News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Duve concerned about violent attacks against journalists in Spain
Publishing date: 25 May 2001
VIENNA, 25 May 2001 (OSCE)-- Freimut Duve, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, addressed the Permanent Council yesterday expressing his great concern about the continuing violence against journalists in Spain...
Kosovo's Election Commission sets rules for political party certification
Publishing date: 25 May 2001
PRISTINA, 25 May 2001 (OSCE)-- Political entities wishing to contest this year's central elections will have to meet a list of requirements before their applications will be approved by the Central Election Commission...
Skopje Mission speaks out against "patently false and potentially dangerous" media reporting
Publishing date: 25 May 2001
SKOPJE, 25 May 2001 (OSCE)-- The Head of the OSCE Spillover Monitoring Mission to Skopje, Carlo Ungaro, today sent the following letter to the editors-in-chief of print and electronic media in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia...
Chairman-in-Office condemns extremist violence in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Publishing date: 25 May 2001
BUCHAREST, 25 May 2001 (OSCE)- The Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, condemns in the strongest terms the extremist violence in the former Yugoslav Republic of...
Mission to Croatia refutes statement of Croatian Christian Democratic Union
Publishing date: 24 May 2001
ZAGREB, 24 May 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Mission to Croatia refutes the statement of the Croatian Christian Democratic Union (HKDU) on alleged bias during the monitoring of the local elections in Udbina. Croatian state television (HRT) had reported...
OSCE welcomes statement by Yugoslav President on voter registration for Kosovo elections
Publishing date: 24 May 2001
PRISTINA, 24 May 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE has welcomed the statement made by the Yugoslav President, in which he urged Kosovo\'s Serb community to take part in the upcoming registration campaign...
OSCE reaffirms commitment to international stance on former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Publishing date: 24 May 2001
SKOPJE, 24 May 2001-- In view of the recent events, the Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe feels it essential to reaffirm the commitment of the OSCE...