Brings people on both sides of the river closer together BANJA LUKA, Bosnia, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Serbian President Boris Tadic and Republika Srpska Prime Minister Milorad Dodik opened a bridge on River Sava near Sremska Raca this month.

Text of report by Serbian wide-circulation tabloid Vecernje novosti, on 19 August [Interview with Jovan Krkobabic, Serbian deputy prime minister and chairman of the United Pensioners Party of Serbia (PUPS), by Nenad Calukovic on 18 August; place not given: "Pensions or Breakup"] Pensions will be raised 10 per cent in September, Deputy Prime Minister Jovan Krkobabic said yesterday [18 August] in an interview with Vecernje Novosti, adding that on Thursday [ 21 August] the Serbian Government will enact a decree on an extraordinary pension increase.

Excerpt from report by Serbian pro-western Belgrade-based B-92 TV, [Serbian Radical Party deputy chairman Tomislav Nikolic] Serb brothers, Serb sisters, I must first ask our children, our sons who are not participating in the rally, who have gone a little bit farther and entered clashes with police - do not do it, children, that is not why we have gathered here this evening [29 July].

Text of report by Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, often critical of the government, on 24 July [Commentary by Boris Yunanov: "Russia's New Friends.

Text of report in English by Serbian pro-western Belgrade-based Radio B92 website, on 13 June Belgrade, 13 June: Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica has blasted UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's plans to alter the configuration of the UN mission in Kosovo by bringing EULEX [EU Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo] under UN auspices.