15 March 2004 03:42
THE DAY IN REVIEW
BANJA LUKA - Republika Srpska Prime Minister Dragan Mikerevic and Serbian deputy Prime Minister Miroljub Labus met on
Monday and discussed the possibilities of improvement of economic cooperation between BiH and Serbia and Montenegro.
BANJA LUKA - RS Energy Minister Milan Bogicevic and Spanish Ambassador in BiH Rafael Vale Garagori signed on Monday a
contract on financing the drafting of 10 feasibility studies for small hydro-power plants in the Republika Srpska.
MAGLAJ - Malaysian Ambassador to BiH Zakarie Sulong visited Maglaj on Monday at the invitation of the Islamic Community
Maglaj where he met with the Main Imam of the Majlis Izudin ef. Krusko on construction of an Islamic center in Maglaj.
GORAZDE - Ex-policeman from Visegrad Novo Rajak, accused for war crimes by the BiH judiciary, on Monday turned himself
in to the Cantonal Prosecution in Gorazde. SARAJEVO - The OSCE project of strengthening of local democratic institutions
will be begin on Tuesday in Sarajevo with representatives of 30 municipalities from whole BiH participating in it, the
OSCE said in a press release on Monday. SARAJEVO - BiH deputy Defense Minister Marina Pendes gave her oath on Monday
before the BiH House of Representatives. PRIJEDOR - President of the Hague tribunal (ICTY) Clod Jorda and his close aids
visited Monday the places of sufferings of Bosniaks and Croats in the past war in the Prijedor Municipality. SARAJEVO -
Helsinki Committee BiH said that the Zenica-Doboj Canton Government's move, calling on "parents and children
to visit the cantonal schools on Tuesday and pressure the teachers and professors into continuing the classes," is
unacceptable. LJUBLJANA - A BiH delegation, headed by BiH Prime Minister Adnan Terzic, arrived Monday around 4 p.m., at
Ljubljana in a two-day visit to Slovenia, at invitation addressed by Slovenian Prime Minister Anton Rop. SARAJEVO - BiH
Federation Prime Minister Ahmet Hadzipasic met on Monday with the Head of the OSCE Mission to BiH Robert Beecroft, with
whom he discussed the functioning of the Center for education of judges and prosecutors. BANJA LUKA - On February 21,
Republika Srpska Ministry of Interior conducted a "Speed - seat-belt" action, during which 4,362 drivers
underwent traffic control. WASHINGTON - Operatives from the al-Qaeda terror network were likely responsible for last
week's deadly attacks on Madrid's rail system, a top US security official said Monday. BANJA LUKA - Republika
Srpska Education, Science and Culture Union requested from the RS Government to secure the payment of salaries to
workers in the field based on the lowest labor cost of 82 KM, or the Union will initiate activities to protect their
rights. SARAJEVO - BiH Minister of Foreign Affairs Mladen Ivanic will attend the March 17 session of the UN Human Rights
Commission in Geneva. SARAJEVO - The newly appointed BiH defense minister, Nikola Radovanovic, was born on October 26,
1960 in Sisak, Croatia. Currently he lives in Banja Luka. SARAJEVO - BiH Prime Minister Adnan Terzic said on Monday that
the draft law on university education will be discussed by the Council of Ministers on March 18, and forwarded to the
Parliament. BAGHDAD - Madrid's prime minister-elect warned Monday he will pull Spanish troops out of Iraq if there
is no change in the war-torn country within months, following elections which deprived Washington and London of a
leading ally in their Iraq strategy. SARAJEVO - BiH Defense Minister Nikola Radovanovic said Monday the priority in work
in the Ministry will be fulfilling conditions for BiH joining NATO's Partnership for Peace. BRCKO - More than one
hundred members of the BiH Association of Farmers staged Monday one in a string of foreseen protest rallies in front of
the Brcko District Government building, calling for more favorable subsidies and improvement of agriculture in BiH.
