Nedeljko Cubrilovic

Bosnian Serb political representatives begin a boycott of state institutions on Tuesday, which will effectively prevent them from functioning, in a protest against the imposition of a ban on genocide and war crimes denial.

The Bosnian Serb parliament will discuss a request from Bosnia's international overseer, the Office of the High Representative, OHR, to revoke decorations given to convicted war criminals.

High Representative Valentin Inzko, the international overseer of Bosnia and Herzegovina's peace agreement, has sent a letter demanded that Republika Srpska National Assembly, the parliament in the Serb-dominated entity, annuls honours that it awarded last October to people convicted of war crimes within "a deadline of three months, by the end of April 2021".

The Assembly of Republika Srpska had endorsed Dodik's interpretation that a document called the "Reform Program" adopted by the BiH Presidency on November 19th does not mean consent to continue BiH's accession to NATO, but merely a plan of measures to be implemented in terms of establishing co-operation with this military alliance.

From the Russian Federation, the holiday messages came from President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, and Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill.

From the People's Republic of China, Vucic received greetings from President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Keqiang.

The National Assembly of Republika Srpska has adopted a resolution proclaiming the entity's military neutrality at a session that opposition and ethnic minority MPs boycotted.

The resolution proclaims the neutrality of the Republika Srpska entity in relation to military alliances, and says the RS is committed to coordinating its future status with Serbia.

The Tuzla-based Foundation for Truth, Justice, Reconciliation has filed a criminal complaint against Nedeljko Cubrilovic, president of the National Assembly in Bosnia's Serb-dominated entity Republika Srpska, and members of the organising committee that recently gave awards to convicted war criminals including Radovan Karadzic.

The assembly of Bosnia's Serb-dominated entity, Republika Srpska, will hold a special session next week to vote on holding a referendum challenging the authority of Bosnia's High Representative and the state judicial institutions.

The session was requested by the Republika Srpska President, Milorad Dodik, who is launching the initiative for the second time in four years.

BELGRADE - Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic met with her Republika Srpska (RS) counterpart Nedeljko Cubrilovic on Friday to discuss intensifying inter-parliamentary cooperation to solve issues of interest to the citizens of Serbia and RS.

Serb Republic is no "accidental whim" - Dodik

BANJA LUKA -- President of the Serb entity in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Serb Republic (RS), Milorad Dodik has said that the RS is "not an accidental whim."