News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE to host training workshops for women candidates in Kosovo elections
Publishing date: 27 August 2001
PRISTINA, 27 August 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE is holding a series of workshops for women candidates for the Kosovo Assembly election. The sessions will discuss the role of women in politics and how they can contribute to democratic governance in Kosovo.
Finnish MP Kimmo Kiljunen to lead OSCE observation of presidential elections in Belarus
Publishing date: 23 August 2001
COPENHAGEN, 23 August 2001 (OSCE)- OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Vice-President Kimmo Kiljunen MP (Finland) will lead the OSCE Observers for the Presidential Elections in Belarus on Sunday 9 September 2001.
OSCE and High Representative welcome adoption of Election Law in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 23 August 2001
SARAJEVO, 23 August 2001 (OSCE)-- The Acting Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dieter Woltmann, and the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, wholeheartedly welcome the adoption of the Election Law by the Bosnia and Herzegovina...
Chairman-in-Office welcomes pardon of Kyrgyz human rights activist Turgunaliyev
Publishing date: 22 August 2001
BUCHAREST, 22 August 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, welcomes the decision taken by the Kyrgyz President, Askar Akayev, to sign a decree on pardoning the well-known human...
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...
OSCE condemns irresponsible publication of personal data in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 9 August 2001
SARAJEVO, 9 August 2001 (OSCE)- On Monday, the Bosnia and Herzegovina daily Glas Srpski published a 12-page list of names provided by the Republika Srpska Government Documentation Centre in Banja Luka. The names purportedly belong to individuals...
International students' summer work camp concludes work in Armenia
Publishing date: 9 August 2001
YEREVAN, 9 August 2001 (OSCE)- For the second consecutive year the OSCE Office in Yerevan has supported an international summer work camp in Armenia. This grass root project introduced and implemented by Voluntary Service of Armenia...