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OSCE: Linguistic cleansing underway in Transdniestria
Publishing date: 15 July 2004
Content type: Press release
THE HAGUE/CHISINAU, 15 July 2004- "Today's forced closure of the Moldovan School in Tiraspol is nothing less than linguistic cleansing," the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Rolf Ekeus, said on Thursday...
New Georgian leadership welcomes activities of OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
Publishing date: 3 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
TBLISI, 3 March 2004- OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Rolf Ekeus, who is in the middle of a three-day visit to Georgia, has been meeting the country's new leadership as well as representatives of its minority communities...
South East European University opens in Tetovo, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Publishing date: 20 November 2001
Content type: Press release
THE HAGUE, 20 November 2001 (OSCE)- This morning, in an official ceremony, the South East European University was formally opened in Tetovo, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Speaking at the ceremony, the OSCE High Commissioner...
New minority commissioner takes up post
Publishing date: 2 July 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
THE HAGUE, 2 July 2001 (OSCE)-- Rolf Ekeus today took up the post of OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities. His mandate is to provide \'early warning\' and, as appropriate, \'early action\' at the earliest possible stage...
Skopje: OSCE looking for long-term solutions
Publishing date: 18 June 2001
Content type: Press release
SKOPJE, 18 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, visited Skopje today, in what he called \"one of the most important weeks for this country,\" in which \"we encourage a compromise be found.\"
Need for intensified political dialogue in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Publishing date: 30 March 2001
Content type: Press release
VIENNA, 30 March 2001-- In a special session Friday, the Permanent Council of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) discussed the current situation in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia...
Violence a threat to peace and stability in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Publishing date: 15 March 2001
Content type: Press release
BUCHAREST/THE HAGUE, 15 March 2001-- The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe strongly condemns the unprovoked acts of violence which groups of extremists are presently committing in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.