EU gives continuing support to BiH's leaders on constitutional reform

Following his last meeting with the leaders of BiH's political parties, held in mid-January in Sarajevo, Commissioner Stefan Fule reconfirmed his support, and that of the EU, to the leaders' efforts to find a solution to the implementation of the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the case 'Sejdic and Finci vs Bosnia and Herzegovina'. More...

EU helps to strengthen co-operation and co-ordination of BiH police bodies

On 22 January 2014, the closing ceremony of a two year long EU funded police assistance twinning project with a budget of 1.2 mn Euros funded from IPA 2008, was held in Sarajevo. The aim of the project was to establish stronger co-operation and co-ordination between all BiH enforcement agencies and strengthening the capacity of the Directorate for the Coordination of Police Bodies of BiH (DPC) in line with EU standards and best practices. More...

New EU web-portal in BiH launched

A new and updated web portal bringing together all the EU institutions in BiH is now on-line at www.eubih.eu. Visitors can find there general information about the EU Delegation to BiH and European Union Special Representative in BiH (EUD/EUSR), the EU military presence in Bosnia and Herzegovina (EUFOR ALTHEA ), EU Member States' embassies to BiH and European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC). More...

On 15 January, a Contract for the reconstruction of the wastewater treatment plant in Butila was signed in Sarajevo. The project's total value is around 26 mn Euro and is funded by a 13 million EU grant from IPA funds and a World bank loan.

On 28 January, Mr. Milorad Novković, President of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of BiH and Ambassador Peter Sorensen, Head of the EU Delegation to BiH and the EU Special Representative, signed a contract in Sarajevo...

Erasmus Mundus – Western Balkans (ERAWEB), the European network of leading medical schools, is now offering scholarships for academic exchange between the EU and students and researchers from the Western Balkans, including BiH.

While all other countries in the region continue to make progress along the path towards the EU, BiH is falling behind. Whose responsibility do you think it is to speed things up?

Manuela Susnjar

Bihac

Kristina Gligorovic

Tuzla

Jovan Kovac

Trebinje

European Parliament election will be held between 22 and 25 May 2014

Elections to the European Parliament will be held in all EU member states between 22 and 25 May 2014, as decided by the Council of the EU. The 2014 elections are being held in late May instead of early June, as had been the case in the past, in order to provide more time for the election of a president of the European Commission.

EU awards 575 mn Euro to mid-career academic researchers

The European Research Council (ERC) has selected 312 top scientists in its first Consolidator Grant competition. This new funding will enable the researchers to consolidate their own teams and to further develop their best ideas.

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