1995 | |
21 November | BiH, Croatia and FRY successfully conclude peace negotiations in Dayton, Ohio |
8-9 December | Peace Implementation Conference in London; the Peace Implementation Council ( PIC) and its Steering Board are established |
12 December | Implementation Force (IFOR) begins deployment in Bosnia and Herzegovina |
14 December | Dayton Peace Agreement is signed in Paris |
18 December | First meeting of PIC Steering Board |
20-21 December | First EU/World Bank Donors’ Conference for BiH in Brussels launches the $5.1 billion Priority Reconstruction Program. An initial $600 million is pledged |
1996 | |
January | First High Representative, Carl Bildt, and his German Deputy Michael Steiner arrive in Sarajevo; the Sarajevo OHR Office is established |
9 January | The humanitarian airlift to Sarajevo, the longest airlift ever, ends |
3 Feb-19 March | Transfer from one Entity to the other of areas specified in the DPA, notably around Sarajevo |
13 April | Second EU/World Bank Donors’ Conference for BiH in Brussels, boycotted by the RS. Pledges made: $ 1.3 billion |
7 May | First international war crimes trial since Nuremberg and Tokyo begins at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague; the defendant is Dusan Tadic, a Bosnian Serb prison camp guard. In January 2000, after completion of the appeals process, he is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment |
13-14 June | PIC Conference in Florence |
19 July | Radovan Karadzic resigns from public and party offices |
31 August | Formal deadline for dissolution of “Herceg-Bosna” |
7 September | OBN (Open Broadcast Network), BiH's first independent, cross-entity TV network, goes on air |
14 September | General elections in BiH. Alija Izetbegovic (SDA), Momcilo Krajisnik (SDS) and Kresimir Zubak (HDZ) are elected to the BiH Presidency; Biljana Plavsic (SDS) is elected President of the RS |
20 December | IFOR officially hands over its duties to the Stabilisation Forces (SFOR) |
1997 | |
14 February | Roberts Owen declares interim international supervision of the Brcko area for not less than one year |
7 March | US Ambassador Bill Farrand is named international Supervisor for Brcko |
13 April | First ever visit to Sarajevo by Pope John Paul II |
23 May | First working session of the BiH Constitutional Court |
30 May | PIC Steering Board meets at the ministerial level in Sintra, Portugal; the High Representative is directed to suspend media that violate the DPA |
1 June | US Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright pays her first visit to BiH |
1 June | The Standing Committee on Military Matters, the last of the remaining common institutions to be set up, is established |
18 June | Carlos Westendorp arrives in Sarajevo to take over from Carl Bildt as High Representative in BiH |
30 June | War-crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic is discovered to have registered to vote. As a result the Provisional Election Commission amends its Rules and Regulations disallowing such persons to vote |
3 July | RS President Biljana Plavsic dissolves the RSNA and calls for new RS parliamentary elections, sparking a power struggle in the RS |
10 July | SFOR detain Milan Kovacevic, an indicted war criminal, in Prijedor. Simo Drljaca is killed when he opens fire on SFOR |
15 July | Slobodan Milosevic elected as FRY President |
23-24 July | Third EU/World Bank Donors’ Conference in Brussels. Pledges made: $1.24 billion |
11 August | BiH Constitutional Court is set up The Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina officially commences operations |
28 August | OSCE confirms that more than 2.5 million people have registered to vote in the municipal elections in BiH on 13 and 14 September |
5 September | Creation of BiH Department of Civil Aviation |
13-14 September | Municipal elections in BiH |
On 17 September 1997, five members of the OHR - Senior Deputy High Representative Gerd Wagner, Charles Morpeth, Leah Melnick, Thomas Reinhardt and Juergen Schauf - and seven members of UNMIBH lost their lives in a helicopter crash near Fojnica in central Bosnia. On the first anniversary in 1998, a memorial monument was erected near the crash site. | |
19 September | BiH Presidency session, Lukavica - adoption of the Decision on 30 appointments for ambassadors. Additional consultations would be held for three further appointments |
