SRNA News Roundup /II/- October 7, 2024

REPUBLIKA SRPSKA BANJA LUKA, OCTOBER 7 /SRNA/ - The President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik expressed his deep solidarity and sympathy with the people of Israel, who today marks the anniversary of the massacre committed by Hamas a year ago, when 1,200 civilians were killed and 250 were taken hostage. SARAJEVO, OCTOBER 7 /SRNA/ - Russian Ambassador to BiH Igor Kalabukhov congratulated Republika Srpska President and SNSD leader, Milorad Dodik, on the convincing victory of this party in the local elections and expressed hope for the continued development of Russian Federation - Srpska relations, which have acquired the character of strategic partnerships. BROD, OCTOBER 7 /SRNA/ - Brod is one of the biggest victims of Republika Srpska, the first municipality that was subjected to open aggression by Croatia, and the agony lasted until October 1992, when the Republika Srpska Army /RSA/ liberated this town, it was highlighted at the celebration of the Day of the Municipality and 32nd anniversary of liberation. BELGRADE, OCTOBER 7 /SRNA/ - The screenwriter of Dara from Jasenovac film, Nataša Drakulić, said that she will not give up on the subject of the suffering of Serbs who survived the hell of Jasenovac and other camps, regardless of the misrepresentation of Dara, a girl from Jasenovac on the US giant of the film industry “Amazon". BiH SARAJEVO, OCTOBER 7 /SRNA/ - The Council of Ministers did not have a quorum for work and decision-making at an extraordinary telephone session to make a decision on declaring October 8 a day of mourning in BiH due to the tragic suffering of residents in catastrophic floods and landslides in the Federation of BiH. SARAJEVO, OCTOBER 7 /SRNA/ - The Chief of the Joint Staff of the BiH Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Gojko Knežević today visited the threatened areas in Donja Jablanica in order to provide support and determine the situation on the ground. SARAJEVO, OCTOBER 7 /SRNA/ - US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Aleksander Kasanoff today, in a conversation with members of the BiH Presidency, offered the help of the United States in repairing the damage caused by devastating floods in BiH. SARAJEVO, OCTOBER 7 /SRNA/ - A helicopter of the Armed Forces of BiH today transported two sick people from the village of Dobričevići near Konjic, threatened by terrible floods, to the point for medical care in this city. FEDERATION OF BiH MOSTAR, OCTOBER 7 /SRNA/ - The death toll in Jablanica and Konjic floods rises to 18, while the search is ongoing for seven missing persons, announced the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton Government. SARAJEVO, OCTOBER 7 /SRNA/ - Tomorrow is the Day of Mourning in the Federation of BiH due to the catastrophic floods in this entity that took human lives. MOSTAR, OCTOBER 7 /SRNA/ - The Herzegovina-Neretva Canton /HNC/ Prosecutor's Office has announced that it has formed a case to investigate the circumstances of the tragedy in the area of the municipalities of Jablanica and Konjic and possible responsibility, especially in relation to the operations of the quarry in that area. SARAJEVO, OCTOBER 7 /SRNA/ - The EU has deployed search and rescue teams and sent emergency supplies to support first responders fighting flash floods and landslides in parts of the Federation of BiH. SARAJEVO, OCTOBER 7 /SRNA/ - Jablanica, affected by catastrophic floods, was visited today by the EU's special representative to BiH, Luigi Soreca, EUFOR commander Major General Laszlo Sticz and the ambassadors of Croatia and Slovenia Ivan Sabolić and Damjan Sedar, and expressed their determination to provide support . SERBIA BELGRADE, OCTOBER 7 /SRNA/ - The Ministry of Interior of the self-proclaimed Kosovo lifted the ban on the entry of products from central Serbia to the market of the south Serbian province. REGION BELGRADE, OCTOBER 7 /SRNA/ - The initiative of the Chief Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Courts in The Hague, Serge Brammertz, that BiH transfer a certain number of war crimes cases to Croatia for prosecution, is a point blank shot that will not result in justice for the victims, the head of the Veritas Documentation - Information Centre Veritas, Savo Štrbac, told SRNA. ZAGREB, OCTOBER 7 /SRNA/ - Two people went missing and two were rescued after the boat overturned on the river Una, the Sisak-Moslavina police announced. 2024 LOCAL ELECTIONS BANJA LUKA, OCTOBER 7 /SRNA/ - SNSD leader Milorad Dodik said that Srpska and Banja Luka need educated and responsible people like Nikola Šobot, who can make society more successful. SARAJEVO, OCTOBER 7 /SRNA/ - The SNSD councilor list won the most votes for the Banja Luka City Assembly at the 2024 local elections, 16,039 votes or 32.92 percent, read incomplete data of the Central Election Commission /CEC/BiH based on the processed data of 129 or 49,62 percent of polling stations. DOBOJ, OCTOBER 7 /SRNA/ - According to preliminary data from the Central Election Commission of BiH, SNSD candidate for Doboj Mayor, Boris Jerinić, and the councilor list of this party won the most votes in the local elections. BIJELJINA, OCTOBER 7 /SRNA/ - SNSD councilor list for the Bijeljina City Assembly won 11,862 votes or 21.43 percent, according to data from the Central Election Commission /CEC/ of BiH based on processed all polling stations. ZVORNIK, OCTOBER 7 /SRNA/ - SNSD's candidate for mayor of Zvornik, Bojan Ivanović, won 18,571 votes in the local elections, while Popular Front candidate Velizar Aćimović won 7,334 votes, according to preliminary data from the Zvornik City Election Committee. BANJALUKA, OCTOBER 7 /SRNA/ - In the local elections, the United Srpska secured parliamentary status in numerous municipalities where it previously had no representatives, said the head of the party's Electoral HQ, Milan Petković. BANJALUKA, OCTOBER 7 /SRNA/ - PDP leader Branislav Borenović said that this party, when the results of the local elections are added up, will have more than 40,000 votes won, which implies it is a stable political organisation. KOTOR VAROŠ, OCTOBER 7 /SRNA/ - PDP candidate for Kotor Varos municipality mayor Zdenko Sakan won 5,646 votes or 60.98 percent, while SNSD candidate Nenad Pezerović won 3,205 votes or 34.61 percent, show the data of the Central Election Commission on the basis of all processed polling stations in this municipality. TESLIĆ, OCTOBER 7 /SRNA/ - The candidate of SDS - the will of the people for the mayor of Teslić, Milan Miličević, won 10,119 votes or 52.69 percent, while the SNSD candidate Nedeljko Kerić won 9,084 votes or 47.31 percent, according to the latest data of the Central Election Commission based on 61 processed polling stations out of 62. BRČKO, OCTOBER 7 /SRNA/ - Two men and one woman were arrested in Brčko district on suspicion of vote buying.