SRNA News Roundup /I/ - September 17, 2024

REPUBLIKA SRPSKA BANJA LUKA, SEPTEMBER 17 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik has said that pensioners in Banja Luka must not lose their right to public transportation due to the irresponsibility of any individual and that he has decided to allocate the necessary funds to immediately resolve this issue. BELGRADE, SEPTEMBER 16 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik emphasized that he is not an enemy of the West or anyone else, but rather a fighter for freedom, and that he does not allow decisions that are harmful to Republika Srpska to be made. BELGRADE, SEPTEMBER 16 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik has said that foreigners are bothered by the determination with which he acts, but that despite Republika Srpska's capacity, he behaves as if he is the president of Russia. BELGRADE, SEPTEMBER 16 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik has said that it is necessary to strengthen the alliance and unity between Republika Srpska and Serbia, thereby protecting the Serbian national community wherever it is found. BANJA LUKA, SEPTEMBER 17 /SRNA/ - Since 2020, the Ministry of Administration and Local Self-Government of Republika Srpska has allocated, invested, or directed BAM 22 million to local communities. By the end of the year, a second installment of a transfer totaling BAM 1.5 million is planned to be distributed to underdeveloped municipalities, according to the Ministry. BANJA LUKA, SEPTEMBER 17 /SRNA/ - The assemblies of local communities make decisions regarding the acquisition, management, and disposal of property. Any other decision or action represents a violation of the law and misleads citizens into believing that land plots can be allocated without compensation, according to the Republika Srpska Attorney General's Office. BANJA LUKA, SEPTEMBER 17 /SRNA/ - It is necessary to accelerate the formation of a specialized team in Republika Srpska to identify more than 600 exhumed remains in the memorial ossuaries in Banja Luka, Nevesinje, and East Sarajevo, said Marko Grabovac, president of the Organization for the Search of Killed Soldiers and Missing Civilians from Brod. EAST SARAJEVO, SEPTEMBER 17 /SRNA/ - His Eminence Metropolitan of Dabar-Bosnia, Hrizostom, said today that Saint Peter of Dabar-Bosnia could have saved himself, but chose to remain and share the terrible fate with his Serbian compatriots in Sarajevo, which was intended for them by the Ustashe. BANJA LUKA, SEPTEMBER 17 /SRNA/ - River levels are slightly rising in Republika Srpska, but no sudden rises that would lead to flooding are expected, Milan Gavrić, Assistant Minister for Water Management, told SRNA. BiH BELGRADE, SEPTEMBER 17 /SRNA/ - The president of the Alliance of Serbs from the Region, Miodrag Linta, has said that dragging the trial of the commander of the Fifth Corps of the so-called Army of BiH, Atif Dudaković, and others for mass crimes against the Serbian people, as well as the lack of prosecution of crimes against Serbs at numerous other sites, confirm that the Court of BiH is politically motivated and serves the interests of Bosniak politics. FEDERATION OF BiH SARAJEVO, SEPTEMBER 17 /SRNA/ - Pensioners of the Federation of BiH /FBiH/ are protesting in front of the Federal Government building in Sarajevo to express their dissatisfaction with their social position, while a meeting of their representatives with the FBiH Government delegation is underway. SERBIA BELGRADE, SEPTEMBER 16 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik has said that Kosovo and Metohija is of the highest state interest to the Serbs, and emphasized that the approach to the southern Serbian province and Serbia's positioning on the international stage have changed during Aleksandar Vučić's term. BELGRADE, SEPTEMBER 17 /SRNA/ - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vulin has said that it would be best for the USA to refrain from attempting to rule Serbia, and especially from supporting violence of the Prime Minister of self-declared Kosovo, Aljbin Kurti, against Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija. BELGRADE, SEPTEMBER 17 /SRNA/ - Serbian