News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Slovak parliamentary elections in line with international standards
Publishing date: 23 September 2002
BRATISLAVA, 23 September 2002- The elections for the Slovak National Council on 20 and 21 September were in compliance with international commitments and standards for the conduct of democratic elections, the international Election...
Reading room for Bosnia-Herzegovina's parliament opened
Publishing date: 23 September 2002
SARAJEVO, 23 September 2002- A reading room for the Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina was opened today in the Common Institutions Building in Sarajevo. It is a result of a co-operative effort between the parliamentary assembly, the OSCE...
Survey of War Crimes Trials in Kosovo's legal system published
Publishing date: 23 September 2002
PRISTINA, 23 September 2002- The first complete survey has just been published of how the courts in Kosovo have dealt with violations of international humanitarian law. The report, Kosovo's War Crimes Trials, covers the 17 cases of...
Javier Solana describes OSCE as "natural-born partner" of the EU
Publishing date: 25 September 2002
VIENNA, 25 September 2002- Speaking to a special Plenary Meeting of the 55-nation OSCE Permanent Council, the High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union, Javier Solana, described the two organizations...
Kosovo candidates' finances available for public scrutiny
Publishing date: 25 September 2002
PRISTINA, 25 September 2002- Elections in Kosovo are reaching a new level of transparency this year with strict financial reporting requirements for candidates. This information will be available through 24 October to political parties...
Fourth Central Asia Media Conference focuses on media freedom and corruption
Publishing date: 26 September 2002
TASHKENT, 26 September 2002- The media coverage of corruption has a "corrective function" in the newly emerging democracies and on their economies, a leading European media watchdog, Freimut Duve, told a conference of more than 100 media...
OSCE and Council of Europe roundtable in Kyiv focussed on media legislation in Ukraine
Publishing date: 27 September 2002
KYIV, 27 September 2002- Media legislation in the Ukraine and the country's adherence to European standards was the focus of a roundtable held in Kyiv on 24 September that brought together parliamentarians, government officials, media professionals...
Central Asian journalists adopt declaration on media freedom and corruption
Publishing date: 30 September 2002
TASHKENT, 30 September 2002- The media should be free to play their fundamental role as society's watchdog against corruption, journalists from five Central Asian states said in a final declaration adopted at the end of an OSCE media conference...
Bishkek workshop discusses combating money laundering and terrorism financing
Publishing date: 30 September 2002
BISHKEK, 30 September 2002- Money laundering is a direct threat to both national and international security and international co-operation is essential in resisting it, international experts said during a two-day workshop in Bishkek starting today...
Serbian presidential elections largely in line with international standards, but shortcomings persist
Publishing date: 30 September 2002
BELGRADE, 30 September 2002- The first round of the presidential elections in the Republic of Serbia/Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was largely in line with international standards, but shortcomings persist, concluded the International Election...