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On 1 August, landmark Helsinki Final Act turns 25
Publishing date: 27 July 2000
VIENNA, 27 July 2000-- On 1 August 1975, Heads of State or Government of 35 nations from Europe, Canada and the United States signed the Conference on Security and Co-operation in...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office expresses concern about recent action against human rights defenders in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 27 July 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
VIENNA, 27 July 2000-- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Austrian Foreign Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner, is worried by reports on the harassment of human rights activists in Kyrgyzstan.
Three new Political Party Service Centres to open in Kosovo
Publishing date: 26 July 2000
PRISTINA, 26 July 2000-- Three new Political Party Service Centres are due to open around Kosovo within the next fortnight. The first of the new centres will be officially...
Moldova Focus of OSCE CiO Meeting with Yevgeniy Primakov
Publishing date: 26 July 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
VIENNA, 26 July 2000-- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Austrian Foreign Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner and Yevgeniy M. Primakov, Chairman of the Russian Federation State Commission on Transdniestria met today in Vienna.
Chairperson-in-Office welcomes adoption of Law on Higher Education by former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Parliament
Publishing date: 26 July 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Democratization, National minority issues
VIENNA, 26 July 2000-- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Austrian Foreign Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner, welcomes the adoption of the Law on Higher Education by the Parliament of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on July 25.
Provisional Election Commission adopts rule on Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency succession
Publishing date: 25 July 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization
SARAJEVO, 25 July 2000-- The Provisional Election Commission (PEC) adopted today an Amendment to the Rules and Regulations governing the Presidential Elections...
Warning issued to Kosovo Serb radio station
Publishing date: 25 July 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 25 July 2000-- The Temporary Media Commissioner (TMC) has issued a warning to a Serb-language radio station for violating the Broadcast Media Regulation...