SRNA News Roundup /II/ - February 16, 2024

REPUBLIKA SRPSKA

BANJA LUKA, FEBRUARY 16 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik said today in Banja Luka that the Constitution clearly says who owns the property and that the Law on Succession deals with the distribution of the property of the former Yugoslavia. BANJA LUKA, FEBRUARY 16 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik said today at a press conference in Banja Luka that huge amounts of magnesium were found in the researched area of Lopare and that there is information about the significant presence of lithium, whose exploitation Republika Srpska will absolutely protect in its own interest. BANJA LUKA, FEBRUARY 16 /SRNA/ - SNSD leader Milorad Dodik said today in Banja Luka that there are no visible processes that could jeopardize institutional, and by that, the political stability of Republika Srpska. SRBAC, FEBRUARY 16 /SRNA/ - The Ministry of Internal Affairs /MIA/ of Republika Srpska is the guarantor of the security of Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik, whom it protects in full constitutional and legal capacity, the line minister Siniša Karan said today. SRBAC, FEBRUARY 16 /SRNA/ - After a meeting with Srbac Mayor Mlađan Dragosavljević, Republika Srpska Minister of Internal Affairs Siniša Karan said today that the good cooperation between the Ministry and this municipality contributed to a satisfactory security situation in Srbac and announced that they will begin intense preparations for the construction of a new police station to begin this year. PRNJAVOR, FEBRUARY 16 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska Justice Minister Miloš Bukejlović, who attended today the opening of the reconstructed building of the Court of General Jurisdiction in Prnjavor, pointed out that the successful cooperation with the EU Delegation to BiH has been going on for 15 years and that a good series of joint renovations of judicial institutions has continued. PRNJAVOR, FEBRUARY 16 /SRNA/ - The Head of the EU Delegation to BiH, Johann Sattler, said that the joint presence with Republika Srpska Justice Minister Miloš Bukejlović at the opening of the reconstructed building of the Court of General Jurisdiction in Prnjavor opens another new chapter in the long-term cooperation that the EU has with the judiciary. With the opening of the reconstructed building of the Court of General Jurisdiction in Prnjavor, in which around BAM 600,000 has been invested, better working conditions were created, and the city got a representative building, the president of this court, Dragan Ivić, pointed out today. BANJA LUKA, FEBRUARY 16 /SRNA/ - The president of the Socialist Party, Petar Đokić, emphasized after today's meeting in Belgrade with SPS leader Ivica Dačić that the support from official Belgrade is of great importance and wind at the back of the institutions of Republika Srpska to fight for respect for the law and equality of all the three constituent nations. VLASENICA, FEBRUARY 16 /SRNA/ - Petar Jurošević, a graduate of the "Milorad Vlačić" Secondary School Center from Vlasenica and today an exemplary student in Novi Sad, is the winner of the award of the Prince Aleksandar Karađorđević Foundation for Education and Culture, which traditionally awards prizes to the best graduates from Serbia and Republika Srpska for their secondary school results. BiH BANJA LUKA, FEBRUARY 16 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik said that direct threats were directed at him in the Federation of BiH, which could be heard and seen. BANJA LUKA, FEBRUARY 16 /SRNA/ - Speaker of the Republika Srpska National Assembly Nenad Stevandić has said that BiH is unjustifiably being held at the door of the EU. SARAJEVO, FEBRUARY 16 /SRNA/ - Head of the Croatian Caucus in the House of Peoples of the BiH Parliamentary Assembly Marina Pendeš expressed her satisfaction that one of the set of laws that bring BiH closer to the EU was passed today and expressed the hope that in the next month, the other three laws will be on the agenda of the House of Peoples so that BiH can start negotiations on EU accession. SARAJEVO, FEBRUARY 16 /SRNA/ - The OSCE Mission to BiH welcomed the passage of the Law on Prevention of Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorist Activities, which they stated is of vital importance for a more efficient fight against organized crime, corruption, and terrorism. PRNJAVOR, FEBRUARY 16 /SRNA/ - Commenting on the passage of the Law on Prevention of Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorist Activities, the Minister of Internal Affairs of Republika Srpska Siniša Karan pointed out that this is only one of the countless harmonizations of laws with European recommendations and one of the legal solutions that should make BiH closer to opening candidate status for membership in the EU. BANJA LUKA, FEBRUARY 16 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik Dodik pointed out today that it is time for all parties in power in BiH to take responsibility, which is what the EU constantly says in their statements, and he told representatives of the "troika" to figure out whether they will withdraw due to Americans, who destroyed the institutions in BiH and have nothing to do with the European path. SARAJEVO, FEBRUARY 16 /SRNA/ - Chairperson of the Council of Ministers Borjana Krišto participated today in the opening of the Munich Security Conference, on the sidelines of which she met with representatives of several European countries and the EU, whom she informed about results the Council of Ministers achieved in implementing reforms in various sectors. BELGRADE, FEBRUARY 16 /SRNA/ - Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vučić said that the good relations between Serbia and BiH were confirmed at a meeting with the Chairwoman of the Council of Ministers, Borjana Krišto, in Munich, and the potential for cooperation between the two countries and additional opportunities for its strengthening were discussed. SARAJEVO, FEBRUARY 16 /SRNA/ - Foreign Minister in the Council of Ministers Elmedin Konaković and the EU's special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue and Western Balkans regional issues, Miroslav Lajčak, expressed today the hope that in its next report, Brussels will recognize the progress made by BiH. SARAJEVO, FEBRUARY 16 /SRNA/ - The Chairman of the BiH Parliament’s Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly - Union for the Mediterranean, Milan Petković, pointed out the importance of preventive political action in preventing conflicts. SARAJEVO, FEBRUARY 16 /SRNA/ - The president of the United Srpska Nenad Stevandić said that Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik is not hindering the European processes and that agreements reached by the partners in the authorities at the level of BiH joint institutions are collapsing after foreign and US ambassador Michael Murphy's interventions. BANJA LUKA, FEBRUARY 16 /SRNA/ - Head of the PDP Caucus in the Republika Srpska National Assembly Igor Crnadak feels that the authorities of Srpska and Serbian representatives in joint institutions should work together so that BiH could get a positive response from the EU in March on the opening of negotiations with BiH. SERBIA BELGRADE, FEBRUARY 16 /SRNA/ - Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vučić said this evening in Munich that he heard at the security conference, which is being held in this city, that Great Britain sent a rather harsh letter to Pristina regarding the abolition of the dinar. BELGRADE, FEBRUARY 16 /SRNA/ - A memorial service was held today in the Church of St. Petka in Laplje Selo near Priština for 12 Serbs who were killed 23 years ago in a terrorist attack on the "Niš Express" bus in Livadice near Podujevo, and on that occasion it was said that the request to reopen the case so that those responsible for a crime that took place in peace, despite the presence of international security forces, could be punished, was suspended due to the alleged lack of evidence. BELGRADE, FEBRUARY 16 /SRNA/ - The Movement of the Krajina Serbs called on all citizens of Serbia to sign a petition to pass a resolution in the Serbian Parliament on the Ustasha genocide against the Serbian people in the Independent State of Croatia /NDH/ in order to finally correct decades of injustice towards the victims and prevent increasingly open revisionism.