19 September | The European Commission opens a number of inter-Entity telephone lines for local subscribers |
26 September | Border crossing points connecting BiH and Croatia at Gradiska, Samac, Dubica and Brod opened |
1 October | SFOR takes control of Serb Radio-Television (SRT) transmitters in the RS; Banja Luka becomes SRT main office, SRT restructuring begins |
6 October | Ten Bosnian Croats indicted for war crimes surrender to the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague |
21 October | Opposition leader Milo Djukanovic wins elections in Montenegro. |
18 November | Banja Luka airport reopens for commercial air traffic |
22-23 November | Early National Assembly elections in the RS; SDS/ SRS lose majority |
9-10 December | PIC Conference in Bonn; the High Representative is asked to dismiss obstructive public officials and impose legislation if BiH’s legislative bodies fail do so |
22 December | President Clinton visits Sarajevo and meets US troops in Tuzla |
1998 | |
17 January | Milorad Dodik is elected new RS Prime Minister by the RS National Assembly |
17 January | The International Commission for Missing Persons, chaired by US Senator Bob Dole, visits Sarajevo |
31 January | RS Parliament session in Banja Luka – new RS government sworn in and the Parliament votes to move the seat of the government from Pale to Banja Luka |
2 February | Launch of neutral car license plates in BiH |
3 February | Sarajevo Conference: adoption of the Sarajevo Declaration, which promotes minority return to Sarajevo and calls for Sarajevo to become a model of multi-ethnic tolerance |
6 February | New flag of BiH raised outside the UN Headquarters in New York |
6 April | Agreement on the establishment of the public BiH Railway Corporation signed |
20 April | Exhumations of mass graves near Srebrenica start |
7-8 May | Fourth Donors’ Conference for BiH in Brussels. Pledges made: $1.24 billion |
11 June | Independent Media Commission (IMC) established. The IMC regulates both technical and editorial aspects of electronic broadcasting in BiH |
7 July | Opening of Mostar Airport |
22 July | Privatisation framework of Enterprises and Banks in BiH introduced |
27 July | Start of regular passenger service on the Sarajevo-Capljina train route |
9 September | Agreement between BiH and Republic of Croatia on the use of Ploce Harbour initialed |
12-13 September | General elections in BiH. Alija Izetbegovic (SDA), Ante Jelavic (HDZ) and Zivko Radisic (SPRS) elected to the BiH Presidency; Nikola Poplasen (SRS) elected RS President |
18 November | Two Commissions for Missing Persons from the Federation, for the first time, jointly exhume a mass grave, in Modrica |
2 December | General Radoslav Krstic detained by SFOR |
1999 | |
19 February | Command of the Armed Forces in BiH transferred to the BiH Presidency |
5 March | HR removes Nikola Poplasen from the office of RS President |
5 March | Brcko Arbitration Tribunal announces Final Arbitration Award: the pre-war municipality of Brcko is given the status of a district to be held by the two Entities as a condominium, and administered by independent district authorities |
15 March | Regular bus lines from Sarajevo to Brcko and Bijeljina opened. |
16 March | Federation Deputy Minister of Interior Jozo Leutar fatally wounded in a car bomb blast in Sarajevo |
24 March | NATO begins air strikes against military targets in the FRY. |
20-21 May | Fifth Donors' Conference for BiH in Brussels. Pledges made: $1.05 billion |
27 May | The ICTY Tribunal in the Hague indicts Slobodan Milosevic for murder, persecution and deportation in Kosovo |
7 June | Inaugural session of the Municipal Assembly in Srebrenica following the 1997 municipal elections is finally held after OSCE-brokered agreement |
6 August | Opening ceremony of Dubrovnik-Trebinje border crossing |
9 August | Bosnian Croat war-crimes suspect Vinko Martinovic "Stela" surrendered to ICTY in The Hague by the Republic of Croatia |
16 August | Wolfgang Petritsch takes up his duties as High Representative |
27 October | Property and housing legislation in the Entities finalised, providing the authorities with detailed instructions on the application of relevant laws |
15 November | Joint BiH Presidency submit a Declaration to the UN Security Council committing themselves, inter alia, to the establishment of a Border Service, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s integration in Europe and the full implementation of the property and housing laws |
