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- Council of Europe delegation meets with both houses of BiH Parliament, House of Representatives and House of Peoples, and IC officials in Sarajevo
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- Dodik and IMF Resident Director to BiH Juan Fernandez Ansola discuss RS fiscal policy
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- Plavsic hopes that Serb representatives in RS National Assembly will act responsibly during 11th RS National Assembly and, thereby, protect RS interests
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- SPRS Main Board refuses resignation of SPRS Caucus Leader in RS National Assembly Dragutin Ilic
- Dodik meets with German Foreign Ministry Department Head for Southeast Europe Michael Scheffer to discuss return of refugees
- OHR/OSCE condemn murder of Serb police officer in Drvar, murderer still at large – UN
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- Dienstbier meets with Yugoslav Committee for Human Rights and the Yugoslav Justice Minister
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- Yugoslav Army HQ Court of Honor deprives former Yugoslav Chief of Staff Momcilo Perisic of his reserve officer rank – BETA
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- German Foreign Ministry Department Head for Southeast Europe Michael Scheffer meets with SDS officials Cavic and Kalinic, and they discuss establishment of self-sustaining BiH common institutions that must be fully functioning in two years at the latest
- Montenegrin police reveal new details concerning Draskovic assassination attempt
- Serb hospital in Kosovska Mitrovica operating under difficult conditions because KFOR stopped assistance, KFOR says no assistance until they accept rule of Kosovo Interim Administrative Council – Tanjug
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News Summary
OHR/OSCE condemn murder of Serb police officer in Drvar, murderer still at large – UN
The OHR and OSCE condemned the killing of Serb police officer Ratko Sopic in Drvar on 19 June. UN spokesperson Stefo Lehman confirmed that the incident happened in front of a café. Croat DP Zvonimir Cabrajic, who also injured Croat police officer Borislav Miocevic, shot and killed Sopic. The murderer is currently at large. The local police, SFOR and IPTF have started a manhunt. At a press conference in Banja Luka, an SFOR spokesperson said that this was not a terrorist act. However, when asked whether the murder of an unarmed Serb police officer represents the continuation of human rights violations in Drvar, this international official answered by saying that this question should be answered by the IPTF. The RT RS presenter comments, saying that, “on the other hand, no IPTF officials were present at the conference, at all.”
01:00 (This excerpt is taken from the daily report of the IMC-led Joint Media Monitoring Group (JMMG)).