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Inzko Meets Davutoğlu: Elections An Opportunity For A New Start

20.10.2010

BiH citizens want a fresh start following the recent elections, and this means that no time should be lost in establishing governments and tackling urgent priorities, High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko said during a meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu in Sarajevo tod...

PDHR and Brcko Supervisor Roderick Moore Visits Mostar

20.10.2010

During his first official visit to Mostar, Principal Deputy High Representative and Brcko Supervisor Roderick Moore met separately today with Mayor Ljubo Beslic and Mostar City Council President Murat Coric. Ambassador Moore expressed his readiness for constructive cooperation with Mostar officials in order to advance...

HR/EUSR Inzko meets ICTY Chief Prosecutor Brammertz

18.10.2010

High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko met today at the OHR in Sarajevo with ICTY Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz.The HREUSR briefed the Chief Prosecutor on political developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina since their last meeting in April this year.He stated with regret that little progress...

Speech by High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko At an IEDC-Bled School of Management Seminar On the Challenges of Transforming Bosnia and Herzegovina

15.10.2010

Urgent Steps Can Halt BiH Economic Decline Ladies and Gentlemen,I have had several opportunities in the past to take part in seminars organised by the Bled School, and I am always happy to do this. The bulk of my time and my colleagues’ time is taken up with political issues – yet our efforts will not succeed if w...

Urgent Steps Can Halt BiH’s Economic Decline

15.10.2010

The “collective priority” of the incoming governments must be to establish “a properly regulated internal market that will attract investment, sustain growth in employment and protect consumers,” High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko told an international business seminar in Sarajevo today.“T...

HR/EUSR Inzko Presents Speech-writing Award to Miodrag Jovicic

14.10.2010

High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko today presented 25-year old Miodrag Jovicic, an economist from northern Bosnia, with the prize of 1,000 KM for his winning entry to the OHR speech-writing competition.BiH citizens aged between 18 and 35 were asked to imagine themselves in the position of...

PDHR and Brcko Supervisor, Roderick Moore, visits Banja Luka

13.10.2010

During his first official visit to Banja Luka, in his capacity of Principal Deputy High Representative and Brcko Supervisor, Ambassador Roderick Moore met today in Banja Luka with the Republika Srpska Prime Minister, Milorad Dodik. PDHR Moore and RS Prime Minister Dodik exchanged views on the current situation in the c...

HR/EUSR Inzko Meets US Secretary of State Clinton

12.10.2010

High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met in Sarajevo today at the new U.S. Embassy building. The HR/EUSR commended the crucial role played by the United States in stabilizing and advancing the region and thanked the Secretary of State for he...

No More Time Should Be Lost

11.10.2010

The European Union is committed to fostering the emergence of a functional, prosperous and modern democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina capable of securing eventual EU membership,  EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Commission Vice President Catherine Ashton, and Enlargement Commissio...

No more time should be lost

11.10.2010

The people of Bosnia and Herzegovina went to the polls on 3 October in their sixth general election since independence. The capacity to hold regular free and fair elections is now firmly established. This is a positive sign of normality. Bosnia and Herzegovina has its natural place in the European Union. The EU is Bosn...