14.06.2006
The OHR is requesting proposals from qualified professional auditing firms to conduct a professional review of policies and procedures applied in the subdivision for the Procurement in the Budget and Finance Department of the Brcko District and propose how to improve the practices, coordination and communication in all...
13.06.2006
The High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, used his meeting with German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble this morning in Berlin to seek German support for changes to the European Union’s visa regime towards citizens of BiH.On the second day of a two-day visit...
13.06.2006
OHR, Mario BrkicEUFOR, Karen Halsey OHRSlap in the face to the people ofBosnia and HerzegovinaIt is now three weeks since the High Representative urged members of the BiH Parliamentary Assembly to use the time before the October elections to show voters they can deliver reforms that will help create jobs and impro...
13.06.2006
High Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling was awarded the Manfred Wörner medal today inBerlin.This award, which is given for outstanding contribution to European security once a year by the German Defence Ministry, is named after the late NATO Secretary General who, as Germany’s Defence Minister, was also a colle...
09.06.2006
Bosnia and Herzegovina's clear strategic goal must be to implement reforms that will raise living standards and allow the country to integrate fully in European structures, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and High Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling concluded at their meeting in Moscow today.The High Representati...
09.06.2006
There are signs at last that the BiH economy is on an upward trajectory. Investment and tax revenue are rising; interest rates are falling; more jobs are being created; Moody’s has raised BiH’s external debt rating. None of this is happening fast enough, but the fact that it is happening at all shows that after years o...
09.06.2006
The BiH pharmaceutical market is fragmented. The Federation and the RS have different laws and rules governing the manufacture and wholesale of pharmaceuticals and medical devices, while Brcko District has none. This means that safeguards related to the pharmaceuticals market in BiH are inadequate.The result is that me...
08.06.2006
“There is an evident lack of respect for the BiH Parliament as an institution and BiH as a democratic state” the High Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, said today in response to the continued boycott of the BiH House of Representatives by representatives from the Republika Srpska. “The State’s institutions m...
08.06.2006
HR to Visit Moscow, Berlin and Brussels , Lobby for Visa Facilitation, More Investment The High Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, will this afternoon leave for Moscow on the first leg of a six-day trip during which he will meet senior officials in Mo...
07.06.2006
The Serbian Finance Minister Mladjan Dinkic is reported to have yesterday announced that the first official visit of the Serbian Government will be to Banja Luka, and that one of the topics for discussion will be a referendum on the status of Republika Srpska.The OHR welcomes the Serbian Government's intentio...