12.10.2009
Valentin Inzko, 60, High Representative of the international community and EU Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, speaks of the negotiations about the future of the countrySPIEGEL: The US government and the EU last week set a deadline for constitutional reforms and strengthening the unity of the state. Is...
02.10.2009
The High Representative and EU Special Representative, Valentin Inzko, today met in Sarajevo with Tanja Fajon, a member of the European Parliament, who has presented a document to the European Parliament requesting that BiH and Albania be included on the White Schengen List as soon as the requirements of the European C...
02.10.2009
Even in the present political turbulence BiH legislators can take sensible steps to improve citizens’ living conditions, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Valentin Inzko, told businesspeople in Sarajevo today.“In recent days I have reminded the BiH political establishment that during this turbulenc...
02.10.2009
Interesting Times Needn’t Be Hard Times Ladies and Gentlemen,It’s a pleasure to be with you today.There is a Chinese malediction that goes: “May you live in interesting times.”All of us, I’m sure, are well aware that Bosnia and Herzegovina is currently experiencing “interesting times”, but I think the inference of...
01.10.2009
The High Representative and EU Special Representative, Valentin Inzko, met today in Sarajevo with Tamsyn Barton, Director of the Europe Department of the UK’s Department for International Development (DIFID).Noting that BiH’s political leaders have blundered from one crisis to another for the past three years while the...
30.09.2009
The High Representative and EU Special Representative, Valentin Inzko, has welcomed the adoption of the Proposed Strategy and Action Plan for Prevention of Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorist Activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Proposed Agreement on Cooperation and Exchange of Information from Police...
27.09.2009
Legal basis for the establishment of Transco: · Agreement between the PMs of the FBiH and the RS on the Transmission Company and Independent System Operator, concluded on 2 June 2003 on the basis of Article III. 5 (b) of the BiH Constitution. · The Law Establishing the Company for the Transmission...
27.09.2009
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s political crisis has been accompanied by the loss of tens of thousands of jobs, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Valentin Inzko, told an international economic conference in Sarajevo today.He said the economic crisis has reached a point where “the political establishment h...
27.09.2009
Despite Crisis, Leaders Can Still Boost Investment and JobsDr Busek, Prime Minister Spiric, Ministers, Ladies and Gentlemen,I’m particularly pleased to be taking part in this conference because the topic under discussion – inward investment – is the crucial challenge facing Bosnia and Herzegovina today. The bottom line...
26.09.2009
Speaking in Banja Luka today, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Valentin Inzko, listed concrete steps that BiH political leaders can take in the short term in order to revitalize the country’s EU integration process.“We need much more dialogue and it needs to be genuine, open and focused on finding...