Intervjui

It was not a meeting designed to reach agreement. It was, you might say, rather a tough exchange of views. I think if I were to sum it up I would do so like this: A number of very important reforms were made last year, some of which required a great deal of courage from Republika Srpska. Making these decisions last year, on Defence, on the ITA, the [...]

“Following the events that took place in Pale, I will have to take action against the RS authorities, because I have been thinking, for some time now, what steps to take, so that the whole of BiH does not have to suffer and risk its chance to join the Partnership for Peace,” announced the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown.

Although local estimates of the depth of BiH’s economic decline are represented in small figures, Donald Hays, Principle Deputy High Representative, announced after the most recent meeting he had with the representatives of the American Chamber of Commerce that the internal debt of BiH amounts to KM 20 billion. During an interview with "Novi Report [...]

A day before the European Commission was to publicize its report on the Stabilization and Association Process for the country and the region, the High Representative in BiH, Paddy Ashdown told Dnevni List that he had not seen the report and could not say what the results would be. “But, even if I had, I wouldn’t tell you”, the High Representative s [...]

Isticanje ugroženosti sva tri naroda u BiH pred održavanje lokalnih izbora veoma je opasno I destruktivno za cijelu zemlju, tvrdi visoki predstavik Pedi Ešdaun. “Nadam se da ćemo u ovom predizbornom periodu mislit o budućnosti, a ne o prošlosti. No znam da političari prije izbora radije koriste strah, nego nadu”, kaže Ešdaun.

Izuzetno sam zabrinut, jer ukoliko ne ubrzamo sadašnji tempo reformi, bojim se da nećemo uspjeti * Optimističan sam kada je u pitanju daljnja provedba odluke o uređenju grada Mostara * Spor oko struje za «Aluminij» je pokušaj manipulacije u političke svrhe

“I know it’s difficult when a foreigner judges public opinion in a country he or she comes to, but what citizens think about an issue is important to me. My legitimacy is based on the Dayton Agreement but my powers are based, among other things, on the acceptance by citizens of the job I’m doing. I always ask my associates what citizens think abou [...]

Today at noon, in Mostar, High Representative Paddy Ashdown will announce the Decision on the future organisation of this city. We spoke to Lord Ashdown yesterday in his Sarajevo office, shortly before his departure for Mostar.

Pred nama je posljednjih 14 sati razgovora s političkim strankama i političkim predstavnicima. Ne mogu reći da postoji išta drugo već "nula" šanse da se postigne konsenzus, mada ćemo posljednim pregovorima probati to postići. No, nisam optimista. Kako god, danas je dan odluke za Mostar i čini mi se da će se ona, neizbježno, temeljiti na potezu viso [...]

The High Representative for BiH Paddy Ashdown, prior to the interview for Dnevni list, had no information about the results of discussion between councillors of the Mostar City Council at yesterday’s extraordinary session, which, as announced, was to address the City’s Draft Statute. “As far as I know, the City Council has done something, which has [...]