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The perspective of reforms in Brčko District is attracting international interest

26.02.2020

Together with Turkish Ambassador to BiH Haldun Koç, Principal Deputy High Representative and Brčko Supervisor Michael Scanlan met with the leadership of the District Government and Assembly and visited the Brčko Port, whose EBRD and EU-funded modernization process will begin in July. The Supervisor also met yesterday...

Statement by the HR Valentin Inzko: State Officials are not Entity Representatives

25.02.2020

The High Representative wishes to comment on the attendance of the state-level officials at the gathering on 20 February 2020 in the RS Government Administrative Centre in East Sarajevo organized by Mr. Dodik. “The gathering was de facto related to the implementation of the Republika Srpska (RS) policy of blocking the...

Paris: High Representative visits French Foreign Ministry

20.02.2020

High Representative Valentin Inzko met in Paris with Nicolas Delacoste, Deputy Director for Continental Europe of the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, to discuss most recent political developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The High Representative underlined the damaging effect that constant challe...

Elections in Brčko should be about the well-being of its citizens

20.02.2020

Principal Deputy High Representative and Brčko District Supervisor Michael Scanlan met yesterday in Brčko with Brčko Assembly Speaker Esed Kadrić, Deputy Speaker Ivo Filipović, and Deputy Brčko Mayor Anto Domić. They discussed progress in the District on achieving fiscal discipline and responsible governance, infrastru...

HR Inzko meets Austrian Justice Minister Alma Zadić

20.02.2020

Last weekend the High Representative visited the new Austrian Minister of Justice, dr. Alma Zadić, in Vienna. They talked about the situation in Southeastern Europe, the EU's new methodology for enlargement, the principal importance of the rule of law in any country, and about the recent developments in Bosnia Hercegov...

Statement of the Ambassadors of the Peace Implementation Council Steering Board*

19.02.2020

In light of recent developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), the Peace Implementation Council Steering Board (PIC SB) hereby reiterates its full support for the work of the BiH Constitutional Court and all its judges. Decisions of the Court are final and binding, and must be implemented by the respective authoritie...

PDHR Scanlan meets BiH Security Minister Radončić

13.02.2020

Principal Deputy High Representative and Brčko Supervisor Michael Scanlan met today in Sarajevo with BiH Security Minister Fahrudin Radončić to discuss the current political and security situation in the country. (Photo: BiH Ministry of Security)

Brčko Supervisor visits exhibition about Brčko’s Jews

13.02.2020

On Wednesday the Principal Deputy High Representative and Brčko Supervisor Michael Scanlan visited the exhibition about the history and heritage of Brčko’s Jews, presently on display in the gallery wing of the Brčko City Hall. The exhibition “Following the footsteps of Brčko’s Jews” was organised on the 75th anniversar...