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SRNA News Roundup /I/ April 18, 2024

REPUBLIKA SRPSKA BANJA LUKA, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - The President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik said that Srpska will not implement the resolution on Srebrenica, if it is adopted in the UN, and that he believes that today the National Assembly of Srpska will decide that Zlatko Lagumdžija cannot be the ambassador of BiH to the UN and to demand for him to be withdrawn. BANJA LUKA, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - The President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik said that Republika Srpska had always treated the events in Srebrenica as a place where a crime was committed, but that it was not true that a genocide was committed because the definition of genocide was not filled even in parts in Srebrenica. BANJA LUKA, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik said that more than 40 countries will not vote for the announced resolution on Srebrenica in the UN General Assembly. BANJA LUKA, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - The President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik said that he would not accept that the Serb people and generations to come were labeled as a genocidal nation. BANJA LUKA, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - The President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik said that Serbs have the right to defend themselves against untruths, especially lies based on politically motivated judgments that are not part of an objective presentation. BANJA LUKA, APRIL 17 /SRNA/ - Serb member of the Presidency of BiH Željka Cvijanović stated that messages of unity and commitment to the same goal - Republika Srpska - will be sent from the large public meeting in Banja Luka. BELGRADE, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - The President of the National Assembly of Republika Srpska Nenad Stevandić said that the Serbs will not allow themselves to be targeted as a nation, and that at tonight's rally "Srpska is calling you" in Banja Luka, the President of the National Assembly of Serbia Ana Brnabić and Minister of Labour, Employment, Veterans and Social Affairs Nikola Selaković as an envoy of the President of Serbia, will be present. BANJA LUKA, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - The Prime Minister of Republika Srpska Radovan Višković said that the Government, having accepted the Report of the Independent International Commission for Researching the Suffering of All Peoples in the Srebrenica Region from 1992-1995, wanted to obtain true data, which is not the wish of those who sponsor the resolution on Srebrenica in the UN. BANJA LUKA, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - Acting Director of the Republic Center for Research on War, War Crimes and Search for Missing Persons Viktor Nuždić proposed for the Parliament of Srpska to adopt the report of the Independent International Commission for Researching the Suffering of All Peoples in the Srebrenica Region in the Period 1992-1995. in which it is written that neither an individual crime of genocide nor genocide in general took place in Srebrenica. BANJA LUKA, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - Today, the Government of Republika Srpska accepted information on the activities of Srpska in the areas of regional and institutional cooperation in 2023, in which it is emphasized that the international framework of action was still conditioned by the complex situation at the global level, which had a significant impact on regional and international cooperation. BANJA LUKA, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - The Government of Republika Srpska adopted today the Action Plan for implementing the Strategy for the Development of the Industry of Srpska for the period 2024-2026. year for the realization of which BAM 357,665,766 is roughly predicted. BANJA LUKA, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - The Government of Republika Srpska approved the Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Foreign Exchange Operations, which proposed the continuation of the liberalization of current transactions, capital operations and payment services. BANJA LUKA, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - Today, the Government of Republika Srpska approved the Draft Law on Nature Protection, which was drafted to ensure continuous protection of natural resources, and given that there has been a significant increase in protected areas, one of the priority goals of the act is the improvement of the management of protected areas and the establishment of new protected areas. BANJA LUKA, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - Today, the Government of Republika Srpska approved the Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on the Special Regime of Imprisonment, which amended the provisions related to the execution of life imprisonment. BANJA LUKA, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - SNSD MP in the National Assembly of Republika Srpska Srđan Mazalica believes that the reconciliation process in Bosnia and Herzegovina is threatened by the resolution on Srebrenica that is being proposed in the UN General Assembly. BANJA LUKA, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - Member of the PDP in the National Assembly of Republika Srpska Milanko Mihajilica said that no one can attribute the label of genocidal to the Serb people because that is not true and suggested that the Serb member of the BiH Presidency Željka Cvijanović initiate the procedure for Zlatko Lagumdžija to be recalled from the position of ambassador to the UN because of the shameful resolution on Srebrenica that they want to push through the UN. BANJA LUKA, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - Member of the List for Justice and Order Nebojša Vukanović believes that Alija Izetbegović is the most responsible for the conscious sacrifice of Bosniaks in