SRNA News Roundup /I/ - September 7, 2024

REPUBLIKA SRPSKA

BANJA LUKA, SEPTEMBER 7 /SRNA/ - Speaker of the Republika Srpska National Assembly Nenad Stevandić has said that there is no possibility of the ruling coalition at the level of Republika Srpska falling apart and that the goal is to protect property and decision-making autonomy. PALE, SEPTEMBER 7 /SRNA/ - Minister without portfolio in the Serbian Government, Nenad Popović, said today in Pale that Serbia, led by its President Aleksandar Vučić, will always do everything possible to support the development of Republika Srpska, including the municipality of Pale. PALE, SEPTEMBER 7 /SRNA/ - Member of the National Assembly of Republika Srpska, Damjan Škipina, has said that, due to its historical, national, and cultural significance for Srpska, Pale deserves to be given the status of the capital of Republika Srpska. PALE, SEPTEMBER 7 /SRNA/ - Russian academician and historian Elena Guskova has supported the initiative to grant Pale the status of the capital of Republika Srpska, emphasizing that Pale is the capital city from the wartime period that will forever remain in history as victorious. PALE, SEPTEMBER 7 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska is a stronghold of Serbian independence, statehood, and nation, historian and author of the book "History of Republika Srpska," Čedomir Antić, said in Pale. BANJA LUKA, SEPTEMBER 7 /SRNA/ - His Grace Bishop Sava of Marča, vicar of the Metropolitan of Banja Luka Jefrem, today consecrated a monument in Potkozarje near Banja Luka, erected in honor of 624 Serbian civilians from the area who were killed by Ustashe on February 5 and 12, 1942, including 208 children. TREBINJE, SEPTEMBER 7 /SRNA/ - The director general of "Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske" Luka Petrović told SRNA that this company is the only one in the Balkans with the largest and most serious investment venture, which will provide "Elektroprivreda Srpske" with an additional 30 percent of electricity and new revenue. He also stated that the company expects around BAM one billion in annual revenues as of 2027 or 2028. PETROVO, SEPTEMBER 7 /SRNA/ - The Serbian people defended their homes when they came under attack from NATO aviation, which bombed the telecommunications tower on the Ozren Mountain summit called Kraljica and killed five communications officers of the Republika Srpska Army. However, that sacrifice will not be forgotten; the truth about it will continue to be spoken despite the revisionism that seeks to portray Serbs, despite being victims, as aggressors. This was said today on Mount Ozren, where the 29th anniversary of the event was marked. PETROVO, SEPTEMBER 7 /SRNA/ - At the memorial site on the Ozren Mountain summit Kraljica, a memorial service was held for five communication officers of the Republika Srpska Army who were killed 29 years ago when NATO aviation bombed the telecommunications tower. FEDERATION OF BiH BANJA LUKA, SEPTEMBER 7 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik told SRNA that the placement of the Muslim war flag at one of the largest execution sites of the Serbian people during the NDH /Independent State of Croatia/ in Garavice near Bihać is a "horror, humiliation, and the downfall of everything that is called civilization, humanity, and humaneness." BIHAĆ, SEPTEMBER 7 /SRNA/ - The Republika Srpska Minister of Labor, War Veterans and Disabled Persons’ Protection, Danijel Egić, said today that Serbs remember their victims and also respect others,' and that they will never desecrate memorials at the sites of suffering in the territory of Srpska or the Federation of BiH /FBiH/. BIHAĆ, SEPTEMBER 7 /SRNA/ - The BiH wartime flag was raised at the Garavice Memorial Park near Bihać, where Serbs were brutally killed during World War II. The 83rd anniversary of the Ustasha crime against 12,000 Serbs, including a large number of children, will be commemorated today. BIHAĆ, SEPTEMBER 7 /SRNA/ - The commemoration of the 83rd anniversary of the Ustasha crime against 12,000 Serbs, including a large number of children, began with a memorial service for the Serbs killed in Garavice near Bihać. SERBIA BELGRADE, SEPTEMBER 7 /SRNA/ - Authorities in Priština have closed the Brnjak and Merdare crossing points after activists from several Serbian organizations blocked traffic near several administrative points