OHR Press Releases

“We are committed to see Bosnia and Herzegovina move closer to the European Union, and are ready to assume our role in this process to ensure faster progress on issues affecting civil society,” Aida Daguda said on behalf of the Civil Society Board. She was speaking following a meeting with the EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajčák and the [...]

The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) remains a key priority confirmed High Representative and EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajčák when he met with Serge Brammertz, the ICTY’s Chief Prosecutor last yesterday in Sarajevo.

High Representative and EU Special Representative, Miroslav Lajčák, met today in Sarajevo with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro, Milan Roćen. During the meeting, the High Representative and EU Special Representative informed Minister Roćen about the current political situation in BiH and the progress the country had made [...]

“The generation now coming to maturity in Bosnia and Herzegovina can make a conclusive break with the past” - such was the key message expressed at the opening of a two-day regional youth conference in Sarajevo today. The event gathers more than 130 young people from BiH, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.

The High Representative and EU Special Representative, Miroslav Lajčák, met today with the HDZ BiH President Dragan Čović to discuss the agreement reached in the meeting between the SDA, HDZ BiH and SNSD presidents last weekend in Prud.

High Representative and EU Special Rrepresentative, Miroslav Lajčák, today met with the Swedish State Secretary for Development and Cooperation Joakim Stymne. HR/EUSR Lajčák thanked State Secretary Stymne for substantial assistance Sweden continues to provide for BiHs reconstruction, and progress towards the European Union.

“This weekend’s agreement between SDA, SNSD and HDZ BIH party leaders is welcome” the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Miroslav Lajčák, said today when he met the new United Kingdom’s Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Michael Tatham. “The readiness to talk and to compromise is the start point, political party leaders must [...]

The High Representative/EU Special Representative and Police Commissioner Stefan Feller today held their first official meeting since Commissioner Feller took charge of the EU’s Police Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 01 November.

“EU integration has been delayed because politicians have failed to forge a new consensus on Bosnia and Herzegovina’s future,” said the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Miroslav Lajčák today.

The European will be the focus of public debates in Bosnia and Herzegovina next week, as part of a stronger engagement of domestic forces and the European Union in realizing BiH’s ambition to join the EU.