24.10.2022
Brčko is on the right track, and the authorities need to remain focused on completing the preparations on time so that citizens can begin to see transformative benefits from development-oriented projects under the World Bank's Sava and Drina Rivers Corridors Integrated Development Program next summer, the Principal Dep...
24.10.2022
High Representative Christian Schmidt welcomed the new Head of OHR’s Regional Office in Banja Luka, Hungarian diplomat László Márkusz. “I am looking forward to working with Ambassador Márkusz, and I want to thank the Hungarian Government for their continued cooperation with the OHR,” said the High Representative. Am...
24.10.2022
Check against delivery I wish to thank UN Resident Coordinator in BiH Ingrid Macdonald and her colleagues for selecting Brčko as a central location to mark this year's United Nations Day. Brčko is indeed a special city, a place to showcase unity and progress at the local level. It is a city with a long history, espec...
21.10.2022
FACT: State and defense property remain among the requirements outlined in the "5+2 Agenda." Therefore, the OHR remains engaged in reaching an acceptable and sustainable resolution of these issues. When it comes to the immoveable military property that will serve future defense purposes (the “prospective defense prope...
21.10.2022
High Representative Christian Schmidt attended “The Great School Class” at Šumarice Memorial Park near Kragujevac on Friday, the annual commemoration for the victims of mass executions committed by the armed forces of Nazi Germany in 1941. “We bow to these victims in silence, yet the message from this place is thunder...
13.10.2022
Principal Deputy High Representative (PDHR) and Brčko District Supervisor Jonathan Mennuti visited Mostar on Thursday for the first time in his official capacity as the PDHR. He used this opportunity to hold introductory meetings with representatives of the city administration and political parties. In separate meetin...
12.10.2022
High Representative Christian Schmidt welcomes today's decision by the European Commission to recommend candidate status be granted to Bosnia and Herzegovina. The EC's recommendation reaffirms the commitment of the European Union to integration perspectives of the Western Balkans, and in particular Bosnia and Herzegov...
08.10.2022
Interviewed by: Jozo Pavković Večernji list: You made the decision on election night, when the polls were closed and the votes had not yet been counted. I understand the timing. You did not influence the pre-election campaign with it, nor the formation of the new governments. How do you comment the fact that the very...
04.10.2022
FACT: October 2 decisions of the High Representative refer to the functioning of FBiH institutions, streamlining of government formation procedures, alleviating blockades and abuse of safeguarding mechanisms in legislative as well as judicial bodies. They in no way affect the will of the voters and the outcome of the 2...
04.10.2022
FACT: The decisions of the High Representative in no way relate to direct elections, nor do they undermine the integrity and legitimacy of the electoral process. The intention of these decisions is to prevent blockades of FBiH institutions, of which there were plently in the previous election cycle, and the government...