10 December | Croatian President Franjo Tudjman dies; in 1995 Tudjman signed the Dayton Peace Agreement on behalf of the Republic of Croatia |
2000 | |
21 January | BiH’s upper air space turned over to local civilian aviation authorities |
3 April | SFOR detain Momcilo Krajisnik, who was under a sealed indictment by the ICTY for war crimes |
8 April | Municipal Elections held in BiH |
16 April | BiH Auditors appointed, providing an independent system of auditing financial activities. |
16 June | Entity Ministers of Education establish Higher Education Coordination Board. |
4 July | BiH Constitutional Court announces Decision interpreting the BiH Constitution in relation to the Constitutions of the Entities |
27 July | BiH CoM approves single BiH passport |
8 September | High Representative removes 15 Public Officials for Obstructing Property Law |
26 September | Education Ministers agree to teach both Cyrillic and Latin script in BiH schools |
25 October | High Representative Decision allocating a site for the Srebrenica cemetery and memorial |
11 November | General Elections in BiH |
15 December | Bosnia and Herzegovina establishes diplomatic relations with FR Yugoslavia |
2001 | |
9 January | Biljana Plavsic surrenders voluntarily to The Hague after being presented with an ICTY indictment for war crimes |
19 January | FRY President Vojislav Kostunica pays his first official visit to BiH |
28 February | Ante Jelavic, the Croat member of the BiH Presidency and the leader of the HDZ, proclaims that the Federation is from now on a solely Bosniak Entity. |
2 March | Single Communications Regulator for Bosnia and Herzegovina (CRA) established from the IMC |
3 March | At a session in Mostar, the Croat National Assembly (HNS) declares interim "Croat self-rule" in BiH |
7 March | High Representatives removes Ante Jelavic from his positions as a member of the Presidency of BiH |
26 March | BiH State Border Service officially takes over three border crossings – rail, road and river in Brcko District |
1 April | Former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic arrested in Belgrade. |
6 April | High Representative Appoints Provisional Administrator for Hercegovacka Banka. |
7 May | PBS and Federation Radio launched |
7 May | Violent outbreaks in Banja Luka organised to prevent the laying of the corner stone of the Ferhadija Mosque. Murat Badic, attending the ceremony, is injured and dies three weeks later as a result |
25 May | The five successor states to the former Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia initial an Agreement on Succession in Vienna. |
9 May | BiH Council of Ministers adopts the Citizens' Identification Protection System - CIPS |
18 June | With the assistance of senior RS officials and security provided by more than 2000 police, the Islamic Community holds the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the reconstruction of the Ferhadija Mosque in Banja Luka |
28 June | Slobodan Milosevic transferred to The Hague |
29 June | The Foreign Ministers of BiH, FRY, Croatia, Slovenia and Macedonia sign in Vienna the framework agreement on the succession to the former Socialistic Federative Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) |
23 August | BiH Election Law adopted in both houses of BiH Parliament |
2002 | |
24 April | BiH Accession to the Council of Europe |
9 May | Court of BiH established |
27 May | Paddy Ashdown becomes High Representative |
30 July | PIC and BiH Council of Ministers agree on the five “Jobs and Justice” reform priorities |
7 August | BiH Prosecutor’s Office established |
22 August | High Representative harmonises the Prosecutorial systems in the FBiH, the Cantons and the RS |
2 September | High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council becomes operational |
12 September | OHR opens all advertised positions to BiH citizens |
5 October | First elections organised by the BiH authorities under BiH Election Law |
12 November | “Bulldozer” initiative – to remove or amend laws that act as barriers to business – launched |
4 December | High Representative testifies against Radoslav Brdjanin and Momir Talic before the ICTY |
2003 | |
1 January | EUPM launched |
13 January | OHR, ICTY and BiH experts begin talks on prosecuting war crimes in BiH |
27 January | Court of BiH opens |
6 February | BiH Civil Service Agency becomes fully operational |
