17 10.SV GRAVES 1.19 11.LV/SV BOSNIAN ARMY SOLDIERS GUARD OF HONOUR (2 SHOTS) 1.30 12.SLV/SV PRESIDENT ALIJA IZETBEGOVIC LAYS FLOWERS AT GRAVESIDE (2 SHOTS) 1.46 13.LV EXTERIOR OF ARMY BUILDING 1.51 14.SV INTERIOR OF ARMY BUILDING / CHOIR SINGING NEW NATIONAL ANTHEM (2 SHOTS) 1.57 15.SV SILAJDZIC AND IZETBEGOVIC LISTENING 2.00 16.SV MUSICIANS 2.02 17.SV MUSIC ENDS, AUDIENCE APPLAUD 2.04 18.SV RECEPTION HELD BY IZETBEGOVIC AFTER CONCERT (2 SHOTS) 2.13 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
  • Embargoed: 10th December 1995 12:00
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  • Location: SARAJEVO, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
  • Reuters ID: LVA55REACDBX56L6S1VRQ1YHOUPM
  • Story Text: Bosnian leaders laid wreaths and flowers in Sarajevo on Saturday (November 25) to mark the anniversary of the 1943 recognition of the state of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

    Bosnia quietly marked its national day with a low-key ceremony at which President Alia Izetbegovic laid yellow lilies at a memorial to the defenders of Sarajevo.

    Veterans of World War Two and the Balkan conflict, only recently halted by a peace accord, then held a minute of silence for those who died in the fighting.

    Some 10,000 people were killed during the 3-1/2 year siege of the Bosnian capital, an unknown but high number of them soldiers.

    Many of them have been interred at Kovaci, the "martyr's cemetery," an old Turkish burial ground on a hillside near the city centre.

    Later, at a Bosnian government army building, Bosnian government leaders listened to a rendition of Bosnia's new national anthem, composed after the recent cessation of hostilities.


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