SRNA News Roundup /II/ - November 12, 2024

REPUBLIKA SRPSKA JAHORINA, NOVEMBER 12 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik said today on Mount Jahorina that Republika Srpska supports BiH moving towards the European Union. JAHORINA, NOVEMBER 12 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik has said that Republika Srpska is the entity with the lowest budget deficit and is fully solvent. JAHORINA, NOVEMBER 12 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska Prime Minister Radovan Višković has said that the investment potential of Republika Srpska is growing year by year. JAHORINA, NOVEMBER 12 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska Finance Minister Zora Vidović has said at the Invest Srpska conference on Mount Jahorina that investors from friendly countries do not come to Republika Srpska solely out of friendship but because they find a favorable environment for their investments. BANJA LUKA, NOVEMBER 12 /SRNA/ - The participation of representatives from 25 countries at the Invest Srpska Conference on Mount Jahorina demonstrates foreign investors' interest in investing in Republika Srpska and confirms the recognition of the opportunities and potential that Srpska offers, the Ministry of Economy and Entrepreneurship of Srpska told SRNA. BANJA LUKA, NOVEMBER 12 /SRNA/ - The Republika Srpska Ministry of Internal Affairs will implement all necessary planned preventive and repressive measures and actions to maintain security across Srpska during the upcoming holiday season, despite various security challenges and in light of the recent terrorist attack on the Police Station in Bosanska Krupa, concluded the Advisory Board of the Minister of Internal Affairs. BAKU, NOVEMBER 12 /SRNA/ - The Republika Srpska Minister of Spatial Planning, Construction, and Ecology Bojan Vipotnik believes that peace worldwide, as a prerequisite for combating climate change, should be a guiding model for all UN member states. JAHORINA, NOVEMBER 12 /SRNA/ - The Investment-Development Bank of Republika Srpska has so far provided loans totaling BAM 3.3 billion, with three billion of that amount directed toward the economy of Republika Srpska, acting director of this financial institution Srđan Jovanović said today on Mount Jahorina. JAHORINA, NOVEMBER 12 /SRNA/ - The acting director of the Investment-Development Bank of Republika Srpska Srđan Jovanović said today that the institution plays a key role as a pillar of development and investment in Republika Srpska. JAHORINA, NOVEMBER 12 /SRNA/ - Representatives of the Investment-Development Bank of Republika Srpska signed a Partnership Agreement today with the AIM Global Foundation on Mount Jahorina, which aims to increase Republika Srpska's visibility in over 170 countries. SARAJEVO, NOVEMBER 12 /SRNA/ - During intergovernmental talks on development cooperation between Germany and BiH held in Berlin, Germany committed to providing financial assistance totaling €157.5 million. BiH SARAJEVO, NOVEMBER 12 /SRNA/ - The House of Peoples of the BiH Parliamentary Assembly today urgently passed the Law on Amendments to the Law on Salaries and Other Benefits in Judicial and Prosecutorial Institutions at the BiH level. This legislation was proposed by the Ministry of Justice in the Council of Ministers. SARAJEVO, NOVEMBER 12 /SRNA/ - The House of Peoples of the BiH Parliamentary Assembly today accepted the report of the Temporary Investigative Commission, which was tasked with obtaining information about the work of the Commission for the Preservation of National Monuments. SARAJEVO, NOVEMBER 12 /SRNA/ - The House of Peoples of the BiH Parliamentary Assembly accepted today the resignation of Elvis Kondžić from the position of director of the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption and Coordination of the Fight Against Corruption. SARAJEVO, NOVEMBER 12 /SRNA/ - Radovan Kovačević, a Serbian member of the House of Peoples of the BiH Parliamentary Assembly, said after today's session that there is a possibility that the majority will, with the support of a minority from both the Serbian and Croatian peoples, attempt to influence the determination of relations within BiH. SARAJEVO, NOVEMBER 12 /SRNA/ - The Head of the SNSD Caucus in the House of Representatives of the BiH Parliamentary Assembly Sanja Vulić told SRNA that "selling one's faith for dinner" has always been unacceptable for the Serbian people, regardless of how tempting the offer is, as national identity should not have a price, which does not seem to apply to representatives of the SDS and PDP. SARAJEVO, NOVEMBER 12 /SRNA/ - The Speaker of the House of Peoples of the BiH Parliamentary Assembly Dragan Čović said that this House has been working for the past ten sessions without