News Headlines
- Jelavic and Izetbegovic concerned by RS National Assembly decision to withdraw BiH charges against Yugoslavia
- Annan arrives in BiH
- Necessary to define modalities of humanitarian aid to Serbia – Annan
- Annan meets with BiH Presidency
- Annan and BiH Presidency praise implementation of Dayton Agreement
- Sarovic meets separately with Luzanski and Ganic
- Sarovic meets with Chinese Ambassador to BiH
- Dodik to visit Britain and France
- Dodik opens reconstruction of hospital in Kasindol
- RS Interior Ministry, Customs Office and Market Inspection confiscate 120,000 KM worth of illegal goods in Banja Luka
- Trebinje Customs Office confiscates cigarettes worth 15,000 KM
- EU ministers meet with Serbian opposition in Luxembourg
- EU lifts air traffic embargo on Kosovo and Montenegro
- Cook blames Milosevic for Serbian opposition absence in Luxembourg
- Fischer wants to know why majority of Serbian opposition did not arrive in Luxembourg
- SPO does not agree with manner Luxembourg meeting was organized
- Alliance for Change signs declaration for cooperation with EU
- Three male bodies found in northern Kosovo
- 400 Albanian doctors protest in front of UN building in Kosovska Mitrovica requesting to return to work
- International organizations decide to intensify presence in Kosovo Polje
- Ivanov calls on Annan for UN to consistently implement UN resolution in Kosovo
- Belgrade lawyers visit Kosovska Mitrovica
- Pristina Albanian press reports on Reinhardt-Thaci meeting
- Meigs holds press conference in Sarajevo
- Prlic meets with French Ambassador to BiH
- No progress in return of Croats to Bugojno – ONASA
- Muslim and Croat representatives in Travnik do not agree on joint magistrate court – Croat media
- Livno doctors go on strike
- IMC decision on Radio Drvar
- World News
- Blagojevic calls for election boycott if SRS not allowed to participate
- RTV RS New Year’s Eve program shot in Banja Luka
- BiH charges against Yugoslavia illegitimate – Dodik and BiH Council of Ministers representatives
- Citizens can elect those who would provide more secure life, but that is not opposition – Milosevic
- Belgrade citizens protest against Milosevic
- Situation calm in Kosovo – KFOR spokesperson Lavoir
- Attacks on Serbs in Gnjilane continue – Church Board
- My task is very difficult – Kouchner
- KFOR, UN and Kouchner responsible for non-implementation of UN resolution – Yugoslav Government letter to foreign institutions
- ICTY investigators do not find alleged mass grave in Trepca – Kelly Moore
- Weather
News Summary
IMC decision on Radio Drvar
According to ONASA, Croat representatives in the Drvar Municipality believe that the IMC decision to ban the broadcast of Radio Drvar has brought a complete block of information to this town. The IMC has decided to ban this radio from broadcasting for ninety days due to the non-exemplary content and inflammatory threats to Serb returnees, which violates the IMC’s code. Station Director Mijo Brkic believes that this decision will negatively influence the processes of refugee return and privatization because Radio Drvar covered these topics widely.
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Blagojevic calls for election boycott if SRS not allowed to participate
At a press conference in Bijeljina, SRS Executive Board President, Mirko Blagojevic, invited all party members and followers not to vote in the next elections if the SRS does not participate. He assessed that all international organizations have received an order to break contact with SRS. He believes that everything that the opposition in Serbia supports, the International Community denies the SRS here. He commented that the meeting of BiH Presidency Member Zivko Radisic, RS National Assembly Speaker Petar Djokic and former RS President Nikola Poplasen with Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic as demonstrating the closeness between Serbs in Yugoslavia and RS, which could be seen in the streets of the RS on Saturday, when the citizens celebrated the victory of Yugoslav football players.
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