30.10.2000

OHR RTRS News Summary, 30 October 2000

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RT RS News Headlines:

  • RS Government proclaims official day of mourning on Monday following Saturday’s funeral of 99 bodies of unidentified Serb soldiers and civilians in Banja Luka city cemetery
  • Srbinje-based sawmill Maglic totally destroyed in fire late on Sunday
  • Dodik visits Maglic sawmill and promises financial aid to repair fire damage
  • 164kg of confiscated cocaine destroyed in Vrbas company in Banja Luka; IPTF, RS police and court officials witness destruction
  • US State Department praises successful cocaine bust in RS – RS Customs Authority head Dragoljub Trivanovic
  • RS National Assembly Speaker Djokic meets with Derventa officials to discuss economic and social problems, and return of Bosniaks and Croats to Derventa
  • RS Army will not unite with BiH Federation Army, not even by 2010 – RS Defence Minister Manojlo Milovanovic commenting on recent article in Sarajevo print media
  • Holding of Croat referendum at initiative of HDZ BiH on 11 November, same day as BiH general elections, would be violation of PEC Rules and Regulations – OSCE
  • Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly delegation to visit BiH from 9 to 12 November
  • RS Commission for Missing Persons discovers bodily remains dislocated from mass grave it is currently investigating at Sarajevo cemetery Lav
  • Celebration marking official opening of new mosque in Kozarusa, near Prijedor, held on Monday; BiH Inter-religious Council members, 15 ambassadors to BiH and IC envoys attend opening
  • New Yugoslav Federal Government will be established by 4 November
  • DOS elects its representatives to new Yugoslav Federal Government – DOS official Vladan Batic
  • New Yugoslav Government will recommend establishment of Federal Committee for Kosovo – DOS official Momcilo Trajkovic
  • First preliminary results of Kosovo local election will be published late on Monday – OSCE Kosovo
  • Serb National Council of Kosovo supports election victory of DSK and DSK President Ibrahim Rugova in Kosovo local elections
  • World news
  • All RS schools restarted classes on Monday – RS Branch Syndicate for Education
  • RS railroad workers on fourth day of their strike
  • RS Confederation of Syndicates President Cedo Volas holds talks with representatives of PDP, SDS, SNS, GDS and SDP BiH while RS Branch Syndicate for Leather Products and SNSD officials discuss economic and social status of workers
  • BORS Invest Fund established in Banja Luka; founder is RS Association of War Veterans
  • Certain foreign companies have expressed interest to invest in six largest companies in wood-processing sector in RS – RS Privatisation Agency
  • RS Army Service for Public Information and Notification celebrates 7th anniversary in Banja Luka
  • Culture
  • Sports and weather