Srebrenica, which was previously testified by Hakija Meholjić. STUTTGART, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - Consul General of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Stuttgart Vera Sajić told SRNA today that Serbs in Germany, who are originally from Republika Srpska, support the leadership of Republika Srpska in the fight to preserve the Republic, its institutions and values. BILEĆA, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - The aim of the attempt to adopt the controversial resolution on Srebrenica is to demonize the Serb people and Republika Srpska, said the president of the local club Osvit from Bileća Miodrag Hrnjez, who expressed wholehearted support for the leadership of Srpska in the fight to preserve its integrity, existence and dignity. BELGRADE, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - Political analyst Dragomir Anđelković stated that the story of the events in Srebrenica from July 1995 was instrumentalized from the beginning and that many countries, such as Germany and Turkiye, found the opportunity to profit from it, but Serbs must fight against lies by promoting the truth internationally that there was no genocide there. SARAJEVO, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - The President of the Assembly of Republic Organization of Families of Captured and Killed Soldiers and Missing Civilians, Branimir Kojić, said that the Sarajevo bullies paid by the Federation, the people who should guard the families of Serb victims on Saturday, April 20, in Dobrovoljačka street, in the most primitive on social networks are commenting on the views of the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić, who survived the assassination in Srebrenica by sheer luck. SARAJEVO, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - The EU expects the leadership of Republika Srpska to suspend these legislative initiatives, including first of all drafts of republic laws on elections, referendums, immunity and foreign agents, EU spokesman Peter Stano announced today. TREBINJE, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - On the construction of the Dabar Hydropower Plant, construction sites were activated in the area of the machine building, the Pošćenje dam, as well as on the Grebak embankment, and on this project, which is being carried out by the Chinese company Gezhouba Group, about 100 Chinese workers have been employed, the director of the company Dabar Hydropower Plant Slaviša Stajić told SRNA. PALE, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - The Mayor of Pale Boško Jugović sent a letter to the EUFOR command in which he asked that in the future, if they have a need to carry out the planned activities of their units in the area of this local community, they should inform the Municipal Administration or him as the head of the municipality BiH BANJA LUKA, APRIL 17 /SRNA/ - Serb member of the BiH Presidency Željka Cvijanović stated that the resolution on Srebrenica, which has no binding character, was not on the agenda of the Presidency, but came about by abuse of procedures, which is why it does not reflect the position of BiH. BANJA LUKA, APRIL 17 /SRNA/ - Serb member of the BiH Presidency Željka Cvijanović stated that Serbia is a serious country and has its own tools at its disposal, and can deal with economic, political and foreign policy challenges. BANJA LUKA, APRIL 17 /SRNA/ - Serb member of the BiH Presidency Željka Cvijanović pointed out that at the moment hundreds of millions of BAM belonging to the entities are blocked at the level of BiH, which hinders their development. BANJA LUKA, APRIL 17 /SRNA/ - Serb member of the BiH Presidency Željka Cvijanović said that the European Union should fight for its place in BiH in the sense of using its full capacity, bearing in mind that some foreigners in BiH are trying to undermine their integrity. SARAJEVO, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - In congratulating Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković on his election victory, the Chairperson of the Council of Ministers Borjana Krišto pointed out that his willingness to help BiH on its European path is proof of sincere and true friendship between the two countries. SARAJEVO, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - Bosnia and Herzegovina must not allow further trotting behind the region and Europe when it comes to using the potential of public-private partnerships, which are key to the implementation of infrastructure and other projects, the Minister of Communications and Transport in the Council of Ministers Edin Forto has stated today in Washington. SARAJEVO, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - The sentence "The USA has been working on behalf of the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina for more than 30 years" completely exposed Michael Murphy's personal policy, which he shamelessly implements as an official American policy, and it is about his frustrating, personal policy, said the head of the Club SNSD MP in the House of Representatives of the BiH Parliamentary Assembly Sanja Vulić. SARAJEVO, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - The head of the SNSD Deputies' Club in the House of Representatives of the BiH Parliament Sanja Vulić said today that the key question is whether the 57 members of the BiH Parliamentary Assembly intend to sit and watch an individual try to fulfill their role, as two houses of parliament, and whether this country has sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence in accordance with international law, as written in the preamble of the Constitution. SARAJEVO, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - The House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina has started an emergency session where the current political situation in the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina will be discussed, which was convened at the proposal of the SNSD Deputies Club. SARAJEVO, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - The