BELGRADE, April 25, 2003 – The eight appointed members of the Broadcast Agency Council yesterday elected the Council’s ninth member by secret ballot.  The Council rules stipulate that the ninth member should live and work permanently in Kosovo.

The new member is Goran Radenovic, described in his curriculum vitae as a lawyer from Kosovo.  Radenovic was born in the Kosovo town of Pec, but does not live in the province.

Kosovo Serb leader Oliver Ivanovic said today that little is known about the new member, apart from the fact that he does not live in Lipljan, the registration place of the company he works for.

According to information given to media after yesterday’s session of the Council, Goran Radenovic worked as a production manager, marketing director and producer of news programs at Radio Pristina from 1989 to 1999 and is now employed in the marketing department of the company NBV in Lipljan.

His nomination came as a surprise to Kosovo Serb leaders.  Ivanovic, who is a senior official of the Serb Return coalition, said he had been unable to obtain any information about Radenovic and was curious as to who nominated him.

Sources in Montenegro say that Radenovic fled Kosovo for Montenegro in 1999, where he was appointed marketing director of TV Elmag.  Shortly afterwards he moved to the marketing department of TV Pink Montenegro and was also working until two months ago with Podgorica daily Publika.

Two other candidates were nominated for the ninth position on the board.  Journalist Ljubisa Popovic, long-time Kosovo correspondent for Belgrade weekly NIN was nominated by Kosovo MP Rada Trajkovic.  Nikola Kabasic, a journalist with the SRNA news agency was nominated by the Return Coalition.