12 February | Indirect Tax Policy Commission established |
25 February | Bulldozer Committee completes first list of bureaucratic roadblocks to business in BiH |
7 March | High Representative acts to undermine networks that support war criminals. The US and EU follow up with Presidential orders and visa bans |
8 May | HR Decision establishes Defence Reform Commission |
29 May | HR Decision establishes Intelligence Reform Commission |
18 June | BiH Security Policy reviewed and accepted by BiH Presidency outlining for the first time BiH state policy objectives and aspirations within this sphere |
7 July | High Representative freezes the assets of 14 people deemed to have helped indicted war criminals evade arrest. |
25 September | Defence Reform Commission members sign a Report outlining legislation required for BiH PfP membership that establishes state level command and control of the armed forces |
30 October | Donors Raise 15.7 million Euros to establish War Crimes Chamber in the BiH Court |
12 November | Implementation of Property Laws in BiH reaches 90 percent |
19 November | European Commission agrees a Feasibility Study for BiH |
3 December | Defence Reform Laws approved in Entity and State Parliaments |
29 December | BiH Parliament adopts Indirect Taxation Authority reform Laws |
30 December | BiH Institutions assume responsibility for the return process |
2004 | |
15 March | Mostar Administration unified as one City |
23 March | BiH Parliament adopts Law on a single Intelligence and Security Agency |
16 April | High Representative announces measures to support the work of the RS Srebrenica Commission |
19 April | Radoslav Krstic sentenced to 35 years' imprisonment. Confirmed genocide verdict |
21 May | BiH Parliament Adopts Law on Single BiH HJPC |
30 June | HR announces measures against those preventing BiH meeting its international obligations to the ICTY |
5 July | Police Restructuring Commission established |
19 July | High Representative extends deadline for RS Srebrenica Commission to complete its work |
24 August | OHR Announces Downsizing in line with BiH’s Progress towards full statehood |
2 October | Municipal Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including the Brcko District, the first local elections since the founding of the District in March 2000 |
16 November | EU Assets Freeze on all ICTY indictees |
2 December | NATO successfully concludes the mission of the Stabilisation Force (SFOR) and the European Union launches EUFOR Operation Althea |
16 December | High Representative maps out Process to Tackle War Criminal Networks and to Reform BiH’s Security Institutions (includes: removals of 9 officials, blocking of bank accounts) |
31 December | HR Decision to extend the Defence Reform Commission until 31 December 2005 |
2005 | |
12 January | BiH House of Representatives adopts the VAT law, at a single 17 percent rate |
16 January | Transfer by the authorities of Republika Srpska of ICTY indictee Savo Todovic to ICTY, first such transfer in nine years |
31 January | HRbrings to bring to an end the International Community supervisory regimes in Zepce and Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje municipalities |
4 April | BiH Election Commission fully nationalised |
13 April | European Commission approves Feasibility Report assessing the readiness of Serbia and Montenegro to negotiate a Stabilisation and Association Agreement |
16 April | Incidents in Manjaca and Bileca at the occasion of taking solemn oath during military induction ceremonies |
20 May | DRC agrees to a new defence structure to replace the Entity MODs and to transfer all control of the armed forces to the state level |
9 June | HR lifts ban on participating in political life for Two Nikola Grabovac and Blasko Jevric |
10 June | Budget for Mostar city adopted |
17 July | Mostar’s Old Bridge and Old Town included in UNESCO’s list of world heritage sites |
18 July | DRC members sign DRC Report "AFBiH: A Single Military Force for the 21st Century" creating a single army with no Entity components |
19 July | High Representative announces proposal to transform the OHR to an EU-Led Mission |
22 August | OHR announces further downsizing, OHR’s budget is reduced |
31 August | RSNA adopts transfer of Entity defence powers to the state level |
29 September | Transfer of Radovan Stanković from the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to the BiH Court 's War Crimes Chamber. This is the first case referred to the jurisdiction of a domestic court in one of the countries of the Former Yugoslavia |
