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Chairman of OSCE Permanent Council condemns killing of Macedonian police officers as "cowardly act of violence"
Publishing date: 29 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Skopje
VIENNA, 29 August 2002- The Chairman of the OSCE Permanent Council today condemned in the strongest terms the killing of two Macedonian police officers on 26 August in a drive-by shooting near the town of Gostivar. "We condemn in the strongest terms...
OSCE Mission Head urges improvement in education system in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 29 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
SARAJEVO, 29 August 2002- State-level, Entity and Cantonal Ministers responsible for educational matters met yesterday to discuss the way forward on issues such as education legislation, the drafting of a strategy paper on education for...
OSCE's Kosovo Law Centre assists students in studying abroad
Publishing date: 29 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
PRISTINA, 29 August 2002- Eight students from the Law Faculty of the University of Prishtina/Pristina will travel to The Netherlands on 1 September to continue their studies under a special scholarship. The programme, facilitated by the Kosovo...
Albania "in forefront of reform", outgoing OSCE mission head says
Publishing date: 29 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, Permanent Council
VIENNA, 29 August 2002- Albania has made encouraging progress during the last three years and is, in some respects, in the forefront of reform in south-east Europe, Ambassador Geert-Hinrich Ahrens said in his End-of-Mission address to...
Largest pan-European human rights conference convenes in Warsaw
Publishing date: 28 August 2002
Content type: Press release
WARSAW, 28 August 2002- More than 500 government representatives, international experts and human rights activists will gather in Warsaw from 9 to 19 September to attend Europe's largest human rights and democratization conference. The...
OSCE and Council of Europe parliamentarians conclude assessment visit to Skopje ahead of elections
Publishing date: 28 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Elections, National minority issues
SKOPJE, 28 August 2002- The joint Pre-election mission of the Parliamentary Assemblies of the Council of Europe and the OSCE visited the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia from 26 to 28 August in order to assess the preparations for the...
Seven political entities in Kosovo fined for violation of electoral rules
Publishing date: 27 August 2002
PRISTINA, 27 August 2002- Kosovo's Election Complaints and Appeals sub-Commission has fined seven political entities for submitting certification applications after the deadline of 1 July 2002. This represents a violation of section 6...