Govori

The great Italian anti-fascist writer Ignazio Silone visiting Galilee with his wife in the early 1960s described the barren but beautiful countryside there as – and I quote – “the landscape of my soul”.

Let me begin by expressing my thanks to the organisers of the Velden Economic Forum – for three things. First of all, thank you for inviting me to take part in this discussion. Second, thank you for inviting everyone else! And thirdly, thank you for facilitating a debate that brings together economists and policymakers from a part of Europe whose n [...]

Thank you for coming. There is one week until the expiry of the PIC SB’s deadline for the Entities and the State to fulfill the remaining obligations towards Brcko needed for the end of Supervision. So I am hear to update you on how they are going in this regard.

Perhaps the most effective way of placing 1989 in perspective is to recall – and this requires a good deal of imagination – what Europe was like in 1988. All of us can remember the euphoria that was experienced when the peoples of Central Europe threw off their chains. But it is easy to forget that until the final weeks of the old regimes it was no [...]

Tri mjeseca već radim u Bosni i Hercegovini i danas mi je treći put da sam u Srebrenici. Treći put, ali osjećanja su uvijek ista. Danas su još jača. Jedno od osjećanja je nemoć. Nemoć, jer ne možemo nikom vratiti život. Nemoć, jer ne možemo osušiti nijednu suzu nijedne majke. Danas je među nama i jedna majka koja je izgubila, koja će danas sahranit [...]

Thank you for giving me this opportunity to present my first report as High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Thank you for inviting me to speak to you today. I am happy to be back in Bosnia and Herzegovina. I intend to work with you and with the people of this country, and to extend my hand to you.