OHR Press Releases
05/27/2009
Gregorian meets Chair of the Board of Berlin-based Transparency International: all levels of authority in BiH should address corruption
“Transparency International has been instrumental in combating corruption throughout the world and in Bosnia and Herzegovina by promoting good governance, accountability and transparency in the work of public institutions”, Principal Deputy High Representative Raffi Gregorian told the Chair of the Board of Directors of Transparency International, H [...]
05/25/2009
HR/EUSR Visits BiH Constitutional Court
High Representative and EU Special Representative, Valentin Inzko, today visited BiH Constitutional Court and met with the Court President, Seada Palavric. This visit is intended to further strengthen the role of the Constitutional Court as the highest judiciary instance in Bosnia and Herzegovina, tasked to protect and interpret the BiH Constitutio [...]
05/22/2009
HR/EUSR Inzko Welcomes Continuing Success of BiH Central Bank
The High Representative and EU Special Representative, Valentin Inzko, met the Governor of the BiH Central Bank, Kemal Kozarić, in Sarajevo today.
05/21/2009
HR/EUSR Inzko Meets Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos
The High Representative and EU Special Representative, Valentin Inzko, today met with the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Miguel Angel Moratinos.
05/20/2009
Inzko Visits Srebrenica: If we forget the victims then we’re killing them a second time
The High Representative and EU Special Representative (HR/EUSR), Valentin Inzko visited the Srebrenica-Potocari Memorial and Cemetery today. In his first official visit to Srebrenica as High Representative and EU Special Representative, Valentin Inzko paid his respects to the victims of Srebrenica’s genocide. “If we forget them, then we’re killing [...]
05/17/2009
Inzko: Fresh Political Thinking in BiH
Bosnia and Herzegovina needs fresh political thinking that will let it make the most of opportunities opening up throughout the region, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Valentin Inzko, said today.
05/15/2009
Supervisor Welcomes Austrian Contingent of EUFOR to Brcko
The Supervisor of Brcko, Dr Raffi Gregorian, warmly welcomes the arrival in Brcko of the advance party of the Austrian contingent of EUFOR.
05/14/2009
No Individual Can Be Above the Law; There Can Be No Space Beyond the Law
The High Representative and EU Special Representative, Valentin Inzko, today reiterated the paramount importance of maintaining the rule of law and gave his full support to BiH’s legitimate judicial institutions; the Court of BiH, the BiH Prosecutor’s Office and the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council.
05/13/2009
Inzko and Miliband: “Only a sovereign and single BiH can join the EU”
High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko met with the British Secretary of State David Miliband and the Minister for Europe Caroline Flint in London today. Discussions focused on the current political situation in BiH, the progress in implementing the objectives and conditions for OHR-EUSR transition and meeting the requirem [...]
05/12/2009
Take the EU Agenda Out of Day-to-Day Politics
Bosnia and Herzegovina can do more than simply survive and subsist: it can succeed and prosper, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Valentin Inzko, told a joint session of the BiH Parliament today.