OHR Press Releases
09/30/2009
High Representative Welcomes Today’s Decisions by Council of Ministers on Visa Liberalisation
The High Representative and EU Special Representative, Valentin Inzko, has welcomed the adoption of the Proposed Strategy and Action Plan for Prevention of Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorist Activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Proposed Agreement on Cooperation and Exchange of Information from Police and Prosecutorial Records, at [...]
09/27/2009
Fact Sheet on Transco (Elektroprenos BiH)
Agreement between the PMs of the FBiH and the RS on the Transmission Company and Independent System Operator, concluded on 2 June 2003 on the basis of Article III. 5 (b) of the BiH Constitution.
09/27/2009
Despite Crisis, Leaders Can Still Boost Investment and Jobs
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s political crisis has been accompanied by the loss of tens of thousands of jobs, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Valentin Inzko, told an international economic conference in Sarajevo today.
09/26/2009
HR/EUSR Inzko Lists Concrete Steps to Revitalise BiH EU Integration
Speaking in Banja Luka today, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Valentin Inzko, listed concrete steps that BiH political leaders can take in the short term in order to revitalize the country’s EU integration process.
09/22/2009
Inzko: BiH needs progress on the EU agenda
“The political climate in Bosnia and Herzegovina has worsened over the last few months and most reforms have come to a standstill”, High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko told the Political and Security Committee (PSC), a key EU foreign policy body, in Brussels today.
09/19/2009
Brcko Supervisor issues Supervisory Order regulating the status of all electric power transmission lines and facilities situated in the Brcko District
Brcko Supervisor Dr. Raffi Gregorianhasissued today a Supervisory Order which in case of any action intended to have the effect of dissolving, liquidating, or incapacitating Elektroprijenos BiH as a legal entity, the property of that company situated in the Brcko District will continue to belong only to Elektroprijenos BiH, unless that company ceas [...]
09/18/2009
High Representative ensures continued operations of Elektroprijenos BiH
Following consultations with Ambassadors of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) Steering Board and acting on behalf of the local authorities, High Representative Valentin Inzko today issued a decision to ensure the continued operations of Elektroprijenos BiH.
09/18/2009
High Representative Creates Conditions for Ending Supervision in Brcko
High Representative Valentin Inzko today took a series of decisions intended to ensure that the entities and the state fulfill some of their outstanding obligations under the Brcko Final Award, after the deadline set by the Peace Implementation Council for these issues to be resolved expired on 15 September 2009.
09/18/2009
HR/EUSR Inzko Meets Croatian Foreign Minister Jandroković
High Representative/EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko met with Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Jandroković in Sarajevo today. The HR/EUSR informed Minister Jandroković about the current political situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina and they exchanged views on the situation in the region and the process of Euro-Atlantic integration [...]
09/17/2009
Tolerance and Hope Will Prevail
The generosity, solidarity, compassion, tolerance and hope that have always been part of BiH society will prevail over meanness and despair, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Valentin Inzkio, said today at a ceremony on Mount Vlasic to mark the twelfth anniversary of the helicopter crash that killed UN and OHR staff members.