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Next Thursday afternoon, I will join the three prime ministers and the British Ambassador at Sarajevo’s Municipal Court, where the Court’s President will formally present Bosnia and Herzegovina’s new business registration system.

The escape from Foca Prison last weekend of Radovan Stankovic, serving 20 years for enslavement, torture, imprisonment and rape constituting crimes against humanity, has pointed up the inadequacies of the overstretched and under-funded prison systems in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the urgent need for proper coordination among the country’s law-enfo [...]

The Council of Ministers led by Nikola Spiric has been in office now for just over 100 days. Party infighting brought the work of the Council of Ministers to a standstill in February and March before it had even begun to function properly. But, after a slow start, the government has had some successes.

In New York this week, I asked the UN Security Council to establish a UN Day of Srebrenica. The people of Srebrenica were under UN protection in July 1995, but the United Nations was unable to protect them and to prevent genocide. The Day would mark the tragic events that occurred there and pay respect to the victims of genocide and their families. [...]

There is a mistaken belief – dangerously common among some of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s leaders – that when the country isn’t moving forward it is standing still. For a few months, they seem to think, we can stop making progress on getting into Europe, on creating jobs, on improving government services – and after doing nothing for a while, once we’ [...]

Marija Sestic is representing Bosnia and Herzegovina in Helsinki this year with an exceptionally catchy Euro-song. My wife, children and I will join a substantial segment of the country’s citizens on Saturday evening by tuning in to see how she does in the Eurovision final.

Today, on Europe Day, the 57th anniversary of the Schuman Declaration, which launched the process that culminated in the creation of the European Union, it is worth considering how the European Union’s founders turned a grand idea into a functioning reality.

This has been a good week for the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina that have been entrusted by the United Nations with responsibility for implementing the solution reached by the UN Security Council with regard to police officers denied certification.

In Bihac this week, I recalled vividly an earlier visit to the town, with the first convoy of humanitarian aid to make it into the area at the end of the war. Then, we encountered scenes that should never have disgraced the face of Europe. Malnutrition was rife, and, because of the absence of medical provision, disease was taking a heavy toll on a [...]

The RS Government has made Srebrenica municipality an area of special socio-economic significance and unveiled a Srebrenica Development Programme. This includes earmarking 16 million KM of public spending to Srebrenica and legislative changes to channel higher budget allocations to the municipality over the long term. These moves should be commende [...]