News Headlines
- Ljubisa Savic ‘Mauzer’ buried in Kovacici cemetery near Bijeljina
- BiH Parliament House of People accepts several agreements and draft laws
- Three months after signing of Dodik-Picula Return Agreement, significant improvement achieved – conclusion of meeting between Croatian and RS Government delegations
- UN spokesman Roberts says that no progress has been made since signing of Dodik-Picula Agreement
- 19 Serb families return to Dubrovnik area
- Swiss aid agency SDC supports reconstruction of houses in Ljubija, RS
- RS Government to give loans to companies with export contracts – RS Government and RS General Syndicate reach agreement
- RS Defense Minister Milovanovic and strike board of Remont Institute Bratunac meet in Banja Luka
- Agriculture is opportunity for RS – participants at ‘Days of Wheat Fields’ Festival in Banja Luka conclude
- BiH Central Bank presents 1.6-million-euro project to support BiH banking system
- Jelavic not satisfied with position of new Croatian Government on Croats in BiH
- 153 houses for returnees in Glamoc to be reconstructed – conclusion of meeting of IC representatives in Glamoc
- Bosna Prevoz-Doboj Company workers block Travnik-Maglaj road
- Kosovo Serb National Council delegation meets with foreign diplomats at UN in New York
- Annan says that Kosovo Albanians are conducting terror campaign against Kosovo Serbs
- Russian Defense Minister Sergeyev expresses concern over situation in Kosovo and possible conflict in southern Serbia
- OSCE and UNHCR report states that Serbs and Roma (Gypsies) are not free in Kosovo
- Kosovo Albanians hold protest meeting in Pristina to demand liberation of friends and relatives in Serbian prisons
- World news
- Solana visits Croatia for talks on conditions for this country’s participation in European integration
- World news
- OHR and OSCE Mission to BiH consider that SNS presidential issue should be resolved in court
- SDS considers that Silajdzic and his Party for BiH are unacceptable for cooperation because of Silajdzic’s statement that Fascist projects in the RS reappeared at the local elections (referring to SDS popularity)
- DPS RS President Radic says that if Dodik resigns, many bad things could happen for RS
- PDP supports power sharing in Banja Luka authority between SDS, PDP and SNSD
- Radical Party of RS denies allegations that it has dismissed some its officials
- Banja Luka police confirm Cavic pressed charges against senior RS Customs Authority officials, and decide to provide security for Cavic and his brother but refuse to raise the charges
- RS Telecom starts roaming in BiH with PTT BiH
- Sports and weather
- Yugoslav Government releases 16 Kosovo Albanians prisoners
- Russian Foreign Minister Ivanov states that non-cooperation of the Yugoslav leadership allows the West to continue with its policy of isolation (sanctions)
- Book by Professor Novic Petkovic promoted in Banja Luka
- Students of Banja Luka Music Academy hold their annual concert
(This excerpt is taken from the daily report of the IMC-led Joint Media Monitoring Group (JMMG)).