22.09.2006
Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) offer citizens inBosnia and Herzegovina an avenue into political life – even if they are frustrated by the shortcomings of party politics, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, told a group of civil-society activists meeting in the BiH...
22.09.2006
TheJointInstitutionsBuildingLadies and gentlemen,It is a pleasure and an honour to be here with you today. I say this because I know how much work you have to do, how hard you have to work and how important the work is you do.Though you work in many different fields, you all deal with the kinds of issues that affect th...
22.09.2006
Days ahead of the 1 October election, a large number of BiH politicians “are behaving as though they inhabit a fantasy world,” the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, wrote in his weekly newspaper column, published today in Dnevni avaz, Nezavisne novine and Večernji list...
22.09.2006
Politics is the art of the possible – or at least it should be. This is what makes the political life rewarding, as anyone will tell you who has played a role in getting a hospital built or helped to secure funds for a children’s playground or won an investment contract that will create jobs.Politics is about getting t...
21.09.2006
DUTY STATION: SarajevoCONTRACT TYPE: National GRADE:  ...
21.09.2006
Parliament Approval of Ministerial Nominees Requires Responsibility from BiH’s AuthoritiesAmendments to the Law on the Council of Ministers, adopted by BiH Parliament on Wednesday, will transfer responsibility for vetting Ministers and their Deputies from the OHR to the BiH institutions. T...
20.09.2006
OHR Supports International Financial Institutions on Veterans' Law The OHR fully supports the unanimous position of the international financial institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, that the Federation Law on the Rights of War Veterans and Members of their Families, if enacted in its present form, would bri...
19.09.2006
The OHR today expressed its support for the unanimous position of the international financial institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, that the Federation Law on Rights Of Demobilized Defenders And Members of Their Families, if enacted in its present form, would bring financial havoc to the Fede...
18.09.2006
The High Representative/EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, noted with regret that the BiH House of Representatives failed to adopt the Law on Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices.The Law was the only piece of priority legislation listed by the HR/EUSR in his speech to the BiH Parliament 100 days aft...
18.09.2006
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s transition to full sovereignty will be determined by the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina, not by the International Community, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, told a conference in Vienna today. At the same time, however, he warned that the clo...