SRNA News Roundup /I/- September 26, 2024

REPUBLIKA SRPSKA BANJA LUKA, SEPTEMBER 26 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik said that Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić's address to the participants of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly showed that he is a statesman of peace principled in defending the interests of Serbia and the Serb people. BANJA LUKA, SEPTEMBER 26 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik said that the Declaration adopted at the Pan-Serbian Assembly, which they are trying to challenge, calls for peace with no hidden plans in it, especially not war plans. BANJA LUKA, SEPTEMBER 26 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik said today in Banja Luka that the Government of Serbia under the leadership of Miloš Vučević continued to develop relations with Srpska at the highest level in accordance with the Dayton Peace Agreement and the Agreement on Special Parallel Relations. BANJA LUKA, SEPTEMBER 26 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik today awarded the Prime Minister of Serbia Miloš Vučević with the Order of Republika Srpska on a ribbon. BANJA LUKA, SEPTEMBER 26 /SRNA/ - The Prime Minister of Serbia, Miloš Vučević, said in Banja Luka that the Order of Republika Srpska on the ribbon, which was presented to him today by the President of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, is a great recognition, but also an additional obligation to develop cooperation and continue support to Srpska. BANJA LUKA, SEPTEMBER 26 /SRNA/ - Serbian Prime Minister Miloš Vučević said today in Banja Luka that Serbia will continue to invest in projects in the Republic of Srpska, all in accordance with the needs of the citizens of Srpska. BANJA LUKA, SEPTEMBER 26 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik and the owner of the SHP Celex company, Milan Filo ceremonially launched the SHP Celex wastewater treatment plant in Banja Luka today. BANJA LUKA, SEPTEMBER 26 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik has said that the SHP Group, which includes the Banja Luka-based SHP Celex, plans to make an investment next year worth around 150 million euros, which will be one of the largest investments in the real sector in this region. BANJA LUKA, SEPTEMBER 26 /SRNA/ - The owner of the SHP Celex company Milan Filo says EUR two million was invested in the construction of the waste water treatment plant in Banja Luka. BANJA LUKA, SEPTEMBER 26 /SRNA/ - Today in Banja Luka, the Government of Republika Srpska defined the Proposed law on amendment to the Law on special expropriation procedure for the construction of the Trebinje airport, a project of Republika Srpska’s general interest. BANJA LUKA, SEPTEMBER 26 /SRNA/ - The Government of Republika Srpska made a decision today to pay BSM 750,000 to underdeveloped and extremely underdeveloped municipalities for the January 1 -September 30 period. BANJA LUKA, SEPTEMBER 26 /SRNA/ - The Government of Republika Srpska will provide BAM 1,620,100 for the construction of residential buildings in the area of Ljubinje, Berković and Bileća for families whose homes were damaged in the earthquake. BANJA LUKA, SEPTEMBER 26 /SRNA/ - The Government of Republika Srpska made a decision today on the financing of the Program for Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing from the Blood of Pregnant Women for the next year in the amount of nine million bam, the parliamentary Public Relations Bureau announced. BANJA LUKA, SEPTEMBER 26 /SRNA/ - The Government of Republika Srpska adopted a decision to initiate the process of developing 2025-2031 anti-cybercrime strategy in Srpska. BANJA LUKA, SEPTEMBER 26 /SRNA/ - The Government of Republika Srpska has adopted the Information on activities on the development of the 2025-2027 Republika Srpska Economic Reforms Programme and the coordination of activities related to the preparation of the 2025-2027 BiH Economic Reforms Programme. BANJA LUKA, SEPTEMBER 26 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska is stable and peaceful with a good general security situation and a trend of decreasing crime in all areas, Srpska Interior Minister Siniša Karan stated today in Zalužani near Banja Luka, at the awarding of certificates to 12 participants who successfully completed training for the Special