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Serbian presidential elections largely in line with international standards, but shortcomings persist

Publishing date: 30 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Elections
BELGRADE, 30 September 2002- The first round of the presidential elections in the Republic of Serbia/Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was largely in line with international standards, but shortcomings persist, concluded the International Election...

Fourth Central Asia Media Conference focuses on media freedom and corruption

Publishing date: 26 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed), OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
TASHKENT, 26 September 2002- The media coverage of corruption has a "corrective function" in the newly emerging democracies and on their economies, a leading European media watchdog, Freimut Duve, told a conference of more than 100 media...

Javier Solana describes OSCE as "natural-born partner" of the EU

Publishing date: 25 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Border management, Human rights, Countering terrorism, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 25 September 2002- Speaking to a special Plenary Meeting of the 55-nation OSCE Permanent Council, the High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union, Javier Solana, described the two organizations...

Kosovo candidates' finances available for public scrutiny

Publishing date: 25 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Elections
PRISTINA, 25 September 2002- Elections in Kosovo are reaching a new level of transparency this year with strict financial reporting requirements for candidates. This information will be available through 24 October to political parties...

OSCE and Spanish Ministry of Interior organizes study visit for Serbian prison officials

Publishing date: 17 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Human rights
BELGRADE, 17 September 2002-- A delegation of three Serbian prison officials- two from penitentiary institutions and one from the Ministry of Justice- are participating from 14 to 21 September in a study visit to penitentiary institutions in Spain...

International monitors prepare for final phase of Macedonian elections

Publishing date: 13 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Elections
SKOPJE, 13 September, 2002- All this week, hundreds of international election observers have been arriving in the Macedonian capital, Skopje, in preparation for the largest election observation mission ever organized by the OSCE. The team...

Albanian Parliament Speaker praises OSCE work in his country

Publishing date: 13 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Democratization
TIRANA, 13 September 2002- The Speaker of the Albanian Parliament, Servet Pellumbi, praised the OSCE's role in consolidating democratic institutions in Albania. "We are at a new phase of understanding and co-operation among...