06.11.1999

OHR RTRS News Summary, 6 November 1999

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News Headlines

  • Dodik and Greek Ambassador to BiH open elementary school in Aleksandrovac, near Laktasi
  • Greek Government invested DM 3.5 million in construction of school in Aleksandrovac
  • Dodik and Greek Ambassador to BiH hold joint press conference
  • Dismissal of RT RS Director Kozomara is decision of RS Government and it will be respected – Dodik
  • SRNA stops wiring news to RT RS
  • CD Coalition request to enter RS Government legitimate – Sarovic
  • Central European Initiative (CEI) priority to be Kosovo and BiH over next two years – conclusions of CEI Summit just ended in Prague
  • Sniper fires on Serb car near Kosovska Mitrovica, driver killed – BETA
  • One Serb injured in Gornji Strmac, Kosovo
  • KFOR investigates bomb blast in Kosovska Mitrovica
  • 2,000 Serbs protest UN decision to dismiss Hospital Director in Kosovska Mitrovica
  • Two Albanians attack elderly Serb in Gnjilane, Kosovo
  • Albanians in Radivojci stone Serb convoy
  • Situation in Kosovo difficult and worrying – Russia and China
  • Kouchner requests $1 million for salaries of Kosovo Albanian officials
  • EU condemns ethnic violence in Kosovo
  • Patriarch Pavle and student ‘Resistance’ movement discuss situation in Serbia
  • General elections in Serbia must be held under OSCE supervision – Petritsch
  • Montenegrin decision on monetary system not legitimate – Yugoslav Finance Minister
  • Montenegrin Monetary Council to accept selected amount of Dinars from Serbia
  • Yugoslav Army Chief of Staff Ojdanic blames Yugoslav officials for poor material state of Yugoslav Army
  • Jordan donates 9 ambulances to BiH Federation health institutions
  • HDZ Sarajevo calls on political parties and IC to make efforts for Sarajevo not to become single-nation city
  • OHR Mostar Regional Head accuses Croat authorities in west Mostar, Capljina and Prozor of not fulfilling return plan
  • World news
  • Banja Luka University celebrates 24th anniversary
  • Banja Luka Food and Beverage Fair to end 7 November
  • NATO, Kosovo Serb and Albanian representatives discuss situation in Kosovska Mitrovica
  • Bulgarian and Romanian Presidents and Greek Prime Minister call on people of Kosovo to respect UN Kosovo Resolution
  • Kosovo and Yugoslav examples show IC has double standards toward human suffering – Papandreou
  • UN Orahovac Administrator agrees with local authorities to provide greater freedom of movement for Serbs
  • Bishops of Raska-Prizren Church visit 11 Serbs in KFOR prison in Prizren
  • Sports
  • Weather

News Summary

SRNA stops wiring news to RT RS

SRNA acting Director Dragan Davidovic decided to stop wiring news to RT RS. In an explanation Davidovic stated that the SRNA news report on the RS Government dismissing RT RS General Director Andjelko Kozomara, a story confirmed by RS Information Minister Rajko Vasic, was misinformation and an attempt by International RT RS Administrator Dragan Gasic to destabilize RT RS.

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CD Coalition request to enter RS Government legitimate – Sarovic

RS Vice-president Mirko Sarovic, in an interview to Dnevni Avaz, said that the CD Coalition request for Bosniaks to enter the RS Government is completely legitimate. He added that the request of the SDS and SRS was also legitimate. Sarovic said that RS Prime Minister Milorad Dodik has been squeezed between the two sides and that he now had to decide whether he would create a multiethnic government or a government of Serb national unity. In Sarovic’s opinion, Dodik is now leading a minority government by using both sides against the middle, but gives nothing in return. According to him, it is obvious that the system can no longer function like this. He believes that the Bosniaks should enter the RS Government, however, questions remain as to when and in what form. Commenting on division within the SDS and rumors it would divide into two parties, he said that the SDS is a big party that believes the situation in RS must be treated realistically. According to rumors, Momcilo Krajisnik leads one of the SDS factions, while the other is lead by Dragan Cavic and Mirko Sarovic. Sarovic added that the RS has made progress in cooperation with the ICTY, adding that persons on public indictment lists are not receiving state protection. Sarovic concluded that the authorities would require the publication of secret indictment lists because certain people could then turn themselves in voluntarily.

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