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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Permanent Council Chairman shocked over killings in Kosovo
Publishing date: 18 January 1999
VIENNA, 18 January 1999-- The Chairman of the Permanent Council of the OSCE, following today's discussion in the Permanent Council, expresses shock over the killings of ethnic Albanian civilians in southern Kosovo on Friday, 15 January....
OSCE Ministerial Council meeting to be held in Oslo
Publishing date: 23 November 1998
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 23 November 1998-- The Foreign Ministers of the 54 OSCE Participating States will meet in Oslo on 2 and 3 December for the 7th OSCE Ministerial Council Meeting.
OSCE calls for steps to be taken in Croatia for media rights
Publishing date: 20 November 1998
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
ZAGREB, 20 November 1998- The media have a vital role to play in democratic societies. If comprehensive information and a diversity of views are not available to the public through the media, then the quality and responsibility of...
Inter-ethnic relations need further attention in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Publishing date: 9 November 1998
Content type: Press statement
What we do: National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 9 November 1998-- Statement on inter-ethnic relations in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities:
Foreign Ministers of the OSCE Troika meet in Oslo
Publishing date: 21 October 1998
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Troika
OSLO, 21 October 1998-- The OSCE Troika, the Foreign Minister of Poland, Bronislaw Geremek, the Foreign Minister of Norway, Knut Vollebeak and the Foreign Minister of Denmark, Niels...
Head of OSCE election observers in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia appointed
Publishing date: 12 October 1998
COPENHAGEN, 12 October 1998-- Mr. Tekin Enerem MP (Turkey), Vice-President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly will arrive in Skopje on Wednesday 14 October to lead the OSCE observers for the Parliamentary Elections in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Mace
OSCE welcomes free and fair elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 25 September 1998
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Elections
VIENNA, 25 September 1998-- The final unofficial results of the 1998 General Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina as issued by the OSCE Mission in Sarajevo today show that the voters have chosen to opt for a more pluralistic political spectrum than was th