OHR Press Releases

High Representative Christian Schmidt welcomes today's decision by the European Commission to recommend candidate status be granted to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

On the occasion of Yom Kippur, the holiest day in Judaism, High Representative Christian Schmidt extends his greetings to members of the Jewish Community in BiH.

I thank all those who did their best to ensure a proper election and to protect the integrity of the electoral process. I have seen with my own eyes that this was the case in most parts of the country and most polling stations.

Principal Deputy High Representative and Brčko District Supervisor Jonathan Mennuti urges all voters in the District to use their democratic right and vote in the General Elections on Sunday, taking an active part in deciding who should lead this country in the next four years.

I urge all voters in this country to use this democratic right and privilege and take active participation in setting this country’s course for the next four years.

High Representative Christian Schmidt wrote a letter to chief prosecutors on all judiciary levels in Bosnia and Herzegovina today, regarding the preparations for the upcoming Election Day on October 2.

High Representative Schmidt marks 25th anniversary of Prokoško Lake helicopter crash

High Representative Christian Schmidt condemns in the strongest terms the bellicose statement by the First Deputy Speaker of the BiH House of Peoples and SDA President, Bakir Izetbegović, at the party event in Hadžići on 25 July 2022.

Statement by High Representative Christian Schmidt