SRNA News Roundup /II/- April 21, 2024

REPUBLIKA SRPSKA

BIJELJINA, APRIL 21 /SRNA/ - The 31st anniversary of the battle for Banj brdo, killing 33 soldiers of the Second Majevica Brigade of the Republika Srpska Army, was marked today at the Pučile city cemetery in Bijeljina. BIJELJINA, APRIL 21 /SRNA/ - The wartime commander of the First Infantry Battalion, Borivoje Đokić, said that the soldiers of the Republika Srpska Army /RSA/ will never accept the announced resolution on Srebrenica because Serbs, Serb soldiers, defended their people and Serb land and never attacked anyone. attacked. VLASENICA, APRIL 21 /SRNA/ - Solemn gathering was held in Vlasenica today marking the 32nd anniversary of the liberation of the municipality in the Defensive-Patriotic, where it was said that Republika Srpska can be preserved only by unity and that there is no political party that is more important than national issues. NEW YORK, APRIL 21 /SRNA/ - Serbian Ambassador to the USA Marko Đurić said that Serbia demands that the submitters and sponsors of the resolution on Srebrenica withdraw that proposal with the aim of reconciliation in the region, and noted that a staff has been formed in the Serbian mission to continuously deal with this issue. BANJA LUKA, APRIL 21 /SRNA/ - Jehuda Bauer, who in expert circles is considered the world's greatest authority on Holocaust and genocide issues, stated that there was no genocide in Srebrenica. SKADAR, APRIL 21 /SRNA/ - The Leader of the Serb People's Movement "The Choice is Ours" Dane Čankovic believes that insisting on the wording "genocide in Srebrenica" only complicates the political situation and relations between Serbs and Bosniaks in BiH and represents a major obstacle to peace and continued coexistence of the two peoples. BANJA LUKA, APRIL 21 /SRNA/ - Even in these complex conditions, the Serb people give a clear and decisive answer - the institutions and the President of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, have the enormous support of the people, and Republika Srpska will survive on this iron will of the people, it was said at the forum called " Threatened Srpska - a decisive response" which was organized by the Defence of Srpska Movement and was held in the Banja Luka’s settlement of Kola. DOBOJ, APRIL 21 /SRNA/ - SDS Leader Milan Miličević said that this party is looking for ways to participate in local elections in circumstances where their bank account has been closed due to American sanctions, and if this is not possible, then they will participate in the elections as SDS - the will of the people, the campaign and political program of SDS remain the same. BANJA LUKA, APRIL 21 /SRNA/ - The winner of the fourth stage of the Belgrade-Banja Luka international bicycle race, which was run from Doboj to Banjaluka, is the Pole Piotr Pekala, a member of the German Santic – Wibatech team- BiH SARAJEVO, APRIL 21 /SRNA/ - The deputy of the Serb people in the House of Peoples of the Parliament of BiH, Snjezana Novaković Bursać, said that it is true and that she supports what the member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany in the Bundestag, Frank Schwabe, said at the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, commenting on the humanitarian situation in Gaza - that one should be careful with the term "genocide" and pointed out that some policies still strive to create chaos and unrest in the Balkans. SARAJEVO, APRIL 21 /SRNA/ - The rate of vaccinated children in BiH has decreased in recent years, so that only 58.04 percent received the first dose of measles vaccine, and 52.01 percent received the first booster dose of diphtheria, tetanus, and polio vaccine /DTP/, announced the Office of the World Health Organization /WHO/ in BiH. FEDERATION OF BiH LIVNO, APRIL 21 /SRNA/ - In the Cathedral Church of the Descent of the Holy Spirit in the village of Vrbica in Livanjsko polje, a memorial service was held for the sergeant of the Canadian army, Marc Daniel Leger, who selflessly helped Serb returnees at the time when he controlled the peace in the area as a member of SFOR and today a commemorative plaque was placed in his honour, one of the initiators of the commemoration Saša Šunjko told SRNA. SERBIA NEW YORK, APRIL 21 /SRNA/ - The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, announced today that a staff has been formed at the Mission of Serbia to the UN in New York to deal with issues related to the attempt to adopt a resolution on Srebrenica and announced that meetings with more than 120 permanent representatives of different countries in the UN will follow. BELGRADE, APRIL 21 /SRNA/ - Minister without portfolio in the Government of Serbia in charge of relations with the diaspora, Đorđe Milićević, said that the leader of the Serbs in North Macedonia, Ivan Stoilković, who opposed the decision of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of that country to co-sponsor the resolution on Srebrenica in the UN, must not be a victim of those who want to declare the Serbs genocidal. BELGRADE, APRIL 21 /SRNA/ - Prince Aleksandar Karađorđević said on the occasion of the Memorial Day for the victims of the Holocaust, genocide and other victims of fascism in the Second World War that it is a sacred obligation and duty of society to remember those who were lkilled in one of the most tragic periods in history. PRISTINA, APRIL 21 /SRNA/ - 203 voters voted in the referendum on the impeachment of mayors of Albanian nationality in four Serb municipalities in the north of Kosovo and Metohija by 15:00, announced the Priština Central Election Commission /CEC/.