News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Water for Life: OSCE supervises irrigation canal restoration in Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone
Publishing date: 12 September 2002
TBILISI, 12 September 2002- Repair work on a 30-kilometre irrigation canal system that runs through Georgian and Ossetian villages in the conflict zone has been successfully concluded. The canal has been handed over to Georgian and Ossetian...
OSCE Mission condemns killing of Macedonian policeman
Publishing date: 12 September 2002
SKOPJE, 12 September 2002-- The OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje strongly condemned the killing of a police officer in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia this morning...
International monitors prepare for final phase of Macedonian elections
Publishing date: 13 September 2002
SKOPJE, 13 September, 2002- All this week, hundreds of international election observers have been arriving in the Macedonian capital, Skopje, in preparation for the largest election observation mission ever organized by the OSCE. The team...
Albanian Parliament Speaker praises OSCE work in his country
Publishing date: 13 September 2002
TIRANA, 13 September 2002- The Speaker of the Albanian Parliament, Servet Pellumbi, praised the OSCE's role in consolidating democratic institutions in Albania. "We are at a new phase of understanding and co-operation among...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office urges Russia and Georgia to prevent escalation in tension
Publishing date: 13 September 2002
NEW YORK, 13 September 2002-- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Portuguese Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, continues to be deeply disturbed by the increasing tension between Georgia and the Russian Federation...
OSCE Media Representative urges Ukrainian authorities to step up efforts to find murderers of independent journalist
Publishing date: 16 September 2002
VIENNA, 16 September 2002- Two years to the day after the disappearance and subsequent murder of the Ukrainian journalist Georgiy Gongadze, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has urged the Ukrainian authorities...
Macedonian parliamentary elections largely in line with international standards
Publishing date: 16 September 2002
SKOPJE, 16 September 2002- Yesterday's parliamentary elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia were largely in line with international standards, concluded the International Election Observation Mission in a statement issued today...
First Albanian-language news bulletin in South Serbia
Publishing date: 16 September 2002
BELGRADE, 16 September 2002- The OSCE Mission to the FRY launched a long-term programme aimed at introducing multi-ethnic programming in municipality radios in South Serbia to bridge the gap between the ethnic Albanian, Serb and Roma communities.
OSCE welcomes constitution of municipal assembly of Bujanovac
Publishing date: 16 September 2002
BELGRADE, 16 September 2002- The OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) welcomes the constitution today of the municipal assembly of Bujanovac. "This event is a further step on the road towards full...
OSCE Media Representative concerned over sentencing of a Belarusian journalist, calls for repealing criminal libel laws
Publishing date: 17 September 2002
VIENNA, 17 September 2002- Europe's top media watchdog, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has expressed his concern today about the sentencing of the Belarusian journalist, Viktor Ivashkevich, for allegedly insulting...