23.01.2009
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, As you know, I have been dedicated to this region for ten years now, working from high diplomatic functions. First, as the Slovakian ambassador to Belgrade, with responsibility for Montenegro, Macedonia and Albania, then as a special envoy for Javier Solana in Montenegro for impleme...
21.01.2009
Ladies and Gentlemen,Last year when you had this gathering of parliamentarians from the European Parliament and from Bosnia and Herzegovina, our joint efforts were aimed at achieving the first contractual step towards EU integration, through the signing of a Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with the Europe...
21.01.2009
Lajčák: BiH will not get a blank cheque from the European Union "The EU does not issue blank cheques, neither when it comes to joining the EU, nor when it comes to visa free access", High Representative and EU Special R...
19.01.2009
"Slovenia is an important ally of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the road to full membership in the European Union", High Representative and EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajčák said today in a meeting with the Slovenian Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar in Sarajevo. "BiH and Slovenia had the same administrative syst...
19.01.2009
The High Representative and EU Special Representative, Miroslav Lajčák,meet today with HDZBiH President, Dragan Covic, and SDA President, Sulejman Tihic, to discus further steps to be taken with regard to the implemntation of what has been agreed in Prud on 08 November 2008. The Prud agreement, subsequent meetings...
15.01.2009
“To the survivors of Srebrenica, we owe justice, and to the victims we owe remembrance”, the High Representative and EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajčák said today, welcoming a resolution by the European Parliament that recognises the 11th of July as a day of commemoration of the genocide in Srebrenica-acros...
13.01.2009
Supervisor of Brcko District Dr. Raffi Gregorian called for the formation of a “concentration government” in Brcko after the constitutive session of the Brcko District Assembly again postponed a vote on the Assembly speaker, deputy speaker, and District mayor. He issued the call after being informed that all coun...
13.01.2009
I wish to send a clear message: the EU can live without BiH * You cannot always expect somebody else to come from the outside and resolve your problems * OHR's presence in BiH and the status of candidate for EU membership at the same time- these two things are mutually exclusive What is your plan for 2009? Mi...
12.01.2009
By Antonio Prlenda for Southeast European Times in Sarajevo – 12/01/09Bosnia and Herzegovina's political environment is standing in the way of progress, High Representative Miroslav Lajcak says. In an interview with SETimes correspondent Antonio Prlenda, Lajcak discussed the hurdles the country will face this year. Sou...
08.01.2009
HR/EUSR Miroslav Lajčák today bode farewell to the outgoing commander of NATO Headquarters Sarajevo, Major General Richard Wightman, and met with his successor, Brigadier General Sabato Errico. Meeting both generals in Sarajevo , Lajčák comme...