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Open letter from OSCE Head of Mission to all voters in Kosovo
Publishing date: 23 October 2002
PRISTINA, 23 October 2002- Dear Voter, This Saturday, 26 October, you-- and all the other voters-- will have the right to go to the polls and cast your vote. Never before have so many different political entities run in a Kosovo...
OSCE Moldova Mission reports Gagauzia voting "calm" but serious concerns remain
Publishing date: 23 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Democratization, Elections, National minority issues
CHISINAU, 23 October 2002- The OSCE Mission to Moldova considers that the repeated elections for the Bashkan (Governor) of Gagauzia, on 20 October, were generally held in a calm atmosphere, but noted a number of procedural irregularities and...
Twenty candidates removed from Kosovo electoral lists
Publishing date: 23 October 2002
PRISTINA, 23 October 2002- Twenty candidates have been removed from the electoral lists of 26 October municipal elections because their political entities violated the electoral Code of Conduct. The Election Complaints and...
Final voters' list for Kosovo elections certified by SRSG
Publishing date: 23 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Elections, National minority issues
PRISTINA, 23 October 2002- The United Nations' Special Representative (SRSG), Michael Steiner, has officially certified the voters list that will be used for the 26 October Municipal Elections in Kosovo. The Final Voters' List (FVL)...
International agencies congratulate Bosnia and Herzegovina municipalities for solving property claims
Publishing date: 22 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Human rights
SARAJEVO, 22 October 2002- The agencies involved in property law implementation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) have applauded the housing authorities in Lopare, Sekovici, Kresevo and Srbac for having solved all property...
OSCE Media Representative criticizes restrictive media law drafted in German City-State
Publishing date: 21 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 21 October 2002- OSCE's Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, sent a letter to the German Foreign Minister, Joschka Fischer, criticizing a draft law proposed by the Senator of the Interior of German City-State...
International observers positively assess elections in Montenegro
Publishing date: 21 October 2002
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
PODGORICA, 21 October 2002- Yesterday's parliamentary elections in Montenegro were conducted generally in accordance with international standards, concluded the International Election Observation Mission in a...