OHR RTRS News Summary, 20 September 2000

News Headlines:

  • RS Government supports signing of Memorandum of Understanding between RS Government and BiH Federation on assistance to Brcko District regarding return of refugees, economy and mine clearance
  • RS National Assembly (RS NA) adopts Law on RS Pension and Disability Insurance (PIO), draft Law on Labor, and draft Law on Labor Inspection
  • 13th session of RS NA was very productive – Djokic
  • RS NA showed that it presents factor of stabilization in RS – NA Vice-President Jovan Mitrovic
  • Adoption of laws by RS NA is important step in establishing legal framework in RS – RS Vice-President Ostoja Kremenovic
  • RS NA adopts several laws in 13th session despite different political positions – SNSD member Krstan Simic
  • Adopted Law on PIO will face obstacles during implementation – DSP Vice-President Momir Malic
  • DNS is pleased with work of 13th session of RS NA – DNS spokesperson Ostoja Barasin
  • Second part of April pensions will be paid out in five days – RS PIO Fund Deputy Director Jovo Kosmajac
  • RS education workers will receive June salaries on 22 September – Finance Minister Novak Kondic
  • SPS-JUL holds central election rally in new Arena hall in Belgrade
  • DOS holds central election rally in front of Yugoslav Assembly building in Belgrade
  • SPS-JUL presidential candidate Slobodan Milosevic participates in election rally in Berane and tells Montenegrins to think about where they want to live
  • 32.5% citizens will vote for Kostunica, 26.6% for Milosevic, 7.2% for SRS presidential candidate Tomislav Nikolic, and 5.4% for SPO candidate Vojislav Kostunica – Strategic Marketing agency poll
  • Prince Aleksandar Karadjordjevic calls on Yugoslav citizens to participate in Sunday’s elections and to vote for DOS
  • If Milosevic stages elections, IC must be ready to cancel his legality – Clinton
  • Romanian Defense Ministry denies statement of Yugoslav Government that international military exercise held in Romania is related to elections in Yugoslavia
  • HVO General Ivan Andabak is main suspect in murder of BiH Federation Deputy Interior Minister Jozo Leutar – Jacques Klein
  • Croatian Interior Ministry spokesperson rejects Klein’s statement, saying that Andabak is suspected of drug trafficking
  • Petritsch supports preliminary results of investigation into Leutar’s murder
  • HDZ Vice President Ivic Pasalic’s bag containing documents related to ICTY investigation stolen from his car, no further details given
  • Recent arrest actions in BiH Federation would have taken less time if there had not been obstruction from Croat side in BiH Federation Interior Ministry – UN spokesperson Stefo Lehmann
  • UN Mission is concerned that 90 Serb houses in Bocinja were robbed after mujahedins were evicted from them – UN spokesperson Alun Roberts
  • Hand grenade explodes in northern Kosovska Mitrovica, no casualties reported – KFOR
  • Unknown person throws hand grenade at Kosovo Serb house in Kosovo Polje, no casualties reported
  • UNMIK is interrogating six Serbs arrested recently in Gracanica to see if they are members of Yugoslav Army special forces – UK KFOR
  • World news
  • RS Defense Minister Manojlo Milovanovic meets separately with US and Chinese Military Attachés to explain why RS does not support establishment of joint army in BiH
  • IMC presents campaign called ‘How to Make a Complaint’ explaining how citizens can lodge complaints concerning programming content of broadcasting media
  • 430 workers of Stanari coal mine go on general strike in protest against difficult social and economic position
  • Culture
  • Wreaths laid in Banja Luka in memory of unidentified Serbs exhumed after exodus from 13 Krajina municipalities
  • Dodik requests BiH Public Broadcast Service to provide live broadcasts from Sydney of matches played by Yugoslavia and Croatia, saying that RS Government received many such requests from citizens
  • Sports and weather