News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Europe's domestic observer groups develop common approach to election monitoring, urge full access to entire electoral process
Publishing date: 1 July 2003
ZAGREB, 1 July 2003- Domestic observer groups from across Europe have developed a common approach to monitoring elections and called on states to ensure full access of observers to all stages of the electoral process...
Croatian representatives study Portuguese community policing methods
Publishing date: 1 July 2003
ZAGREB, 1 July 2003- A central Croatian police chief and a Croatian journalist have just returned from a two-weeks' training course in Portugal focused on its well-developed community policing programmes and the way media and police interact...
Europe's largest meeting of domestic election observers opens in Zagreb today
Publishing date: 25 June 2003
ZAGREB, 25 June 2003- Domestic election observers from across Europe and other regions convene in Zagreb today to identify strategies to improve the effectiveness and professionalism of observer groups and address limitations to their work...
OSCE expert urges reform of Ombudsman institution in Croatia
Publishing date: 23 June 2003
ZAGREB, 23 June 2003- A senior OSCE consultant who has analyzed the Ombudsman Institution in Croatia has produced a report in which he recommends advancing the role of the Ombudsman as a key human rights institution in Croatia...
OSCE Mission supports key role of Croatian Constitutional Court
Publishing date: 17 June 2003
ZAGREB, 17 June 2003- The OSCE Mission to Croatia said on Tuesday it supported the key role of the Constitutional Court of Croatia and was surprised to see negative comments in the media by the President of the Croatian Association of Judges...
OSCE Croatia Mission welcomes Prime Minister's call for refugee return
Publishing date: 12 June 2003
ZAGREB, 12 June 2003- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Ambassador Peter Semneby, welcomed today a public statement by the country's Prime Minister calling on all refugees to return to Croatia...
OSCE Mission and Croatian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights reject contradiction over tenancy rights figures
Publishing date: 2 June 2003
ZAGREB, 2 June 2003- The OSCE Mission to Croatia and the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights have clarified the background to the figures recently presented in the media or attributed to these organizations in relation to the number of terminated...