SRNA News Roundup /I/- August 13, 2024

REPUBLIKA SRPSKA

BANJA LUKA, AUGUST 13 /SRNA/ - The Minister of Finance and Treasury in the Council of Ministers, Srđan Amidžić, said today that the financial situation in Republika Srpska is stable, but that individuals are trying to portray it as unstable. EAST SARAJEVO, AUGUST 13 /SRNA/ - What the representatives of the US Embassy in BiH do daily, now in the domain called disincentive for investors, crosses the line of rational and reasonable behavior, the chair of the Federation of Republika Srpska Municipalities and Cities, LJubiša Cosić, told SRNA. EAST SARAJEVO, AUGUST 13 /SRNA/ - The round-the-clock fight against the fire in the Sutjeska National Park /NP/ is still going on, and the arrival of two larger capacity helicopters from Serbia is expected today, announced the Republika Srpska Civil Protection Administration. SARAJEVO, AUGUST 13 /SRNA/ - The activities of helicopter crews of the BiH Armed Forces to extinguish the fire at Tjentište continue today with increased engagement of two helicopters of the Air Force and Air Defense Brigade, the Ministry of Defense in the Council of Ministers announced. SARAJEVO, AUGUST 13 /SRNA/ - Two specialized fire-fighting helicopters from Serbia should fly to Tjentište today and join the operation of extinguishing a large fire at the site of the Sutjeska National Park, SRNA learned from the Ministry of Security in the Council of Ministers. BELGRADE, AUGUST 13 /SRNA/ - The unnecessary postponement of the decision engaging Serbian helicopters in the fire-fighting operation in the area of the Sutjeska National Park is a manifestation of the ill will and intentions of Bosniak leaders, political analyst Stevica Deđanski told SRNA. BANJA LUKA, AUGUST 13 /SRNA/ - The Head of the Republika Srpska War Veterans Organisation /BORS/, Radan Ostojić, believes that the date of the unveiling and consecration of the memorial to the soldiers fallen in the Defensive-Patriotic War must imply a general consensus of all entities responsible for its construction, with the consent and blessing of the Serbian Orthodox Church /SOC/. BRATUNAC, AUGUST 13 /SRNA/ - The construction of a central memorial to all fallen soldiers of the Republika Srpska Army in Banja Luka has been awaited for a long time, thus its unveiling must not fall into the shadow of the election campaign or be used for the promotion of any political party or individual, says te head of the Organisation of Families of Captured, Killed Soldiers and Missing Civilians from Bratunac, Radojka Filipović. PALE, AUGUST 13/SRNA/ - All speculations regarding the date of the unveiling of the central memorial in Banja Luka are unnecessary and should not be a matter for political parties, said the head of the Committee of Children/Descendants of Killed and Missing Soldiers of Republika Srpska, Dragana Kusmuk. BANJA LUKA, AUGUST 13 /SRNA/ - The Minister of Scientific and Technological Development and Higher Education of Republika Srpska Željko Budimir told SRNA that every negative phenomenon in higher education should be sanctioned, and that there should be no privileges in institutions where illegal activities are established. PRNJAVOR, AUGUST 13 /SRNA/ - During today's working visit to Prnjavor, the Minister of Trade and Tourism of Republika Srpska, Denis Šulić, says this city has always been known as an environment with developed economic activity and expressed his satisfaction that Mayor Darko Tomaš and he will visit two large economic entities in the area of the local community whose business is for the benefit of all Republika Srpska citizens. SERBIA BELGRADE, AUGUST 13 /SRNA/ - A memorial service was held in Goraždevac today for Ivan Jovović /19/ and Pantelia Dakić /12/ who were killed on the river Bistrica, when still unknown persons fired automatic weapons at Serbian children at an improvised swimming pool about 300 meters away from the center of this largest Serbian village in the municipality of Peć. Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vulin said that Serbia must not forget the Goraždevac crime, when two Serbian boys were shot on the Bistrica river 21 years ago, adding that their death is not a topic at any meeting of the EU, EULEX, KFOR or NATO. The fact that the monstrous terrorist act of murdering Serbian children on the Bistrica river in Goraždevac did not receive a court epilogue for 21 years remains an indelible stain on the face of international missions whose main task was to establish the rule of law in post-war Kosovo and Metohija, announced Serbia’s parliamentary Office for Kosovo and Metohija. BELGRADE, AUGUST 13 /SRNA/ - A group of Serb women from North Kosovo and Metohija handed KFOR representatives a letter addressed to KFOR Commander Ozkan Ulutas, requesting that the main bridge over the Ibar in Kosovska Mitrovica, whose opening was announced by Priština, not be opened because women in the northern part of the Province feel threatened enough without it. BELGRADE, AUGUST 13 /SRNA/ - Last night, two masked persons broke into the family house of Serb Nenad Jovanović in the village of Gornje Korminjane in Kosovsko Pomoravlje, physically attacked the host, causing him minor injuries, and they fired a firearm after leaving the house. REGION BELGRADE, AUGUST 13 / SRNA / - The Leader of the Krajina Serbs Movement Mile Bosnić assessed as scandalous the arrest in Knin of the lawyer Nemanja Berić, who was ordered into custody, and appealed to the institutions of Serbia to protect the Serb people in Croatia, where the Storm operation has been going on for three decades. BELGRADE, AUGUST 13 /SRNA/ - The chair of the Association of Serbs from the region, Miodrag Linta, told SRNA that the arrest of Belgrade lawyer Nemanja Berić in Croatia is a signal that it is high time for Belgrade to react and, in an official conversation with Zagreb, demand that this kind of practice contrary to any European standards on freedom of movement and freedom of opinion, be stopped absolutely. BELGRADE, AUGUST 13 /SRNA/ - Veritas Documentation - Information Centre pointed out that the recent arrest in Croatia of politician and lawyer from Belgrade Nemanja P. Berić for posting on Facebook is a confirmation of the increasingly frequent prosecution of Serbs for posting on social networks. ZAGREB, AUGUST 13 /SRNA/ - An unknown perpetrator crossed out the names of places in Cyrillic on bilingual signs in the Dalmatian municipality of Biskupija, a majority Serb-populated local community, writing the Ustasha symbol "U" and the greeting "For Homeland-Ready!".