Anti-Terrorist Unit /SATU/. BANJA LUKA, SEPTEMBER 26 /SRNA/ - Srpska Interior Minister, Siniša Karan, assessed that the establishment of the pedophiles registry in Srpska had positive effects, and that the Ministry is aimed at protecting children from sexual abuse and exploitation, but also at preventing legally convicted persons to continue with those criminal acts. BANJA LUKA, SEPTEMBER 25 /SRNA/ - The Minister of Education and Culture of Republika Srpska Željka Stojičić said tonight that the intertwining of the events the Days of Srpska in Serbia and the Day of Serbia in Srpska speaks of the intersection of the cultural creativity of the two countries and the unique cultural space of the Serb people from the both banks of the Drina. BANJA LUKA, SEPTEMBER 26 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska Justice Minister Miloš Bukejlović told SRNA today that 247 individuals are registered in the pedophiles registry in Republika Srpska and that the data is kept permanently. KOZARSKA DUBICA, SEPTEMBER 26 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska National Assembly Deputy Darko Banjac said today that in the future attention must be paid to education, especially of the elementary school students, and pointed out that it is very important for the survival of the Serb people in these areas. ZVORNIK, SEPTEMBER 26 /SRNA/ - The mayor of Zvornik, Bojan Ivanović, said during a meeting with the mayor of Sremska Mitrovica, Branislav Nedimović, that he is convinced that these two cities will raise the level of cooperation, and that joint initiatives will influence even greater connections in the fields of culture, tourism and economy. BiH BANJA LUKA, SEPTEMBER 26 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik says Denis Bećirović is an ordinary little provincial liar, manipulator and big Serb-hater who uses every situation to violate the Dayton-based BiH's Constitution and expresses personal views to the delight of his enraged like-minded people. EAST SARAJEVO, SEPTEMBER 25 /SRNA/ - Serb member of the BiH Presidency Željka Cvijanović has told SRNA that Denis Bećirović addressed before the UN General Assembly exclusively in the capacity of a Bosniak member, not on behalf of the BiH Presidency. SARAJEVO, SEPTEMBER 26 /SRNA/ - The Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Staša Košarac, said that the Chairman of the BiH Presidency, Denis Bećirović, is a paradigm of the unstoppable revolution of BiH. BANJA LUKA, SEPTEMBER 26 /SRNA/ - DNS lesder Nenad Nešić believes that the address of the BiH Presidency Chairman, Denis Bećirović, at the UN General Assembly only caused damage to BiH and leads to its further regional isolation and impoverishment. BANJA LUKA, SEPTEMBER 26 /SRNA/ - Serbian Prime Minister Miloš Vučević has said today in Banja Luka that some BiH politicians are, unfortunately, challenging the territorial integrity of Serbia, while Serbia does not challenge the territorial integrity of BiH. SARAJEVO, SEPTEMBER 26 /SRNA/ - Caucuses of representatives of SNSD, SDP BiH, People and Justice/Narod i Pravda, Our Party and the Serb People Caucus in the House of Representatives of the BiH Parliamentary Assembly submitted to the Speaker of this House, Nebojša Radmanović, the Bill on Amendments to the Law on Income Value - Added Tax /VAT/ for review and adoption. SARAJEVO, SEPTEMBER 26 /SRNA/ - Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Council of Ministers Elmedin Konaković said that BiH strongly supports trade policies that will be aligned with the goals of sustainable development, especially in terms of environmental sustainability and reducing inequality. SARAJEVO, SEPTEMBER 26 /SRNA/ - Director of the BiH Statistics Agency, Vesna Ćužić, and President of the National Institute of Statistics of Romania, Tudorel Andrei, signed a memorandum of understanding that sets the framework for the implementation of projects, as well as the exchange of practices and methodologies. EAST SARAJEVO, SEPTEMBER 26 /SRNA/ - A counter-sabotage inspection of the BiH Presidency building found that there was a false report that an explosive device had been planted in this institution, Jelena Miovčić, spokesperson of the BiH State Investigation and Protection Agency /SIPA/ told SRNA. SARAJEVO, SEPTEMBER 26 /SRNA/ - Today in Sarajevo, the Future of Work international workshop