OHR related Interviews

I have noticed that in BiH there is a clear distinction between the people who make a lot of money and the rest of the population. If the activities, undertaken by the Head of the RS Tax Administration, Milica Bisic, could be replicated in some other places, this country would stand on its feet much faster

This is the first in a series of interviews in which we search for the ‘consciences’ of countries in the shadow of Europe. The series sheds light on the troublesome quest of nations at Europe’s border seeking full integration into the established Europe. In Europe’s periphery, we hear complaints about lack of attention and l [...]

The Agreement on implementation of the Decision on the constituent status of peoples in accordance with the decision of the BiH Constitutional Court is not at an impasse. It is not threatened and there is no risk that it will fail or be abandoned. It contains very explicit instructions for those who should implement it as to what they should do and [...]

It is quite clear that the Election Law sets out certain deadlines which have to be respected. I am talking about April 18th when the Election Commission will announce the exact date that the elections should take place. Therefore, we have to finish with the amendments before April 18th and that is the last date before which everything has to be en [...]

Ambassador Donald S. Hays, Principal Deputy High Representative for BiH, American diplomat in charge of coordination of anti fraud efforts, speaks for the first time about the widespread crime in the Herzegovacka Bank, its appalling dimensions and the alliance between Herzegovina businessmen and former Croatian government; he is announcing that the [...]

After several hundred hours of negotiations between the two entities and representatives of the three peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina, at the end of March an agreement was signed which promoted minorities in the Republika Srpska and Federation into citizens, with full rights. This means that their languages are recognised as official languages, t [...]

In 1999 alone, the Croatian Government has secured 1,16 billion Kunas for the needs of the HVO and war victims and it was presented that out of this amount, 183 million Kunas went through the company Monitor M, then 692 million Kunas which were allocated to the HVO and another 285 million Kunas which were allocated for the needs of social welfare. [...]

Ian Campbell, one of the most esteemed legal experts in the United Kingdom, Deputy of Wolfgang Petritsch for legal affairs and Head of the Legal Department with the OHR, the main creator of the agreement on constitutional reconstruction of Bosnia and Herzegovina, speaks for the first time, in an exclusive interview with our journalist, for the publ [...]

Der internationale Verwalter für Bosnien-Herzegowina, Wolfgang Petritsch, hat einen stärkeren Einsatz von Armee und Geheimdiensten bei der Suche nach mutmaßlichen Kriegsverbrechern auf dem Balkan gefordert. Es müssten Informationen darüber gesammelt werden, wie die Gesuchten seit Jahren ihre Flucht finanzierten.

In some instances, banks have served as the means of fraud and embezzlement * Not all banks fulfill the obligation to report cases of money laundering * BIH has undertaken a number of steps towards establishing a modern commercial banking system * OHR regards highly the work of major audit institutions