Intervjui

Some people say he wavers. Others say he wants to make Bosnia a protectorate. The High Representative for BiH, Paddy Ashdown, says he is neither of these two, but only a practical politician.

Paddy Ashdown Visoki predstavnik u BiH kratko je vrijeme uživao u miru nakon preuzimanja dužnosti od svojeg prethodnika Wolfganga Petritscha. Posljednjih tjedana mediju u BiH pokrenuli su pravu ofenzivu, a Ashdowna se optužuje za simpatiziranje SDA i sprečavanje Karadžićeva uhićenja, dok mu oni ozbiljniji predbacuju što će nakon izbora na kojima su [...]

I have seen comments in some media that a campaign to destroy the Republika Srpska is under way. This is wrong. I will say what I have already said before – not everyone must like Dayton but the reality of its existence must be respected. All I am trying to do within the domain of the Constitution is to create effective government. Theref [...]

The international community will not falsify the results of the elections because we do not control the election process, end even if we did, we would not do so. BiH will implement these elections in whole and we do not play any role therein. It is clear to me that BiH is a place where it is possible to hear various conspiracy theories. Yet, ev [...]

Visoki predstavnik u BiH, bivši čelnik britanskih liberala i mirovni posrednik Paddy Ashdown od svibnja je u Sarajevu i, čini se, nastoji dobro držati korak s brzinom reformi koje se trebaju u idućem razdoblju provesti u Bosni i Hercegovini. O tome, ali i o neizbježnoj temi, podjeli BiH na salveti i ulozi nacionalista u regiji, Ashdown je vrlo otvo [...]

The International Community has its favourites only in theory, not in practice. These are persons who believe in reforms, a free market, investments that contribute to the wellbeing of people in this country. This is our theoretic concept and we now observe candidates and monitor as to who fits best into the developed profile. However, we do not v [...]

BiH has the lowest inflation rate, that is, it has the most stable currency, we have freedom of movement and elections are taking place in peace. Much more has been achieved here in six years than in the Northern Ireland in 30 years…

If things with the IMF do not finish as they should, everything could burst like a soap bubble, warns Ashdown. “I am here to ask them not to lose patience. BiH made commitments which she has to live up to.” High Representative Paddy Ashdown and Governor of the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina Peter Nicholl yesterday flew to Washi [...]

"In the RS, BiH as well as in the Balkans we have not created a single economic and civic space. However we have a single criminal space which works regardless of borders. This is a regional problem which has to be tackled at the regional level, because this is a threat to every country in the Balkans", said the High Representative for BiH, Paddy A [...]

: I am happy to be back in BiH. I am impressed by the changes for the better in Sarajevo and I think that every day you should remind yourselves of that. Sarajevo, however, is not BiH. The situation outside of this city, which nowadays has started to look like any other European city, is much more difficult, there are places where obstruction of th [...]