News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Chairman-in-Office Geoana commends Kazakhstan for abolition of exit visas
Publishing date: 2 August 2001
BUCHAREST, 2 August 2001 (OSCE)- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, took note with appreciation of the removal, by the Kazakh Government, of the exit visas system, following the decree on 28 July...
Contact office for political party registration opened in Kosovo
Publishing date: 31 July 2001
PRISTINA, 31 July 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE-supported Department for Democratic Governance and Civil Society, part of Kosovo's Joint Interim Administrative Structure (JIAS), opened a contact office to assist with political party registration...
Strengthening co-operation between OSCE and SEECP
Publishing date: 31 July 2001
BUCHAREST, 31 July 2001 (OSCE)- The Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, met yesterday in Bucharest Mr. Paskal Milo, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania...
OSCE welcomes abolition of exit permits in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 31 July 2001
ALMATY, 31 July 2001 (OSCE)- The OSCE Centre in Almaty commends Kazakhstan for having abolished the so-called exit visas by governmental decree on 28 July. In the light of OSCE commitments and repeated recommendations from the OSCE...
OSCE election observers not yet welcome in Belarus
Publishing date: 30 July 2001
WARSAW, 30 July 2001 (OSCE)- The Belarusian authorities today informed the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) that it should delay deployment of its Mission to observe the upcoming Presidential election...
Freimut Duve concerned over attack on journalists in Genoa
Publishing date: 27 July 2001
VIENNA, 27 July 2001 (OSCE)-- On 27 July, Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, intervened with the Italian Foreign Minister Renato Ruggiero regarding actions by the Italian police against journalists...
Kosovo voter services to begin on Monday, 30 July
Publishing date: 27 July 2001
PRISTINA, 27 July 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo is going to update the province\'s voters\' list in a six-week exercise that begins on Monday, 30 July. The Mission\'s office for voter services is setting up 48 sites across Kosovo...