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Serbia Today 96-07-22Serbia Today Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: Yugoslavia <http://www.yugoslavia.com>Serbia Today22 July 1996CONTENTS
[01] JACQUES POS IN BELGRADEMinister of Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg Jacques Pos has arrived on a two-day official visit to Yugoslavia. It is scheduled that Minister Pos will meet with his host, the Yugoslav Minister of Foreign Affairs Milan Milutinovic. The guest from Luxembourg will also be received by the Federal Prime Minister Radoje Kontic and he will have talks with the President of Serbia Slobodan Milosevic. (TANJUG, July 21, 1996)[02] BRONZE MEDAL FOR YUGOSLAVIAAleksandra Ivosev on the first day of the Olympic Games in Atlanta, has won the first medal - bronze medal for Yugoslavia. In the shooting discipline of small-bore (air) riffle, our young national team champion was the best in the last three shots when the decision was made on medals and gave a great impetus to the other members of the Yugoslav Olympic team.While leaving the United States, after having attended the opening ceremony of the 26th Olympic Games, President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoran Lilic sent a telegram to the U.S. President Bill Clinton expressing his thanks for the hospitality and kind attention shown to our delegation at the Olympic Games in Atlanta. (Politika ekspres, July 21, 1996) [03] ROAD TOLL FOR FOREIGN VEHICLES CUT IN HALFGovernment of the Republic of Serbia has reduced the road toll payable on vehicles with foreign registration plates for 50 percent. It is expected that this decision will significantly increase competitiveness of our country in respect to our neighbors and will stimulate transit traffic through Serbia. The Government has abolished the compensations payable at border crossings by the local transporters. (TANJUG, July 21, 1996)[04] FUNDS ARE NOT BLOCKEDDirector of Beogradska Banka in Cyprus, Borka Vucic announced that "there are neither any requests nor decisions by the Cypriot courts for blocking of funds of this bank". In this way, Mrs. Vucic has denied information by some foreign media, reported in some of the local media, that the court in Cyprus had frozen funds of this bank at the request of Slovenia, whose Central Bank, according to Evros Evripidu, lawyer representing interests of Slovenia "is laying claim on a part of these funds". (TANJUG, July 22, 1996)[05] REGISTRATION OF VOTERS BEGINSRegistration of some 215,000 refugees with the right of vote from former Bosnia-Herzegovina and Republic of Srpska in Serbia and Montenegro will begin, which will last until July 30, 1996 at midnight. Some 8,000 registration stations will be opened today for all those wishing to be recorded for voting. (Politika ekspres, July 22, 1996)[06] ABOUT THE JOINT HISTORY OF SERBS AND CROATSRoman Catholic and Serbian Orthodox Church are cooperating in the project having as aim writing of the joint history of Serbs and Croats, with the intention through objectivity to satisfy both sides. This initiative was given by the Austrian ecumenical fund "Pro Oriente".The initiative group for elaboration of this project includes one church dignitary and one scientist from Austria, Yugoslavia and Croatia each. Members from Serbia are Episcope of Sabac Lavrentije and Dejan Medakovic, from Croatia Bishop of Sibenik Srecko Badurina and Dr. Jure Zecevic and from Austria Cardinal Franc Kenning, historian Dr. Alojz Mozer and president of "Pro Oriente" Dr. Alfred Stireman. (Politika, July 20, 1996) [07] SERBS REQUEST EXTENSION OF UNTAS MANDATEPresident of the Serbia Region of Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Srem, Goran Hadzic, stated yesterday that the authorities of this region have submitted a request to the UN Security Council for extension of mandate of the UNTAS forces for another year. In the program "The Seal of Times" of Radio Kragujevac, Hadzic qualified this request to be in accordance with the Erdut Agreement and underlined that certain representatives of the international community are behaving "as if our Serbian side does not exist".He also said that until now UNTAS did not invest even one dinar of aid in this region, although great promises were given, which has caused among people concern over the final solution. "We are under the impression that the international community has deceived us and we are expecting from them to fulfil the given promises, and for this a longer time will be needed", said Hadzic. (Vecernje novosti, July 22, 1996) [08] SUCCESSFUL TALKS IN BELGRADEActing President of the Republic of Srpska Biljana Plavsic had positive view of the talks between representatives of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Republic of Srpska and the United States in Belgrade and the agreement reached on an accelerated normalization of situation in Bosnia.Specifying her stand, Dr. Plavsic said: "We will not do anything risky, which would place in jeopardy Serbian people". According to her, some barriers have been removed which the international community was placing regarding the future of the Republic of Srpska, which will be more clear after the elections. "We hope that everything will be much better than it is now, and for me as the person in the capacity of the Acting President of the Republic, the foremost is the future of the people and of the state of the Republic of Srpska, and we will try to resolve everything that is in the way of the final target, in a nice and painless way", underlined Dr. Biljana Plavsic. (Politika, July 22, 1996) [09] "THE NEW YORK TIMES" : HOLBROOK SAVES ELECTIONS IN BOSNIA"The News York Times" on Sunday commented that the withdrawal of Radovan Karadzic from the political scene is an important move for preservation of the Dayton Agreement and holding of the elections in Bosnia in the scheduled time.In the introductory article entitled "The Agreement Which Saved Elections in Bosnia", this newspaper writes that the latest Holbrook's mission in the Balkans shows how much it is possible to achieve by decisive diplomacy, and not to use in that either military force or re-establishment of economic sanctions against the Serbian side. The newspaper, actually, replicates to certain political circles and media which have over the past weeks demanded for the "Karadzic Case" to be solved by imposing again economic embargo or engagement of the NATO in Bosnia. Clinton's Administration and the American military leadership have decisively rejected such requests, qualifying this as something that could have disastrous consequences on the Dayton peace process. As most of the American media, "The New York Times" also acknowledges the merits of Holbrook by the way he had conducted his mission. "If Karadzic will keep his word, implementation of the Dayton Agreement will be continued according to the established timetable. When in December the IFOR peace forces leave the Balkans, Bosnia shall certainly not be a wholesome state, but it will be a state in peace with the possibility one day to be united", writes the newspaper. (TANJUG, July 22, 1996) [10] GENERAL TOLIMIR: REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA ARMY INDIFFERENT TOWARDS REMOVAL OF KARADZICThe Army of Bosnian Serbs has distanced itself from the threats of some local Serbian authorities sent to NATO and the UN staff that they will respond by an action of reprisal if they should try to arrest the former president of the Republic of Srpska Radovan Karadzic, states the IFOR spokesman Colonel Max Mariner.He said that the Deputy Commander of the Republic of Srpska Army, General Zdravko Tolimir, stated assurances to the Commander of the land forces of IFOR, General Michael Walker, that the Republic of Srpska Army is indifferent towards the removal from power of Radovan Karadzic. (Nasa borba, July 22, 1996) [11] BOSNIA WISHES TO COOPERATE WITH ITS NEIGHBORSVice President of the Muslim-Croat Federation Dr. Ejup Ganic, who is to arrive early this week in Belgrade at the head of an economic delegation, stated that Bosnia did not chose its neighbors but that "it wishes to cooperate with them and build relations where it is possible"."It is necessary to make every step in order to create better conditions for life of citizens of Bosnia-Herzegovina and to secure stability in the region", specified Ganic, in his statement reported on Saturday by the Sarajevo media. According to him, delegation which is to visit Belgrade "will be headed by people capable of making a step forward in the relations between the two states". It is expected that the dialogue between the economic delegations of Belgrade and Sarajevo would result, first of all, in establishing civilian flights between the two cities. 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