OHR RTRS News Summary, 22 January 2000

News Headlines

  • Cardinal Puljic officiates at mass in Sarajevo Cathedral calling for unity of Christians
  • SNSD holds session to discuss democratic processes in RS and two-year work of RS Government
  • RS Association of War Invalids holds session in Ugljevik
  • Banja Luka Police Academy cadets complete theoretical part of training
  • RS and BiH Federation Refugee and DP ministers, Dragicevic and Garib, and Gorazde authorities reach agreement on return of refugees now living in Kopaci
  • US Embassy invites BiH authorities to accelerate return of minorities
  • Sarajevo-based Serb Civic Council (SGV) warns that Sarajevo Canton data on minority return untrue
  • OHR Anti-Fraud Unit to follow fight against corruption very closely – OHR
  • International officials visit Orahovac and Velike Hoca
  • Serbian National Council member Rada Trajkovic accuses Milosevic of betraying Kosovo
  • Serbian Helsinki Board for Human Rights demands that Justice Ministry release all untried Kosovo Albanians
  • Final solution for Kosovo would probably be similar to status of RS in BiH – President of Pristina Center for Humanist Studies Malici
  • Belgrade police name Arkan’s murderers
  • DAN Coalition holds constitutive session in Belgrade
  • Croatian presidential candidates hold final rallies
  • Seven prime ministers of countries neighboring Yugoslavia and EU and NATO delegations meet in Bulgaria to discuss sanctions against Yugoslavia
  • World News
  • RS fuel imports
  • RS Customs Authority confiscates 100 cartons of cigarettes in Prijedor
  • Sports
  • Weather
  • Radisic says BiH on road to understanding and prosperity
  • Dobrosav Garicic, suspect in Arkan murder, no longer in Zvornik hospital – hospital officials
  • Reactions of Serbian politicians to police actions in Arkan case

News Summary

Croatian presidential candidates hold final rallies

Croatian presidential candidates held final pre-election rallies throughout Croatia. The pre-election period of silence begins at midnight and will last until the polling stations close on Monday, January 24 at 20:00 hours. According to an IMC decision, BiH electronic media will also have to respect the election silence period.

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