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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission in Kosovo extends voter services period by one week
Publishing date: 14 August 2002
PRISTINA, 14 August 2002- People in Kosovo have now one more week to go an OSCE Voter Service Centre in order to verify and, if necessary, amend their voter registration details for the forthcoming municipal elections this fall...
First anniversary of Ohrid Agreement reflects year of progress in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Publishing date: 14 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Skopje
VIENNA, 13 August, 2002- The OSCE Chairmanship notes the first anniversary of the signing of the Ohrid Framework Agreement, which put an end to the conflict in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Its subsequent implementation...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo announces results of political party ballot lottery
Publishing date: 13 August 2002
PRISTINA, 13 August 2002- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo has held a lottery to determine the order in which political parties will appear on ballot papers in the province's second municipal elections, scheduled for 26 October...
OSCE Mission finds repeated elections in FRY were generally up to standard
Publishing date: 12 August 2002
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
BELGRADE, 12 August 2002- The OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) finds that the municipal elections in Bujanovac, partially repeated yesterday, and the run-off in the Presevo mayoral elections held on 11 August were generally...
OSCE/ODIHR presents assessment of Montenegrin electoral legislation
Publishing date: 9 August 2002
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
PODGORICA, 9 August 2002- The OSCE Office in Montenegro today delivered to the Montenegrin Parliament and parliamentary party representatives an assessment by the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on the...
OSCE Bosnia and Herzegovina Mission rejects criticism of Election Commission
Publishing date: 8 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Elections
SARAJEVO, 8 August 2002- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina rejects the unfounded criticism by the country's union of graphic workers regarding the decision of the Election Commission to award ballot printing for the upcoming elections...
Successor named to Geert-Hinrich Ahrens as Head of OSCE Presence in Albania
Publishing date: 7 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Presence in Albania
VIENNA, 7 August 2002- A Finnish diplomat has been named to succeed the current Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Geert-Hinrich Ahrens, who will relinquish his post after more than three years of distinguished service on 31 August...