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Tobacco Farmers Block Border Crossing In Oraje 

Jump to full article: Federal News Agency (FENA) (ba), 2003-12-15

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Tobacco farmers with 70 tractors blocked this morning at about 11:00 hours the border crossing in Oraje due to the failure for their premium for 2002 amounting to 450, 000 convertible marks to be paid, said the chairman of the Association of Tobacco Farmers "Virginia", uro Kopi.

According to his words, total amount of the premium for this year was put out of the budget, but according to the farmers the sum should be included in the FBIH budget again.

The tobacco farmers will be blocking the border today in the period of 11:00 13:00 hours, Kopi said, announcing the blockade for tomorrow in the same period, while the day after tomorrow a whole day one will be organized.

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