News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to monitor investigation into 1999 bombing of Serb state media station
Publishing date: 10 August 2001
BELGRADE, 10 August 2001 (OSCE)-- Representatives of the OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia met with relatives of two victims of the 1999 Radio Televizija Srbije (RTS) bombing in Aberdareva Street...
OSCE condemns irresponsible publication of personal data in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 9 August 2001
SARAJEVO, 9 August 2001 (OSCE)- On Monday, the Bosnia and Herzegovina daily Glas Srpski published a 12-page list of names provided by the Republika Srpska Government Documentation Centre in Banja Luka. The names purportedly belong to individuals...
International students' summer work camp concludes work in Armenia
Publishing date: 9 August 2001
YEREVAN, 9 August 2001 (OSCE)- For the second consecutive year the OSCE Office in Yerevan has supported an international summer work camp in Armenia. This grass root project introduced and implemented by Voluntary Service of Armenia...
Attack at Kosovo registration centre condemned as "cowardly and shameful"
Publishing date: 9 August 2001
PRISTINA, 9 August 2001 (OSCE)-- The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Daan Everts, has whole-heartedly condemned the attack on an elderly Roma woman outside a registration centre...
OSCE strongly condemns recent violent acts in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Publishing date: 8 August 2001
SKOPJE, 8 August 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE strongly condemns the attack by ethnic Albanian armed groups on the convoy of Macedonian security forces on the road Skopje-Tetovo of this morning, which led to several casualties...
OSCE Skopje Mission concerned about misuse of religious and cultural sites
Publishing date: 7 August 2001
SKOPJE, 7 August 2001 (OSCE)-- Recent observations have shown disturbing indications that the historic monument of the Arabati Baba Teke Dervish Monastery and the area next to the Painted Mosque in Tetovo are used as a base of military operations...
Bosnia and Herzegovina has highest percentage of women in political office in south-eastern Europe
Publishing date: 7 August 2001
SARAJEVO, 7 August 2001 (OSCE)- Bosnia and Herzegovina has the highest percentage of women in political office of all 12 countries covered by the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe...
Belarus: Credibility of presidential election in question as key European observers remain shut out
Publishing date: 6 August 2001
WARSAW, 6 August 2001 (OSCE)- Belarusian authorities are obstructing an effective international observation of their upcoming presidential election by denying entry to Europe's principal election observation institution.
Third phase of multi-ethnic police training in southern Serbia begins today
Publishing date: 6 August 2001
BELGRADE, 6 August 2001 (OSCE)-- The third phase of multi-ethnic police training in southern Serbia, organized jointly by the Serbian Ministry of the Interior and the OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, will start today
Kosovo elections: Right to appeal during the election process
Publishing date: 6 August 2001
PRISTINA, 6 August 2001 (OSCE)-- People in Kosovo who believe their rights regarding the electoral process have been violated have a right to turn to the Election Complaints and Appeals Commission (ECAC).