coming from central Serbia and Montenegro, reported RTS. KOSOVO AND METOHIJA, SEPTEMBER 6 /SRNA/ - All administrative crossings between Kosovo and Metohija and central Serbia - Merdare, Jarinje, and Brnjak - are blocked in response to a measure taken by the Prime Minister of the temporary Priština institutions, said Raša Rojević, president of the Kosovo-Metohija District Citizens' Association BELGRADE, SEPTEMBER 7 /SRNA/ - On the occasion of September 8, International Literacy Day, Sreto Tanasić, president of the Serbian Language Standardization Committee, said in an interview with SRNA that the right to literacy is certainly respected in Serbia and is enshrined in legislation but, the problem of illiteracy has not been resolved either in Serbia or Republika Srpska. BELGRADE, SEPTEMBER 7 /SRNA/ - Bora Đorđević was a musician, poet, and patriot who truly lived what he sang, working with the force of a volcano and depicting life with words as it is, said Serbian Minister of Culture Nikola Selaković at the commemoration for the legendary rock musician in Čačak. REGION JASENOVAC, SEPTEMBER 7 /SRNA/ - The Jasenovac Serbian Golgotha and suffering are a guide for the unceasing search for truth in accordance with the path of Jesus Christ, the bishops who celebrated the liturgy for Serbian victims in Jasenovac said in a sermon. JASENOVAC, SEPTEMBER 7 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik said in Jasenovac that we remember today the Holy New Martyrs of Jasenovac and emphasized that everyone knows the extent of the suffering and that more than half a million Serbs were killed in this concentration camp during World War II. JASENOVAC, SEPTEMBER 7 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik laid a wreath today at the "Kameni Cvijet" /Stone Flower/ monument dedicated to all the victims killed in the Jasenovac death camp during World War II. JASENOVAC, SEPTEMBER 7 /SRNA/ - Minister without portfolio in the Serbian Government responsible for the Diaspora, Đorđe Milićević, said today in Jasenovac that it is important to maintain the culture of remembrance and never forget the great suffering of Serbs during World War II, adding that relativization and mystification of the events in the greatest Serbian slaughterhouse in Jasenovac will not be allowed. JASENOVAC, SEPTEMBER 7 /SRNA/ - Dejan Ristić, Serbia's Minister of Information and Telecommunications, who attended the prayer celebration of the Holy New Martyrs of Jasenovac at the Monastery of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist in Jasenovac and the Jasenovac Memorial Area, said that Jasenovac is the place of the greatest Golgotha in the history of the Serbian people, but also of their resurrection, in all their nobility, goodness, and strength. 2024 ELECTIONS BANJA LUKA, SEPTEMBER 6 /SRNA/ - SNSD president Milorad Dodik said at a party convention in Banja Luka that the party is ready for another major victory, perhaps the most important one for Republika Srpska. He expressed confidence that they will receive the greatest trust from the citizens and, together with other institutions, work on strengthening Srpska. BANJA LUKA, SEPTEMBER 6 /SRNA/ - SNSD vice-president Željka Cvijanović emphasized that successful and strong local communities are the foundation of a strong and stable Republika Srpska. BANJA LUKA, SEPTEMBER 6 /SRNA/ - SNSD vice-president Željka Cvijanović emphasized that the SNSD held a magnificent, victorious convention at the Kastel Fortress in Banjaluka. BANJA LUKA, SEPTEMBER 6 /SRNA/ - The president of United Srpska, Nenad Stevandić, said on Friday evening in Banja Luka that the party is entering the election campaign ready, with what he described as the highest-quality list of candidates and the slogan "Banjaluka without Blockades." BIJELJINA, SEPTEMBER 7 /SRNA/ - The SDS candidate for mayor of Bijeljina in the upcoming local elections, Ljubiša Petrović, has said that he will run an open and honest campaign, that he will highlight all the positive aspects and if elected, will continue the changes that have improved the city. BANJA LUKA, SEPTEMBER 7 /SRNA/ - The PDP candidate for mayor of Banja Luka, Draško Stanivuković, highlighted in his campaign video the renovation of the Milanović house in Banja Luka as one of the key achievements of his work, saying that this project represents one of the largest cultural investments in recent times.