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Higher Education Law Must Be Adopted

04.04.2007

The European Commission Delegation to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Council of Europe and the Office of the High Representative (OHR)/ European Union Special Representative (EUSR) urge members of the Constitutional and Legal Affairs Commission of the BiH House of Representatives to support the state Higher Education...

OHR's Statement at the International Agencies' Joint Press Conference in Mostar

04.04.2007

Arbitration Decision Regarding HRTGood morning.I would like to address two issues this morning. Firstly the High Representative’s Special Envoy’s Arbitration Decision concerning HRT and secondly yesterday’s decision of the Federation Constitutional Court concerning the Mostar City Statute.We would like to clarif...

Transcript of the International Agencies' Joint Press Conference

03.04.2007

OHR, Oleg MilisicEUFOR, Achim WinklerICTY, Matias Hellman   OHRFBiH Budget Pleases No one Prime Minister Brankovic’s promise to introduce amendments to the FBiH budget over the next three months is confirmation that the FBiH Budget pleases no one at a point when the FBiH needed a budget that would improve th...

Notice of Decision by the High Representative to Lift the Effect of Decision, dated 22 May 2000, Removing Mr. Stiepo Andrijic from his Position of President of the Management Board of the Federation Privatization Agency

30.03.2007

The High Representative, by way of his Decision, dated 22 May 2000 (“the 2000 Decision”), removed Mr. Stiepo Andrijic from his Position of President of the Management Board of the Federation Privatization Agency. Upon careful consideration of Mr. Andrijic’s case and after concluding that the reasons for his removal no...

Schwarz-Schilling Briefs Croatian PM Sanader in Sarajevo

30.03.2007

The High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, met today with the Croatian Prime Minister, Ivo Sanader, inSarajevo.The High Representative and EU Special Representative briefed Prime Minister Sanader on the current situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina , t...

Gesture Politics Deliver Nothing

30.03.2007

In just the last ten days we have witnessed a spate of political manoeuvres that have taken up a great deal of time and energy (and in some cases public funds) but produced no positive dividends for citizens.Last week the Srebrenica Municipal Assembly, in an initiative that clearly exceeded its constitutional authority...