SRNA News Roundup /I/ - May 15, 2024

REPUBLIKA SRPSKA

BUDAPEST, May 15 /SRNA/ - President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik stated today in Budapest that Hungary's policy regarding migrants is acceptable for Srpska because it defends national and state interests. BUDAPEST, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik said today in Budapest that the potential passage of the resolution on Srebrenica by the UN General Assembly would complicate the situation in BiH and emphasized that Hungary will vote against it, for which Srpska is particularly grateful. BUDAPEST, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik announced today that negotiations with Hungarian companies which will participate in the project of construction of the Hrgud wind farm and the sewage system in Gradiška will begin at the end of May. BANJA LUKA, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik said that on May 15, 1992, without any provocation, a terrible war crime was committed against young members of the JNA /Yugoslav People's Army/, which was undoubtedly well-planned and orchestrated, marking the beginning of the exodus of around 80,000 Serbs from the Tuzla region. BANJA LUKA, May 15 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik sent greetings on the occasion of the International Day of Families - May 15, emphasizing that for Serbs, the family will always be the foundation of a healthy society, which is why the principles of the traditional family need to be more precisely defined by law. BUDAPEST, MAY 15 /SRNA – The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary Peter Szijjártó and Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik signed today in Budapest a memorandum of understanding between Srpska and Hungary in the field of implementing modern technology in healthcare. BUDAPEST, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary Peter Szijjarto said today in Budapest that his country would vote against the resolution on Srebrenica in the UN General Assembly because this document aims to demonize the Serbian people. BUDAPEST, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - It is time to stop demonization of the Serbian people, to cease threats in BiH of imposing sanctions and stop foreign interference in the internal affairs of this country, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary Peter Szijjarto said. BUDAPEST, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - SNSD president Milorad Dodik has said that a meeting between coalition partners in Republika Srpska will be held tomorrow to decide on elections in BiH. BANJA LUKA, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - Speaker of the Republika Srpska National Assembly Nenad Stevandić told SRNA that the repeated postponement of the vote on the Srebrenica resolution in the United Nations General Assembly is proof that the small Serbia, led by President Aleksandar Vučić, has humiliated its sponsors, and that the Serbian people have shown historical unity. BANJA LUKA, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska Prime Minister Radovan Višković said in Banja Luka that he cannot accept measures that would abolish Srpska’s jurisdictions in the negotiations on BiH's path to the EU. BANJA LUKA, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska Minister of European Integration and International Cooperation Zlatan Klokić believes that the claim made by those who initiated the resolution on Srebrenica that it will bring reconciliation is not true. JAHORINA, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska Minister of Energy and Mining Petar Đokić said today on Mount Jahorina that Srpska can obtain 60 percent of its energy from green sources within five years, which is a realistic plan and an indicator of the country's high level of responsibility towards the overall energy transition being implemented in Europe and the world. JAHORINA, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Water Management Savo Minić said today on Mount Jahorina that whoever has food also has independence, while innovations in agricultural production are necessary for farmers to be able to market their products. KRAGUJEVAC, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - Minister of Spatial Planning, Construction, and Ecology of Republika Srpska Bojan Vipotnik pointed out in Kragujevac that Croatia's plans to build a radioactive waste disposal site on Mount Trgovska Gora in the border area with BiH are a global precedent and endanger 250,000 people in the Una River basin. KRAGUJEVAC, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska Minister of Spatial Planning, Construction, and Ecology Bojan Vipotnik and the Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Kragujevac, Dragan Vujisić, have signed an agreement in Kragujevac to collaborate for a more comprehensive understanding of the legal aspects of the planned construction of a repository for radioactive and nuclear waste on Mount Trgovska Gora in Croatia. BANJALUKA, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - Minister of Family, Youth, and Sports of Republika Srpska Selma Čabrić told SRNA that for 15 years now, a special program has been implemented to subsidize interest rates on housing loans for young individuals and married couples, with 5,488 subsidies approved and BAM 19,500,000 allocated for this purpose. BIJELJINA, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - Acting Director of the Republic Center for Research on War, War Crimes, and the Search for Missing Persons Viktor Nužnić said that it is an obligation to preserve the memory of innocent victims of the JNA in the "Tuzla