OHR Press Releases
09/30/2010
Speech-writing winner Miodrag Jovicic “The Real Enemies Are Poverty, Hunger, Illness and Misery”
High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko today awarded 25-year old Miodrag Jovicic, an economist from northern Bosnia, with the first prize of 1,000 KM for his winning entry to the OHR speech-writing competition launched this summer.
09/26/2010
Leave the Blind Alley
BiH leaders must leave the blind alley they have marched into and begin instead telling the European Union more persuasively why Bosnia and Herzegovina should become a member, High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko told an international conference in Herzegovina today.
09/24/2010
The Fundamental Obligation of a Civilised Society
It is “the fundamental obligation of a civilised society to identify and lay to rest the mortal remains of war victims,” High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko said during a ceremony in Mostar today.
09/22/2010
High Representative Welcomes PDHR Roderick Moore
High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko today welcomed the new Principal Deputy High Representative, Roderick Moore.
09/21/2010
EU Can Help BiH Citizens Eliminate Obstacles to Integration
Bosnia and Herzegovina has the resilience to return to the EU integration path, High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko has told members of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, and he has stressed that visa liberalisation will help to galvanise pro-Europe forces in the country.
09/17/2010
Parties Must Address Key Public Concerns
High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko held separate meetings in Sarajevo today with Member of the BiH Presidency Nebojsa Radmanovic, of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, and Mladen Ivanic, leader of the Party of Democratic Progress.
09/17/2010
Real Debate and High Voter Turnout Can Restore this Country’s Fortunes
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s European future is there for the taking – but it hasn’t been taken, and citizens should demand to know why, High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko said in Banja Luka yesterday.
09/15/2010
PIC Members Underline That Unilateral Acts Will Not Resolve State And Defence property
Members of the Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) stated today that the adoption by the Republika Srpska National Assembly of the Law on the Status of State Property Situated on the Territory of the RS and Under the Disposal Ban is a unilateral act that undermines the long-term effort to allocate state property in a way that e [...]
09/14/2010
Inzko Meets U.S. Ambassador to BiH, Patrick S. Moon
High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko met in Sarajevo today with the new U.S. Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Patrick S. Moon.
09/09/2010
OHR Concludes Vetting Procedure For West Herzegovina Canton Government
The Office of the High Representative completed today the vetting procedure for three key Ministerial Posts in the Government of the West Herzegovina Canton.