OHR Press Releases

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, wrote today to Federation Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Nikola Grabovac responding to his letter of June the 10th

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, today in letters extended his condolences to Mr Dzevad Hodzic and the Speaker of the RSNA, Dragan Kalinic, about the death of Fatima Hodzic, delegate of the RS National Assembly. "It was with deep regret and sorrow", that he learned of the death of Fatima Hodzic, the High Representative said in his letter.

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, today speaking at the award ceremony for BiH innovators in Sarajevo, pointed out the importance of intellectual capital for the economic development of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the future.

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, on Friday commented on a statement made earlier in the day by Prime Minister Alija Behmen, requesting public officials who come under investigation for serious impropriety to step down from their positions.

A well-implemented investment cycle - which will become possible when politicians begin to implement difficult but necessary economic reforms -- could generate prosperity in Bosnia and Herzegovina within five to ten years, Deputy High Representative and Head of the OHR Economics Department Patrice Dreiski told a two-day regional investment conferen [...]

The PLIP Agencies (OHR, OSCE, UNHCR, UNMIBH and CRPC) announced today that the overall implementation of the property laws in BiH has risen, as of 30 April, to 49%, or in other words out of 255'000 claims currently on file in municipal housing offices, 141'139 have been solved. Sixteen months ago, only 21% of claims had resulted in repossession. Th [...]

Addressing a joint session of the BiH Parliament on Monday 27 May, High Representative Paddy Ashdown introduced his overall strategy for launching a sustained assault on crime and corruption in Bosnia and Herzegovina and promoting significant job-creation. The High Representative summarised his policy as: “First Justice. Then Jobs. Through Re [...]

The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, takes the opportunity to congratulate all those who have contributed to yesterday’s successful unification of football in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The High Representative thanks UEFA and FIFA for their consistent efforts over the last five years to re-unite the football community of Bosnia and Herze [...]

The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, last night issued a package of Decisions providing a legal base for the three public broadcasters of the Public Broadcasting System in Bosnia and Herzegovina. These laws - the Law on the Basis of the Public Broadcasting System and on the Public Broadcasting Service of BiH, the Law on Radio Television Fed [...]

The High Representative today issued a package of decisions in order to strengthen democracy and the rule of law in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The decisions include the promulgation of the Civil Service Law and the establishment of an independent Civil Service Agency, the promulgation of the Law on Conflict of Interest and the establishing of independ [...]