OHR Press Releases
04/07/2008
Police Laws Must Be adopted in Order to Secure SAA Signing
Following the session of the SDA Main Board on Saturday, there have been suggestions that the SAA could be signed without adoption of the police reform legislation.
04/04/2008
OHR/EUSR Welcomes NATO’s Reward to BiH For Reform Progress
“NATO’s decision to grant Intensified Dialogue status to Bosnia and Herzegovina shows the International Community honors its promises to reward the country for progress,” said the High Representative/EU Special Representative, Miroslav Lajčak.
04/01/2008
Lajčák: No visa waiver without progress towards EU
Without progress in the process of European integration, Bosnia and Herzegovina cannot expect further visa liberalisation or a waiver of the visa requirement for EU countries, the High Representative and EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajčák said in a video message on the www.reci.ba website.
03/31/2008
Five Years Since First Srebrenica Victims Buried In Potocari
The first victims of the genocide in Srebrenica were buried at the Srebrenica/Potocari Memorial and Cemetery five years ago today. 600 victims were buried on 31 March 2003. Since then a further 2,907 people have been buried.
03/29/2008
Lajčák: Reward BiH in line with progress on reforms
The European Union must remain consistent in its approach to the countries of the Western Balkans and reward them in line with concrete progress on the reform agenda, the High Representative and EU Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina Miroslav Lajčák told EU Ministers of Foreign Affairs today at a meeting in Brdo near Kranj in Slov [...]
03/28/2008
SAA Requirements More Important Than Material Interests of BiH Parliamentarians
Political parties represented in the BiH Parliament should first focus on the requirements for signing the Stabilisation and Association agreement with the EU which will have tangible benefits for all BIH citizens rather than on their own privileges and benefits.
03/28/2008
Supervisor Gregorian Welcomes Adoption of the Education Law by the Brcko District Assembly
Brcko Supervisor Raffi Gregorian hailed the adoption of the new Law on Primary and Secondary Education by the Brcko District Assembly last night.
03/27/2008
BiH Shows It Is Serious About Defence Reform
The agreement on transferring military weapons, ammunition, explosives and certain other movable defence property to BiH’s defence institutions was finally resolved today. State and Entity Government representatives signed in Doboj the “Agreement on final disposal of all rights and liabilities over movable defence property that will continue to ser [...]
03/26/2008
Investment Equals Jobs
BiH leaders have been able to forge a working consensus on economic policy even during periods of political turbulence, High Representative and EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajčak said today.
03/18/2008
HR/EUSR: Parliament Wants To Discuss Police Reform Laws
“By deciding today to reject the negative report on BiH’s police reform laws the BiH House of Representatives has sent a clear signal that they want a chance to adopt the police reform legislation” said the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Miroslav Lajčák.