any coordination of partners in the government, that the Council of Ministers did not finish the work that was agreed today and that they will have to discuss how to proceed. SARAJEVO, NOVEMBER 12 /SRNA/ - Želimir Nešković /SDS/, a member of the Serbian Caucus in the House of Peoples of the BiH Parliamentary Assembly, said that it is too early to discuss the reconstruction of this House's Advisory Board, but that decisions can be made in other ways. SARAJEVO, NOVEMBER 12 /SRNA/ - Safet Softić, a member of the Bosniak Caucus in the House of Peoples of the BiH Parliamentary Assembly, claims that the parliamentary majority in this House does not exist, and pointed out that with eight House members "the whole system can be shaken". SARAJEVO, NOVEMBER 12 /SRNA/ - The Council of Ministers adopted another information from the Ministry of Communications and Transport regarding the issue of the limited stay of drivers from BiH in EU territory when carrying out international road transport of passengers and cargo. SARAJEVO, NOVEMBER 12 /SRNA/ - At the proposal of the Economic Planning Directorate, the Council of Ministers adopted today the Activity Plan of the BiH Economic Reforms Program for the period 2025-2027. SARAJEVO, NOVEMBER 12 /SRNA/ - The Chairwoman of the Council of Ministers Borjana Krišto and Hungary's Minister of Foreign Affairs Peter Szijjártó agreed today in Sarajevo that strengthening regional stability and cooperation is key for future progress, and that continuing dialogue and partnership is a priority. BUDAPEST, NOVEMBER 12 /SRNA/ - The Minister of Security in the Council of Ministers Nenad Nešić said at a meeting of senior officials of the Budapest Process that the security of citizens must be a priority for all policies and that, although migration is a global reality, it must be handled with caution and in accordance with the highest security standards. SARAJEVO, NOVEMBER 12 /SRNA/ - An agreement was signed today in Ankara regarding the flight training of helicopter pilots from the Armed Forces of BiH with the company ASFAT. Additionally, a contract was concluded for the flight training of six candidates for helicopter pilots, as reported by the Ministry of Defense in the Council of Ministers. FEDERATION OF BiH SARAJEVO, NOVEMBER 12 /SRNA/ - The FBiH Government adopted today the Draft Bill on Fiscalization of Financial Transactions, which is a key step for all others in the fiscal reform, said FBiH Prime Minister Nermin Nikšić. SERBIA BELGRADE, NOVEMBER 12 /SRNA/ - Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić called on the great powers to ensure peace in the world and, above all to resolve the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, so that the world could dedicate itself to the fight against climate change. BELGRADE, NOVEMBER 12 /SRNA/ - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vulin said that there is no such force that can force Serbs to become part of NATO and pointed out that in 1999 the criminal unipolar world was at its peak, but it was also the beginning of its end because then the seed of a new, multipolar world was conceived. BELGRADE, NOVEMBER 12 /SRNA/ - Serbian Foreign Minister Marko Đurić met with the special representative of the President of the Russian Federation for international cooperation in the field of culture Mikhail Shvidkoy and confirmed Serbia's commitment to leading a balanced and independent foreign policy, stressing that, despite current challenges, Serbia's position remains consistent. BELGRADE/BUDAPEST, NOVEMBER 12 /SRNA/ - The Serbian Minister of Internal Affairs Ivica Dačić said after the Ministerial Conference of the Budapest Process that Serbia's approach to managing migration is at a high civilizational level. He emphasized that, together with Hungary, Serbia has managed to almost completely stop the flow of illegal migration towards Hungary. BELGRADE, NOVEMBER 12 /SRNA/ - The first recipients of the Planetary Tesla Award are Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in the Protagonists of Peace category, journalist and activist Julian Assange in the Fighters for Truth category, and tennis player Novak Đoković. REGION ZAGREB, NOVEMBER 12 /SRNA/ - The study of the environmental impact of the planned nuclear waste repository near Dvor na Uni should be completed by the end of the year, said the director of the Croatian Fund for Financing the Decommissioning of the Krško Nuclear Power Plant and Disposal of Radioactive Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel Josip Lebegner. ZAGREB, NOVEMBER 12 /SRNA/ - The Defense Committee of the Croatian Parliament approved the procurement of American-made multi-barrel HIMARS missile systems, the range of which is 80 kilometers, and could be increased to 500 kilometers.