07.07.2011
Political Directors of the Peace Implementation Council Steering Board (PIC SB) met in Sarajevo on 6-7 July 2011. Representatives of the Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Parliamentary Assembly and the civil society attended parts of the meeting. The absence of a new state-level government is profoundly damaging to the inte...
07.07.2011
Serbian President Boris Tadic's visit to Sarajevo is another positive step in the Western Balkans' long journey of post war recovery and reconciliation, High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko said today during a meeting with President Tadic in Sarajevo. The HR/EUSR said strong a...
05.07.2011
Citizens have ultimate power in Bosnia and Herzegovina. When citizens lobby, campaign, complain, argue, and shine a spotlight on their representatives they can create change, High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko told a conference in Sarajevo today.Speaking at a session of Generation BiH for...
05.07.2011
Making Your Voice Heard Is a Right Not a PrivilegeLadies and Gentlemen,What we are witnessing today is an exciting new development in BiH politics.After nine months, the main political parties have still not managed to form a Council of Ministers, yet Generation BiH has produced comprehensive and actionable proposals o...
04.07.2011
“If Bosnia and Herzegovina wants to achieve EU membership and if the citizens of this country are to start enjoying EU standards of living – then, obviously, EU policies have to be implemented,” High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko told a conference in Sarajevo today.The HR/EUSR was speaking...
04.07.2011
Implementing EU Policies Can Bring Higher Employment Ladies and Gentlemen,Bosnia and Herzegovina needs a political breakthrough. I think all political leaders of this country would acknowledge this. The present politics of disagreement has delivered little in concrete terms to the average citizen, other than perhaps hi...
16.06.2011
Bosnia and Herzegovina Needs Sensible and Transparent Energy PolicyLadies and Gentlemen,It’s with the greatest pleasure that I send you greetings today.The study visits organised under the EU’s Technical Assistance and Information Exchange Instrument – commonly shortened as TAIEX – offer practical expertise in i...
16.06.2011
The priority in Bosnia and Herzegovina is to form a coalition government that can tackle the economic crisis and get the country back on the road to Europe, High Representative and EU Special Representative told a conference in Vienna today chaired by European Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule. Noting that in the el...
16.06.2011
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s renewable energy sector is ripe for international investment. BiH citizens will benefit from this – but only if energy policy is sensible, transparent and rapidly deployed, EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko said today.The EUSR was speaking by video link to BiH parliamentarians and...
16.06.2011
Priority for BiH The priority in Bosnia and Herzegovina today is to form a coalition government urgently that can tackle the economic crisis and get the country back on the road to Europe.Part of this effort will involve reforming the constitution so that legislation – including legislation laid out in the Europ...