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OSCE Mission in Kosovo begins 'by-mail' Operation for out-of-Kosovo voters

Publishing date: 17 June 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Elections
PRISTINA, 17 June 2004- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo has begun a major effort today to update the Voters List for the upcoming Assembly election by mailing ballot applications to all previously registered voters residing outside of Kosovo and inviting...

International observers welcome Serbia's progress towards electing president

Publishing date: 14 June 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
BELGRADE, 14 June 2004- In a preliminary statement issued today, observers from the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, positively assessed...

OSCE co-organizes election law reform discussions in Tajikistan

Publishing date: 11 June 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Elections
DUSHANBE, 11 June 2004- Reform of the electoral system in Tajikistan was the topic of a high-profile roundtable held here yesterday, co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe. It drew more than 100 participants, including Government officials...

OSCE Kosovo Mission says public benefits from greater transparency in political party financing

Publishing date: 9 June 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Elections
PRISTINA, 9 June 2004- In a report released today, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo (OMIK) finds that political parties in Kosovo have made significant improvements in 2002 and 2003 in disclosing their financial information compared to previous years...

OSCE/ODIHR begins observation of presidential election in Serbia

Publishing date: 18 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
BELGRADE/WARSAW, 18 May 2004- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has established an Election Observation Mission to observe the presidential election in the Republic of Serbia/Serbia and Montenegro on 13 June...

OSCE Office in Minsk calls documentary shown by Belarusian state broadcaster "slanderous"

Publishing date: 13 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Elections
MINSK, 13 May 2004- The Head of the OSCE Office in Minsk, Ambassador Eberhard Heyken, criticized a TV documentary recently shown on Belarusian state television as an "open slander of key opposition politicians"...

OSCE Magazine highlights Kosovo, BiH education reform and Russian role in OSCE

Publishing date: 6 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Economic activities, Border management, Environmental activities, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Countering terrorism, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti
VIENNA, 6 May 2004- The impact of recent events in Kosovo on the OSCE's work, the relationship between Russia and the Organization, and a special report on education reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina are among the highlights of the Magazine's May issue...