08/05/2001 (Agence Europe) - In a statement, Commissioner Patten strongly condemned "the violence by a crowd of Bosnian Serb thugs in Banja Luka yesterday. It takes a particularly sick cast of mind to attack old women attending a ceremony that was supposed to symbolise peace and reconciliation". The Commission expects of the authorities of the Serb Republic of Bosnia - Republika Srpska - "to find those responsible and make sure they face justice". EU "taxpayers are spending huge sums to...