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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Free media conference opens in Zagreb
Publishing date: 1 March 2001
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development
ZAGREB, 1 March 2001-- The President of Croatia, Stjepan Mesic, called on media in South-Eastern Europe to be free of politics and said journalists should work to rehabilitate the "partly compromised" profession...
Attack on Croatian journalists condemned
Publishing date: 1 March 2001
Content type: Press release
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development
ZAGREB, 1 March 2001-- Participants in the OSCE-Council of Europe conference on 'Free Media in South-Eastern Europe' in Zagreb released the following statement upon learning of an attack on two Croatian journalists:
Chairman-in-Office calls for violence to cease in border region
Publishing date: 1 March 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BAKU, 1 March 2001- The Chairman-in-Office of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Mircea Geoana, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania, expressed his grave concern regarding the recent upsurge of violence...
UN visit to OSCE Permanent Council: Kosovo elections expected in 2001
Publishing date: 1 March 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Elections
VIENNA, 1 March 2001-- In his first address to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna, the new Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General, Hans Haekkerup, stated his intentions to hold Kosovo-wide election this year...
Posavina canton signs on to OSCE Administration Project in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 1 March 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization
SARAJEVO, 1 March 2001- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia-Herzegovina will formally sign a memorandum of understanding with the Posavina Canton to commence implementation of the OSCE Cantonal Administration Project (CAP)...
Workshop on property issues held in Kosovo
Publishing date: 1 March 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
PRISTINA, 28 February 2001-- A workshop aimed at untangling some of the administrative problems facing property issues in Kosovo was held by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe recently...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office pleased with efforts to resolve conflict in Georgia
Publishing date: 1 March 2001
TBILISI, 1 March 2001- The Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, today expressed his satisfaction with the positive developments...