07.04.2000

OHR RTRS News Summary, 7 April 2000

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News Headlines

  • Krajisnik pleads not guilty in The Hague, Belgrade lawyer Igor Pantelic is representing Krajisnik
  • OSCE Head of Mission to BiH Robert Barry press conference in Sarajevo
  • RS Government invites all RS citizens to participate in local election
  • Local election is as important as other elections – Petritsch
  • 1,300 Banja Luka and 190 IPTF police officers to provide security for polling stations in Banja Luka – IPTF spokesperson Alun Roberts
  • 148 polling stations plus eight for absentee voting in Banja Luka, preparations for election in Banja Luka completed – Banja Luka Local Election Commission
  • Preparations for local election in RS complete – RS local election commissions report
  • RT RS polls citizens in Banja Luka, Prijedor, Srpsko Sarajevo, Trebinje and Bijeljina if will they participate in local election, majority say yes
  • Dodik meets with Director of Office for Implementation of Dayton Agreement, David de Lini
  • Spain to give $15 million for reconstruction of Banja Luka Clinical Center, railroads and phone network
  • Dodik visits Rehabilitation Center ‘Miroslav Zlotovic’ in Banja Luka
  • OHR presents draft law on forests to BiH Federation Government
  • 310 cars in Livno illegal registered – BiH Federation Customs Authority
  • Yugoslav Committee for UN Cooperation sends note of protest to UN Security Council due to violent behavior of KFOR during weapons collection actions
  • KFOR distributes pamphlet explaining its operation in Gracanica, Kosovo
  • KFOR confirms that Swedish KFOR soldier injured Kosovo Serb in Gracanica
  • Kosovo Serb National Council Executive Council Head Momcilo Trajkovic condemns injury of Kosovo Serb in Gracanica
  • Kosovo Albanians stop their repatriation to Kosovo from Australia by filing charges with Australian judiciary
  • Swiss Government to repatriate 40,000 Kosovo Albanians to Kosovo – Swiss Justice Minister
  • Gypsy National Community of Kosovo celebrates 7 April as International Day of Gypsies, they send information on abuse and suffering of Gypsies in Kosovo to UN
  • Civilian dies in fire in Novi Sad University building
  • Novi Sad police arrest five persons suspected of setting Novi Sad University building on fire
  • Radio Station 021, Radio Signal and TV Duga destroyed in University building fire
  • World news
  • Carla Del Ponte does not confirm statement by Deputy Prosecutor Graham Blewitt to Zagreb daily Jutarnji List that there are secret indictments for Oluja military operation
  • Serb Orthodox Church celebrates Blagovesti holiday
  • Culture
  • Sports and Weather
  • Pre-election silence from 7:00 on Friday to 19:00 on Saturday, and preliminary results of local election by Monday – OSCE
  • RS economic delegation completes visit to Germany
  • General situation of human rights in Yugoslavia is bad – Belgrade Center for Human Rights Director Vojin Dimitrijevic
  • Albanians from Kosovo, Macedonia, Albania and Montenegro meet with Kosovo Serbs and representatives of Serbian opposition parties hold meeting in Budapest organized by American Foundation Project for Ethnic Relation
  • Kosovo Serb National Council (SNV) adviser Aleksandar Vidojevic says that Kosovo SNV should re-examine its participation in Kosovo Administrative Council after Kosovo Serb wounded in Gracanica
  • World news
  • Culture
  • Banja Luka University Head Dragoljub Mirjanic meets with European Association of Deans’ expert Alojz Kralj to discuss development of university faculties in RS
  • New book for Banja Luka medicine faculty published Sports and weather