OHR Press Releases

OHR is concerned over a series of inflammatory statements made by the Prime Minister of Republika Srpska and chairman of the SNSD, Milorad Dodik, over the last few days, and in particular during an interview he gave to RTRS on 20 August 2007. His statements questioning the sovereignty and territorial integrity of BiH are detrimental to the country’ [...]

Principal Deputy High Representative, Raffi Gregorian, and Reisu-l-Ulema Mustafa eff. Cerić met today in Sarajevo and discussed how important it is that the world know that Bosnian Muslims abhor terrorism in all its forms.

The High Representative and EU Special Representative, Miroslav Lajčák, today appointed Frane Maroević as his new Director of Communications.

The Office of the High Representative/EU Special Representative and the Delegation of the European Commission to Bosnia and Herzegovina are disappointed by the BiH Parliament’s failure to ratify the Central Europe Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) yesterday, and look to parliamentarians to support this Agreement when they return from their summer break [...]

Employers, workers, entrepreneurs, investors and other stakeholders in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s can make policymakers re-focus their attention on economic reforms, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Miroslav Lajčak, said today.

The High Representative, Miroslav Lajčák, welcomed the formation of a government in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton today and urged it to build credibility by making up for lost time.

The High Representative, Miroslav Lajčák, appointed Orlando Fusco interim Head of the Office of the High Representative in Banja Luka and Deputy High Representative today with effect from 1 August.

The High Representative and European Union Special Representative, Miroslav Lajcak, has welcomed the adoption of BiH’s Higher Education Law by Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Parliament today.

The High Representative and EU Special Representative, Miroslav Lajčak, is concerned by the prospect that BiH lawmakers will tomorrow adopt amendments to Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Law on Immunity granting them immunity from prosecution for crimes such as drink driving, abuse of office, and even war crimes.