INDEPENDENT MEDIA IN BOSNIA - SOROS FOUNDATION PRIORITY

( Editorial: --> 8296 ) SARAJEVO, March 9 (Hina) - The foundation of the American multi- millionaire George Soros, which operates in Bosnia-Herzegovina as the Open Society of B-H, has helped that country with DM150 million to date, president of the Open Society Institute in New York, Aryeh Neier, told Monday's media conference in Sarajevo. Neier said that all the aid was directed to charity, education and art projects as well as the development of independent publications. He added that supporting independent publications is Soros Foundation's main task in B-H in the next period. He praised the work of the Open Society Fund in B-H, saying that it is one of the most successful in the whole Soros Foundation network. (hina) mm mrb/as 091821 MET mar 98