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New Government Needs to Focus on Euro-Atlantic Integration

07.06.2011

The High Representative and EU Special Representative (HR/EUSR) Valentin Inzko discussed the current political situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina with David Lidington, the UK Minister of State for Europe, in Sarajevo today. The HR/EUSR Inzko outlined that scant progress in forming the state level authorities is having...

Bosnia and Herzegovina Can Still Catch Up

06.06.2011

Bosnia and Herzegovina can catch up with its neighbours if BiH citizens are empowered to influence policy and if present opportunities to circumvent obstacles to European integration are seized, High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko said today.“The first step towards reflecting the aspiration...

Remarks by HR and EUSR Valentin Inzko at a Conference Organised by the EU Institute for Security Studies and the BiH Foreign Policy Initiative on the Integration of Balkan Countries in the European Union by 2030

06.06.2011

Bosnia and Herzegovina Can Still Catch UpLadies and Gentlemen,I particularly wanted to participate in this conference because the main themes – including identity, civil society and the challenges of uneven economic development in the region – are crucial for taking the Western Balkans into the European Union, and also...

Interview with HR/EUSR Valentin Inzko

04.06.2011

Oslobodjenje: The most wanted war fugitive, the commander of the Republika Srpska Army, Ratko Mladic is finally in the Hague. What does that mean for Bosnia and Herzegovina?Valentin Inzko: The arrest of Mladic enables justice to take its course. There is an obvious moral question as to what kind of justice there is for...

New generation of citizens offers fresh look on politics

03.06.2011

Leading young people in Bosnia and Herzgeovina can offer the political establishment an alternative to failure, EU Special Representative and High Representative Valentin Inzko said today.The EUSR/HR was speaking in Jahorina at the inaugural session of “Generation BiH for Europe”, a civic initiative designed to give a...

Inzko Welcomes Nomination of Peter Sørenesen as Head of EU Delegation in Sarajevo

30.05.2011

High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko warmely welcomed today's announcement by EU High Representative for Foreign Policy Catherine Ashton that Peter Sørenesen has been chosen as the new Head of the EU Delegation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. “I indeed look forward to working close...

INVITATION TO BID: For award of one year stationery supply contract

27.05.2011

Deadline for submission of bids: 29 June 2011 1. Subject of Tender1.1.    Office of the High Representative invites bids from qualified companies for the award of annual contract for stationery supplies for OHR Sarajevo. 1.2.    The standard list of stationery is attached as Annex 1.1...

No One Is Beyond the Law

26.05.2011

The arrest of Ratko Mladic means that justice can now take its course, High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko said today. Welcoming the arrest he described it as an affirmation that “no one is untouchable”The HR/EUSR said Mladic’s arrest “will help to bring down barriers to reconciliation in B...

Reaction to comments on Minister Suljagic

23.05.2011

The recent statement made by a religious leader about Emir Suljagic must be strongly repudiated, High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko said today. "It has always been my hope that the generosity, solidarity, compassion and tolerance that have been part of BiH soci...