OHR Press Releases

The High Representative and the European Union’s Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, welcomed the announcement of the Republika Srpska government to give up its boycott of BHT1 in a newspaper article published today.

The High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, flew to London today after a series of high-level meetings in Washington, including with Under Secretary for Political Affairs at the State Department, Nicholas Burns, in Washington.

The High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, is travelling to Washington today for a series of high-level talks on the structure of the international presence in Bosnia and Herzegovina after 30 June.

Bonn Powers and the Office of the High Representative (OHR) should continue in some form, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, wrote in his weekly newspaper column, adding that he was making this argument in his discussions with decision-makers on visits to key capitals.

Peter Bas-Backer, OHR’s Senior Deputy High Representative, and Douglas Davidson, Head of the OSCE Mission to BiH, concerned that the freedom of the media in Bosnia and Herzegovina may be coming under threat, wrote yesterday to Miklós Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, inviting him to visit BiH, in order to provide an indepen [...]

If Bosnia and Herzegovina’s governments pursue the right economic policies, real improvements could be visible by the end of the year. If they don’t, the opposite will happen – more poverty, more crime, more emigration, fewer services and fewer jobs, the Principle Deputy High Representative, Lawrence Butler, wrote in a newspaper article today. [...]

Meeting the requirements for signing a Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with the European Union and implementing constitutional reform should be the top priorities for Bosnia and Herzegovina’s new authorities, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, told a roundtable organised by Germany’s Ko [...]

The accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union on 1 January is the realisation of a long-term political goal for both countries – a goal which most of their citizens view as a guarantee of future peace and prosperity – that should also act as a spur to the politicians and citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina to carry out the reforms nece [...]

The High Representative and European Union Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, today called on the House of Representatives of Bosnia Herzegovina to work on the rapid adoption of laws required for the signing of a Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the European Union.