28.08.2000

OHR RTRS News Summary, 28 August 2000

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News Headlines:

  • International Commission for Missing Persons Chairman Bob Dole opens Institute for Missing Persons in Sarajevo
  • Dole, Radisic and Jelavic discuss establishment of Institute for Missing Persons – Jelavic advisor Veso Vegar
  • BiH Foreign Ministry representatives and Dole sign declaration of support to Institute for Missing Persons
  • RS Government will respect RS National Assembly decision on harmonizing pensions with average salaries until new law on pension-disability insurance (PIO) is adopted – RS Pensioners’ Association during meeting with Dodik
  • June pensions not yet paid in Brcko due to Brcko District debts to RS PIO Fund
  • 50-KM electricity coupons for pensioners are reportedly sold for cash money; power to pensioners could be turned off if they sell their coupons – Elektrokrajina Banja Luka power utility
  • US Government sets aside additional $5.1 million for minority returns in BiH
  • Dodik opens newly constructed 18-km road from Donji Vrbljani to Gornji Ribnik
  • Decision on green cards expected to be suspended within 48 hours – RS Insurance Bureau and Association of Yugoslav Insurance Agents
  • Three new fires reported on Mt. Ozren; Doboj authorities mobilize population older than 16 to fight fires
  • Fire spreading onto Mt. Leotar
  • Fire in Zvornik still burning, but under control
  • Fires raging around Srebrenica region
  • Srbac firefighters put out six fires
  • 10 firefighters injured on Mt. Vlasic
  • BiH Central Bank opens branch office in Brcko
  • BiH Central Bank decides to establish clearing houses in BiH – Bank Governor Nicholl
  • RS Privatization Agency will soon announce completion of privatization voucher distribution
  • Of 637 criminal charges in RS this year, only 313 resolved – RS Prosecutor Vojislav Dimitrijevic
  • SPRS supports Serbian Government intention to suspend entry visas for RS citizens
  • PDP initiates examination of constitutionality of BiH Federation Law on Purchase of Apartments – Party Vice President Branko Dokic
  • BiH Federation Interior Ministry arrests Dominik Ilijasevic on war crimes charges
  • Five Serbs indicted for war crimes and being tried by ICTY, deny all charges
  • Sarajevo hosts conference on illegal migration across BiH borders
  • Three boys injured in hit and run in Skulanovo out of danger – Kosovska Mitrovica doctors
  • Ortu=F1o assesses incident in Skulanovo as tragedy
  • KFOR announces it will increase number of mobile patrols in central Kosovo
  • Trepca workers peacefully protest KFOR takeover of plant in Zvecani, Kosovo
  • No information on mysterious disappearance of former Serbian Presidency President Ivan Stambolic
  • Stambolic’s lawyer Nikola Barovic denies reports that Stambolic was found dead
  • Yugoslav pro-regime (Milosevic’s) media have not reported on Stambolic disappearance – Barovic
  • Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS) to officially start election campaign on 1 September
  • Yugoslavia and Russia sign free trade agreement
  • World news
  • Patriarch Pavle serves Assumption Day liturgy in Umcari, Serbia
  • Orthodox faithful in RS celebrate Assumption Day
  • St. Ilija Church in Bistrica near Prijedor celebrates 100th anniversary of founding
  • Sports
  • Weather