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Head of Kosovo Verification Mission declared "persona non grata"
Publishing date: 19 January 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (closed)
OSLO, 19 January 1999-- On 18 January the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Knut Vollebaek received the message from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Zivadin Jovanovic that Ambassador William Wal
Journalist killed in Kosovo
Publishing date: 12 January 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 12 January 1999-- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the media was saddened to learn of the death of Enver Maloku, a prominent Albanian journalist in Kosovo, who was fatally shot by unknown gunmen on Monday. His death tragically...
Fourth OSCE Regional Center opens in Kosovo
Publishing date: 8 January 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (closed)
What we do: Human rights
PRISTINA, 8 January 1999-- The OSCE KVM will open the fourth regional center (RC4) in Gnjilanje on Saturday, 9 January 1999...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office to visit countries effected by the Kosovo conflict
Publishing date: 6 January 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (closed)
OSLO, 6 January 1999-- The new Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Norwegian Foreign Minister Knut Vollebæk, will make a trip to the Balkans on 9- 13...
KVM concerned about future of the daily newspaper "Bujku" in Kosovo
Publishing date: 5 January 1999
PRISTINA, 5 January 1999-- On January 4th, 1999, Ambassador Gabriel Keller, Principal Deputy and acting Head of the OSCE- KVM Mission to Kosovo met with the editor-in-chief of the daily "Bujku", Mr. Binak Kelmendi....
OSCE Chairman-in-Office condemns Kosovo violence
Publishing date: 15 December 1998
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (closed)
WARSAW, 15 December 1998-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Polish Foreign Minister Bronislaw Geremek, strongly condemns the recent violence in Kosovo which comes at a critical juncture in the efforts of the international community to relax tensions a
OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission to be established
Publishing date: 25 October 1998
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (closed)
VIENNA, 25 October 1998-- The OSCE Permanent Council decided today to authorize \"the immediate start-up deployment of the Kosovo...