OHR Press Releases

The High Representative and EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajčák today welcomed the decision of both Houses of the Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina to bring their Rules of Procedure in line with the Constitution.

The Office of the High Representative and EU Special Representative, the World Bank and the IMF concluded that the recent hikes in food prices in Bosnia and Herzegovina are primarily a result of price increases on the world markets - especially for wheat, maize and edible oils - and not of stockpiling.

Welcoming the willingness of party leaders in BiH to return to the European agenda, Miroslav Lajčák and Olli Rehn today stressed the need to normalize the political situation in the country and get back to work. The High Representative and EU Special Representative met with the European Commissioner for Enlargement as part of a one-day visit t [...]

“Today’s action by international and local law enforcement forces in Pale demonstrates that combined action aimed at undermining the networks that support fugitive persons indicted for war crimes remains both relevant and necessary,” said Principal Deputy High Representative Raffi Gregorian today.

Party leaders need to build on the discussions initiated in Mostar on 24 October and signal a return to the path of European integration, the High Representative and EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajčák said ahead of a meeting of six party leaders of the governing coalition in Sarajevo tomorrow.

High Representative and EU Special Representative, Miroslav Lajčák, met today with the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs State Secretary, Mr. Famiano Crucianelli. During the meeting HR/EUSR briefed the State Secretary Crucianelli on political situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Following his address to the UN Security Council, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Miroslav Lajčák, met with Slovak Foreign Minister Ján Kubiš, today in Bratislava.

“Concrete steps taken by BiH political leaders will determine whether BiH will go further into isolation or towards European integration,” the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Miroslav Lajčák, told the United States Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns in Washington today.

The measures taken on 19 October have brought the poisoned political atmosphere in the country into the open,” the High Representative, Miroslav Lajčák, told the UN Security Council in New York today.