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“The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, will address deputies to the RS National Assembly on Friday, in order to point out at a need for necessary laws stipulating the electric power and economic sectors to be adopted,” OHR Spokesperson Sonja Pastuovic confirmed at a press conference in Banja Luka on Wednesday. (Oslobodjenje – p 4, Dnevni Avaz – p [...]

Dnevni Avaz (p 2) reports that the judicial and economic reforms are the topics during a new High Representative Paddy Ashdown’s tour through some of the PIC member countries’ capitals. “In the focus of our talks with the political representatives of the PIC member countries will be wider implications of the reforms in the judicia [...]

The BiH Council of Ministers discussed the situation related to the Kostajnica Border Crossing dispute between BiH and Croatia at its extraordinary session in Sarajevo on Monday. The Council decided to prepare two documents for the next session scheduled for Thursday including the Annex to the contract on common location of the Kostajnica border cr [...]

The Director of the BiH State Border Service, Slavisa Vukovic, confirmed that the representatives of the UNMIBH and IPTF had ordered a SBS team at the Kostajnica border crossing to step back 50 meters in the area between the rivers of Una and Uncica. “In my opinion, the people from IPTF threatened our border crossing team, after which the SBS [...]

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, was in Washington on Thursday to hold emergency talks with the IMF after the threats that the IMF will withhold US$100 million in stand-by loans to BiH if the BiH parliaments pass legislation that breaks this year’s budget. This, in particular refers to a bill before the Federation Parliament which aims [...]

The BiH Printers' Trade Unions and the BiH Employers' Association held on Wednesday an emergency session at which they decided to initiate a general strike, block institutions and demand that the people who have contributed to the current problems in the CIPS [Citizens Identity Protection System] project be brought to account. “At the sessio [...]

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, addressed on Tuesday, for the second time since assuming the post, the joint session of both chambers of the BiH Parliament. In his 15 minute speech, Ashdown called upon the deputies to pass the legislation necessary for securing the rule of law and economic recovery in BiH. Repeating his slogan “Justic [...]

The Presidents of the three states also met yesterday with the High Representative in BiH, Paddy Ashdown, who said, after the meeting that this summit will be a turning point for the history of the region. “This is the way to Europe, and to get to Brussels you have to go through Sarajevo. We have discussed the creation of a Balkan institution [...]