13.07.1998

Head of Public Affairs Department Appointed Deputy High Representative

Sarajevo, 13 July 1998 High Representative Carlos Westendorp has appointed the Head of the Media and Public Affairs Department, Simon Haselock, his Deputy for Media Issues. In the nomination letter, Westendorp stressed Haselock's "achievements and sound judgement, particularly in the area of media restructuring for Bosnia and Herzegovina, (which) h [...]
07.07.1998

Mostar Airport Opened

Sarajevo, 7 July 1998 Today the High Representative, accompanied by the mayors of Mostar, opened the Mostar airport to civilian traffic after it was out of use for more than six years. Following the landing of two planes operated by Croatia Airlines and Air Bosna, High Representative Carlos Westendorp, Mayor Safet Orucevic and Deputy Mayor Ivan Prs [...]
03.07.1998

Federation Army Combat Training Centre At Livno/Glamoc

Yesterday, 2nd July, the Federal Ministry of Defence made two important statements concerning the establishment of a combat training centre at Livno/Glamoc. At 10.00 hrs a press conference was held by Assistant Minister of Defence Prce to provide local press with an outline of the measures taken to ensure that those affected by the construction of [...]
26.06.1998

OHR Office in Derventa Opened

This morning Senior Deputy High Representative Hanns Schumacher opened a regional OHR office in Derventa in northern Bosnia-Herzegovina. The opening is part of the OHR's strategy to increase its presence all over Bosnia to push for the return of refugees. Recently, the High Representative has been increasingly concerned about the slow progress in t [...]
24.06.1998

Regular Inter-Entity Bus Traffic to Start in July

At a meeting convened by the OHR yesterday, officials of the Federation, the Republika Srpska and Bosnia-Herzegovina pledged to implement a two-month old decree on inter-entity bus lines, which will allow regular bus traffic between the Entities to start early next month.
17.06.1998

Reconstructing of Houses in the Aarea of Ulice and Dizdarusa

ULICE, 1pm, Wednesday 17th June Mercy Corps Europe/ Scottish European Aid, funded by the European Union, are reconstructing 300 houses in the area of Ulice. On Wednesday at 1pm, there will be the tripartite signing - by the RS Municipality of Brcko, Mercy Corps Europe/Scottish European Aid and the project beneficiaries - for the EU-funded reconstr [...]
16.06.1998

Presentation of the issuing process for the new BiH passports

Please be advised that Office of the High Representative along with the competent German technical experts will organize a presentation of the issuing process for the new BiH passports and the technical equipment to be used for this. Two passports will be issued to Bosnia and Herzegovina citizens as part of the demonstration. Thursday 28 May 1998 a [...]