28.07.2006
Too many people in Bosnia and Herzegovina live in fear that they or their families will be attacked, that their homes will be burgled or that their cars will be stolen.The sooner police reform is agreed and implemented, the sooner the authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina can tackle crime effectively.This fact has been...
27.07.2006
The Law on conflict of interest should be changed by SeptemberSenior Deputy High Representative, Peter Bas-Backer, met this week with FBiH Prime Minister Ahmed Hadzipasic and RS Minister of Administration and Local Government, Nebojsa Radmanovic, to discuss a concrete plan for adopting the amendments to the Law on Conf...
26.07.2006
Ladies and Gentlemen,Perhaps the most useful contribution I can make to today’s discussion is to examine the draft Law on Agriculture in its broad political context – we have with us an impressive (I might even say intimidating) array of technical experts. I will offer thoughts on its political significance.As you know...
25.07.2006
DUTY STATION: SarajevoCONTRACT TYPE: National (Short–term contract until end of 2006)PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF POSITION:The selected candidate will support IT Hel...
25.07.2006
Amending the Election Law Could Cause ChaosThe amendments to the Election Law being discussed in the BiH House of Representatives today would, if enacted, cause chaos.These amendments would in effect reinstate the old system. However, the new passive voter registration process is progressing well. P...
24.07.2006
Among the items on the agenda of tomorrow’s session of the BiH House of Representatives – the last session before the summer recess – are proposals to introduce a new two-tier VAT rate and to reduce the repayment period for holders of frozen foreign currency accounts.Neither of these proposals is practicable.The adopti...
24.07.2006
Thank you for coming.I wanted to meet you here this afternoon because this is really the optimal place to discuss the rights and responsibilities of Parliamentarians.As you know, members of the parliaments in BiH have discussed legislation that would give themselves more generous compensation packages than those that a...
21.07.2006
A democracy that is protected and consolidated through executive powers granted to an extraneous institution cannot develop the necessary inner strength to sustain itself, the High Representative and European Union Special Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling stressed today, in a column published in BiH newspaper...
21.07.2006
The BiH Council of Ministers today issued a legal opinion stating that the proposed amendments to the Law on Settlement of Frozen Foreign Currency Accounts - which would reduce the payment period to five years - would place an intolerable burden on BiH's public finances and jeopardize the administration&...
21.07.2006
On 23 June, the international community announced that in the middle of 2007 it will end its direct supervision ofBosnia and Herzegovina ’s post-war recovery, nearly 12 years after the Dayton Peace Agreement brought the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina to a close.The Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council...