OHR RTRS News Summary, 16 May 2000

News Headlines

  • Izetbegovic does not support Gligoric’s nomination for chairman of the BiH Council of Ministers because he believes that the IC does not support Gligoric
  • Gligoric says he will attend the BiH House of Representatives session on 17 May and that Radisic did not change his mind in regard to nominating him
  • BiH Presidency and BiH House of Representatives are responsible for the election of a new chairman for the BiH Council of Ministers – OHR spokesperson James Ferguson
  • After meeting with UK Ambassador to BiH Graham Hand, Petar Djokic says that Gligoric is still serious candidate for the chairman’s post of the BiH Council of Minister
  • SNS expects that Radisic will not follow steps of Poplasen in nominating chairman-elect of the BiH Council of Ministers
  • SNSD says that the Chairman of the BiH Council of Minister must have good relations with the RS Government
  • Petar Djokic schedules 11th session of RS Assembly for 29 May, adding that the first agenda item is RS Government report
  • BiH Presidency, RS and BiH Federation Governments meet with US Special Envoy for Economic Issues in Southeastern Europe Richard Sclar
  • OHR welcomes harmonization of RS and BiH Federation Laws on Banking – OHR spokesperson James Ferguson
  • Dodik and Montenegro President Milo Djukanovic to go to Brussels to discuss EU support for reforms in RS and Montenegro
  • RS Information Minister Rajko Vasic denies claims by his Yugoslav counterpart that the RS is destabilizing Yugoslavia
  • 300 parcels of land allocated in Brcko District to refugees and displaced persons of all three BiH constituent peoples
  • 30 Bosniak families visit their families in Brcko
  • 50 refugees who live in Yugoslavia visit their homes in Bosanska Krupa
  • Izetbegovic says that he will not run again for the BiH Presidency in upcoming general elections
  • OSCE concerned over attacks on Posavina Canton Governor Vukovic – OSCE Head of Mission to BiH Robert Barry
  • Public registration of shares in state-owned companies in BiH Federation starts on 2 June
  • Session of Serb Orthodox Church Synod takes place in Belgrade
  • 1,000 Serbs protest again in Kosovska Mitrovica on postponement of trials of Serbs and Gypsies (Roma) imprisoned in Kosovska Mitrovica prison
  • 42 Kosovo Serb prisoners in Kosovska Mitrovica on day 35 of their hunger strike
  • Yugoslav Committee for Cooperation with the UN protest over statement of Pec Joint Administration Head Ceku that Kosovo Serb cannot return to this town
  • Serb house in Binca village, Kosovo, destroyed
  • Yugoslav Foreign Minister Jovanovic and Russian counterpart Ivanov meet in Moscow and agree that UN Resolution 1244 on Kosovo must be implemented
  • US says that it supports opposition protest rally in Belgrade
  • French Foreign Ministry says that protest rally in Belgrade shows resoluteness of democratic forces in Serbia
  • Serbian Interior Ministry arrests group suspected of kidnapping Dragan Nikolic ‘Jenki’ in Smederevo
  • ICTY is verifying the alleged trip of Yugoslav Defense Minister Ojdanic to Moscow because the Russians should have arrested him
  • World news
  • UNHCR organizes competition for schools in the RS and BiH Federation
  • Municipal Assembly councilmen must disclose information on their property assets – OSCE spokesperson Pearse McCorley
  • SPRS denies that Radisic tendered his resignation as SPRS president
  • Biljana Plavsic is still SNS President – SNS spokesperson Barasin
  • We are close to reaching an agreement with the PDP on the Banja Luka City Assembly – SNSD Main Board member Mazalica
  • DPS President Radic claims that BiH Federation Law on Apartments is discriminatory because owner must live on the property two years before selling it
  • Dragomir Ljubojevic appointed Head of Bijeljina Municipality
  • Dr. Simo Bajic dies today in Banja Luka
  • Sports and weather
  • Radisic says that he will propose a new candidate for chairman of the BiH Council of Ministers
  • Izetbegovic discusses problems in BiH with the members of the BiH Diplomatic Corps
  • Yugoslav Association of Refugees and DPs sends protest letter to Petritsch because he did invite them to attend meeting with other BiH refugees associations scheduled for 17 May
  • Bodily remains of Kosovo Serb Petar Topoljski, a UN employee, found in Kosovo
  • World news
  • Meeting between airport officials and other domestic and international organizations on security at the Sarajevo Airport takes place in Srpsko Sarajevo
  • Cultural festival ‘Dani Matice srpske’ ends in Banja Luka
  • Festival ‘The 20th Century – The Century of Film’ takes place in Srpsko Sarajevo