MOSTAR, May 22 (Hina) - The Croat Peoples' Congress (HNS) of Bosnia-Herzegovina on Tuesday accused the Independent Media Commission for "continuing to quench Croat language media" in the country. It also accused the Office of the High
Representative for not securing a channel through reorganising the Bosnia-Herzegovina Radio and Television for the Croat language. The IMC last year pulled the plug on the most influential Croat television in Bosnia, the Erotel, which was financed by the Zagreb government, while the communications editing agency, under which the IMC functions, took away the working permit to the Herzeg-Bosnian Croat Radio for the Tuzla region, and the Mostar Croat television was suspended for a month for 'inappropriate' reporting about the formed entry of SFOR troops in the Herzegovacka Bank. The HNS said in its public statement that "It is not possible for Croats to affirm their culture, language and all
MOSTAR, May 22 (Hina) - The Croat Peoples' Congress (HNS) of Bosnia-
Herzegovina on Tuesday accused the Independent Media Commission
for "continuing to quench Croat language media" in the country. It
also accused the Office of the High Representative for not securing
a channel through reorganising the Bosnia-Herzegovina Radio and
Television for the Croat language.
The IMC last year pulled the plug on the most influential Croat
television in Bosnia, the Erotel, which was financed by the Zagreb
government, while the communications editing agency, under which
the IMC functions, took away the working permit to the Herzeg-
Bosnian Croat Radio for the Tuzla region, and the Mostar Croat
television was suspended for a month for 'inappropriate' reporting
about the formed entry of SFOR troops in the Herzegovacka Bank.
The HNS said in its public statement that "It is not possible for
Croats to affirm their culture, language and all else which makes it
special, via public media".
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