5 October | BiH Parliamentary Assembly passes the legislation necessary for the creation of a BiH single and unified army |
6 October | RSNA adopts police reform in accordance with EC Principles |
21 October | European Commission recommends that EU Member States open negotiations on a Stabilisation and Association Agreement with BiH |
21 November | EU Member States give the European Commission the green light to start Stabilisation and Association negotiations |
25 November | EU Commissioner for Enlargement Olli Rehn travels to Sarajevo to open SAA negotiations |
28 November | High Representative allows removed officials to hold non-managerial public positions |
8 December | Ante Gotovina arrested |
14-15 December | PIC Steering Board Political Directors meeting in Paris appoint Christian Schwarz-Schilling as HR |
2006 | |
1 January | Bosnia and Herzegovina 's new VAT system launched |
26 January | The First meeting of BiH Directorate for Police Restructuring |
1 February | Christian Schwarz-Schilling takes up Mandate as High Representative in BiH |
1 February | High Representative Chairs Roundtable on BiH Civil Society |
9 March | High Representative organizes meeting of German and BiH businesses at CEBIT |
10 March | HR lobbies EU states for EU Visa Regime relaxation in order to boost BiH competitiveness and create jobs |
11 March | Slobodan Milosevic, former FRY President and a co-signatory of the Dayton Peace Agreement, dies in his prison cell in The Hague |
15 March | PIC Steering Board Political Directors meeting in Vienna say the time for transition from the OHR to an EUSR Office is approaching; they encourage the HR to cooperate closely with the EU in preparing the transition |
18 March | Constitutional Reform Agreement agreed by 6 leading political Parties in BiH |
21 March | High Representative's press conference announcing new removal repeal measures |
23 March | US lifts Lautenberg sanctions on Foca |
24 March | HR at a meeting of the BiH Economic Coordination Board emphasises that job creation is the number-one priority |
27 March | HR calls on civil society to hold political parties accountable, at a seminar on civil society organized in Sarajevo by the Heinrich-Boell Foundation |
4 April | HR Decision further limiting the scope of the ban from public office in the removal Decisions issued by the HR |
13 April | Brcko District Office established within CoM BiH |
27 April | BiH House of Representatives fails to adopt constitutional amendments |
21 May | Montenegro independence referendum. Montenegro ends its union with Serbia |
24 May | HR first address to the BiH Parliament - 100 Days to Make History |
1 June | State-level Draft Law on Higher Education, an obligation for BiH within the European Partnership context is adopted |
21 July | BiH Council of Ministers issues Opinion on the Law on Settlement of Frozen Foreign Currency Accounts and calls on BiH parliamentarians to act in the best interest of the country |
4 August | Brcko Supervisor Susan Johnson issues Supervisory Order abolishing the application of Entity legislation in Brcko District |
17 August | High Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling lifts bans on holding public office against Ivan Mandic, Emin Skopljak, Ahmed Smajic and Mirko Stojcinovic |
3 September | Raffi Gregorian is appointed Brcko Supervisor and Deputy High Representative. |
1 October | General elections in BiH |
5 October | Senior Deputy High Representative Peter Bas-Backer and Deputy EUFOR Commander Brigadier Aylwin-Foster visit BiH Armed Forces ammunition storage sites to highlight the need for proper supervision of weapons, ammunition and military equipment in BiH |
11 November | Senior Deputy High Representative Peter Bas-Backer calls for separation of religion and politics in BiH, at a conference on political-religious dialogue in Bratislava |
15 November | Principal Deputy High Representative Larry Butler meets with FBiH Finance Minster Dragan Vrankic to call for affordable settlement of Frozen Foreign Currency Accounts |
22 December | BiH CoM announces a national review mechanism for police officers denied certification by the UN’s International Police Task Force. The PIC Steering Board expresses its concern over this move |
2007 | |
