Police restructuring
03/16/2005
OHR’s Statement at the International Agency’s Joint Press Conference in Mostar
The European Union Police Mission (EUPM) and the Office of the High Representative (OHR) will continue a series of public meetings being held throughout BiH on police restructuring. Next weeks events will be held in Mostar, Trebinje and Nevesinje. The purpose of these meetings is to present the Police Restructuring Commission’s (PRC) proposal to ci [...]
03/16/2005
Article by the Ambassador Robert Bosscher, official representative of the EU Presidency in BiH: “Your Future is in Your Hands”
Politicians in this country almost all agree that Bosnia and Herzegovina belongs in the European Union. Every one of the main parties has publicly committed itself to the process of European integration. This involves a series of clear steps. Many of these steps have already been taken. Among the most pressing and important step that must still be [...]
03/15/2005
Transcript of the International Agency’s Joint Press Conference
The High Representative, at the request of RS Prime Minister Pero Bukejlovic, agreed yesterday to extend the deadline for the Srebrenica Commission to present its report to the end of March.
03/15/2005
EUPM and OHR continue public information road show on police restructuring
The European Union Police Mission (EUPM) and the Office of the High Representative (OHR) will continue a series of public meetings being held throughout BiH on police restructuring. This weeks events will be held in Bihac, Prijedor and Prnjavor. The purpose of these meetings is to present the Police Restructuring Commission's (PRC) proposal to citi [...]
03/11/2005
“Euro-Blic” Interview With Mr. Wilfried Martens
The Police Restructuring Commission (PRC) report that I submitted to the High Representative and Prime Minister Terzic will mean important improvements for BiH’s citizens. Five significant advantages come to mind immediately.
First, the restructuring will make it much harder for criminals to operate. Right now, your police are at a disadvantage wh [...]
03/10/2005
EUPM and OHR to commence public information road show on police restructuring
The EUPM public information campaign which was launched by the EUPM Commissioner, Kevin Carty, on the 15th of February aims to inform the public of what is involved in the process of a single structure of policing, as well as what is not involved.
Commencing tomorrow, 11 March, EUPM will widen its campaign by the first of several public debates o [...]
03/10/2005
Police Restructuring – EUPM Launches New Website
Today the EUPM Press and Public Information Department is launching its new EUPM Web Site. The new site is completely different from the original site. It has a new format, new style of presenting news and articles about the EUPM. Part of the aim of the new Web Site is to inform the public more clearly on police restructuring. Visitors of the web [...]
03/05/2005
Article by Stefan Feller, Head of the Police Unit in Brussels in Nezavisne novine
Brussels is following the BiH Police restructuring process very closely -- not just as a box that must be ticked before BiH can move on to the next state of association, but because crime on the streets of Banja Luka, Sarajevo or Mostar directly impacts crime on the streets of our capitals. While BiH’s balance of trade in general may be negative, w [...]