OHR RTRS News Summary, 12 June 2000

News Headlines

  • 12 June RS National Assembly session postponed for 21 June, Djokic says that, after consultations with parties, it was ascertained that the majority of them were not prepared for 12 June session
  • Petritsch introduces amendments to RS Law on Judicial System and Law on Public Prosecutor
  • SNS Executive Board, SNS ministers in RS Government and SNS Caucus in RS National Assembly support new SNS President Kostic
  • US ambassador Robert Frowick supports Plavsic’s remainder as SNS President
  • Djukanovic wins elections in Podgorica; Bulatovic wins in Herceg Novi
  • Serbian opposition supports Djukanovic’s local election victory in Podgorica
  • Bicakcic heading BiH delegation to Council of Europe session in Rome
  • Deputy High Representative Ralph Johnson says that economic reforms are not choice but necessity
  • Cajavec Company Syndicate reaches agreement with RS Government and decides not to strike
  • Workers of Remont Institute in Bratunac still striking
  • Purchase price of wheat set at 0.27 KM per bushel
  • Zenica coal miners start general strike
  • Shots fired at house of Serb returnee to Kupres Municipality
  • HDZ BiH backs proposal to establish Uskoplje Municipality
  • Livno Canton Deputy Interior Minister Drasko Dolic resigns from his post
  • Bugojno Municipal authorities have not returned building of Croat Cultural Society Napredak to its rightful owner(s)
  • Robertson says that Kosovo residents must think about their future
  • Kouchner calls on Kosovo Serbs to participate in work of joint institutions and the Kosovo population census
  • UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) decreases donations to Kosovo
  • Mass grave with 12 Kosovo Albanian bodies discovered near Glogovac, Kosovo
  • President of Chinese People’s Congress Li Peng condemns NATO intervention against Yugoslavia during his three-day official visit to Belgrade
  • World news
  • RS Association of Civilian Victims of War established in Celinac Municipality
  • Sports and weather
  • Progres Gradnja and Niskogradnja Construction Companies privatized
  • IC Monitoring Mission to Montenegro says that local elections were carried out in accordance with OSCE rules
  • OHR Brcko Head Gary Matthews says that refugee return is his first priority
  • RS Railways Director Ljubo Pasalic says that railways in Brcko District will remain part of RS system
  • Committee for Protection of Serb National Interest in Brcko District denies claims by Gary Matthews that Brcko Housing Commission worked without irregularities
  • New BiH border crossing with Yugoslavia opens near Trebinje
  • Kouchner attacks UN Commissioner for Human Rights Jiri Dienstbier for criticizing his work in Kosovo
  • Serbian opposition establishes organization ‘Network for Solidarity’
  • Otpor (resistance) movement says it was unable to present letter (Memorandum on Serbian National Interests) to President of Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • President of Chinese People’s Congress Li Peng meets with Slobodan Milosevic to discuss strengthening of bilateral relations

(This excerpt is taken from the daily report of the IMC-led Joint Media Monitoring Group (JMMG)).