4 January | BiH Presidency nominates Nikola Spiric as Chair of the CoM following agreement among representatives of seven political parties to form state-level government |
9 February | New BiH government is formed by Prime Minister Nikola Špirić |
29 March | PDHR Gregorian stresses the need for full cooperation with the ICTY, during visit to Zvornik |
30 April | UN Security Council Presidency lifts lifetime ban on employment in law enforcement agencies for former police officers denied certification by the UN/IPTF Mission |
1 June | ICTY indictee Zdravko Tolimir arrested |
5 June | Brcko District Spatial Plan adopted |
15 June | HR Christian Schwarz-Schilling amends the BiH Law on the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council |
2 July | Miroslav Lajčák succeeds Christian Schwarz-Schilling as High Representative and EU Special Representative |
9 July | HR Lajcak signs a series of Orders and Decisions that will make it easier for BiH prosecutors and police to investigate and prosecute persons suspected of war crimes and those who help them evade justice |
13 July | FBiH Government adopts new Public Broadcasting legislation |
18 July | RS National Assembly amends Criminal Code on the Law on Execution of Criminal Sanctions, bringing the Entity’s legislation in line with state-level legislation |
30 July | Higher Education Law adopted by BiH Parliament |
20 September | HR Lajcak meets Croatian President Stjepan Mesic during his visit to Bosnia |
30 September | RS President Mladen Jelic dies |
30 November | Both BiH Houses of the Parliament approve a deal to bring their Rules of Procedure in line with the Constitution ending a month of political instability |
3 December | BiH Council of Ministers adopts Mostar Declaration and Action Plan on Police Reform |
4 December | European Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn initials Stabilization and Association Agreement with BiH |
2008 | |
1 January | Slovenia assumes chairmanship of EU Presidency |
1 January | Serge Brammertz succeeds Carla Del Ponte as Chief Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia |
8 January | HR Lajcak amends Law on Indirect Taxation System and re-appoints Peter Nicholl as Chair or the Indirect Taxation Authority’s Governing Board |
15 February | The reci.ba website goes online giving citizens the opportunity to voice their opinions and put questions directly to HR/EUSR Lajcak |
22 February | RS National Assembly passes a resolution that claims the right to organize a referendum on its legal status |
27 March | State and Entity Government representatives sign an Agreement on movable defense property |
28 March | Brcko District Assembly adopts new Law on Primary and Secondary Education, making it the first in BiH to have a law on education that meets the requirements of the European Partnership Program |
3 April | NATO leaders in Bucharest grant BiH “Intensified Dialogue” status |
11 April | BiH House of Representatives adopts police reform laws, opening the way for the signature of the Stabilization and Association Agreement with the EU |
6 May | Brcko Supervisor Raffi Gregorian issues Supervisory Order improving functionality in the Brcko District Assembly |
7 May | Both Houses of BiH Parliament adopt changes to the BiH Election Law enabling all former residents of Srebrenica to vote in this municipality in the October 2008 elections, regardless of where they are currently registered |
30 May | HR Lajcak orders seizure of travel documents of 16 individuals linked to ICTY indictee at large Stojan Zupljanin |
11 June | Stojan Zupljanin, indicted by the ICTY in December 1999, arrested and transferred to The Hague |
16 June | Bosnia and Herzegovina signs Stabilization Association Agreement with the EU in Luxemburg |
24-25 June | PIC Steering Board meets in Sarajevo |
9 July | Envoy of the High Representative for Srebrenica, Ambassador Clifford Bond, completes his one-year mandate |
9 July | HR repeals orders seizing travel documents from 19 individuals associated with Župljanin support network |
21 July | Radovan Karadzic arrested in Belgrade (30 July transferred to The Hague; on trial since 31 July) |
30 July | High Representative allows return of travel documents to members of Karadzic family |
8 October | Brcko Supervisor fines members of Brcko District Government one month’s salary for failure to adopt a draft budget for 2009 |
23 October | BiH House of Representatives ratifies Stabilization and Association Agreement with the European Union |
