Press Conferences

I’ve asked you here today to talk about the work of the institution behind me; about how important it is to democracy; about how important it is to the future of this country; and about how it can and should work in the interests of all citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina and of all constituent peoples.

"Ministries of Interior need to be ready to help those who have not yet obtained the CIPS ID, by deploying mobile teams before closure of voter registration on 17 August. Ministries of Interior must be prepared to use their resources in cooperation with CIPS centres and the BiH Election Commisison, to ensure that the Passive Voter Registration syst [...]

It is now three weeks since the High Representative urged members of the BiH Parliamentary Assembly to use the time before the October elections to show voters they can deliver reforms that will help create jobs and improve living conditions.

The High Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, will this afternoon leave for Moscow on the first leg of a six-day trip during which he will meet senior officials in Moscow, Berlin and Brussels. These meetings are part of the High Representative's continuing effort to lobby European and PIC capitals on BiH’s behalf.

The High Representative is addressing the BiH Foreign Trade Chamber this morning. He will remind his listeners that improvements in the BiH business environment - including enacting the Law on National Fiscal Council, the Law on Obligations, the Salary law, and the Pharmaceuticals Law, and centralising banking supervision (all of which could be don [...]

This afternoon the High Representative will attend a ceremony marking today, June 6, as SBS Day. The mission of the SBS - which is to secure BiH's borders and make sure that citizens have complete freedom of movement - is a challenging one, and the fact that it has become an effective organisation capable of fulfilling this mission is something tha [...]

As we speak, the High Representative is addressing a major meeting of the Stability Pact in Belgrade. The High Representative is highlighting Bosnia and Herzegovina's leading role in the Stability Pact (the organisation's first summit was held in Sarajevo in 1999) and he will be making the case that Southeast Europe as a whole can learn from Bosni [...]

A session of the Mostar City Council is scheduled for today. The city budget is on this session’s agenda, along with other two other very important issues: the Decision on the founding of the Urban Planning institution and achieving consensus on the Internal Organization Rulebook for Mostar City Administration.

The High Representative Christian Schwarz – Schilling will pay one day visit to Zagreb on Friday, 19 May where he will meet with Croatian Prime Minsiter, Ivo Sanader, Speaker of the Croatian Sabor, Vladimir Seks and Minister for Culture, Bozo Biskupic.

Regional development strategies are a key element in transforming the BiH business environment, the Principal Deputy High Representative, Larry Butler, will tell a meeting in Sarajevo today - but he will emphasise that paper strategies must be turned into tangible programmes that help new businesses go from start-up to profitability in the shortest [...]