News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Kosovo media to provide fair access to political entities
Publishing date: 26 August 2002
PRISTINA, 26 August 2002- Kosovo's media outlets are to provide fair access to all political entities running in the municipal elections to ensure that voters can make an informed choice on October 26. The Central Election Commission (CEC) has...
Defence of a common future in Kosovo
Publishing date: 21 August 2002
VIENNA, 21 August 2002- The mobile.culture.container is a project of the Fund In Defence of our Future. Its initiator is Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media. The project operates in the framework of the Stability Pact...
Deadline approaching for postal Voter Registration
Publishing date: 29 July 2002
PRISTINA, 29 July 2002- The deadline for all potential voters living outside Kosovo, Serbia and Montenegro to return by-mail voting applications for the 26 October municipal elections is now just over two weeks away- on August 11...
Kosovo newspaper Bota Sot to face new sanctions
Publishing date: 25 July 2002
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...
Who needs to go to a Voter Service Centre?
Publishing date: 16 July 2002
PRISTINA, 16 July 2002- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo has noted several news reports that have carried misleading information about the Voter Services operation and who needs to visit a centre...
OSCE Media Representative concerned about criminal verdicts for Belarus journalists
Publishing date: 26 June 2002
VIENNA, 26 June 2002- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, is deeply concerned about a criminal court sentence of two Belarusian journalists, Nikolai Markevich and Pavel Mozheiko, for allegedly having insulted President...
OSCE Media Representative criticizes list of banned authors in Belarus
Publishing date: 20 June 2002
VIENNA, 20 June 2002- In a report to the OSCE Permanent Council, Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today strongly criticized the recent statement made by a Presidential Administration official in Belarus...