10/07/1999

OHR RTRS News Summary, 7 October 1999

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News Headlines

  • RS Government holds session
  • RS Government rejects decision of BiH Council of Ministers to form BiH Economic Chamber – RS Information Minister Vasic
  • Doboj police bring criminal charges against six officials of Brod Oil Refinery
  • RS custom workers confiscate KM 100,000 from smugglers on RS- Montenegro border in last 20 days
  • Radisic declares against continuing BiH process against Yugoslavia
  • Radisic separated his opinion about continuing BiH process against Yugoslavia and will work on next steps in accordance to Constitution – Radisic Judicial Adviser Zeljko Mirjanic
  • SPRS invites all RS political parties to support Radisic position on BiH process against Yugoslavia – SPRS Main Board member Gojko Milinkovic
  • SRS rejects decision of OHR and OSCE for re-registering party, SRS to request that Petritsch cancel decision – SRS General Secretary Ognjen Tadic
  • SNS President Plavsic condemns Milosevic and Poplasen for trying to destabilize RS
  • Serb Coalition for RS press release
  • Dodik will have to change his mind and should enable SDA participation in RS Government – Izetbegovic
  • BiH Council of Ministers holds session in Sarajevo
  • Members of BiH Council of Ministers discuss information on number of refugees and displaced persons and results of past returns
  • Bridge near Gradiska closed due to high level of Sava River
  • Reconstruction of Derventa – Prnjavor road completed, Dodik participates in re-opening ceremony
  • RS Interior Ministry informed of attack on Srebrenica Municipality Secretary Munib Hasanovic, RS police to investigate incident – RS Interior Minister Deputy Brane Pecanac
  • OHR will not tolerate stabbing attack against Hasanovic – OHR spokesperson Alexandra Stiglmayer
  • UN Special Envoy to BiH Klein sharply condemns attack on Hasanovic – UN spokesperson Douglas Hoffman
  • UNHCR spokesperson Wendy Rappaport says she hopes incident in Srebrenica will not be repeated
  • OSCE conducts voting exercise for local elections in two Central Bosnia Canton towns – OSCE spokesperson Tanja Domi
  • Munib Hasanovic states he does not know who attacked him and thanks Srebrenica police and Zvornik hospital workers for professional work
  • SDA sharply condemns attack on Hasanovic – SDA Vice-president Sulejman Tihic
  • Jelavic meets with Meigs in farewell visit
  • Osam Bin Laden did not receive BiH passport from BiH Civil Affairs Ministry but information exists that Bin Laden has BiH Passport – BiH Civil Affairs Minister Asanin
  • Fiends pushing BiH Federation towards international terrorism – Izetbegovic
  • BiH Federation Supreme Court rejects Italy’s demand to extradite Tunisian Halil Rajar
  • Mostar Deputy Mayor Orucevic visits Serb returnees in Mostar
  • SDA leadership supports Ganic initiative for BiH to receive credit for returns
  • HRT Editor Damir Matkovic receives offer from IC to head Croat program in BiH Federation RTV
  • OSCE Permanent Council discusses situation in Kosovo
  • Yugoslav Government rejects Europe Council statements that Government violating UN resolution for Kosovo
  • One civilian injured and one killed in Djakovica
  • Female minor kidnapped in Cuculjaja
  • Three unidentified persons attack civilian with knives in Prizren
  • Serb girl injured in Kosovska Mitrovica
  • Serb civilian beaten in Gnjilanje
  • US KFOR troops will not withdraw from Serb village in Lipljan
  • Kosovo Albanian demonstrations in Kosovska Mitrovica end
  • Vollebaek opens Center for assisting political parties in Pristina
  • Vollebaek satisfied with IC results in Kosovo
  • Kouchner introduces regulations for oil import in Kosovo
  • NATO aggression against Yugoslavia created serious problems in NATO– Russian relations – Russian Foreign Ministry Envoy Vladimir Rahmanjin
  • Yugoslav authority rejects UN Mission demand that Kosovo receive special phone code
  • Reinhardt to replace Jackson as KFOR Commander on Friday
  • Hashim Tachi requests from OSCE that his government be responsible for maintaining peace in Kosovo
  • World news
  • RS privatization
  • BiH Council of Ministers fail to discuss on Mehrez Audouni passport at Thursday session – BiH Council of Ministers Co-chairman Svetozar Mihajlovic
  • Radisic meets with officials in Bijeljina
  • Dayton Agreement foundation for permanent and stable life in region – Radisic
  • Montenegrin Government to sign special agreement with RS on building Buk- Bijela hydro-electric plant
  • OHR satisfied with results of Working Group for forming border service
  • Problem of three armies in BiH should be resolved in next period – SFOR Commander Meigs
  • SFOR seminar good for cooperation between RS and BiH Federation Defense Ministries – RS Defense Minister Deputy Slobodan Jelisic
  • Italian Parliament requests immediately alleviation of sanctions against Yugoslavia because of upcoming winter season
  • Serb citizens end road blockade in Suvi Do
  • KFOR returns to control citizens in Vitina – Vitina Church National Board
  • KFOR arrests six Kosovo Albanians carrying two kilograms of narcotics near Kosovska Kamenica
  • Kosovska Mitrovica Serb hospital workers request from Kouchner that Yugoslav security forces protect workers
  • UK to invite other EU members to help in struggle against organized crime in Kosovo
  • OSCE envoy for media condemns Kosova Press attacks on Koha Ditore Editor Veton Suroi, Kosovo Press calls Suroi pro-Serbian vampire
  • Serbian officials to release two British citizens on Friday
  • BiH Council of Ministers taking forever to sign BiH-Croatia trade agreement – Croatian Government
  • RS economic news
  • ICRC, RS and BiH Federation Red Cross organize seminar on elderly in Neum
  • Sports and weather

News Summary

Serb Coalition for RS press release

The Serb Coalition for RS issued a press release which states that the Serb Party of Krajina and Posavina returned a letter in which the OSCE requests that the party dismiss its President Predrag Lazarevic from function or it will be prohibited from participating in the next BiH local elections. The letter was returned to the OSCE requesting that it be sent to the party in the Serb language using the Cyrillic alphabet.

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