OHR Press Releases

“Bosnia and Herzegovina must focus on realizing the advantages of the Stabilisation and Association agreement,” the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Miroslav Lajčák said when he met Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation CouncilHido Biščević in Sarajevo today.

Today is a day for Bosnia and Herzegovina. A long road and much hard work and compromise lies ahead of Bosnia and Herzegovina but today we can all; BiH citizens, the political leadership and the International Community, allow ourselves a moment congratulations.

The High Representative and EU Special Representative, Miroslav Lajčák, met today with Prime Minister of Hungary, Ferenc Gyurcsány, to discuss the current political situation, progress on implementation of the February Peace Implementation Council conclusions, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s integration into the EU and EU engagement beyond OHR.

Principal Deputy High Representative Raffi Gregorian met today with representatives of the decertified police officers. PDHR Gregorian said that the obvious manipulation of this group was “shameful”. After the meeting he said it was clear that these former officers are deliberately being given incomplete information by politicians who want to “shi [...]

High Representative and EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajčák welcomes the long awaited arrest of Stojan Župljanin, one of the three remaining fugitive persons indicted by the ICTY for war crimes committed during the 1992-1995 conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The High Representative and EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajčák, the Head of the European Commission Delegation, Ambassador Dimitris Kourkoulas, as well as the French Ambassador Maryse Berniau in capacity of the incoming EU Presidency were attending a thematic session of the BiH Council of Ministers today on Jahorina devoted to obligatio [...]

High Representative and EU Special Representative, Miroslav Lajčák, notes that the Council for Protection of Vital National Interest of the Federation Constitutional Court today decided that the proposal Law on the Public Broadcasting Service of the Federation BiH does not violate the vital national interest of Croat people and therefore calls [...]

Associations that represent persons who were denied certification by the International Police Task Force Mission (IPTF) have announced new demonstrations outside the OHR tomorrow.

Despite persistent and fundamental differences among the constituent peoples over Bosnia and Herzegovina’s history, current status and future constitutional structure, prospects for achieving a self-sustaining peace based on viable statehood and Euro-Atlantic integration are steadily improving, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, [...]