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The new High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, arrived on Monday in his first official visit to Mostar. At a press conference of international organizations, Ashdown said that he will not allow the adoption of laws which are detrimental to identity of any constituent people in BiH. “I will never allow constitutional amendments which could fundam [...]

The hand-over of duties of the High Representative in BiH on Monday was by far the top story in all media in BiH. The new High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, who earlier on yesterday took over from the Austrian diplomat, Wolfgang Petritsch, addressed both chambers of the BiH Parliament and informed the delegates and the public about main priorities [...]

The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today officially handed over his duties to his successor, Paddy Ashdown. After the hand-over, the new High Representative addressed representatives in both chambers of the BiH Parliament and informed the BiH public about his priorities as the new High Representative. According to Julian Braithwaite, Ashd [...]

Oslobodjenje, Dnevni Avaz and Slobodna Dalmacija report that the outgoing High Representative of the international community in BiH, Wolfgang Petritsch, organized in Sarajevo on Thursday a farewell reception for the BiH and international officials. “The three years I have spent here as High Representative have for me been the greatest challen [...]

The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today issued three Decisions lifting the 4 December 2001 freeze on the privatisation of certain unclaimed apartments in the Federation. He also established the necessary Commissions to review the revalidation of cancelled occupancy rights and the issuance of new occupancy rights to socially owned propert [...]

The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, on Tuesday visited Srebrenica, and Burnice, a return site in Bratunac Municipality, where the Austrian NGO, "Bauern Helfen Bauern” (Farmers for Farmers) is helping to regenerate the community. The High Representative met with Srebrenica Mayor Sefket Hafizovic, and with people involved in return act [...]

In the organization of the Wilton Park British International Conference Center and the BiH Communication Regulatory Agency (CRA), a three-day conference on the Public Broadcasting Services in the Transition States opened in Sarajevo on Monday. “Establishing a free and fair public broadcasting service is an essential component of BiH’s e [...]

In an emergency procedure, deputies to the House of Representatives and deputies to the House of Peoples of the Bosnia and Hercegovina Parliamentary Assembly on Saturday unanimously adopted the Law on Use of Property which BiH has obtained according to the agreement on the succession to the property of the former SFRY (Socialist Federative Republic [...]