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Responsibilities of civil servants who are candidates for Kosovo Assembly election
Publishing date: 8 September 2004
PRISTINA, 8 September 2004- The Ministry of Public Services and the OSCE Mission in Kosovo would like to remind civil servants who are candidates for the Assembly of Kosovo Election on October 23 of their rights and obligations. In accordance with...
Head of OSCE Office criticizes prison sentences passed on two accused of defaming Belarus President
Publishing date: 8 September 2004
MINSK, 8 September 2004- A judge of the Leninsky District Court in Grodno, yesterday sentenced Valery Levonevsky and his deputy Alexander Vasilyev to two years imprisonment for defaming the President of Belarus...
OSCE Chairman appoints special co-ordinators to lead election observation missions to Kazakhstan, Belarus, Ukraine and United States
Publishing date: 8 September 2004
SOFIA, 8 September 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Solomon Passy, has appointed four OSCE parliamentarians as special co-ordinators to lead observation missions for forthcoming elections in Kazakhstan, Belarus, Ukraine and the United States...
Former Bulgarian President to travel to Moldova as Special Envoy of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office
Publishing date: 8 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
SOFIA, 8 September 2004- As part of its ongoing effort to encourage negotiations over the Transdniestrian problems, the Bulgarian OSCE Chairmanship has announced that a Special Envoy will travel to Moldova...
OSCE signs agreement with Afghanistan on support for presidential election
Publishing date: 7 September 2004
KABUL, 7 September 2004- The OSCE signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Afghanistan on Tuesday concerning the Organization's support for the Afghan presidential election on 9 October. The Memorandum covers...
OSCE Mission welcomes opening of Serbia's first Prison Staff Academy
Publishing date: 7 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
NIS, 7 September 2004- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro welcomed the opening of the first Prison Staff Academy in Nis as an important step towards creating a modern and professional prison service in Serbia...
OSCE/ODIHR establishes large-scale observation mission for Ukraine presidential election
Publishing date: 6 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
KYIV, 6 September 2004- Following an invitation from the Government of Ukraine, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has established an Election Observation Mission to monitor the Presidential Election scheduled for 31 October...