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The Bosnian Institute have reported a story in the German newspaper die tageszeitung about the Omarska Memorial:

According to a prominent German journalist, Mittal Steel has won the acquiescence of local Serb nationalist authorities to a memorial for the victims of the Omarska concentration camp by agreeing to give Serbs priority in hiring for new jobs created by the reopening of the Omarska mines

As reported in the article below reproduced from Berlin's die tageszeitung, Mittal Steel, the world's largest and richest steel company, agrees to a memorial for the victims of Bosnia's most notorious concentration camp - but no jobs for the survivors and their relatives. In order to buy the acquiescence of the local Serb nationalist authorities, who have strenuously objected to any memorial, Mittal has agreed to give Serbs priority in hiring for the new jobs created by the reopening of the Omarska mines. Muslims and Croats may be hired at some future date (2009?), when the ore production expands, according to Mittal's representative Willie Smit.

The full story re-printed in German here: http://www.bosnia.org.uk/news/news_body.cfm?newsid=2140.

Clearly, if this allegation is true, which we do not know, both RS and Mittal Steel would be acting illegally and the new High Representative Mr. Schwarz-Schilling would presumably need to consider the situation carefully.

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