Convoy" so that it is never forgotten. JAHORINA, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - Director of the "Electric Power Industry of Republika Srpska" Luka Petrović has said that Srpska will strive to develop more renewable energy sources not only for energy transition but also to enhance the competitiveness of the domestic economy. PALE, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - On the second day of the "Jahorina Business Forum," papers were presented at the Faculty of Economics in Pale in sessions on theories and economics, tourism, and business economics. BANJALUKA, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - The directions of the systemic response of Republika Srpska to risks related to supply chain crises in the field of information and communication technologies involve assessing the infrastructure used in public administration and critical infrastructure, which includes assessing the condition and equipment of services provided by certain risky producers, the director of the Agency for Information and Communication Technologies of Republika Srpska, Dražen Višnjić, said. BANJALUKA, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - A delegation from the "Republika Srpska Highways" is currently in China for discussions on the financing of projects in the field of road infrastructure. Following international procurement procedures, the implementation of these projects has been entrusted to eminent Chinese construction companies, and the implementation of two projects has been contracted with Chinese companies. BIJELJINA, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska is much more prepared for flood defense than it was in 2014, as the Government of Srpska has allocated over BAM 250 million for investments in the water sector, with investments in water management facilities implemented or underway at 330 locations, the Public Institution "Vode Srpske" said. BANJA LUKA, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - The director of the Republika Srpska Police, Siniša Kostrešević, is attending today the General Assembly of the Southeast European Police Chiefs Association /SEPCA/ in Belgrade, where, among other topics, discussions will focus on combating human trafficking and migrant smuggling. EAST SARAJEVO, MAY 14 /SRNA/ - The attack on JNA members withdrawing from the barracks in Tuzla, following the killing of soldiers in Dobrovoljačka Street in Sarajevo, is one in a series of crimes that were planned and completely expose the false thesis of political Sarajevo about aggression on BiH, said Branimir Kojić, the president of the Assembly of the Republika Srpska Organization of Families of Captured and Killed Soldiers and Missing Civilians. BIJELJINA, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - In the civil war in BiH, it was only allowed to kill Serbs and not be held accountable for it, said Radan Ostojić, the president of the Republika Srpska Veterans' Organization at a commemoration marking 32 years since the massacre in Tuzla, where 54 members of the former Yugoslav People's Army /JNA/ were brutally killed. BANJA LUKA, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska is committed to the implementation of the Dayton Agreement and its foundations are still sound, said Robert McEwen, director of the "Council for National Policy" consulting firm and former U.S. Congressman. BANJA LUKA, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - Minister of Civil Affairs in the Council of Ministers, Dubravka Bošnjak, visited the Museum of Contemporary Art of Republika Srpska in Banja Luka, where she was briefed by the director of this institution, Sarita Vujković, on the work and planned activities of this central museum institution in Srpska. BANJA LUKA, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - An agreement on cooperation in the field of social welfare and education was signed today in Banja Luka between the State Budgetary Educational Institution "School-boarding school No. 1 Grot" from St. Petersburg and the Center for Children and Youth with Developmental Disabilities "Budućnost" from Derventa. FOČA, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - Professors from the Akita University School of Medicine in Japan visited the University Hospital Foča today, where they were introduced to the work of this healthcare institution - the teaching base of the Medical Faculty, with which this Japanese educational center will conduct exchanges of professional staff and students. NOVI GRAD, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - Mario Crnković, president of the "Green Team" Association, has said that Croatia, through donations, seeks to break the resistance of the citizens of Dvor who oppose the disposal of radioactive waste on Mount Trgovska Gora. BiH NEW YORK, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - A session of the United Nations General Assembly, during which the resolution on Srebrenica is expected to be discussed, will be held on Thursday, May 23, as announced on the UN General Assembly website. JAHORINA, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers Staša Košarac has said that the proposed resolution on Srebrenica is entirely unnecessary and inaccurate, suggesting that it would be best for BiH and the proponents of the resolution to withdraw it. JAHORINA, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations in the Council of Ministers Staša Košarac emphasized today that the Western Balkans should focus on regional cooperation and defining support for its business community independently of EU representatives. SARAJEVO, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Council