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OSCE approves budget for Kosovo municipal elections in 2002
Publishing date: 19 April 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Elections
VIENNA, 19 April 2002- The OSCE Permanent Council today adopted a decision on the supplementary budget for the 2002 municipal elections in Kosovo. Ambassador João de Lima Pimentel, Chairman of the Permanent Council, described the decision as a...
Election reforms subject of round table discussion in Belgrade
Publishing date: 17 April 2002
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
BELGRADE, 17 April 2002- A round table on election reforms was organized today by the OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Center for Free Elections and Democracy with the participation of the OSCE Office for Democratic
OSCE welcomes Serbian Government's approval of draft Law on Broadcasting
Publishing date: 5 April 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Media freedom and development
BELGRADE, 5 April 2002- The OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) welcomes the approval of the draft Law on Broadcasting and the decision of the Serbian Government to pass it immediately to Parliament, asking for it to be examined...
OSCE starts to take up its role in census in southern Serbia
Publishing date: 5 April 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 5 April 2002- Representatives of the OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) have arrived in the municipalities of Bujanovac, Presevo and Medvedja and have started to...
Armenian Foreign Minister praises OSCE's conflict prevention activities
Publishing date: 21 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
VIENNA, 21 March 2002- Speaking before the 55-nation OSCE Permanent Council, the Armenian Foreign Minister, Vartan Oskanian, today expressed his Government's appreciation for the work the OSCE has done in his country...
OSCE PA President Severin concludes visit to Ukraine
Publishing date: 14 March 2002
Content type: Press statement
What we do: Elections
KIEV, 13 March 2002- The President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA), Adrian Severin, paid an official visit to Ukraine from 11 to 13 March. During the course of the visit, Mr. Severin met with the President of Ukraine...
Success for first meeting on Roma issues in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Publishing date: 12 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti
BELGRADE, 12 March 2002- Effective inclusion of the Roma community into the political and social life in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) were among the issues handled in the first joint meeting between officials of the Federal...