gathered 60 experts from the EU and Mediterranean countries who exchanged opinions and experiences on the advantages and challenges offered by the green and digital transition, and artificial intelligence in the context of creation new jobs. FEDERATION OF BiH SARAJEVO, SEPTEMBER 26 /SRNA/ - The High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of BiH /HJPC/ today did not appoint the head of the federal Suppression of Corruption and Organized Crime Department /SCOCD/, who has been waiting for months, because the candidates who presented the work program did not satisfy conditions for this position, and the competition will be repeated. SERBIA NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 26 /SRNA/ - The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, spoke in New York with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary, Peter Szijjarto, about joint plans for a stronger economic connection between Serbia and Hungary. BELGRADE, SEPTEMBER 26 /SRNA/ - Serbia sent a letter to the Secretary General of the UN and the President of the UN General Assembly, in response to the appearance of the Chairman of the BiH Presidency, Denis Bećirović, before that organization, in which he made a series of unfounded and malicious accusations against Serbia and the Serb people. BELGRADE, SEPTEMBER 26 /SRNA/ - Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia and Senator of Republika Srpska Aleksandar Vulin said today that Serbia will not allow the Dayton Peace Agreement to be amended nd that Republika Srpska will be protected and strengthened, which no one will ever change. BELGRADE, SEPTEMBER 26 /SRNA/ - Russian Ambassador to Serbia Alexander Bochan-Kharchenko said that Russia will "with all its might" protect the independence and territorial integrity of Serbia, as well as all the rights that Republika Srpska acquired on the basis of the Dayton Peace Agreement, because BiH can survive only on that basis. REGION PODGORICA, SEPTEMBER 26 /SRNA/ - The Parliamentary Caucus of the Movement Europe Now /PES/ in the Parliament of Montenegro supports in principle the initiative to open a parliamentary investigation and form a commission of inquiry into the murders of the editor of the newspaper "Dan" Duško Jovanović and the Minister of Defense of the Armed Forces of the SR Yugoslavia Pavle Bulatović , said the caucus chaor, Vasilije Čarapić. 2024 LOCAL ELECTIONS SARAJEVO, SEPTEMBER 26 /SRNA/ - The Central Election Commission /CEC/ of BiH fined the PDP BAM 5,000 for the premature election campaign, as well as the candidate of this party for the mayor of Banja Luka, Draško Stanivuković, with BAM 3,000 for the same violation. GRADIŠKA, SEPTEMBER 25 /SRNA/ - SNSD leader Milorad Dodik said this evening in Gornji Podgradci near Gradiška that he, together with the people, advocated for the wood industry to be redeveloped here through a new ownership relationship and to provide employment for people. KOZARSKA DUBICA, SEPTEMBER 25 /SRNA/ - SNSD leader Milorad Dodik said tonight that he would like to keep implementing in Kozarska Dubica all activities for the benefit of the residents of this municipality after the local elections. GRADIŠKA, SEPTEMBER 25 /SRNA/ - DNS leader Nenad Nešić said that this party will continue to develop Gradiška with its coalition partners in order to make it a regional centre. BANJA LUKA, SEPTEMBER 25 /SRNA/ - The leader of the United Srpska Nenad Stevandić expects that after the elections, Banja Luka will be unblocked by the election of councilors from this party in the City Assembly. GRADIŠKA, SEPTEMBER 25 /SRNA/ - The leader of the Independent Movement "Own way/Svojim putem" Igor Radojičić said that he is sure that the Gradiška City Assembly will consist of councilors of this movement that will become a parliamentary party. ROGATICA, SEPTEMBER 25 /SRNA/ - Tonight in Rogatica, the Serbian Democratic Party "Will of the People" presented its candidate for the mayor of the municipality, Željka Ikonić, who said that if she gets support, she will be the mayor of all residents, regardless of political affiliation. BANJA LUKA, SEPTEMBER 25 /SRNA/ - In Banja Luka, DEMOS will advocate for the development of infrastructure, greater allocation to veteran categories, and will focus on education, it was announced tonight from the pre-election rally in the Obilićevo settlement.