03.03.2009
Acting High Representative, Raffi Gregorian, met today with the Director of EUROPOL, Max-Peter Ratzel. The Acting High Representative welcomed yesterday’s signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on a secure link between BiH and EUROPOL. During the meeting it was stressed that BiH police authorities on all levels must...
02.03.2009
Acting High Representative and Brcko Supervisor Dr Raffi Gregorian called "deplorable" the recent theft of the memorial plate for Jewish people killed in Brcko during the World War II. The memorial plate was placed in Brcko local community Grcica in remembrance of the massacre of a group of Jewish...
27.02.2009
Reforms necessary for bringing Bosnia and Herzegovina closer to the European Union and a resolution of the issue of state property were the focus of discussions between High Representative Miroslav Lajčák and BiH Presidency Chair Nebojša Radmanović in Sarajevo today. The European Union is not satisfied with t...
26.02.2009
High Representative Miroslav Lajčák met today in Sarajevo with Chair of the Council of Ministers Nikola Špirić to discuss functioning of the rule of law, reform priorities set by the PIC, most notably resolution of the State Property, and getting the EU agenda back on track. During the meeting Miroslav Laj...
25.02.2009
[Mr. Gregorian, the situation in Mostar is in a stalemate: a mayor has not been elected even after three rounds of voting, nor has the decision on the temporary funding been adopted, for the 2009 budget has not even been passed yet. In your view, what’s the way out of this situation?]The fact that the Mostar City Counc...
23.02.2009
I. Introduction 1. On 24th October 2008 the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Constitutional Court) received a request of Mr. Milorad Živković, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, for review of constitutionality of Article 13 of the Law...
20.02.2009
High Representative Miroslav Lajčák today closed legal loopholes at the State and Federation levels that if not closed now would have next week allowed persons convicted of war crimes to be released while awaiting the decision on their appeal. He also acted to stop the practice in Federation prisons by which war c...
20.02.2009
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...
20.02.2009
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...
20.02.2009
The Office of the High Representative expresses its disappointment in the failure of the Mostar City Council to elect the mayor in the third round of voting last night. The Statute of the City of Mostar provides ample opportunity for the political parties to reach agreement through three rounds of...