Chairman of the SDA Deputies Club in the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH Šerif Špago believes that the holders of power should get serious and work on laws, the adoption of the budget for 2024, and to resolve issues from the European path of BiH, such as the law about courts. ISTOČNO SARAJEVO, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - BiH Ambassador to China Siniša Berjan stated that an ambassador cannot be placed above BiH without the consent of the Presidency of BiH, and under the mentorship of Bosniak political elites and part of the international community, "in the name of BiH" the initiative for the adoption of a new resolution on Srebrenica in the UN General Assembly. BELGRADE, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - Political scientist Aleksandar Pavić assessed that the eventual adoption of the disputed resolutions on Srebrenica in the UN General Assembly would mean the end of Bosnia and Herzegovina because the Serbs will not accept living in a country where they would be unjustly labeled. ISTOČNO SARAJEVO, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - Strategic reserve forces of EUFOR deployed in BiH for training with existing units of this international military mission and the Armed Forces of BiH will patrol throughout BiH during April and May, not only in Pale and in Istočno Sarajevo, SRNA was told by the peacekeeping forces. SARAJEVO, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - BiH, together with its partners, achieved significant success, especially in the call for the "Interreg program for the Danube region 2021-2027", because out of 60 approved projects, partners from the country participate in 53, which include 48 partners from BiH, while the value of the budget allocated to them is more than EUR eight million, said the director of the Directorate for European Integration /DEI/ BiH Elvira Habota. ISTOČNO SARAJEVO, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - The directors of the Agency for Forensic Examinations and Expertise Radiša Samardžija and the Institute for Accreditation of BiH Dražan Primorac discussed today the official delivery of the certificate for confirming the accredited area of the Agency /LI-151-01/ for the period until 12. September 2027. SARAJEVO, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - According to the data of competent authorities and institutions at all levels in Bosnia and Herzegovina, BAM 20,996,233 KM was planned for the financing of political subjects in 2023, and 96.65 percent, or BAM 20,293,347 of the planned amount was paid, announced the Central Election Commission /CEC/ BiH. SARAJEVO, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - The EU's special envoy for dialogue between Belgrade and Priština and other regional issues of the Balkans Miroslav Lajčak today welcomed the agreement of the partner parties in the BiH government regarding the electoral law of BiH as an important step on the way to the EU. BANJA LUKA, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - Officials of the BiH Indirect Taxation Administration prevented the smuggling of a large amount of "adult toys" that they temporarily confiscated at the Gradiška Customs Office, the total market value of which is estimated at BAM 36,460. FEDERATION OF BiH LIVNO, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - In the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Livno, new stalls, choir stalls and other church furniture were installed, for the purchase of which EUR 5,700 were collected through the contributions of the faithful, SRNA was told by the The Fiery Mary of Livno Association. SERBIA BELGRADE, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - Instead of giving a chance to peace and dialogue, NATO, which is pushing the resolution on Srebrenica, is now announcing the reinforcement of its troops in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Kosovo and Metohija, which is a rather worrying message, the President of the National Assembly of Serbia Ana Brnabić said today. BELGRADE, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia Ivica Dačić said that at the informal consultations at the UN, a resolution on the genocide in Srebrenica was presented by Germany, Rwanda and Bosnia and Herzegovina, but that many countries also expressed their opposition to the way in which this text is offered for adoption by the UN General Assembly. BELGRADE, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - Former Ambassador of Serbia to the UN Branko Branković told SRNA that the statement of the director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Jerusalem Efraim Zuroff that there was no genocide in Srebrenica echoed around the world and alarmed many members of the UN, and that it was no wonder that Bosniak representatives in New York are trying to convince all countries otherwise. ATHENS, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - By supporting the membership of the self-proclaimed Kosovo in the Council of Europe, Greek MPs in the Parliamentary Assembly of that body are supporting the violation of international law, contrary to all European principles on equality and respect for minorities, said professor at the Democritus University in Thrace Giorgos Pavlos in text for the Greek newspaper Hellas Journal. BELGRADE, APRIL 18 /SRNA/ - Members of the Ministry of Internal Affairs /MOI/ of Serbia arrested four members of the police of the self-proclaimed Kosovo, one of whom was detained, the MOI confirmed. REGION ZAGREB, APRIL 17 /SRNA/ - The president of the Independent Serb Democratic Party /SDSS/ Milorad Pupovac said that this party achieved a very good result in today's parliamentary elections in Croatia, better than four years ago. ZAGREB, APRIL 17 /SRNA/ - Milorad Pupovac, as a representative of the Serb national minority, won the most votes in today's parliamentary elections in Croatia - 5,047 based on 49.94 percent of polling stations processed, according to data from the State Election Commission.