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Upon his return from Madrid, where he met with the Spanish Foreign Minster, Jose Pique, BiH Minister of Foreign Affairs, Zlatko Lagumdzija, held a press conference in Sarajevo, where he informed the press that Spain and BiH have agreed on a more concrete cooperation in the field of economy. According to Lagumdzija, within the following two months, [...]

The BiH Presidency members and Chairman of the Council of Ministers Dragan Mikerevic said on Thursday upon returning from Strasbourg, where BiH became the 44th member of the Council of Europe, that authorities at all levels should meet their obligations coming from the accession to CoE, all BiH media report. Presidency Chairman Beriz Belkic said [...]

BiH joined the Council of Europe at a formal ceremony on Wednesday, a key step towards European integration for the impoverished Balkan country still struggling with the legacy of its 1992-95 war, all BiH media, AFP and Reuters reported. Walter Schwimmer, the General Secretary of the Council, the continent's top human rights watchdog, said BiH's ac [...]

By raising the BiH flag on a mast in front of the Council of Europe's building in Strasbourg on Wednesday and striking up the national anthem, BiH became the 44th member of the oldest European institution, ONASA reports. The ceremony was attended by the three-member BiH Presidency, members of the Council of Ministers and both chambers of the parlia [...]

The first, two-day meeting of the recently established Collegium (sic!) of the High Representative of the international community in BiH is to be opened in Leeds on Tuesday, Dnevni Avaz reports. The meeting will be attended by the current High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, his successor, Paddy Ashdown, and the heads of the international organ [...]

All BiH media report very prominently report that, in partnership with Bosnia and Herzegovina's political leadership and the governments of the two Entities, the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, has on Friday completed the long process of constitutional change in BiH's Entities by issuing three Decisions. By closing a small number of gaps i [...]

At a session held on Thursday, deputies in the Federation Parliament’s House of Peoplesadopted the Federation government-proposed constitutional amendments which are also in line with the Mrakovica-Sarajevo Agreement. The 25 amendments were adopted by majority vote in the Bosniak and Croat caucuses in this chamber. All Croat deputies and repr [...]

The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, requested both Houses of the BiH Federation Parliament and the Republika Srpska National Assembly to adopt amendments to the entities constitutions, which would be in accordance to the BiH Constitutional Court’s decision and the Mrakovica-Sarajevo Agreement on its implementation, by 1700 hrs on Thu [...]

At a session on Tuesday, the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, the head of the OSCE mission in BiH, Robert Beecroft, and the BiH Refugee Minister, Kresimir Zubak, reviewed and signed the document titled “Human Rights in BiH - Priorities for 2002”, which was drafted by the Coordination Center for Human Rights. (Oslobodjenje and el [...]

The education ministers of BiH, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro signed a statement on accepting education cooperation in Sarajevo on Monday. According to the ministers, this document should stimulate exchange of experiences in education and its reforms in line with European standards, as well as international exchange of experts, documents and infor [...]