25.10.2012
Two years after general elections, Bosnia and Herzegovina does not have fully functional governments in place that are committed and able to deliver concrete results in the Euro-Atlantic integration process, the High Representative said during meetings with MPs from across the German political spectre. The immediate pr...
24.10.2012
Bosnia and Herzegovina needs positive change said High Representative Valentin Inzko when he met the UK’s Foreign Secretary William Hague. The Foreign Secretary is visiting Sarajevo today.“Leaders must advance the reintegration of the country, and political decision making must be speeded up,” said the High Representat...
23.10.2012
The High Representative, by way of his Decision, dated 6 June 2009 (“the 2009 Decision”), removed Mr. Radislav Jovi?i? from the position in the State Investigation and Protection Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( SIPA). This Decision also barred Mr. Jovi?i? to hold any official, elective or appointive public office, t...
23.10.2012
The High Representative, by way of his Decision, dated 22 May 2000 (“the 2000 Decision”), removed Mr. Mirko Mihaljevi? from his position of Prime Minister of Canton 10. This Decision also barred Mr. Mihaljevi? from being a candidate for the elections or to hold any public office at any level (“Ban”). The 2000 Decision...
16.10.2012
A political process aimed at finding an agreement on implementing the BiH Constitutional Court’s ruling on Mostar was launched in Sarajevo today. Meeting at the OHR, representatives of political parties based in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and represented in the BiH Parliamentary Assembly began to discuss...
15.10.2012
High Representative Valentin Inzko met today with Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and exchanged views on progress related to ongoing trials and appeals at the ICTY. The High Representative and the ICTY Chief Prosecutor highlighted t...
08.10.2012
Following the holding of local elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, High Representative Valentin Inzko said today: “The elections are over and the campaigning is behind us. Now that citizens have decided whom they want at the helm of their local communities, it is time to get back to work. Each and every municipality i...
04.10.2012
The High Representative to BiH, Valentin Inzko is in Brussels over two days for meetings with EU and Belgian officials. The High Representative briefed his hosts on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina in advance of the local elections. He said that after the encouraging start to the year, the challenges to the gove...
30.09.2012
The OHR, the OSCE Mission to BiH and the Council of Europe Office in BiH today expressed their full support for the BiH Central Election Commission, and commended in particular the statement issued by the CEC clarifying the status of the Central Voter Register and upholding the right of all registered voters to cast th...
24.09.2012
By: Zoran KrešićThe Office of the High Representative has withdrawn into a shadow for months now, failing to react even when it comes to „serious violations of the Dayton Agreement “if one takes into consideration the criteria for punishments of this political “holy scriptures”. This is a part of the strategy foll...