OHR Press Releases

High Representative and EU Special Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Valentin Inzko met with Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt today in Sarajevo for discussions on the current political situation in BiH.

Yesterday's failure to make progress towards forming a functioning governing coalition amounts to a betrayal of the trust given to political leaders and their parties; voters went to the polls on 3 October 2010 to have a government; they did not vote for endless and fruitless talks or another four years of political deadlock and stagnation. Voters [...]

High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko met today in Ljubljana with Foreign Minister of Slovenia Samuel Zbogar.

“Despite all the difficulties in government formation the October elections remain BiH’s best chance for a fresh start,” said High Representative and EU Special Representative, Valentin Inzko, today.

The High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Valentin Inzko, today issued an order suspending the application of the RS Law on the Status of State Property Situated on the Territory of the Republika Srpska and under the Disposal Ban, pending a final decision by the BiH Constitutional Court.

In his New Year’s message the High Representative and EU Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Valentin Inzko, has outlined his views on political and economic priorities for 2011

“I learned of the death of Richard Holbrooke this morning with great sadness and I would like to express my heart-felt condolences to his family and friends and to our partners in the US.

The effort that was required to secure visa-free travel for BiH citizens was designed to give people from this country “the same confidence, the same protection, the same advantages that are enjoyed by citizens from EU states,” High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko said today.