OHR Press Releases
10/10/2008
Statement by the High Representative
The political leadership in BiH must stop once for ever with unilateral threats and challenges to the Dayton Peace Agreement and focus instead on European priorities.
10/08/2008
Brcko Supervisor Sanctions District Government for Misconduct and Enables Continuation of the Budget Procedure
Brcko Supervisor Dr Raffi Gregorian today issued a Supervisory Order fining members of the Brcko District Government one month’s salary for their failure to adopt a draft budget for 2009 within the deadline set by the District Statute. He also instructed the Assembly to proceed with the budget adoption procedure notwithstanding the Government’s fai [...]
10/08/2008
Lajčák: European Momentum Is More Powerful than Obstructionist Forces
Real and rapid progress can be made in EU integration and in addressing social and economic challenges that affect the daily lives of BiH citizens, as long as discussion of political challenges left over from the war is not allowed “to suck all the energy out of the political and legislative process,” High Representative and EU Special Representati [...]
10/07/2008
Lajčák Reports to the EU’s Political and Security Committee in Brussels
The municipal elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina were free of major incidents, which should now enable political parties to focus their energy on the challenges of EU integration, Lajčák told the Political and Security Committee, a key EU foreign policy body, in Brussels today.
10/06/2008
Lajčák calls on political parties to return to EU agenda
High Representative and EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajčák today thanked all those who were involved in the conduct of yesterday’s municipal elections, in particular the many officials, observers and volunteers across Bosnia and Herzegovina, for ensuring that the poll remained free of major incidents.
10/03/2008
Lajčák in Moscow: BiH leaders must address state property and status of Brcko
The High Representative and EU Special Representative, Miroslav Lajčák, today informed the Russian Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Vladimir Titov in Moscow about the political situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in particular progress in meeting the five objectives and two conditions defined by the Steering Board of the Peace Implementati [...]
09/30/2008
Miroslav Lajčák Meets Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Franco Frattini
The High Representative and EU Special Representative, Miroslav Lajčák, met with Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Franco Frattini in Rome today to inform him about the current political situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the country’s progress in meeting the five objectives and two conditions defined by the Steering Board of the Peace [...]
09/29/2008
HR/EUSR Lajčák Meets Croatian Officials
The High Representative and EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajčák held a series of meetings with top Croatian officials - President Stjepan Mesić, Prime Minister Ivo Sander and Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Gordan Jandroković - in Zagreb today.
09/24/2008
Anti-European Move by the RS Government
The Office of the High Representative (OHR) and EU Special Representative (EUSR) has come into possession of a letter from the Secretary-General of the Government of Republika Srpska (RS) to the BiH Prosecutors Office stating that RS institutions have no obligation to submit information to the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA).
09/21/2008
OHR Welcomes Move to Develop Pardon Law in the FBiH
OHR welcomes the start of a new process that after three years seeks to introduce modern legislation on Pardon in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.