OHR RTRS News Summary, 8 November 2000

RT RS News Headlines:

  • There is still uncertainty as to who is the new US president; new vote count must be carried out in State of Florida
  • Dr Filip Turcinovic, Banja Luka University professor of International law and Foreign Affairs, says course of US foreign policy will not change, regardless who is new US president
  • BiH Presidency Chairman Zivko Radisic says he was preparing congratulatory note to Bush but stopped after hearing latest news on re-count (00:30)
  • “I do not expect big changes from new US administration in its position on BiH” – BiH Foreign Minister Jadranko Prlic (00:28)
  • RS Government earmarks KM 12 million to pay pensions
  • Pensioners continue their protests throughout RS demanding payment of at least two of six overdue pensions; pensioners demand payments by 9 November
  • RS healthcare workers put moratorium on their strike in period from 9 to 14 November due to November elections – RS Healthcare Syndicate
  • RS Independent Syndicate of Railway Engineers ends strike; they receive back salaries but demand to replace top rail management not fulfilled
  • RS Prime Minister Milorad Dodik inaugurates customs terminal at Gradiska border crossing into service (00:55)
  • RS Commission for Missing Persons exhumes eight more bodies of Serb civilians at Lav cemetery in Sarajevo – Commission member Slobodan Avlijas
  • Monuments and memorials dedicated to fallen Serb soldiers and civilians desecrated in Prijedor, Milici and Gorazde
  • Council of Europe convenes session in Strasbourg and, among other, will discuss current situation in Yugoslavia
  • Valjevo Correctional Institutions inmates start riot on Wednesday
  • SPS Serbia General Secretary Zoran Andjelkovic denies claims that Milosevic will not run in SPS presidential race at party’s special election convention on 25 November
  • 10 persons found dead under landslide that fell on Podgorica-Kolasin route in Montenegro
  • If Tudjman were alive now, he would be indicted for war crimes – ICTY Deputy Prosecutor Graham Blewitt (00:23)
  • World news
  • EASC told Silajdzic clearly that his explanation for Party for BiH’s slogan “BiH without Entities” is unacceptable – OSCE spokesman Luke Zahner
  • PEC orders SDS and PDP to return donations of KM 40,000 and KM 50,000 to donors within seven days or face sanctions; PEC says individuals and companies cannot donate more than 3,656 KM (00:23)
  • Election blackout period in BiH starts on 10 November at 7:00
  • Total of 700 polling stations to open on 11 November in BiH – OSCE
  • SPRS holds main rally in Banja Luka; party officials say they support team work that will benefit RS (00:20)
  • DSP holds election rally in Banja Luka; officials say this party is offering better future to RS (00:28)
  • RS Academy of Arts and Sciences Presidency discuss preparations of draft law on BiH Law on Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Banja Luka University Chancellor Dragoljub Mirjanic presents charter to Milorad Dodik thanking RS Government for special contribution it made to University of Banja Luka (00:33)
  • RS Urban Planning Institute receives three awards at Nis Fair for Urban Planning
  • Patriarch Pavle serves liturgy to mark St. Dimitrije Day in Zemun, Belgrade
  • Sports
  • Weather