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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Falsified signatures lead to political group's disqualification in Kosovo municipality
Publishing date: 4 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Elections
PRISTINA, 4 October 2002- Due to a serious breach of the electoral Code of Conduct, committed by the political entity Coalition Return (KP) in the Dragash/Dragas municipality, the Election Complaints and Appeals sub-Commission (ECAC) has decertified...
OSCE Mission inspects Russian munitions train before its departure from Transdniestria
Publishing date: 4 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
CHISINAU, 4 October, 2002- The OSCE Mission to Moldova was notified on 2 October by Colonel V. Brenyev, the deputy commander of the Operational Group of Russian Forces (OGRF) in the Transdniestrian region of...
Belgian MP Pieter De Crem to lead OSCE observation of Bosnia and Herzegovina elections
Publishing date: 4 October 2002
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
COPENHAGEN, 4 October 2002 – The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Portuguese Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, has appointed Pieter De Crem, member of the Belgian Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly...
OSCE Office in Baku recalls Azerbaijan's human dimension commitments
Publishing date: 4 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
BAKU, 4 October 2002- Following remarks by an Azerbaijani minister expressing concern about the participation of students at opposition rallies, the OSCE Office in Baku today said it was monitoring very closely Azerbaijan's implementation...
OSCE assists in public opinion survey on corruption in Armenia
Publishing date: 4 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization
YEREVAN, 4 October 2002- A major public opinion survey on corruption released this week in Armenia has found that the overwhelming majority of those polled believe that corruption remains a serious problem in the country...
OSCE Mission to Moldova rejects "staff" remarks in newspaper
Publishing date: 3 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
CHISINAU, 2 October, 2002- The OSCE Mission to Moldova has expressed its deep dismay at a report which appeared in the 25 September edition of the newspaper Moldova Suverna. In an article entitled 'Istoria Moldovei ramine'...
Central Asian journalists adopt declaration on media freedom and corruption
Publishing date: 30 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
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...