News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Freedom of media: Italy's solution will be a precedent
Publishing date: 22 June 2001
VIENNA, 22 June 2001 (OSCE)-- On 21 June, Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, spoke at the OSCE Permanent Council addressing his concerns regarding the central task of his mandate: the concentration of control of media
Ukrainian judges visit Polish administrative court
Publishing date: 22 June 2001
KYIV, 22 June 2001 (OSCE)- A group of Ukrainian judges met from 18 to 22 June 2001 with their Polish colleagues in Warsaw and Gdansk in order to draw from the Polish experience in the creation of an administrative court system.
OSCE deeply concerned about Bosnia and Herzegovina House of Representatives' vote
Publishing date: 22 June 2001
SARAJEVO, 22 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina is deeply concerned about the Parliament\'s failure to adopt the Election Law, an essential piece of legislation for Bosnia and Herzegovina...
OSCE police school hosts Kosovo 2001 Youth Congress
Publishing date: 25 June 2001
PRISTINA, 25 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE-run Kosovo Police Service School (KPSS) in Vushtrri / Vucitrn is hosting an important gathering of youth groups from all over Kosovo this week...
Albanian parliamentary elections mark progress towards international standards
Publishing date: 25 June 2001
TIRANA, 25 June 2001 (OSCE)-- Yesterday's parliamentary elections in Albania marked progress towards meeting international standards for democratic elections, concluded the International Election Observation Mission in a statement issued today...
Drug specialists meet at OSCE conference in Georgia
Publishing date: 25 June 2001
TBLISI, 25 June 2001-- Georgian, Abkhaz and South Ossetian drug specialists participated on 21 and 22 June at an OSCE-sponsored meeting held in Sukhumi, Georgia, where they familiarized themselves with regional drug-related problems...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office urges redoubled efforts to combat torture
Publishing date: 26 June 2001
BUCHAREST, 26 June 2001 (OSCE)- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office today called on all OSCE countries to redouble their efforts to combat torture and other ill-human treatment. \"All OSCE states have committed themselves to take effective legislative...
OSCE plans new anti-torture activities with Armenian authorities
Publishing date: 26 June 2001
YEREVAN, 26 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Office in Yerevan joins in commemorating the United Nations International Day in Support for Victims of Torture on June 26, which will be marked for the third time since 1998. Created by a Resolution...
Freedom of Access to Information Law fully adopted in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 26 June 2001
SARAJEVO, 26 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina congratulates the Government of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Federation, the Republika Srpska Government and the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina...
OSCE and High Representative urge Bosnia and Herzegovina to adopt Election Law
Publishing date: 26 June 2001
SARAJEVO, 26 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The new Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Robert Beecroft, and the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, deplore the most recent failure of the House of Representatives