31.01.2008
In accordance with the powers vested in me by paragraphs 8, 10, 11, 13, 36 and 37 of the Final Award of March 5, 1999 of the Arbitral Tribunal for the Dispute over the Inter-Entity Boundary in the Brcko Area; Recalling that the Statute of Brcko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina was amended by Supervisory Ord...
31.01.2008
Lidija KujundžićBosnia is unique in terms of the complexity of its system of government, and the way in which the Federation is organised is certainly not a model of functionality and simplicity. It is a vicious circle, which demands the re-opening ofDayton…The decision of Miroslav Lajčák, the High Representa...
30.01.2008
At yesterday’s press conference RS Prime Minister Milorad Dodik said his party will seek the right to self-determination, including the option of secession for the Republika Srpska during upcoming talks on Bosnia and Herzegovina’s constitutional order. “There could also be dissolution,” he added.The High Repr...
29.01.2008
A third failure to send the budget of the BiH institutions to Parliament is imminent if the BiH Presidency Members are not able to find common language and adopt the budget at the BH Presidency session tomorrow.Failure to agree the draft 2008 State Budget will have a detrimental effect...
29.01.2008
28 January 2008Dnevni list: The Office of the High Representative expressed its concern over the failure to adopt the State Budget. Are you afraid this might be a prelude to a deeper political crisis?Miroslav Lajčák: The fact that the budget has not been adopted even at the second attempt is certainly bad new...
28.01.2008
The BH Invalids' Association has asked for social and health benefits to be moved to the State level. The OHR has replied that constitutional reform must be a matter for BH's Political leaders. The HR does believe more must be done to protect the most vulnerable in BH society. In his speech to FBiH Parliament...
25.01.2008
OHR representatives met yesterday with representatives of the Tuzla Municipal Council to discuss recent developments in the Ilija Jurisic case. Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia are parties to the Council of Europe Convention on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters. This convention offers technical mechanis...
24.01.2008
High Representative and EU Special Representative, Miroslav Lajčák, attended the signing of Memorandum of Understanding for Establishment of the Conference of Education Ministers in BiH between entity Prime Ministers and Chairman of the CoM, held today in Sarajevo. Following the adoption of several long...
23.01.2008
The High Representative/EU Special Representative condemns the recent violent assaults on an elderly woman and a Franciscan friar in Sarajevo. A full and thorough investigation of each individual case by competent authorities is needed and should result in those responsible being brought to justice. Police investi...
23.01.2008
“Returning the budget to the Council of Ministers for a second time is bad news,” said the High Representative and EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajčák today. Lajčák was meeting with the Chair of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Council of Ministers, Nikola Spiric, in Sarajevo.Yesterday the BiH Presidency return...
