02.02.2000

OHR RTRS News Summary, 2 February 2000

News Headlines

  • Sloga Presidency holds session on Sloga stability, support to Dodik and Justice Arsovic
  • Sarovic not to appoint Prime Minister if RS national Assembly and IC do not support him
  • RS Healthcare Fund Director Ilic holds press conference on his dismissal and Sloga Presidency session
  • BiH Constitutional Court asks RS National Assembly to appoint replacement for Arsovic
  • Arsovic resignation is top news and moral decision – Radic
  • RS Veterans Association holds session on political crisis in RS
  • BiH delegation and European Capital Bank discuss donations for road reconstruction in RS and BiH Federation
  • RS Syndicate asks citizens to register for privatization
  • Strike in Cajavec company
  • 400 Bosniaks from Tuzla Canton returned to RS in second part of January
  • BiH Federation Defense Minister Prce to ask for revision of Adams’ authority
  • BiH Federation House of Representatives adopts budget
  • Houses for 60 returnees reconstructed in Crni Lug
  • Serb Civil Council addresses letter to Petritsch on incorrect number of refugees who have returned in Sarajevo
  • Two Serbs murdered, five injured near Kosovska Mitrovica
  • One girl murdered, two persons injured in Pristina
  • Rugova dissolves parallel institutions in Kosovo
  • Kouchner on Kosovo budget
  • Bulgarian Prime Minister on Bulgarian policy on Kosovo
  • Albanian Democratic Party President Dzaferi on meeting in Sofia
  • US and IC do not support Kosovo independence – US Ambassador to Bulgaria Miles
  • Slovenia wants better relations with Yugoslavia
  • Djukanovic on future of Montenegro
  • World news
  • Croatian House of Representatives holds constitutive session
  • World news
  • NGO Reporters Without Borders protests against confiscation of Reporter magazine
  • RS healthcare
  • Sports and weather
  • 14 Bosniak police officers employed at Bijeljina police station
  • UN holds press conference on issues of car accident near Banja Luka, Banja Luka police academy and canton ten
  • Kosovo Serbs and Albanians refuse to participate in joint work of Gnjilane local administration
  • Economic cooperation with Yugoslavia
  • Albright meets with Croatian presidential candidates
  • Actor Dragan Zaric dies

News Summary

Sloga Presidency holds session on Sloga stability, support to Dodik and justice Arsovic

The Sloga Coalition Presidency held a session in Banja Luka on Wednesday. Members of the presidency concluded that the cohesion and stability of the Sloga Coalition was preserved. Sloga supports Dodik’s government and the decision of BiH Constitutional Court Vice-president Marko Arsovic to resign. The Sloga presidency supports respect of the legality and constitutionality of RS institutions. Radisic, Plavsic and Dodik claim that Sloga remains united. Plavsic stated that Sloga should respect the interests of citizens. Dodik regrets tensions in the RS initiated by the decision of RS Vice-president Mirko Sarovic to assume presidential duties. Plavsic hopes that the citizens will get a President at the upcoming parliamentary elections. Dodik considers the attitude of the OHR on Silajdzic’s requests to be too passive. Dodik also believes that the International Community will be partially responsible for eventual problems should it support Silajdzic.

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NGO Reporters Without Borders protests against confiscation of Reporter magazine

The NGO Reporters Without Borders protested against the confiscation of copies of Banja Luka magazine Reporter at the Serbia-Montenegrin border. On Monday morning, Serbian police confiscated copies of the Podgorica Reporter. The publisher plans to give a free copy of edition number 92 to anyone who buys number 93.

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