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  • ICTY Chief Prosecutor Visits EUFOR

    On Tuesday morning, 10 July 07, COM EUFOR, Rear Admiral Hans-Jochen Witthauer, hosted a visit of the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Carla del Ponte, to EUFOR Headquarters, Camp Butmir. ...
  • New Zeland Withdraws Final Troops from Bosnia and Herzegovina

    On Friday 29 th June 2007, a flag lowering ceremony was held in Camp Butmir, Sarajevo, which officially ended the 15 year involvement of New Zealand in the international peace-keeping force in Bosnia-Herzegovina. COM EUFOR, Rear Admiral Hans-Jochen W...
  • EUFOR PIFWC OPERATION

    This afternoon at the request of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), EUFOR conducted a search operation in the premises of the KARADZIC family, known as the “pink house”, in PALE, Republika Srpska. The a...
  • EUFOR and Armed Forces Bosnia-Herzegovina Football Tournament

    On Tuesday and Wednesday, 12th and 13th June, a football tournament was held at EUFOR Headquarters, Camp Butmir, involving teams from the EUFOR Multi-National Battalion, EUFOR Integrated Police Unit and the Operational Command of the Armed Forces Bo...
  • EUFOR Swiss Helicopter Detachment Arrive in Camp Butmir

    On Friday 8 June 07 a detachment of 2 Swiss Armed Forces AS-532 Cougar helicopters arrived at the newly constructed Archer Base within EUFOR’s Camp Butmir in Sarajevo. These helicopters have, up till this event, been stationed at the EUFOR Mul...
  • EUFOR Assist in Civilian Medical Evacuation

    On Sunday 6 May 2007, a EUFOR helicopter transported a civilian patient from Bihac hospital to Kosevo hospital in Sarajevo. A 25 year old woman had been severely injured in a car accident at the end of last week in the area of Bihac, and she was recov...
  • Signing of Transit Agreement With the Government of Montenegro Plus Information on Reserve Forces

    Yesterday, 7th May 2007, the Commander of the EU Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Rear Admiral Hans-Jochen Witthauer signed an International Agreement, with the Republic of Montenegro’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Milan Rocen, which will al...
  • Multi-National Battalion Full Operating Capability Exercise

    The following statement was made by COM EUFOR during the EUFOR Multi-National Battalion Full Operating Capability Exercise held on the 25th April 2007 at Pazarić Barracks ...
  • EUFOR Multinational Battalion Exercise

    The Sarajevo based EUFOR multi-national battalion will be carrying out its Full Operating Capability Exercise during the period 24 – 26 April 2007. On the 25 April 2007 all media are welcome to view a part of that exercise which will ...
  • Joint EUFOR and MUP RS operation

    Earlier this morning EUFOR forces, working with the RS MUP in support to the ICTY, carried out Search Operations in Banja Luka as part of the ongoing commitment to bring PIFWCs to justice. ...
  • Reconfiguration of EUFOR

    Yesterday the EU Council for General Affairs and External Relations noted that the reconfiguration of EUFOR would now go ahead. As part of its overall engagement in BiH, the EU will retain a military presence in the country in order to continue contr...
  • Operation ALTHEA in Bosnia and Herzegovina:

    The European Union decided in Brussels yesterday to reduce EUFOR's size but to keep an appropriate robust military presence as part of its overall engagement in BiH, contributing to the maintenance of the safe and secure environment. ...
  • Weapons Harvest

    As a result of assistance from the BiH public, further unlicensed weapons were recovered from the local community today near Sokolac. Following information provided by a local civilian, a EUFOR Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team recovered a significan...
  • EUFOR Troops join blood donation campaign

    On Tuesday, 23rd January 2007, a blood donation campaign took place in Camp Butmir to support National Health System of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Around 100 Troops from the different Nations composing EUFOR generously donated generously their blood. The...