News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE CiO regrets Belarus decision not to extend accreditation of AMG official
Publishing date: 29 October 2002
VIENNA, 29 October 2002- Despite renewed efforts by the OSCE Chairmanship to overcome the current difficulties between Belarus and the OSCE, the Belarusian authorities have refused to extend the diplomatic accreditation of...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office calls on Kosovo politicians to respect election outcome
Publishing date: 29 October 2002
LISBON, 29 October 2002- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO), Portuguese Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, today congratulated the voters of Kosovo on the success of their municipal elections. "For the first time, the full ethnic...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office strongly condemns hostage-taking in Moscow
Publishing date: 24 October 2002
LISBON, 24 October 2002- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO), Portuguese Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, has strongly condemned the taking of hundreds of Russian and foreign citizens as hostages by a group of gunmen...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office calls on all communities in Kosovo to go and vote
Publishing date: 24 October 2002
LISBON, 24 October 2002- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO), Portuguese Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, has sent a strong message to all Kosovo voters to go out and cast their votes for the municipal elections on 26 October...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office calls for early repetition of Serbian presidential elections
Publishing date: 14 October 2002
LISBON, 14 October 2002- Although praising the orderly manner in which the presidential elections in the Republic of Serbia were conducted, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO) regretted that the turnout requirements were not...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office congratulated authorities in Sarajevo for successful elections
Publishing date: 12 October 2002
SARAJEVO, 12 October 2002- The successful handover of elections to the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the OSCE's new role in education in the country were among the issues the OSCE Chairman-in Office (CiO)...
Visit to Lisbon of Bruce George, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Publishing date: 8 October 2002
LISBON, 8 October 2002- The President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Bruce George, paid a visit to Lisbon on 8 October, at the invitation of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Portuguese Foreign Minister António Martins da Cruz...