19.04.2000

OHR RTRS News Summary, 19 April 2000

News Headlines

  • BiH Presidency members postpone appointment of BiH Council of Ministers Chairman and Bosniak and Croat members do not agree on allocation of ministries, especially of Foreign Ministry
  • Solana and Paten meet with BiH Presidency members, Prlic, Bicakcic and Dodik to discuss return of refugees
  • BiH House of Representatives adopts plan for law on changes to Custom Policy
  • Fire near Srebrenica
  • ICTY Appellate Committee temporarily releases Miroslav Tadic and Simo Zaric from prison in The Hague
  • Carla Del Ponte worried by decision of ICTY Appellate Committee
  • Petritsch meets with Solana and Paten to discuss economic reforms in BiH, return of refugees and privatization process
  • Petritsch expects Radisic to appoint best candidate for BiH Council of Ministers Chairman
  • Petritsch meets with Mladen Ivanic, Plavsic and Bishop Komarica in Banja Luka
  • RS Refugees Minister Miladin Dragicevic and RS Urbanism Minister Jovo Basic visit Trebinje Municipality to discuss collective refugee center in Trebinje
  • 50 Serb refugees from Sarajevo settlement Pofalici visit their pre-war homes
  • 50 Serb refugees (women) from Sarajevo living in Brcko tried to prevent reconstruction of Bosniak house in village of Klanac on 16 April
  • 1999 was very successful for BiH Central Bank – Nicole
  • BiH to get $300 million from IMF and World Bank over next two years – RS Finance Minister Novak Kondic
  • RS Syndicate Head Cedo Volas sends letter to Dodik and Djokic, claiming that RS Government and RS National Assembly discussed adoption of new law on work relations
  • DSP to decide on membership in Sloga Coalition on 21 April
  • SPRS Banja Luka Board President Milutin Pejic sends public response to Vasic
  • First session of Brcko District Assembly to be held on 26 April
  • Zenica-Doboj Canton Government adopts plan for return of refugees in 2000
  • HDZ BiH dismisses several local boards after poor election results
  • EU, UNMIK envoys, Kosovo Albanians and Kosovo Serbs condemn violence in Kosovo
  • Civilian injured in Vitina – KFOR
  • 21 Kosovo Albanians released from Pozarevac and Sremska Mitrovica prisons – ICRC
  • SNS Croatia President Milan Djukic gives interview to Zagreb newspaper Vjesnik, saying SNS informed former Croat leadership of war crimes against Serbs in Gospic and other locations in Croatia
  • World news
  • Sports and weather
  • Miroslav Tadic and Simo Zaric arrive at Banja Luka airport at 19:10 after being temporarily released by ICTY Appellate Committee decision
  • Kosovo Serb envoys Momcilo Trajkovic and Bishop Artemije meet with Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov in Moscow to discuss situation, return of Serbs and next elections
  • Kosovo Council condemns violence in Kosovo – Kouchner
  • Canadian expert team to join ICTY team in Kosovo on 1 May
  • ICTY teams investigate in Kosovo
  • Kosovo Serbs want to return to Kosovo – Kosovska Mitrovica Serb National Council Executive Council President Oliver Ivanovic
  • ICTY continues investigation near Gospic
  • World news
  • Sports and weather