DECISION ON HRT BROADCASTS IN BOSNIA TO BE REACHED SOON

SARAJEVO, Aug 18 (Hina) - The Independent Media Centre (IMC) in Bosnia-Herzegovina said Monday's meeting with the general director of the Croatian Radio and Television (HRT), Ivica Vrkic, was held to discuss requests forwarded as demarches to the Croatian government regarding programmes broadcast by HRT. In a statement sent to Hina on Tuesday, the IMC said the focus of talks between Vrkic and IMC main director Krister Thenil and head of the media monitoring sector, Kenneth Lindsay, was the re- transmitting of HRT programmes in Bosnia-Herzegovina, especially the contents of programmes and ownership of transmission equipment. The IMC is currently considering these issues and will reach adequate decisions as soon as all facts are gathered, the Centre said. The statement also said the EROTEL company in Mostar which transmits HRT programmes had on Monday submitted answers to a questionnaire the IMC had sent last week- EROTEL was requested to submit a request for permission to transmit HRT programmes, and to supplement the request with certain information. The IMC will publish its decision on the request soon, the statement said. (hina) lml 181641 MET aug 98