SARAJEVO - Member of the BiH Presidency Dragan Covic will open on Tuesday in Dobretici the new municipality building, on
the occasion of the anniversary of establishment of this municipality. PRIJEDOR - In accordance with the judicial reform
in BiH, the Basic Court in Prijedor started working on Monday, after the unification of courts from this municipality
and Kozarska/Bosanska Dubica. ZVORNIK - Delegate in the Republika Srpska (RS) Council of Peoples Fadil Banjanovic said
on Monday that the Islamic Fund from Sarajevo is interested in the project of reconstruction of the water supply system
the local community of Kozluk, whose value is 450,000 KM. SARAJEVO - A delegation of the BiH Federation government, led
by Prime Minister Ahmet Hadzipasic, met on Monday with Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Ljubomir Labus and discussed
improvement of trade exchange, investments and joint presentations of BiH and Serbia on third markets. BANJA LUKA -
Republika Srpska (RS) Minister of Education and Culture Gojko Savanovic said on Monday that as of April 1, diplomas of
BiH will be recognized in all countries-signatories of the Bologna Declaration. BANJA LUKA - The Presidency of the Party
of Democratic Progress (PDP) rejected objections of the Office of the High Representative (OHR) on the draft public
broadcasting legislation, estimating that the draft law "ensures editorial independence and financial
sustainability of public broadcasting services in BiH." DOBOJ - Charge d'affaires of the Japanese Embassy to
BiH Yoshiaki Kotaki on Monday officially opened the newly-constructed portion of road in Miljakovac, near Doboj, for
which the Japanese government donated 62,935 euro. SARAJEVO - BiH Presidency Chairman Sulejman Tihic and Presidency
member Borislav Paravac met on Monday with Serbian Prime Minister Miroljub Labus and discussed improvement of bilateral
relations, development of regional cooperation and the process of European integration. BANJA LUKA - BiH Minister of
Traffic and Communications Branko Dokic estimated on Monday a statement of the Office of the High Representative (OHR)
that the draft public broadcasting legislation was unacceptable to the OHR as across-the-board condemnation. BRATUNAC -
A group of 168 refugees and displaced persons in the refugee camp Kravica near Bratunac are in a very difficult
position, which has been made even worse with the latest decision of the Republika Srpska Ministry of Refugees to cancel
the position of camp manager. SARAJEVO - The BiH Parliamentary House of Representatives on Monday confirmed the
appointment of Nikola Radovanovic for the first defense minister of BiH, and Enes Becirbasic and Marina Pendes for his
deputies. ZENICA - Members of SFOR, EUPM and local police searched apartment of Assistant Director of the Cantonal
Bureau for Public Health of the Zenica-Doboj Canton, Doctor Dzelal Imamovic. MOSTAR - High Representative Paddy Ashdown
said on Monday that according to information he received from local politicians in Mostar, the construction of a
monument to the killed members of the Croat militia (HVO) in Mostar's Rondo square was not disputable. ZENICA - The
strike in primary and secondary schools in the Zenica-Doboj Canton has entered the fourth week, without official
indications that it could be ended. SARAJEVO - The BiH Parliamentary House of Representatives is expected to confirm at
its session on Monday the appointment of the first BiH defense minister and his two deputies. SARAJEVO - "We are
ready for the continuation of political dialogue and economic cooperation with Serbia," Chairman of the BiH Council
of Ministers Adnan Terzic said after a meeting with Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Miroljub Labus on Monday. MOSTAR -
High Representative to BiH Paddy Ashdown said on Monday that today, March 15, the day of abolishment of the city
municipalities, is the historical day for Mostar, since it marks the start of true unification of the city. BRUSSELS -
The European Union paid tribute Monday to the 200 people massacred in last week's deadly Madrid train bombings,
holding three minutes of silence across the continent on the stroke of midday. SARAJEVO - This morning, SFOR personnel,
assisted by local police, commenced a routine unannounced inspection in Nemila, North of Zenica, read a press release
from SFOR. BEIJING - A Chinese couple raised their only child for 13 years in the belief it was a girl, until a visit to
the local hospital alerted them to the fact that he was really a boy, state media said Monday. MOSCOW - Russian
President Vladimir Putin won Russia's weekend presidential election, netting 71.2 percent of the vote with nearly
all ballots counted, the central election commission announced Monday. MADRID - Spanish security services believe that
the people who carried out last week's deadly bombings on trains in Madrid may have had links to the Islamic
extremist group Al-Qaeda and also be part of the group which carried out devastating attacks in the Moroccan city of
Casablanca almost a year ago, the El Pais newspaper said on Monday. BAGHDAD - Nineteen US soldiers, including 12
marines, were injured during operations west of Baghdad over the weekend, when five home made bombs were found and seven
insurgents captured, the US army said.
[ONASA News Agency] |
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