OHR Press Releases

By passing the Law on the Rights of Demobilised Soldiers the FBiH Parliament has made a promise that will either not be kept, or that will bring substantial financial hardship to the FBiH Government.

The OHR has reviewed the draft Agreement on the Establishment of Parallel Relations between the RS and Serbia and finds that the agreement in itself is very similar to the 2001 agreement signed by the RS and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia which the OHR considered acceptable at the time.

Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) offer citizens in Bosnia and Herzegovina an avenue into political life – even if they are frustrated by the shortcomings of party politics, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, told a group of civil-society activists meeting in the BiH parliament building today.

Days ahead of the 1 October election, a large number of BiH politicians “are behaving as though they inhabit a fantasy world,” the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, wrote in his weekly newspaper column, published today in Dnevni avaz, Nezavisne novine and Večernji list. “Politics for these people s [...]

The OHR today expressed its support for the unanimous position of the international financial institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, that the Federation Law on the Rights of War Veterans and Members of their Families, if enacted in its present form, would bring financial havoc to the Federation budget.

The High Representative/EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, noted with regret that the BiH House of Representatives failed to adopt the Law on Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices.

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s transition to full sovereignty will be determined by the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina, not by the International Community, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, told a conference in Vienna today. At the same time, however, he warned that the closure of OHR in mid 2007 and th [...]

The High Representative/EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, is urging parliamentarians to use the extraordinary sessions of both Houses of Parliament this week to improve their legislative record and pass laws to benefit all of Bosnia and Herzegovina and all its citizens.

Mostar’s politicians have had years to solve problems that are making life unbearable for the city’s inhabitants and they have failed – obliging High Representative/EU Special Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling to intervene. “These issues cannot be put off forever,” the HR/EUSR wrote in an article that was published today in Dnevni avaz, [...]

Businesspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina are entitled to know where candidates and party leaders stand on the Law on Obligations and centralising banking supervision, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, told a gathering of business leaders today at the American Chamber of Commerce in Sarajevo.