OHR Press Releases

"The High Representative and EU Special Representative, Valentin Inzko, met in Sarajevo today with Slovak Foreign Minister, Miroslav Lajčák. Setting out the current political situation in the country HR-EUSR Inzko said that OHR's transition remains a priority, but that the State and Defense property issues must be resolved. “The inventory of S [...]

The High Representative/EUSR Valentin Inzko met with Chairman of the Council of Ministers Nikola Špirić yesterday, in the late afternoon. They discussed the process of resolving the issue of state property in terms of the OHR/EUSR transition and the issue of adequate functioning of the State-level authorities as well as the overall political s [...]

The High Representative and EU Special Representative, Valentin Inzko, met today with Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Jandrokovic, Slovenian Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar and Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. The High Representative and EU Special Representative set out the current political situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the con [...]

Meeting Japan’s Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Ken-ichiro Sasae and the Foreign Ministry’s Director-General for European Affairs Yasuaki Tanizaki in Tokyo today, the High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko thanked Japan for its strong political and generous financial support to the OHR and Bosnia and Herzegovina over t [...]

As a part of a standing process regarding review of removal decisions, High Representative Valentin Inzko today lifted sanctions against four individuals previously removed for obstructing peace implementation.

Southeast Europe has the capacity to introduce a new and positive dynamic to the European Union – culturally, politically and economically. To speed up the process of EU integration in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the European Union will continue its support to progressive groups.

Bosnia and Herzegovina has a massive talent pool and its economic potential is hugely underexploited, High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko said today during a meeting in Austria with German Economy Minister Karl-Theodorzu Guttenberg.

Following his decision launching the inventory process, High Representative Valentin Inzko has written to Land Registry Offices and Cadastres in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In his letter the High Representative asks these offices to prepare all necessary information to speed up the process of establishing an inventory.

High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko today welcomed the re-appointment of Kemal Kozarić to the post of Governor of the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and commended the new Governing Board for its swift decision.

The High Representative, Valentin Inzko, today launched the process by which the OHR will compile an inventory of real property on which the former Socialist Republic of BiH had disposal or management rights on 31 December 1991 and of real property handed down to Bosnia and Herzegovina as a result of the international treaty on succession issues of [...]