6 November | BiH Presidency ratifies Stabilisation and Association Agreement |
8 November | Sulejman Tihić (SDA), Dragan Čović (HDZ BiH) and Milorad Dodik (SNSD) reach agreement during talks in village of Prud (in Bosanski Šamac), on state property, census, constitutional change, Council of Ministers reconstruction and legal status of Brcko District. |
17 December | Working Group drafting National War Crimes Strategy adopts final draft strategy for completing high-priority war-crimes cases within seven years and other cases within fifteen years of adoption of the Strategy |
29 December | BiH Council of Ministers adopts National War Crimes Strategy |
2009 | |
6 February | Brcko Supervisor suspends salary payments to Brcko District Assembly councillors until the appointment of Speaker, Deputy Speaker and Mayor |
11 February | Brcko District Speaker, Deputy Speaker and Mayor appointed |
20 February | High Representative closes legal loopholes at the State and Federation levels that, if not closed, would have allowed persons convicted of war crimes to be released while awaiting the decision on their appeal |
26 March | Valentin Inzko takes up his duties as High Representative |
26 March | BiH Parliament adopts Amendment 1 adding Brcko District to the BiH Constitution, a key step in implementing binding arbitration required under Annex 2 of Dayton |
9 April | BiH Council of Ministers adopts Decision to initiate an inventory that will serve as the basis for an intergovernmental agreement on state property |
20 May | High Representative visits Srebrenica-Potocari Memorial and Cemetery |
8 June | High Representative removes Himzo Đonko from his position as Police Commissioner, Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, and Radislav Jovičić from his position in the State Investigation and Protection Agency, for anti-Dayton activities |
20 June | High Representative puts Conclusions on Constitutional Competencies adopted by the RSNA on 14 May 2009 out of force as they would, among other things, undermine the division of competencies between the State and the Entities and seek to give the RSNA veto rights in State-level matters |
25 June | High Representative facilitates meeting of “Prud Troika” Sulejman Tihić (SDA), Dragan Čović (HDZ), and Milorad Dodik (SNSD), in Sarajevo |
16 July | High Representative convenes meeting of party leaders in Sarajevo. Sulejman Tihić, Dragan Čović, Milorad Dodik, SNSD; Božo Ljubić (HDZ 1990) and Safet Halilović (SBiH) attend. Mladen Ivanić (PDP) and Dragan Čavić (Democratic Party) commit to attending next meeting |
29 July | High Representative extends period of temporary financing for Mostar from 1 April to 30 September to allow salaries to be paid to city workers and emergency-service personnel |
12 August | High Representative launches inventory of property on which the former Socialist Republic of BiH had disposal or management rights on 31 December 1991 and property handed down to Bosnia and Herzegovina as a result of the international treaty on succession issues of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
18 September | High Representative amends state and Entity laws on citizenship to provide a mechanism for Brcko District residents to change their Entity citizenship, if they so wish. HR also amends state and Entity laws on electricity to provide the necessary legal framework for electricity supply to Brcko District; and provides for a BiH law on the distribution of succession assets, which will prevent any distribution of assets or funds at the expense of Brcko |
18 September | High Representative issues Decision to ensure the continued operations of Elektroprijenos BiH, ordering members of the management board to appoint a new General Director without delay, and re-affirming that the mandate of an office holder continues until a replacement is appointed, except if otherwise provided by law |
19 September | Brcko Supervisor issues Supervisory Order regulating the status of all electric power transmission lines and facilities situated in the Brcko District |
30 September | BiH Council of Ministers adopts Proposed Strategy and Action Plan for Prevention of Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorist Activities in BiH, and Proposed Agreement on Cooperation and Exchange of Information from Police and Prosecutorial Records, both of which are key steps in the Visa Regime Liberalisation Road Map |