of Ministers Elmedin Konaković spoke today with the Director-General for Europe at the European External Action Service, Angelina Eichhorst, about the successful alignment of BiH's positions with the EU and the achievements made in the past few months. BANJA LUKA, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - Minister of Civil Affairs in the Council of Ministers Dubravka Bošnjak has endorsed the activities of the Agency for Identification Documents, Registers, and Data Exchange /IDDEEA/, emphasizing that the implementation of future projects will be of great benefit to all citizens of BiH. SARAJEVO, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - The Speaker of the House of Representatives of the BiH Parliamentary Assembly, Nebojša Radmanović, along with members of the BiH Parliament's Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean, are participating in the 18th plenary session of this body in the Portuguese city of Braga, which will focus on economic challenges in the region. BANJA LUKA, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - The projected growth rate of net revenues from indirect taxes in BiH for the next year is 3.6 percent, 4.1 percent for 2026, and the same for 2027, as stated by the Indirect Taxation Authority /ITA/ of BiH. SARAJEVO, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - Snježana Novaković-Bursać, a member the House of Peoples of the BiH Parliamentary Assembly, participated today in the spring meeting of the International Secretariat of the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy in Thessaloniki. SARAJEVO, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - Director of the BiH Border Police, Mirko Kuprešaković, spoke today with the Police Attaché of Spain, Fani Nikolas Martinez, about the security situation in the region, with a focus on current trends in illegal migration. SARAJEVO, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - The future of BiH lies in the strict implementation of the Dayton Peace Agreement, which the United States is deliberately sabotaging under the guise of hypocritical rhetoric, the Embassy of the Russian Federation in BiH said today. FEDERATION OF BiH TUZLA, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - A memorial service was held at Brčanska Malta in Tuzla for the members of the Yugoslav People's Army killed 32 years ago in a brutal attack by Muslim forces while, as agreed beforehand, peacefully withdrawing from the Tuzla barracks. TUZLA, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - The Republika Srpska Minister of Labor, War Veterans and Disabled Persons’ Protection, Danijel Egić, has said that the attack on the JNA convoy withdrawing from Tuzla on this day in 1992 was pre-planned and anticipated, dismissing any notion of coincidence. TUZLA, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - Bosko Tomic, the envoy of the Serb member of the BiH Presidency, said today in Tuzla, where the 32nd anniversary of the cowardly murder of JNA soldiers who were withdrawing from the city, as per prior agreement, was commemorated, that justice for Serbian victims remains elusive. SERBIA BELGRADE, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - In talks with the U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Elizabeth Allen, Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vučić emphasized the pressures faced by Serbia and Serbs, urging the United States to increase engagement and use their influence to preserve regional stability. BELGRADE, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vučević emphasized today the significance of Azerbaijan's principled stance regarding Serbia's territorial integrity and sovereignty, as well as the support of that country in the UN and the Council of Europe. BELGRADE, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - Geomagnetic and georadioactive research on approximately 2.5 hectares of the Jajinci Memorial Park in Belgrade confirmed the presence of mass graves of people who were imprisoned and killed during World War II or whose bodies were brought from camps at the Old Fairground, Banjica, and other parts of the capital, said Bojan Arbutina, curator of the Museum of Genocide Victims. MOSCOW, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - Serbs were the first people in Europe to learn about "black transplantology" /organ trafficking/, as confirmed by the memoirs of former ICTY Chief Prosecutor, Carla Del Ponte, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova. BELGRADE, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - KFOR Commander Ozkan Ulutaş has said that the security situation in Kosovo and Metohija is stable but fragile, with 4,600 soldiers from 28 partner countries and NATO members ready to respond to any challenge. PRIŠTINA, MAY 14 /SRNA/ - UNMIK said today that it is closely monitoring the case of the ban on the entry of His Holiness the Serbian Patriarch Porfirije to Kosovo and Metohija, emphasizing that access to religious sites is a necessary component of the full exercise of human rights, especially the right for all communities to practice religion. REGION ZAGREB, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - Croatia has sent a protest note to Montenegro regarding the announcement by the Speaker of Parliament, Andrija Mandic, that representatives of the Serbian people in the Montenegrin Parliament will propose a resolution on the genocide in Jasenovac. PODGORICA, MAY 15 /SRNA/ - Leaders from the Western Balkans and the EU will discuss the European Growth Plan for the region at a summit in Kotor tomorrow, enabling access to financial assistance of six billion Euros from 2024 to 2027.