OHR Press Releases

The High Representative wishes to reiterate his commitment to supporting the establishment of genuine public broadcasting in Bosnia and Herzegovina in line with best European practice.

Sarajevo, 13 July 1998 High Representative Carlos Westendorp has appointed the Head of the Media and Public Affairs Department, Simon Haselock, his Deputy for Media Issues. In the nomination letter, Westendorp stressed Haselock's "achievements and sound judgement, particularly in the area of media restructuring for Bosnia and Herzegovina, (which) h [...]

The High Representative today appointed an international adviser at Radio Television Bosnia and Herzegovina who will assist with the restructuring of the television network. The High Representative selected Tomaz Perovic of Slovenia for his extensive experience as a manager and producer of current affairs programming as well as for his familiarity [...]

Sarajevo, 7 July 1998 Today the High Representative, accompanied by the mayors of Mostar, opened the Mostar airport to civilian traffic after it was out of use for more than six years. Following the landing of two planes operated by Croatia Airlines and Air Bosna, High Representative Carlos Westendorp, Mayor Safet Orucevic and Deputy Mayor Ivan Prs [...]

Yesterday, 2nd July, the Federal Ministry of Defence made two important statements concerning the establishment of a combat training centre at Livno/Glamoc. At 10.00 hrs a press conference was held by Assistant Minister of Defence Prce to provide local press with an outline of the measures taken to ensure that those affected by the construction of [...]

I send my best wishes and support to President Zubak, on the occasion of the founding assembly of his political party, the "New Croat Initiative".

This morning Senior Deputy High Representative Hanns Schumacher opened a regional OHR office in Derventa in northern Bosnia-Herzegovina. The opening is part of the OHR's strategy to increase its presence all over Bosnia to push for the return of refugees. Recently, the High Representative has been increasingly concerned about the slow progress in t [...]

At a meeting convened by the OHR yesterday, officials of the Federation, the Republika Srpska and Bosnia-Herzegovina pledged to implement a two-month old decree on inter-entity bus lines, which will allow regular bus traffic between the Entities to start early next month.