OHR Press Releases

Principal Deputy High Representative Lawrence Butler briefed Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, General Bantz J. Craddock, on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo today.

In unsuccessful economies, the people responsible for shaping the business environment focus on allocating wealth; in successful economies they focus on helping to create wealth, the Principle Deputy High Representative, Lawrence Butler, wrote in a newspaper article today, stressing that changing this focus in Bosnia and Herzegovina is critical to [...]

The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s House of Peoples could hold its constituent session with a simple majority of delegates appointed from the FBiH Cantons, according to a legal interpretation of the Federation’s constitution.

The High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, will travel to Paris and Brussels next week to brief French and EU officials on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, wrote to Nikola Spiric today congratulating him on his election to the post of Chair of the Council of Ministers.

Bosnia and Herzegovina is critical to stability in the Western Balkans, but the people and leaders of Bosnia and Herzegovina should understand that this is not enough to put their country at the top of the list of EU foreign-policy priorities, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, wrote in his weekly ne [...]

Izmir Hadziavdic, the Secretary of the FBiH House of Peoples, and Slavko Matic, the Chair of the FBiH House of Peoples, have during the last week suggested that recalling the old FBiH House of Peoples to adopt the FBiH temporary financing bill would alleviate the FBiH’s looming financial crisis brought about by the failure to adopt a budget for 200 [...]

Parliamentarians have given the impression that they believe Bosnia and Herzegovina is not facing any pressing problems and must now act to change that perception and set an example to others, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, wrote in a newspaper article today.