News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Kosovo elections: Right to appeal during the election process
Publishing date: 6 August 2001
PRISTINA, 6 August 2001 (OSCE)-- People in Kosovo who believe their rights regarding the electoral process have been violated have a right to turn to the Election Complaints and Appeals Commission (ECAC).
OSCE welcomes support of Belgrade authorities in Kosovo voter registration process
Publishing date: 3 August 2001
PRISTINA, 3 August 2001 (OSCE)-- After a temporary closure of registration centres in Serbia proper during the first week of registration, a steadily growing number of people are now seeking to be registered for the general elections in Kosovo...
Kosovo: access to voters' list agreed
Publishing date: 2 August 2001
PRISTINA, 2 August 2001 (OSCE)-- The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Daan Everts, has signed an agreement with the Serbian Commissariat for Refugees on monitoring the voter registration process in the current registration...
Chairman-in-Office Geoana commends Kazakhstan for abolition of exit visas
Publishing date: 2 August 2001
BUCHAREST, 2 August 2001 (OSCE)- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, took note with appreciation of the removal, by the Kazakh Government, of the exit visas system, following the decree on 28 July...
Contact office for political party registration opened in Kosovo
Publishing date: 31 July 2001
PRISTINA, 31 July 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE-supported Department for Democratic Governance and Civil Society, part of Kosovo's Joint Interim Administrative Structure (JIAS), opened a contact office to assist with political party registration...
Strengthening co-operation between OSCE and SEECP
Publishing date: 31 July 2001
BUCHAREST, 31 July 2001 (OSCE)- The Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, met yesterday in Bucharest Mr. Paskal Milo, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania...
OSCE welcomes abolition of exit permits in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 31 July 2001
ALMATY, 31 July 2001 (OSCE)- The OSCE Centre in Almaty commends Kazakhstan for having abolished the so-called exit visas by governmental decree on 28 July. In the light of OSCE commitments and repeated recommendations from the OSCE...