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First anniversary of Ohrid Agreement reflects year of progress in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Publishing date: 14 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Skopje
VIENNA, 13 August, 2002- The OSCE Chairmanship notes the first anniversary of the signing of the Ohrid Framework Agreement, which put an end to the conflict in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Its subsequent implementation...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office welcomes broad participation in Kosovo municipal elections
Publishing date: 2 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Elections, National minority issues
LISBON, 2 August 2002- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Portuguese Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, has welcomed the certification of political entities running in the forthcoming Municipal Elections in Kosovo. Those entities certified...
OSCE holds first forum on education development in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 1 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization
SARAJEVO, 1 August 2002- The first in a series of co-ordination meetings open to all those involved in education in Bosnia and Herzegovina was held today in Sarajevo. As the name implies, the purpose of these Education Forums is to serve...
Parliamentary internship programme in Belgrade launched
Publishing date: 30 July 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 30 July 2002- The OSCE Misision to the FRY, in co-operation with the University of Belgrade and the Parliament of the Republic of Serbia, has launched a parliamentary internship programme with the purpose of allowing up to 50...
Kosovo newspaper Bota Sot to face new sanctions
Publishing date: 25 July 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 25 July 2002- The newspaper Bota Sot is facing new sanctions after a decision taken by Kosovo's Media Hearing Board on Wednesday, 24 July, on a complaint originally brought forward by Xhavit Haliti, a Kosovo Assembly Presidency Member...
Registration of new Gorani party in Kosovo open for review
Publishing date: 23 July 2002
PRISTINA, 23 July 2002- The Gorani Citizens' Initiative (GIG) recently established as a political party by Ibisi Rustem in Kosovo has completed its registration requirements with the OSCE Mission in Kosovo's Political Party Registration Office...
OSCE Office in Yerevan presents special prize to an environmental journalist
Publishing date: 22 July 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
YEREVAN, 22 July 2002- Arevhat Grigorian, a journalist working for the Armenian electronic weekly, Hetq, has been awarded the OSCE Office in Yerevan's annual prize for the best Armenian writer on environmental issues...