OHR related Interviews
09/21/2007
Lajčák: Without police reform, the door to the EU will be closed
Lidove noviny: Even more than a decade after the Balkan conflict ended, Bosnia and Herzegovina is still grappling with a number of problems. Which is the biggest one?
08/17/2007
Interview: Miroslav Lajčák, High Representative / EU Special Representative for BiH: “I won’t write a book about BiH”
The latest «last high representative» in an exclusive interview to the DANI speaks about police reform, constitutional reform, local political leaders, Croatian language TV channel…
07/26/2007
Interview: Miroslav Lajčak, High Representative / EU Special Representative for BiH
High Representative and EU Special Representative in BiH Miroslav Lajčak said in an interview with Onasa that his main short-term priority is for BiH to sign Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA), noting that police reform is directly linked to that reform.
07/17/2007
Interview: Miroslav Lajčák, High Representative / EU Special Representative for BiH: “I have not come here to divide”
“No way”, says the Slovak diplomat and begins the interview with a broad smile. “Such statements are not serious. I did not go to Montenegro to separate it from Serbia. I went there because the issue of an independence referendum was on the agenda.”
07/05/2007
Interview: Miroslav Lajčák, EU Special Representative “Action starts from September”
In his first interview since he officially took office as High Representative of the international community and Special Representative of the European Union in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovak diplomat Miroslav Lajčák emphasised that he had international support and he was coming as a friend. During the interview, Lajčák made an impression [...]
07/05/2007
Extracts from RTRS’s “CURRENT DEBATE” interview with Miroslav Lajčák High Representative / EU Special Representative for BiH
Miroslav Lajčák: I do not and it wouldn’t be good if I had one. Several proposals are already out there; both political and professional, so let me reiterate what I have said many times – that the next Constitution, because the country does need one, first and foremost should be the result of a political agreement between your politicians. [...]
03/18/2007
Interview: Raffi Gregorian, Principal Deputy High Representative: “Silajdzic and Ivanic Have Blocked Police Negotiations”
Deputy High Representative, Raffi Gregorian, says that Bosnia and Herzegovina is missing a great opportunity to make a step forward and move much closer to the EU due to the collapse of police reform negotiations last week. The US diplomat, who has been the chief international mediator during the last two months of negotiations on police reform, be [...]
02/14/2007
Interview: Raffi Gregorian, Principal Deputy High Representative: “There Will Be State and Local Police Forces Only”
The Directorate's Report provides a good basis for discussion and agreement – it is unclear what RS leaders mean when they say that Entity Police must remain. The second most senior ranked official of the Office of the High Representative and experienced American diplomat, Raffi Gregorian, believes that the BiH politicians’ readiness to engage in p [...]
01/25/2007
Interview: Christian Schwarz-Schilling, High Representative for BiH: “Dodik is a capable politician, but he is playing with fire”
The High Representative of the International Community in BiH Christian Schwarz-Schilling said that BiH politicians who give statements contrary to the Dayton Peace Agreement are responsible for delaying the transition of OHR into the Office of the EU Special Representative.
01/10/2007
Interview: Christian Schwarz-Schilling, High Representative for BiH: “Conflicts in BiH Resume”
BiH urgently needs institutional changes and reduction of bureaucracy in order to get closer to the EU, says EU High Representatives CHRISTIAN SCHWARZ-SCHILLING, adding:
BOSNIA MUST BE WHOLE