SRNA News Roundup /II/ - November 13, 2024

REPUBLIKA SRPSKA BELGRADE, NOVEMBER 13 /SRNA/ - The Minister without Portfolio in the Government of Serbia responsible for relations with the Diaspora Đorđe Milićević visited today the elementary school in Slatina near Laktaši on the occasion of the project "Visits to Rural Schools," which aims to preserve the Serbian language, script, and cultural identity. JAHORINA, NOVEMBER 13 /SRNA/ - The Invest Srpska Conference and the Second Investment Forum concluded today on Mount Jahorina with business networking between international companies and those from Republika Srpska through "B2B" meetings. Some of the conclusions will be sent to the Republika Srpska Government for consideration. BiH EAST SARAJEVO, NOVEMBER 13 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik said that BiH is nothing, just as the Prosecutor's Office of BiH best represented it during a hearing before the Court of BiH, and announced that he would file a criminal complaint against SIPA inspectors who testified today. EAST SARAJEVO, NOVEMBER 13 /SRNA/ - Speaker of the Republika Srpska National Assembly Nenad Stevandić said that at today's hearing for Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik and the acting director of the Official Gazette Miloš Lukić before the Court of BiH, it became clearer than ever that everything in this trial was falsified. EAST SARAJEVO, NOVEMBER 13 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska Prime Minister Radovan Višković emphasized today that Christian Schmidt is trying to legitimize himself in the Court of BiH, noting that this is becoming a dangerous practice in BiH that must be stopped, as it is turning into a serious issue for Republika Srpska and its institutions. EAST SARAJEVO, NOVEMBER 13 /SRNA/ - The acting director of the Official Gazette of Republika Srpska Miloš Lukić has said that at today's hearing, the Prosecutor's Office of BiH humiliated the State Investigation and Protection Agency /SIPA/, which acts on their orders. SARAJEVO, NOVEMBER 13 /SRNA/ - The defense of Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik, and the acting director of the Official Gazette Miloš Lukić pointed out at today's hearing before the Court of BiH that the documentation presented by the Prosecutor's Office of BiH was "unclear," as authentic documents such as the Dayton Peace Agreement and Annex Four were not submitted. SARAJEVO, NOVEMBER 13 /SRNA/ - Goran Bubić, the lawyer for Republika Srpska President, said this evening that it is unacceptable, illegal, and constitutes a violation of fair trial standards for the Prosecutor's Office of BiH to have questioned witnesses regarding an investigation that was conducted after the start of the trial. EAST SARAJEVO, NOVEMBER 13 /SRNA/ - Miljkan Pucar, the lawyer for the acting director of the Official Gazette of Srpska Miloš Lukić, has said that the translation of the Dayton Peace Agreement, which the Prosecutor’s Office downloaded from the internet, is highly dangerous for BiH as it says that the High Representative "has jurisdictions," while the original text clearly says that the High Representative can only interpret, and solely Annex 10. EAST SARAJEVO, NOVEMBER 13 /SRNA/ - Lawyer Goran Petronijević has said that in the case against Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik and the acting director of the Official Gazette Miloš Lukić, the Court of BiH is beginning to operate in the same manner as the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia /ICTY/, by following rules rather than the law itself. EAST SARAJEVO, NOVEMBER 13 /SRNA/ - Attorney Anto Nobilo said that the prosecutors in the case against Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik and the acting director of the Official Gazette Miloš Lukić should have obtained the original document of Annex 10 of the Dayton Agreement on the first day of the trial, as it is the foundation of this case. SARAJEVO, NOVEMBER 13 /SRNA/ - Investigator of the State Investigation and Protection Agency /SIPA/ of BiH Petar Đukić testified in the trial of Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik, saying that on orders from the BiH Prosecutor's Office, he attempted to locate the Dayton Agreement and Annex 10 on the official UN website, but he found only an accompanying document from then-U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright from 1995. BANJA LUKA, NOVEMBER 13 /SRNA/ - Member of the SNSD Main Board Denis Šulić told SRNA that today's trial of Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik and the acting director of the Official Gazette Miloš Lukić revealed what BiH represents – a project that ridicules itself. SARAJEVO, NOVEMBER 13 /SRNA/ - The BiH Chief Prosecutor Milanko Kajganić and the acting Chief Prosecutor of the War Crimes Prosecutor's Office of Serbia Dušan Knežević discussed in Belgrade strengthening cooperation and activities in the fight against impunity for war crimes, as well as addressing the issue of the inaccessibility of suspects and individuals accused of war crimes. SARAJEVO, NOVEMBER 13 /SRNA/ - The trial of Kerim Lučarević began today before the Court of BiH. He is accused of committing a crime in Sarajevo's Dobrovoljačka Street in May 1992, against soldiers and civilians during an attack on a convoy of the Yugoslav People's Army /JNA/. SARAJEVO, NOVEMBER 13 /SRNA/ - The director of the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency /FIPA/ of BiH Marko Kubatlija said in Munich that successful people from the Diaspora can contribute by transferring knowledge, skills, and technologies, FIPA said. SARAJEVO, NOVEMBER 13 /SRNA/ - At the end of September, there were 324,712 people registered with employment agencies in BiH. Compared to the previous month, the number of unemployed decreased by 5,117, or 1.55%, and it is 22,136, or 6.38% less than in September of the previous year, according to data from the Labor and Employment Agency of BiH. FEDERATION OF BiH SARAJEVO, NOVEMBER 13 /SRNA/ - The Coordination of Unions of the Confederation of Independent Unions of BiH in Sarajevo Canton will organize protests on November 29, following today's unsuccessful negotiations with the cantonal government regarding salary increases. SERBIA BELGRADE, NOVEMBER 13 /SRNA/ - Speaker of the Serbian National Assembly Ana Brnabić said during her visit to Italy that that country, along with Hungary, is one of the strongest promoters of Serbia's European integration, and that Italy's position is that Serbia should join the EU before 2030. BELGRADE, NOVEMBER 13 /SRNA/ - The Chairman of the Defense and Internal Affairs Committee of the Serbian Assembly Milovan Drecun has said that the takeover of the former Dumoš airport near Podujevo by the so-called Kosovo Security Forces /KSF/ could jeopardize the safety of Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija, and could also lead to the transfer of reconnaissance and even terrorist activities across the administrative line. REGION BAKU/PODGORICA, NOVEMBER 13 /SRNA/ - The President of Montenegro Jakov Milatović has said that he will continue to do his job after the media reported that the National Security Agency is investigating whether the information that an assassination is being plotted against him is accurate and expressed his expectations that the relevant authorities will do their job.