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Blind voters make use of pilot project in Kosovo
Publishing date: 25 October 2002
PRISTINA, 25 October 2002- On Election Day, the OSCE is conducting a pilot project for voters with visual impairments. The project, which takes place in Pejë/Pec, involves a special template that enables these voters to mark...
Voting can help returns process in Kosovo
Publishing date: 25 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Elections, National minority issues
PRISTINA, 25 October 2002- OSCE's Head of Mission in Kosovo, Pascal Fieschi, strongly encouraged all Kosovo voters in Serbia and Montenegro to vote in the Kosovo Municipal Elections tomorrow, 26 October. "Participation...
OSCE Mission reacts to "kamikaze" report of Azerbaijani TV
Publishing date: 25 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development
BAKU, 25 October 2002- Following the report by an Azerbaijani TV station expressing the need for kamikazes ready to sacrifice themselves for their country, the OSCE Office in Baku today said that it was monitoring very closely...
OSCE to answer voters' questions during live Election Eve broadcast on Kosovo TV
Publishing date: 24 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Elections, Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 24 October 2002- Voters from across Kosovo have a final chance tomorrow to ask top OSCE officials questions about the 2002 Municipal Elections during a special live edition of Camera on Election. The show will be aired...
OSCE's human rights office launches training course for Azerbaijani border guards in Poland
Publishing date: 24 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization
WARSAW, 24 October 2002- Starting today, a group of 15 border guards from Azerbaijan will be trained at the Polish border guards academy in Ketrzyn. The one-year programme has been organized and sponsored by the OSCE's...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office strongly condemns hostage-taking in Moscow
Publishing date: 24 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
What we do: Countering terrorism
LISBON, 24 October 2002- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO), Portuguese Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, has strongly condemned the taking of hundreds of Russian and foreign citizens as hostages by a group of gunmen...
OSCE assists Serbian Government in fight against corruption
Publishing date: 24 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 24 October 2002- A conference on concrete anti-corruption tools will begin tomorrow in Belgrade. The event, which will be opened by the Serbian Prime Minister, Zoran Djindjic, will identify the most suitable solutions...