22.02.2018
Interviewer: Sasa Rukavina DANI: At the beginning of February our agencies reported that the President of Brazil did not get his pension because he failed to provide evidence that he was alive. The law in Brazil, just like in BiH, provides that pensioners have to pick up their pensions [in person], which he did not...
21.02.2018
High Representative Valentin Inzko received a Finnish delegation today led by State Secretary Peter Stenlund. The High Representative informed the Finnish delegation about the current political and economic situation in BiH. “The focus on the EU and NATO agenda must be maintained and reforms to this end accelerated. It...
20.02.2018
High Representative Valentin Inzko met today with a delegation of the Student Parliament of the University of Sarajevo led by Parliament’s President Merim Serdarevic. The delegation presented their views on the current political situation in the country. Special emphasis was given to the fact that many young people are...
20.02.2018
Interviewer: Jozo Pavković Večernji list: Can we start with some personal questions? Valentin Inzko: Happily, no problem. Večernji list: When did you first come to Bosnia and Herzegovina, when to Croatia, when did you first come in contact with Croats and the Croatian culture? Valentin Inzko: These contacts began...
19.02.2018
Today in Sarajevo, High Representative Valentin Inzko received a delegation of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Croatian Parliament led by Committee Chair Miro Kovac. They discussed the current political situation in BiH as well as issues related to Euro-Atlantic integration. The High Representative informed the C...
15.02.2018
The High Representative, Valentin Inzko, met today with the BiH Presidency Chairman, Dragan Covic, at his request. The High Representative and Presidency Chairman had a constructive discussion about the current political developments and challenges ahead of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bosnia and Herzegovina has been given...
08.02.2018
High Representative Valentin Inzko met yesterday in Sarajevo with Adama Dieng, the UN Secretary-General's Special Adviser for the Prevention of Genocide. In the wake of the recent verdicts of the ICTY, they exchanged views on the reconciliation deficit that is impacting Bosnia and Herzegovina and the wider region. Th...
07.02.2018
The Principal Deputy High Representative, Dennis Hearne, paid a visit to Mostar on Wednesday, 07 February 2018. Over the course of his first and introductory visit to Mostar, Hearne met with representatives of the cantonal and city administration, as well as representatives of local NGOs. Following a meeting with Lju...
26.01.2018
Ahead of the Holocaust Remembrance Day, the High Representative, Valentin Inzko, visited the Jewish Community Centre in Sarajevo on Friday. In his address, the High Representative emphasized that the rule of law and active civic participation are essential for preventing the horrors of the past from happening again. "...
26.01.2018
Check against delivery. The Jewish Community Centre, Sarajevo, 26 January 2018 Citizens Are Protected by the Law Ladies and Gentlemen, There are two ways of responding to an orchestrated and dangerous assault on civic values of decency and inclusiveness. One is abstract; the other is practical. The abstract respon...