Headlines
- Extraordinary session of Parliament to take place on August 31
- New ultrasound apparatus in Doboj; new electric telephone exchange in development
- The Hague – detainees did not go on hunger strike
- 30th TV handball championship opened
The RS NA Speaker scheduled an extraordinary session of the NA for Monday, August 31. The session will be held in Banja Luka.
0:07
The RS President Biljana Plavsic visited the “RADNIK” furniture factory in Gradiska and familiarised herself with the production programme.
1:30
Today in Brcko, the authorised commission discussed the additional award of the arbitration tribunal relating to the inter-entity line dispute in the area of Brcko. The meeting was chaired by the vice-president of the Government, Ostoja Kremenovic.
2:05
All tobacco products in the RS will have to bear control stamps as of September 1, the RS Ministry of Interior announced.
1:40
A spokesman for The Hague Tribunal denied that some detainees had been transferred to another prison and that that was the reason for their going on hunger strike. He claims that 11 people were moved to different detention cells within the same prison, that all of them were informed about the reasons for their temporary relocation and that they were satisfied.
0:33
A three-day seminar began today for instructors in preparation of the firms for privatisation, which was organised by the main office for privatisation of RS state firms and the American agency for development, USAID.
0:40
The Minister for Energy and Mining in the RS, Vladimir Dokic, presented the current situation in the RS to representatives of the International Federation of Unions of the Chemical Industry, Energy and Mining for Central and East Europe.
1:20
Early this morning, unknown thieves broke into the SRT building in Petra I Karadjordjevica Street in the centre of Banja Luka. They destroyed a steel safe with plastic explosive and removed a large amount of money.
0:20
Elections
- SNSD – a meeting dubbed “Where is the RS going”, in Ribnik and Kotor Varos, attended by the president of the party, Milorad Dodik, and Minister of Information, Rajko Vasic
- SPRS – a promotional rally in Teslic attended by the president of the party, Zivko Radisic, and Dragutin Ilic
- SPRS – a meeting in Kotor Varos attended by Zivko Radisic and Dragutin Ilic
- SPRS – a press conference in Banja Luka
- SDS – a promotional rally dubbed “With all heart for the RS” in Rogatica attended by Momcilo Krajisnik, Mirko Sarovic
- SDS – a press conference in Banja Luka
- Serb Coalition for RS – a press conference in Banja Luka attended by Predrag Radic, Predrag Lazarevic, Slavko Zupljanin
- Coalition for the King and the Fatherland – a press conference attended by Dubravko Prstojevic
- Social Democrats of BiH – a press conference in Banja Luka