OHR related Interviews

Yesterday we celebrated Europe Day in the magnificent hall of the Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This event marked another anniversary of the most successful peace-building project in the history of our continent.

Serbia has intensive contacts with EU member countries in its neighborhood, which is good, of course, because regional cooperation and good neighborly relations are an essential part of the process of Serbia’s movement towards the EU, which stands at the position that a stable and prosperous Serbia, fully integrated in the European family, is of gr [...]

New High Representative of the International Community in BiH Valentin Inzko gave his first interview to a Serb newspaper «Novosti» only ten days after taking the office. The Austrian diplomat says, in fluent Serbian language, that he had only three hours to prepare for the post in BiH:

He does not want to talk about his successor – except to confirm that he will be an EU citizen and someone who is well familiar with the region. He recommends a more precise mandate and specified expectations of PIC, admits that OHR still has work to do in BiH, but that there is no common position as to how and when it should finish it…

The last year was pretty disappointing considering that nearly nothing was done after the signing of the SAA. To a large extent, 2009 will be the crucial year for BiH. All the countries in the region are making intensive efforts to accelerate their alignment with the European Union. Montenegro has already submitted its application for membership, a [...]

Bosnia and Herzegovina's political environment is standing in the way of progress, High Representative Miroslav Lajcak says. In an interview with SETimes correspondent Antonio Prlenda, Lajcak discussed the hurdles the country will face this year.