OHR RTRS News Summary, 8 October 1999

News Headlines

  • Special RS National Assembly session to be held 10 October – Djokic
  • Djokic meets with European Congressional local and regional authorities
  • Dodik opens Trebinje-Herceg Novi route
  • Radisic meets with Prnjavor authorities
  • BiH Border Commission holds session in Sarajevo
  • Srebrenica Municipality Deputy Mayor condemns attack on Municipal Secretary
  • US Embassy condemns incident in Srebrenica
  • SRS and Serb Party of Krajina and Posavina must re-register by 22 October – Stiglmayer
  • Serb Coalition for RS holds press conference on removal of offensive text from schoolbooks
  • Criminal charges raised against workers of Srpski Brod refinery
  • Return of refugees to Brcko increasing due to humanitarian assistance
  • Sanski Most local police seize former Mayor Alagic’s passport to prevent his departure abroad – UN IPTF spokesperson Alun Roberts
  • Haselock on investment in BiH media
  • Klein holds press conference on Leutar case
  • Financial transactions between RS and BiH Federation exclusively in KM
  • Withdrawal of Kuna from circulation in BiH Federation would not have significant impact on Croatia – Croatian National Bank
  • BiH Federation Government session canceled due to boycott of Bosnian Croats
  • HDZ BiH suspends talks with SDA on Mostar problems until acceptance of Travnik division
  • Body of ethnic Albanian Kosovar Bahrami found near Kosovska Mitrovica
  • Three members of Kosovo Protection Corps arrested in Orahovac – KFOR
  • General Reinhardt takes over top KFOR post from Jackson
  • Bildt meets with Bishop Artemije and Serbian Resistance Movement President Trajkovic
  • Future status of Kosovo will primarily depend on surrounding area – Bildt
  • Bishop Artemije and Trajkovic to meet with Annan
  • Kosovo Albanians meet with Kouchner in Pristina – BETA
  • Two British citizens released from Vranje prison – AP
  • UN does not agree on how to provide safe environment for work of institutions in Kosovska Mitrovica
  • Belgrade City Assembly adopts declaration demanding Milosevic’s resignation
  • World News
  • Autumn harvest to be realized according to plan
  • RS trade, agriculture and tobacco producers meet with Yugoslav tobacco producers in Bijeljina
  • Third International Automobile Fair SAM 99 opens in Banja Luka
  • Sports
  • Dodik visits Nevesinje
  • RS and Montenegrin municipality unions sign cooperation contract in Visegrad
  • Explosion in Travnik
  • HN Canton raises charges against nine Croat officials
  • Red Cross and Red Crescent conclude roundtable devoted to elderly people
  • Incident between US and Russian soldiers in Vrbovac
  • No freedom of movement in northern Kosovo – UN
  • Pec Patriarchy receives aid
  • European Council Secretary Fratello appeals to western countries to stop humanitarian catastrophe in Serbia
  • Independent Journalists’ Association sends letter to Kouchner expressing concern over threats to two Albanian reporters
  • No stability in region without stable Serbia – Hombach
  • Dienstbier concludes visit to Serbia
  • Weather

News Summary

Haselock on investment in BiH media

Deputy High Representative for Media Issues Simon Haselock told Radio Free Europe that all the money the International Community is investing in BiH media is not always as coordinated as it should be. He added that they agree on the policy that should regulate this sector and earmark key and strategic aims for investment. The OHR organizes meetings with agencies managing donor funds twice a week, while meetings with principal donors, at which general media policy is decided, are held every six weeks.

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