OHR Press Releases

The High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, met today with Chairman of the Council of Ministers Nikola Spiric for the last time in his current capacity.

The PIC Steering Board – Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Commission – came out of Monday and Tuesday’s meeting in Sarajevo “speaking clearly and with one voice”, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, wrote today in his weekly [...]

The High Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, issued a decision today amending the BiH Law on the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council (HJPC) making this institution more efficient.

Bosnia and Herzegovina needs an institutionalised and transparent constitutional-reform process, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, wrote today in his weekly newspaper column.

If political parties want to turn the promise of prosperity into reality they must bring a new pragmatism to the business of enacting and implementing economic reforms, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, said today at the launch of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s new business registration system at Sarajevo [...]

The adoption of two long overdue education laws yesterday by Bosnia and Herzegovina’s House of Representatives represents a step forward in a field that is critical to the future of the country and in particular the younger generation.

Political crisis is blocking Bosnia and Herzegovina’s path to Europe, causing the public to lose trust in politicians and the younger generation to feel less and less optimistic about the future, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling told Bosnia and Herzegovina’s legislators today.

Desperately needed economic reforms cannot be enacted and implemented unless their purpose is properly explained to citizens, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling told a conference in Sarajevo today. He described economic reforms as “Cinderella” media issues, noting that reforms that affect the wellbein [...]

The High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling welcomed yesterday’s announcement of the agreement between Republika Srpska Prime Minister Milorad Dodik and the Bishop of Zvornik and Tuzla Vasilije to begin activities aimed at the relocation of the Orthodox Church in Konjevic Polje.