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...
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...
14.06.2007
Schwarz-Schilling Welcomes HoR Adoption of Education Laws The High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, welcomes adoption by Bosnia and Herzegovina’s House of Representatives of the state-level Higher Education Law and the Laws on Agency for Pre-Primary and Secondary Education...
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...
13.06.2007
Mr Speaker, Parliamentarians,Drago me je da sam danas ovdje sa vama – ali zao me je sto je ovo moj zadnji govor vama.When I addressed this chamber last year, I set out an agenda that focused on the challenges of transition that lay ahead of you: The need for ownership to be shown by the government of this country...
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...
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...
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...
09.06.2007
The High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling welcomed yesterday’s announcement of the agreement between Republika Srpska Prime Minister Milorad Dodik and the Bishop of Zvornik and Tuzla Vasilije to begin activities aimed at the relocation of the Orthodox Church in Konjevic Polje.“T...
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...