SRNA News Roundup /I/ - August 18, 2024

REPUBLIKA SRPSKA BANJA LUKA, AUGUST 18 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik said that the authorities in the Federation of BiH /FBiH/ should speed up negotiations regarding the route of the fast road between Belgrade and Sarajevo through the FBiH, emphasizing that the construction of this section would address the road isolation of BiH. VIŠEGRAD, AUGUST 18 /SRNA/ - Regarding the resolution of the financing issue for the section of the Belgrade-Sarajevo fast road through Republika Srpska, Višegrad Mayor Mladen Đurević told SRNA that all diplomatic efforts by the President of Srpska, Milorad Dodik, are yielding results, and expressed confidence that this road will be completed as soon as possible. TREBINJE, AUGUST 17 /SRNA/ - Meetings between businesspeople from Republika Srpska and Austria in Trebinje attracted more than 30 Austrian entrepreneurs. The goal of the meetings was to foster better connections to increase exports and implement other joint projects, the Head of the Republika Srpska Representative Office in Austria, Mladen Filipović, said on Saturday evening. EAST SARAJEVO, AUGUST 18 /SRNA/ - The microcredit sector in Republika Srpska achieved a net profit of BAM 38,014,000 in the first six months, which is an increase of 41.81 percent compared to the same period last year, according to the Banking Agency of Srpska. EAST SARAJEVO, AUGUST 18 /SRNA/ - The director of the Republika Srpska Helicopter Service, Boban Kusturić, stated today that pilots from Srpska and Serbia, through their bravery and expertise, made a significant contribution to saving people and property from fires in the "Sutjeska" National Park and in the Herzegovina region, where over 1,250 tons of water were dropped in recent days. BANJA LUKA, AUGUST 18 /SRNA/ - Srđan Bilić, a scholarship recipient of the "Dr. Milan Jelić" Fund, told SRNA that he is honored to have the opportunity to complete his studies in Republika Srpska. He noted that there is no need to seek out prestigious universities abroad when it is possible to actively participate in scientific projects with researchers from around the world from Srpska, which is made possible, among other things, by scholarships. BiH BELGRADE, AUGUST 18 /SRNA/ - The Serb member of the BiH Presidency, Željka Cvijanović, stated that the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo, realizing that the opposition in Republika Srpska is in a very weak position, has decided to take over their role ahead of the local elections. BELGRADE, AUGUST 18 /SRNA/ - The Serb member of the BiH Presidency, Željka Cvijanović, stated that Sarajevo's politics have been poisoning interethnic and regional relations for decades and that there are no limits to their hostility towards anything Serbian. SARAJEVO, AUGUST 18 /SRNA/ - The director of the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency /FIPA/, Marko Kubatlija, stated that, according to preliminary data from the BiH Central Bank, the inflow of foreign direct investments in the first quarter of this year amounted to BAM 509.4 million, which is a four percent increase compared to the same period last year, when it amounted to BAM 489.64 million. SERBIA BELGRADE, AUGUST 18 /SRNA/ - The Minister of Internal Affairs of Serbia, Ivica Dačić, stated that the goal of the major Western powers is to create instability in this region so they can exert greater influence over problem-solving and decision-making processes. BELGRADE, AUGUST 18 /SRNA/ - The Minister of Internal Affairs of Serbia, Ivica Dačić, stated that the Wahhabi Senad Ramović Becan was killed in the area of the village of Hotkovo near Novi Pazar after he refused to surrender and fired three to four shots at the police.