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Visoki predstavnik, Paddy Ashdown, objavit će danas u podne u Mostaru odluku o budućem ustroju ovog grada. S lordom Ashdownom razgovarali smo jučer u njegovom sarajevskom uredu, neposredno prije njegovog polaska u Mostar.

Ahead of us are the last 14 hours of negotiations with political parties and other representatives. I can’t say that we are looking at anything else but a “zero” chance to reach a consensus, although we will try to reach that consensus during these last negotiations. However, I am not optimistic. In any case, today is decision day for Mostar, and i [...]

Visoki predstavnik u BiH Paddy Ashdown do početka razgovora za Dnevni list nije imao iformacije o rezultatima razgovora vijećnika Gradskog vijeća Mostara s njihove jučerašnje izvanredne sjednice na kojoj se, prema ranijoj najavi, raspravljalo o izradbi statuta grada. «Koliko sam upoznat, Gradsko vijeće je uradilo nešto što me ne iznenađuje. Oni su [...]

British politician and diplomat Paddy Ashdown took office as the International Community's High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina in May 2002. Many Croats in this country expressed fears at that time that his appointment was not the best solution. There was talk that the former leader of the British Liberal Party would be particularly disinc [...]

Of course the process will be painful, but less painful than the situation we have now and because of which Mostar is the black hole of the Balkans. I will do my best for consensus to be reached, but if no consensus is reached on the Mostar solution, I will have to impose it, the High Representative said

Mostar is a black hole, the Bermuda Triangle of Bosnia-Herzegovina, it’s unresolved status damages not only the citizens of that city, but of the whole country, not only internally but also externally.
Look, I have already said this to Dragan Čović, Chairman of BiH Presidency: in mid-February you have a very important donor confere [...]

The Council hasn’t finished its work, it hasn’t even been through half its work. But if there is a campaign, then laws get undermined. I think we need to do the following: we need to leave space for the Council to finish its work. When the Council finishes its part of the work, I am certain that ethnic balance will be respected and that no one will [...]

The parliamentarians hope that they will have pensions ten times higherr than the Federation average and that they can retire after only 20 years of service. That is a disgrace.
Disgraceful and scandalous – that is what High Representative Paddy Ashdown said of the initiative of BiH parliamentarians aimed at enacting a law regulating their r [...]

Good evening! Guest in our first Korak edition in this year is the High Representative in BiH, Mr. Paddy Ashdown. Good evening and welcome! As in previous programs, our public can participate in this program with questions through e-mail and phone. Our tele-voting question tonight is: Can we, alone, without help from international community, implem [...]

High Representative to Bosnia-Herzegovina Paddy Ashdown on Tuesday asked the Chairman of the BiH Council of Minister (CoM), Adnan Terzic, to ensure that the that the Draft Law on Intelligence and Security Agency be sent by the Council of Ministers into parliamentary procedure without delay.