21 October | Two-day political-party talks in Butmir on constitutional change end without agreement although there is unanimity in principle about BiH joining the Euro-Atlantic family |
30 October | High Representative instructs the Mostar City Council to conduct the election of the Mostar Mayor within 30 days, in accordance with the Mostar City Statute |
2010 | |
8 February | High Representative launches series of meetings with BiH party leaders to urge progress on implementing the PIC’s 5+2 agenda |
2 April | BiH Commission for Preservation of National Monuments awarded European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards 2010 |
20 April | OHR condemns RS Government Conclusions of 19 April as a despicable attempt to question that genocide took place in Srebrenica in July 1995 |
23 April | NATO Foreign Ministers meeting in Tallinn invite Bosnia and Herzegovina to begin Membership Action Plan |
27 May | European Commission recommends granting visa-free travel to BiH citizens |
17 June | Brcko District Assembly adopts Law on Amendments to the Criminal Code of the Brcko District, harmonising Brcko legislation with the BiH Criminal Code and clearing the way for BiH to meet remaining conditions for visa liberalization with the EU |
24 June | BiH House of Peoples adopts Revised Annex 7 Implementation Strategy to provide 113,000 internally displaced persons with lasting housing solutions |
27 June | Bomb attack killing one officer and injuring six others at police station in Bugojno |
19 August | Rulebook for the Directorate for the Coordination of the Police Bodies of BiH adopted |
2 September | High Representative annuls appointment of new cantonal government by the West Herzegovina Canton Assembly, until regular OHR vetting procedure has been completed |
15 September | Members of PIC Steering Board warn that RSNA adoption of the Law on the Status of State Property Situated on the Territory of the RS and Under the Disposal Ban is a unilateral act that undermines the long-term effort to allocate state property |
22 September | Roderick Moore assumes duties as Principle Deputy High Representative |
3 October | General election in BiH. SDP, SNSD, SDS, HDZ, HDZ (1990) and SDS emerge as strongest parties |
3 November | High Representative discontinues process of OHR vetting of candidates for ministerial posts, in line with the concept of increasing local ownership of the democratic process |
8 November | EU Justice and Home Affairs Council approves lifting the visa requirement for BiH citizens traveling to Schengen Area |
19 November | UN Security Council extends executive DPA mandate of Operation Althea and NATO HQ Sarajevo for a further 12 months |
14 December | DPA architect Richard Holbrooke dies |
2011 | |
5 January | High Representative suspends application of RS Law on the Status of State Property Situated on the Territory of the Republika Srpska and under the Disposal Ban, pending a final decision on the law’s constitutionality by the BiH Constitutional Court |
8 February | High Representative calls on Federation Presidency to repeal its Decision of 3 February to appoint three members of the FBiH Constitutional Court and to ensure that appointments are made in line with the Constitution and the Law |
16 March | Talks between HDZ, HDZ 1990, SDA and SDP aimed at forming FBiH authorities end without agreement |
17 March | FBiH House of Representatives confirms appointment of FBiH government |
28 March | High Representative suspends two Decisions of the Central Election Commission issued on 24 March 2011, regarding the election of the President and Vice-presidents of the FBiH, until the FBiH Constitutional Court can rule on the constitutionality of these decisions |
13 April | RSNA calls for referendum on legitimacy of BiH Court and Prosecutor’s Office |
14 April | Members of the Board of Principals (Council of Europe, Office of the UN Resident Coordinator, NATO, EUFOR, OSCE, EU Delegation, EUPM, UNHCR and Office of the Prosecutor of ICTY) reassert legitimacy of Court and Prosecutor’s Office |
19 April | Main Croat parties convene Croat People’s Assembly in Mostar |
26 May | Ratko Mladic arrested in Serbia (transferred to The Hague 31 May; on trial since 3 June) |
30 May | EU High Representative for Foreign Policy Catherine Ashton announces appointment of Peter Sørenesen as the new Head of the EU Delegation in BiH |