OHR Press Releases
12/21/2009
Inzko: Domestic Institutions Must Support Rule of Law
At the conclusion of an international conference on strengthening the Rule of Law in Bosnia and Herzegovina, High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko will meet late today with BiH Minister of Justice Barisa Colak and inform him about the results of the conference.
12/21/2009
Brcko Supervisor issues Supervisory Orders in furtherance of complete implementation of the Arbitral Awards for Brcko
Supervisor of Brcko, Dr Raffi Gregorian, has issued today three Supervisory Orders that harmonise the District Statute and District legislation with Amendment I to the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and with the High Representative’s decisions of September 18, 2009, amending Entity and State legislation on citizenship.
12/21/2009
Brcko Supervisor Facilitates Agreement on Monuments in Brcko
Supervisor of Brcko, Dr Raffi Gregorian, issued today a Supervisory Order on monuments that facilitates the legalisation of existing - and the erection of new - monuments to fallen members of the former warring armies in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as a new memorial to all civilian victims of the 1992 to 1995 and 1939 to 1945 wars in Brcko.
12/18/2009
Mostar City Budget To Be Adopted As Soon As Possible
With the election of Ljubo Beslic to the post of Mostar City Mayor the preconditions for adopting Mostar’s 2009 City Budget by 24 December have been created.
12/18/2009
Gregorian: Chauvinism Dominates Political Discourse Ahead of Election Year
“The political situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina is deteriorating as a result of deliberate actions by political leaders, who are using chauvinism to secure short-term political points ahead of parliamentary elections next year”, Acting High Representative Raffi Gregorian told Austrian President Dr Heinz Fischer and Defence Minister Norbert Darab [...]
12/16/2009
Reason Trumps Passion Every Time
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s problems will be solved through a reasonable approach, and “in the great scheme of things, reason trumps passion every time,” High Representative and EU Special Representative told a meeting of the European Movement in Sarajevo today.
12/15/2009
Inzko: BiH Authorities Must Help Staffing of BiH Prosecutor’s Office
The High Representative and the EU Special Representative, Valentin Inzko, today visited the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina and met with Chief Prosecutor Milorad Barašin.
12/15/2009
Inzko meets Balázs
The High Representative and EU Special Representative, Valentin Inzko meets the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Péter Balázs in Sarajevo today
12/11/2009
Inzko Meets German Foreign Minister Westerwelle
The High Representative and EU Special Representative, Valentin Inzko, met in Berlin today with German Vice Chancellor and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Guido Westerwelle. The High Representative and EU Special Representative Inzko and Minister Westerwelle discussed the current political situation in BiH, the Rule of Law and strengthening of BiH’s c [...]
12/10/2009
BiH NATO Membership Prospects “Still Alive and Tangible” – Inzko
High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko met today with German Defense Minister Dr. Karl-Theodor Freiherr zu Guttenberg and briefed him on the status of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Euro-Atlantic integration effort.