 A Decree on the establishment of the informative working organization of Radio Yugoslavia was rendered on January 26, 1977, and the radio started broadcasting on February 2, 1978, as a separate institution.From 1951, foreign programmes for the world have been broadcast through the Stubline Transmission Centre (located in the vicinity of Belgrade).Broadcasts are also made from a newer centre located near Bijeljina in the Republika Srpska which was completed in 1987.