07.10.2000

OHR RTRS News Summary, 7 October 2000

News Headlines:

  • Kostunica swears presidential oath before Yugoslav Parliament and takes up office as new President of Yugoslavia
  • DOS will nominate new Yugoslav Prime Minister as soon as Saturday [immediately] – DOS official Zeljko Korac
  • Greek Foreign Minister Papandreou meets with Kostunica in Belgrade
  • Future country will not be Yugoslavia but Confederation of Serbia and Montenegro with only several common institutions (army, finance, foreign policy, etc.) – DOS Campaign Manager Zoran Djindjic
  • Montenegrin Government still believes Yugoslav elections were illegitimate – Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic
  • Montenegrin Prime Minister Filip Vujanovic hopes Kostunica will keep promise regarding equal rights of Serbia and Montenegro
  • National Party of Montenegro suggests to Kostunica that he nominate person from ruling Montenegrin coalition for new Prime Minister of Yugoslavia
  • People’s democratic revolution in Serbia ended decade of political agony in Serbia – Serbian academic Dobrica Cosic
  • Opposition’s victory in Serbia is crucial for interests of Serbs in Kosovo – Serb leader in Kosovo Momcilo Trajkovic
  • Political representatives of Kosovo Albanians welcome political change in Serbia
  • Islamic Community in Serbia congratulates Kostunica on his election victory
  • DOS will raise criminal charges against all members of Yugoslav Federal Election Commission (SIK)
  • Sarovic and Djokic congratulate Kostunica on his election victory
  • Dodik meets with Mayor of Cacak Velimir Ilic for talks on democratic change in Yugoslavia (02:10)
  • Sarovic congratulates Kostunica on election victory (00:30)
  • Djokic expresses satisfaction with peaceful change that occurred in Serbia (00:18)
  • Tusevljak congratulates Kostunica on election victory (00:13)
  • SNS President Biljana Plavsic meets with DOS leaders in Belgrade
  • SDS, DNS, DPS, DSP congratulate Serbian opposition on election victory (00:15)
  • Political parties from BiH Federation still reserved in their comments about political change in Yugoslavia (00:20)
  • Party for BiH will judge new Yugoslav leadership through its recognition of BiH – Silajdzic (00:10)
  • SDA needs to see improvement of position of Bosniaks in Serbia and Montenegro before assessing this recent political change in Yugoslavia as positive – SDA General Secretary Husein Zivalj (00:25)
  • Latest political change in Yugoslavia encouraging for entire region – OHR spokesman Oleg Milisic (00:25)
  • UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan asks International Community to support Kostunica’s Government (00:13)
  • EU will unconditionally lift economic sanctions imposed against Yugoslavia – Chirac
  • Clinton congratulates Kostunica on peaceful transfer of power in Yugoslavia
  • US and French Governments reject idea of Milosevic continuing his political career
  • Political change in Yugoslavia has opened door of Europe to this country – Austrian Foreign Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner
  • India, China, and Canada welcome political change in Yugoslavia
  • UN Special Envoy for Human Rights Jiri Dienstbier demands all sanctions against Yugoslavia to be lifted immediately
  • New Yugoslav Government will not immediately succeed Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in UNUN spokesman Fred Eckhart
  • Vice President of Party of European Social Democrats Jean Marius Virema [sic] congratulates Kostunica on election victory
  • Dodik meets with British Ambassador to BiH Graham Hand to sign protocol on support to RS Government in process of reform of RS administration (02:30)
  • SNSD starts November election campaign with election rally in Banja Luka (01:45)
  • Representatives of Serbian civic movement Otpor attend SNSD rally in Banja Luka and confirm their excellent cooperation with SNSD and Dodik
  • Croatian police on Friday in Beli Manastir arrest 12 Serbs suspected of war crimes in 1991 Croat-Serb war
  • World news
  • Fourth International Fair of Medicine and Cosmetics ‘Medico 2000’ concludes in Banja Luka on Saturday
  • Memorial to victims of fascist terror in 1941 unveiled in Berkovici Municipality, RS
  • Cultural festival ‘Visegradska Staza’ continues in Visegrad in honour of only Serb Nobel Prize winner Ivo Andric
  • Sports
  • Weather