Ninety Square Kilometres of Mine Contaminated Land in Konjic

12/31/2009- Konjic – Municipality of Konjic has 89,173,300 square metres of suspect and mine contaminated land, which amounts to 5.6 percent of the total surface area of the Municipality. On this basis the Municipality of Konjic is one of the most mine contaminated municipalities in the Federation of BiH. |+|

Gavran: 13.5 Square Kilometres Cleared of Landmines in 2009

12/29/2009- Sarajevo – Demining activities in 2009 in Bosnia and Herzegovina resulted in 13.5 square kilometres of land being cleared of landmines. In addition, a further 125 square kilometres of “suspicious surface” were reduced through systematic inspection. |+|

BiH-EU-ITA of BiH - Demining in Question due to VAT

12/25/2009- Banja Luka – EU Delegation to BiH warned BiH authorities that decisions made by the Indirect Taxation Authority of BiH on VAT charges for donations for demining NGOs have brought adverse consequences to those organisations and demining itself. |+|

Samac: Mine Clearance Continues

12/24/2009- Samac – Samac area still has 6.7 square kilometres of land that is contaminated by landmines. “Over the next year the priority is to clear land in the local communities of Brvnik and Tisina”, the Head of Samac Civil Protection, Boro Bogdanovic, said to SRNA. |+|

Vogosca: Ambassadors of the Czech Republic and Belgium Visit Mine Cleared Sites in the Municipality

12/21/2009- Vogosca – Representatives of the demining company "REASeuro WORLDWIDE"doo, BHMAC and the International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victim Assistance (ITF) today handed over demined locations  within the projects “Krivace A1”, total surface area 5,107 m2, and “Sedraski gaj”, total surface area 5,003 m2, to representatives of the Civil Protection Service of the Municipality of Vogosca. |+|