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Remarks by the High Representative and EU Special Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling At the Launch of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s New Business Registration System

14.06.2007

Turning the Promise of Prosperity into RealityLadies and Gentlemen,A few days after I became High Representative and EU Special Representative I sat down with BiH businesspeople at a roundtable in Travnik and we had a long discussion about what they believed should be done in order to fix the business environment in th...

Education Laws Adoption Represents Step Forward

14.06.2007

The adoption of two long overdue education laws yesterday by Bosnia and Herzegovina's House of Representatives represents a step forward in a field that is critical to the future of the country and in particular the younger generation.The state-level Framework Law on Higher Education in BiH and the Law on Agency for Pr...

Schwarz-Schilling in BiH Parliament: Political Crisis Is Blocking Path to Europe

13.06.2007

Political crisis is blocking Bosnia and Herzegovina’s path to Europe, causing the public to lose trust in politicians and the younger generation to feel less and less optimistic about the future, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling told Bosnia and Herzegovina’s legislators...

Transcript of the International Agencies' Joint Press Conference

12.06.2007

EUSR, Eldar SubasicICTY, Matias Hellman EUFOR, Lt Cdr Niel Mathiesen     OHR / EUSR HR/EUSR to address Parliament on Wednesday The High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, will speak before the BIH Parliament tomorrow at 10:00 am. We understand th...

Schwarz-Schilling: Citizens Are Entitled to an Explanation

11.06.2007

Desperately needed economic reforms cannot be enacted and implemented unless their purpose is properly explained to citizens, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling told a conference in Sarajevo today. He described economic reforms as “Cinderella” media issues, noting that re...

Speech by the High Representative and EU Special Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling at a Conference on Economic and Social Development in Bosnia and Herzegovina

11.06.2007

Speech by the High Representative and EU Special Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling at a Conference on Economic and Social Development in Bosnia and Herzegovina organised by the Austro-French Centre for European Rapprochement and the French Institute for International Relations, Sarajevo 11 June 2007 Citiz...

Schwarz-Schilling: Better Business Environment Creates More Jobs

08.06.2007

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s new business registration system will deliver immediate benefits to businesses and consumers, and the task now should be to turn the increased transparency that the new system brings to the BiH business environment into new companies, new enterprise and new jobs, the High Representative and EU...