News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Freimut Duve: independent newspaper confiscated in Belarus
Publishing date: 21 August 2001
VIENNA, 21 August 2001 (OSCE)-- On 17 August, 400,000 copies of a special issue of the independent Belarus newspaper Nasha Svaboda were confiscated at the private publishing house Magic in Minsk by police from the Committee for Financial...
Skopje Mission strongly condemns destruction of Lesok Monastery
Publishing date: 21 August 2001
SKOPJE, 21 August 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Mission to Skopje strongly condemns the destruction of the Lesok Monastery in the early hours of today. According to first findings, the destruction seems to be a deliberate and premeditated...
OSCE organizes civic education summer camp for students in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 17 August 2001
DUSHANBE, 17 August 2001 (OSCE)-- From 20 August to 3 September, the OSCE Mission to Tajikistan organizes a two-week summer camp for university students from the Sught Province in North Tajikistan...
Kosovo Media Appeals Board reviews case of Epoka E Re vs. Temporary Media Commissioner
Publishing date: 16 August 2001
PRISTINA, 16 August 2001 (OSCE)- Today, the Kosovo Media Appeals Board met to consider the decision of the Temporary Media Commissioner on 20 February 2001 to impose on the owner(s) and publisher(s) of the newspaper \"Epoka E Re\"...
OSCE Skopje Mission rejects allegations
Publishing date: 15 August 2001
SKOPJE, 15 August 2001 (OSCE)-- In response to allegations from some media and from the Macedonian Ministry of Interior, which have already been corrected by Minister Boshkovski on 14 August, the OSCE Mission to Skopje would like to state the following:
"This is a great day for peace in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", says Chairman-in-Office Geoana
Publishing date: 13 August 2001
BUCHAREST, 13 August 2001 (OSCE)- The Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, participated today in the signing ceremony of the Framework Agreement...
Roundtable on police and judicial co-operation to take place in Kosovo
Publishing date: 13 August 2001
PRISTINA, 13 August 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE-run Kosovo Judicial Institute and Kosovo Police Service School are holding a two-day roundtable on ways to improve working relations between Kosovo\'s police force and investigative...