News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE regrets missed opportunities to reform Albanian electoral system
Publishing date: 12 October 2001
TIRANA, 12 October 2001 (OSCE)-- The following statement was made today by Ambassador Geert-Hinrich Ahrens, the Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, following the release of the OSCE report on the 24 June 2001 parliamentary elections in Albania...
Intolerance to Kosovo minorities hampers developing democracy
Publishing date: 1 October 2001
PRISTINA, 1 October 2001 (OSCE)-- Slow progress is being made in improving conditions for Kosovo\'s minorities, according to the latest OSCE and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) assessment on the situation of minorities...
OSCE co-organizes conference with Georgian, Abkhaz and Ossetian drug specialists
Publishing date: 1 October 2001
TBLISI, 1 October 2001-- From 26 to 28 September, the OSCE co-organized a conference on drug addiction for physicians-narcologists in Chakvi (Ajar Autonomous Republic), Georgia...
OSCE encourages women to participate in multi-ethnic police training in Yugoslavia
Publishing date: 21 September 2001
BELGRADE, 21 September 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia welcomes the beginning of a campaign to include women in the training program for multi-ethnic police, which the OSCE and the Serb Ministry of Interior...
OSCE trains election committees in Kosovo on how to improve voter services
Publishing date: 12 September 2001
PRISTINA, 12 September 2001 (OSCE)- Providing a better service to voters on election day is the focus of a training programme taking place around Kosovo this week under the auspices of the OSCE...
Head of Yugoslavia Mission discussed OSCE involvement in southern Serbia
Publishing date: 12 September 2001
BELGRADE, 12 September 2001 (OSCE)-- The Head of the OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Stefano Sannino, travelled to Bujanovac on 10 September to discuss with all parties involved the ongoing activity of the Governmental...
Republika Srpska fails to implement property laws
Publishing date: 12 September 2001
SARAJEVO, 12 September 2001 (OSCE)-- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Robert M. Beecroft, has communicated to both Prime Minister Mladen Ivanic and Minister for Refugees and Displaced Persons Mico Micic his deep concern...