News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE's human rights cinema week in Tajikistan becomes regular event
Publishing date: 15 October 2002
DUSHANBE, 15 October 2002- Moviegoers, as well as people interested in human rights were brought together for five days of film screenings in the Tajik capital. The second Cinema Week on Human Rights, organized by the OSCE Mission...
Ballots for municipal elections arrive today in Kosovo
Publishing date: 15 October 2002
PRISTINA, 15 October 2002- Over two million ballots arrive today in Kosovo for the 26 October Municipal Elections. The ballots, which were printed in the United Kingdom, are being brought to Kosovo on an aircraft chartered by...
Banja Luka and Sanski Most firms join OSCE's Fair Employment Project
Publishing date: 17 October 2002
BANJA LUKA, 17 October 2002- Three firms today signed a memorandum of understanding with the OSCE to participate in the Fair Employment project. The firms pledge to adopt principles of equal possibilities for all, regardless...
Polling station committees to provide better service to voters in Kosovo municipal elections
Publishing date: 17 October 2002
PRISTINA, 17 October 2002- Providing a better service to voters on Elections Day is the focus of a training programme taking place in and around Kosovo under the auspices of the OSCE. The training is designed for the members...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo: Disconnecting of power was unfounded and illegal
Publishing date: 17 October 2002
PRISTINA, 17 October 2002- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo demanded today that the Kosovo Energy Corporation (KEK) re-start the supply of power to the OSCE Headquarters in Pristina. "The disconnection of electricity that occurred...
Go-ahead given for Out of Kosovo election day operations
Publishing date: 18 October 2002
PRISTINA, 18 October 2002- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo welcomes the signing of Memoranda of Understandings which will allow the setting up of polling stations in Serbia and Montenegro for Kosovo's municipal elections...
OSCE Media Representative criticizes restrictive media law drafted in German City-State
Publishing date: 21 October 2002
VIENNA, 21 October 2002- OSCE's Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, sent a letter to the German Foreign Minister, Joschka Fischer, criticizing a draft law proposed by the Senator of the Interior of German City-State...
International observers positively assess elections in Montenegro
Publishing date: 21 October 2002
PODGORICA, 21 October 2002- Yesterday's parliamentary elections in Montenegro were conducted generally in accordance with international standards, concluded the International Election Observation Mission in a...
Political entities fined for lack of financial disclosure in Kosovo
Publishing date: 21 October 2002
PRISTINA, 21 October 2002- Fifteen political entities have been fined for not disclosing information on their party finances. The decisions were taken by Kosovo's Election Complaints and Appeals sub-Commission. The fines for each entity...
OSCE's human rights office calls for strengthening of new Ombudsman office in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 21 October 2002
WARSAW, 17 October 2002- OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) welcomed the recent creation of a national human rights institution in Kazakhstan, but called for the strengthening of its mandate in...