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Brcko Supervisor Facilitates Agreement on Monuments in Brcko

21.12.2009

Supervisor of Brcko, Dr Raffi Gregorian, issued today a Supervisory Order on monuments that facilitates the legalisation of existing - and the erection of new - monuments to fallen members of the former warring armies in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as a new memorial to all civilian victims of the 1992 to 1995 and 1...

Mostar City Budget To Be Adopted As Soon As Possible

18.12.2009

With the election of Ljubo Beslic to the post of Mostar City Mayor the preconditions for adopting Mostar’s 2009 City Budget by 24 December have been created. According to the amended Statute,the Mostar City Mayor shall propose a City Budget for 2009 and the Decision on the execution of the City Budget for 2009 within t...

Gregorian: Chauvinism Dominates Political Discourse Ahead of Election Year

18.12.2009

“The political situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina is deteriorating as a result of deliberate actions by political leaders, who are using chauvinism to secure short-term political points ahead of parliamentary elections next year”, Acting High Representative Raffi Gregorian told Austrian President Dr Heinz Fischer and...

Reason Trumps Passion Every Time

16.12.2009

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s problems will be solved through a reasonable approach, and “in the great scheme of things, reason trumps passion every time,” High Representative and EU Special Representative told a meeting of the European Movement in Sarajevo today. He compared reason and passion to the tortoise and the hare....

Inzko: BiH Authorities Must Help Staffing of BiH Prosecutor’s Office

15.12.2009

The High Representative and the EU Special Representative, Valentin Inzko, today visited the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina and met with Chief Prosecutor Milorad Barašin. The HR/EUSR expressed his full support for the work of the Prosecutor’s Office and said the International Community stands ready to pr...

Inzko meets Balázs

15.12.2009

The High Representative and EU Special Representative, Valentin Inzko meets the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Péter Balázs in Sarajevo today

Decision Further Extending the Mandate of an International Member of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Appointing Sven Marius Urke to Carry Out Such Mandate

14.12.2009

In the exercise of the powers vested in the High Representative by Article V of Annex 10 (Agreement on Civilian Implementation of the Peace Settlement) to the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, according to which the High Representative is the final authority in theatre regarding interpret...