Dane Malesevic

"Restart Srpska", a civic association in the mainly Serb entity of Bosnia, Republika Srpska is staging a protest on Wednesday in the entity capital, Banja Luka, demanding an end to the spending of budget money on luxurious cars.

"We expect at least 1,000 citizens who want a more responsible government," Stefan Blagic, head of the association, told BIRN.

The Republika Srpska Education Ministry will introduce the Chinese language as an optional subject in elementary and secondary schools this September if there are enough interested pupils, RS Education Minister Dane Malesevic told BIRN.

Parents of some 130 Bosniak children from a primary school in Krizevici near the eastern Bosnian town of Zvornik have joined a schools boycott in a dispute over the name of their language.

Pupils remained outside class as protests grew against the decision of the Republika Srpska government to rename the Bosnian language "Bosniak".