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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...
Azerbaijan referendum fails credibility test
Publishing date: 26 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Elections
BAKU, 26 August 2002- The OSCE Office in Baku feels it appropriate to echo concerns expressed by observers of the Referendum, held in the Republic of Azerbaijan on Saturday, 24 August...
OSCE Mission condemns killing of two police reservists in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Publishing date: 26 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 26 August 2002- Ambassador Craig Jenness, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje, strongly condemned the killing of two police reservists Monday night in Gostivar. "We deeply regret this criminal act and express our sincere condolences...
OSCE hosts first meeting of Serbian, Montenegrin and Yugoslav co-ordinators on human trafficking
Publishing date: 26 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
BELGRADE, 26 August 2002- The OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) today hosted the first meeting of the Serbian, Montenegrin and Yugoslav governmental co-ordinators for combating of trafficking in...
Bujanovac elections conducted in accordance with international standards and Serbian election laws
Publishing date: 26 August 2002
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
BELGRADE, 26 August 2002- The OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has concluded that the second partially repeated elections in Bujanovac on 25 August were generally conducted in accordance with international standards...
Abolition of Tajik exit visa major step forward, says OSCE Mission Head
Publishing date: 26 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
DUSHANBE, 26 August 2002- Ambassador Marc Gilbert, Head of the OSCE Mission to Tajikistan, described the abolition of exit visa requirements by the country's government as a major step forward. "It is of high symbolic value because freedom of...