OHR RTRS News Summary, 25 November 1999

News Headlines

  • RS Government holds session in Banja Luka
  • RS Government against formation of joint BiH Army, but supports establishment of central passport registry office at BiH state level
  • Petritsch supports BiH Presidency acceptance of BiH Border Service Law
  • Law of RS Citizenship in accordance with BiH Constitution – OHR
  • RS Army General Radislav Krstic rejects new indictment raised against him at ICTY
  • RS Constitutional Court rejects initiative for explanation of constitutionality of decision on RS healthcare
  • SPRS holds press conference in Banja Luka
  • Demand for special session of RS National Assembly legitimate, but not legal – SPRS Envoy Momir Malic
  • Radisic should explain New York Declaration to RS National Assembly – Malic
  • SDS holds press conference in Banja Luka
  • SDS requests extraordinary session of RS National Assembly to receive information on New York Declaration – SDS Presidency Chairman Dragan Kalinic
  • SRS holds press conference in Banja Luka
  • SRS condemns signing of New York Declaration – SRS General Secretary Ognjen Tadic
  • Serb Party of RS press release
  • All RS pensioners to receive 50 kilograms of flour
  • Workers of Srpski Brod Refinery want to continue operations
  • RS Government says that 21 November should be BiH Statehood Day because Dayton Agreement was signed then, while 25 November was official holiday of Socialist Republic of BiH
  • Bosniak civil servants in Brcko multiethnic administration take day off on 25 November
  • SACEUR Wesley Clark visits US soldiers in Tuzla
  • Drvar authorities do not accept birth certificate of Drvar citizens issued in Serb Drvar
  • Claims for return and purchase of apartments in Livno Municipality
  • Unknown person attacks IC vehicle near Klina, Kosovo
  • KFOR arrests one person in Istok – KFOR
  • French Government to donate 4,000 tons of heating oil to Kosovo schools – Kouchner
  • French Defense Minister meets with Ibrahim Rugova to discuss Kosovo Protection Corps
  • World news
  • Heating oil for opposition towns of Nis and Pirot delayed on border between Macedonia and Yugoslavia
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Weather
  • Delegation of WWII Veterans visits ZAVNOBiH Museum in Mrkonjic Grad
  • Civilian injured in Pec – KFOR spokesperson Jirgens
  • Kosovo Albanian and Serb envoys fail to reach agreement on local autonomy for Kosovska Mitrovica
  • Euro-Corps wants to command and lead IC troops in Kosovo
  • 350,000 Kosovo citizens not living in their own houses – UNHCR
  • ICTY prosecutors request maximum sentence for Goran Jelisic
  • Yugoslav officials condemn French Intelligence Service assassination attempt on Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic

News Summary

Serb Party of RS press release

The Serb Party of the RS commented on the OSCE Provisional Election Commission’s decision to prohibit the participation of this party in the upcoming local elections in BiH. The Serb Party considers that no one can be punished twice for the same offense. It stated that its president, Predrag Lazarevic, has been punished for supposedly organizing a protest rally at the funeral of Banja Luka Mufti Ibrahim Halilovic in August 1998. The IC used identical reasoning to condition the registration of the Serb Party of the RS for the upcoming BiH local elections. The reduction of the number of candidates could influence the results of BiH local elections, said the Serb Party of the RS.

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Claims for return and purchase of apartments in Livno Municipality

The Livno Housing Service Fund has received a total of 570 claims to purchase socially owned flats. A total of 120 apartments have been bought, while the realization of another 230 is nearing completion. Citizens bought back 90 apartments with privatization certificates and 30 with cash. The Livno Housing Service Fund has a total of 1,270 apartments under its control in the Livno area.

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