27.08.2000

OHR RTRS News Summary, 27 August 2000

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News Headlines:

  • Fires raging in RS (Ozren, Trebinje, Doboj, Nevesinje)
  • Fires raging in Montenegro and Croatia
  • IC will fill budget coffers in BiH one last time – US Special Envoy Richard Sclar, mentioning that corruption and smuggling are linked to budgetary deficits in both BiH entities
  • Yugoslav custom officials did not allow RS Tourism and Trade Minister Nikola Kragulj to cross border into Yugoslavia on private visit
  • 34 bodies of Serb civilian victims of war exhumed in Sarajevo, Konjic and Gorazde, and 27 successfully identified in Sarajevo
  • President of International Commission for Missing Persons Bob Dole to meet with members of BiH Presidency in Sarajevo on Monday
  • Victims of WWII German concentration and forced labor camps can submit claims for compensation to International Organization for Migration Office in Sarajevo
  • 300 Serbs attend religious requiem in Vozuca, BiH Federation, the first time since war ended, no incidents reported
  • Family home of Serb returnees Aleksa and Milana Maric in Livno attacked several times with stones
  • Stambolic attorney Nikola Barovic says no state media in Serbia reported story on Stambolic disappearance, who went missing on Friday
  • Election Commission for Montenegrin Electoral Unit confirms seven candidate lists registered for upcoming Yugoslav elections
  • Serb boy killed and four injured in hit and run by unknown vehicle in village of Skulenovo near Lipljan, Kosovo
  • 500 Kosovo Serbs hold protest rally in village of Skulenovo following hit and run
  • Kosovo Serb National Council condemns incident in village Skulenovo
  • US State Department envoy for Kosovo John Menses criticizes violence in Kosovo, adding assessment that its escalation must stemmed before elections
  • Kouchner says his biggest success would be to stop violence before, during and after local elections in Kosovo
  • World news
  • Problems of gynecology clinics in RS
  • Problems in Banja Luka transport company Autoprevoz
  • Traditional festival ‘Kocicevi Dani’ held in Stricici, and Dodik and RS Government delegation attend
  • Sports and weather