Minister of Culture Nikola Selaković has said that the use of Cyrillic script in Serbia is decreasing year by year and that the national script is under threat, adding that there is consideration of introducing a bi-script keyboard in the public sector. BELGRADE, SEPTEMBER 17 /SRNA/ - Head of the Emergency Situations Sector of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Serbia, Luka Čaušić, said today that most of the rainwater across Europe will not head towards Serbia, but rather will move towards the north. However, they will monitor the water levels of the Danube. REGION BUDAPEST, SEPTEMBER 17 /SRNA/ - The Serbian Orthodox Church /SOC/ and its churches are the foundation and cornerstone of Serbdom in Budapest, and the full churches during liturgies and the growing interest of students in Serbian schools are the result of the intensive work, cooperation, and support from Republika Srpska officials and friendly relations with the Hungarian authorities, Archpriest Zoran Ostojić, Episcopal Dean for Budim in the Church of St. George the Great Martyr, told SRNA. ZAGREB, SEPTEMBER 17 /SRNA/ - The river levels in Croatia are rising, and the peak water level is expected in the next seven to ten days. However, there will not be situations similar to those in Central European cities, said Zoran Đuroković, director of "Croatian Waters.” 2024 ELECTIONS BANJA LUKA, SEPTEMBER 17 /SRNA/ - SNSD president Milorad Dodik emphasized that the SNSD fully supports the candidacy of Nikola Šobot for the mayor of Banja Luka as the only one who brings new quality and positive change. In contrast, PDP candidate Draško Stanivuković, who as mayor collaborated with the government and the President of Republika Srpska, is nervous and resorts to fabrications and lies. BANJA LUKA, SEPTEMBER 16 /SRNA/ - SNSD vice-president Željka Cvijanović endorsed Bojan Bakalo, a candidate for a member of the Banja Luka City Assembly. PRIJEDOR, SEPTEMBER 16 /SRNA/ - The People’s Party of Srpska /NPS/ fully endorses the SNSD candidate for the mayor of Prijedor, Slobodan Javor, and expects to have a councilor club in the new City Assembly, it was said on Monday evening at a party rally in the local community of Gomjenica near Prijedor. TESLIĆ, SEPTEMBER 16 /SRNA/ - The SNSD candidate for the mayor of Teslić, Nedeljko Kerić, has said that this municipality must be open to cooperation with both the republic and joint institutions at the level of BiH to accelerate its socio-economic development. RIBNIK, SEPTEMBER 17 /SRNA/ - The SNSD candidate for the mayor of Ribnik, Duško Dakić, has said that Ribnik needs financial and political stability, as well as a stable economic sector and that only the SNSD with its personnel can provide this at the moment, with a policy dedicated to building a modern local community. DRVAR, SEPTEMBER 17 /SRNA/ - The SNSD candidate for the mayor of Drvar, Dušica Runić, has said that creating new job opportunities and the economic strengthening of the citizens should be a priority in the coming period. BIJELJINA, SEPTEMBER 16 /SRNA/ - The leader of the SNSD list of candidates for the Bijeljina City Assembly Bojan Savić said on Monday evening that the focus of politics must be shifted to developing the potential that Bijeljina has. BRČKO, SEPTEMBER 16 /SRNA/ - The leader of the Socialist Party Petar Đokić said that the special status Brčko has in the region is an opportunity that should be seized and that the district should be a place where people come and invest. VIŠEGRAD, SEPTEMBER 16 /SRNA/ - Citizens of Višegrad will surely choose the path of development, and this local community will become a dynamic city that will gladly welcome tourists, it was said on Monday evening at the DNS rally in Višegrad. UGLJEVIK, SEPTEMBER 16 /SRNA/ - The SDS candidate for the mayor of Ugljevik, Vasilije Perić, has said that after the local elections, this party will continue the implementation of projects and the development of the municipality. GRADIŠKA, SEPTEMBER 16 /SRNA/ - The SDP BiH expects to receive the trust of citizens of Gradiška and become a parliamentary party in the City Assembly after the local elections, said the party president Nermin Nikšić at a campaign rally in the city.