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"Elections Song" launched today in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 19 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Elections
SARAJEVO, 19 October 2000-- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina is happy to announce the launch of its elections song and music video \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Zgrabi svoju srecu\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"...
Kosovo criminal justice system falls short of international standards
Publishing date: 18 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
PRISTINA, 18 October 2000-- The Kosovo criminal justice system still falls short of international standards, despite recent improvements...
Political financial disclosures published in Kosovo
Publishing date: 18 October 2000
PRISTINA, 18 October 2000-- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo has published the second set of financial disclosure reports by political entities...
Serbian judges call for international support in reforming judicial system
Publishing date: 18 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization
WARSAW, 18 October 2000-- A delegation of Serbian judges expressed the urgent need for international assistance with the reform of the judicial system in Serbia...
Meeting on property issues in South-Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 17 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed), OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
ZAGREB, 17 October, 2000-- On 16 and 17 October the OSCE Mission to Croatia hosted a meeting of property experts from OSCE missions and offices in South-Eastern Europe...
Apparent manipulation of some international observers in Belarus
Publishing date: 17 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 17 October 2000-- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) cannot be associated with the conclusions of some international observers who appear to have been manipulated...
Largest all-European human rights conference opens
Publishing date: 17 October 2000
Content type: Press release
WARSAW, 17 October 2000- Government representatives from 54 OSCE participating States, human rights experts, and more than 150 international and non-governmental organizations gathered today in Warsaw...
Kosovo Law Centre to begin teaching new curriculum next Monday
Publishing date: 17 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
PRISTINA, 17 October 2000-- On Friday 13 October, law professors and representatives of the Kosovo Law Centre (KLC) agreed to start the 1st and 2nd academic year for law students in accordance with a reformed curriculum...
Statement by OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Belarus elections
Publishing date: 17 October 2000
VIENNA, 17 October 2000-- The following statement regarding the Belarus parliamentary elections was issued by OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Austrian Foreign Minister Ferrero-Waldner.
First out-of-country ballots arrive in Sarajevo
Publishing date: 17 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Elections
SARAJEVO, 17 October 2000- The first batch of Out-of-Country (OCV) ballots have been delivered to the OSCE Mission in Sarajevo...
Parliamentary Troika and OSCE/ODIHR issue reports on Belarus election process
Publishing date: 16 October 2000
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
MINSK, 16 October 2000- The Parliamentary Troika, composed of the European Parliament and the Parliamentary Assemblies of the OSCE and the Council of Europe, issued a Report on the political situation in Belarus in light of the parliamentary elections...
Election process in Albania marked progress despite serious problems in second round
Publishing date: 16 October 2000
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
TIRANA, 16 October 2000-- Despite some serious problems in the second round of the local government elections in Albania, the overall election process marked progress, concluded the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights...
OSCE Chair sends Personal Representative to Montenegro
Publishing date: 16 October 2000
Content type: Press release
What we do: Democratization
VIENNA, 16 October 2000- The Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE, Austrian Foreign Minister Benita Fererro-Waldner, is sending her Personal Representative for Southeastern Europe, Ambassador Albert Rohan, to Montenegro...
Role of Parliamentary Troika in Belarus elections
Publishing date: 14 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Democratization, Elections
MINSK, 14 October 2000-- In connection with the visit of the Parliamentary Troika to Minsk, there has been considerable speculation as to the purpose of their visit and their role in the election process. The Troika would like to clarify its goals
Kosovo polling centre list published
Publishing date: 13 October 2000
PRISTINA, 13 October 2000-- The list of Polling Centres where people will vote on election day has been published...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator works with Ukrainian army to establish military police
Publishing date: 13 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
KYIV, 13 October 2000-- The OSCE Project Co-ordinator started technical assistance to the working group in the Armed Forces in Ukraine that is tasked with the establishment of Military Police...
Five decisions on appeals in Bosnia and Herzegovina elections
Publishing date: 13 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Elections
SARAJEVO, 13 October 2000- The Election Appeals Sub-Commission (EASC) issued five decisions today in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Once concerns an appeal from a political party of a Provisional Election Commission decision to remove a candidate.
Kosovo Elections Complaints Commission decision
Publishing date: 12 October 2000
PRISTINA, 12 October 2000-- At its session on 5 October 2000, the Election Complaints and Appeals sub-Commission (ECAC) dealt with one further complaint...
International and Ukrainian experts discuss freedom of media on Ukrainian TV
Publishing date: 12 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
KYIV, 12 October 2000-- The OSCE Project Co-ordinator, together with the State Committee on Information Policy, Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine, arranged for a TV- discussion on free media to be transmitted on Ukrainian TV...
Eight candidates declared ineligible for Bosnia and Herzegovina elections
Publishing date: 12 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Elections
SARAJEVO, 12 October 2000-- The Provisional Election Commission (PEC) has declared the following candidates ineligible to stand for office in the November 2000 general elections...
Civil society takes part in anti-corruption campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 12 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization
SARAJEVO, October 10, 2000-- As part of the overall Anti-Corruption Campaign of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina will organize over 40 activities and events over the next three weeks...
Political party financial forms published in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 12 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Elections
SARAJEVO, 12 October 2000-- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina is pleased to announce the publication of the financial disclosure forms for parties participating in the November 2000 general elections....
OSCE condemns recent attacks on journalists in Republika Srpska
Publishing date: 12 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Media freedom and development
SARAJEVO, 12 October 2000- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina strongly condemns last Monday night\'s attack on journalist Anton Kasipovic, Deputy Manager of Glas Srpski, by unknown persons in Banja Luka....
Rules adopted on Bosnia and Herzegovina House of Peoples
Publishing date: 12 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Elections
SARAJEVO, 12 October 2000-- The Provisional Election Commission adopted today the rules and regulations governing the establishment of the House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina...
OSCE to address controversial issue of Roma refugees and asylum seekers
Publishing date: 11 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Migration, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti
WARSAW, 11 October 2000- Every year, thousands of Roma, also known as Gypsies, from East Central and South Eastern Europe leave their homes and seek asylum, mostly in countries of Western Europe and North America...
Kosovo Elections Complaints Commission decisions
Publishing date: 11 October 2000
PRISTINA, 11 October 2000-- At its session on 10 October 2000, the Kosovo Election Complaints and Appeals sub-Commission (ECAC) dismissed three complaints...
OSCE Chair welcomes registration of opposition parties for elections in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 11 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Elections
VIENNA, 11 October 2000-- The Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE, Austrian Foreign Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner, welcomes the decision of the Central Election Commission of Azerbaijan...
Gross distortion of OSCE Belarus policy by newspapers Nasha Niva and Nasha Svaboda
Publishing date: 11 October 2000
Content type: Press release
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development
MINSK, 11 October 2000-- The OSCE Advisory and Monitoring Group in Belarus strongly refutes the libellous reports of \"Nasha Svaboda\", dated October 10, 2000, and of \"Nasha Niva\", dated October 9, 2000, about...
OSCE welcomes registration of all political parties in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 10 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Elections
BAKU, 10 October 2000-- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) welcomes the decision by the Central Election Commission of Azerbaijan to register all political parties...
Candidates financial forms published in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 10 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Elections
SARAJEVO, 10 October 2000-- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina is pleased to announce the publication of the financial disclosure forms for candidates...
Election Commission supervisors arrive in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 10 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Elections
SARAJEVO, 10 October 2000- A group of 146 Municipal Election Commission (MEC) supervisors arrived on Monday, October 9 in Sarajevo...
Final Voters Register delivered throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 10 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Elections
SARAJEVO, 10 October 2000- Copies of the final voters register for the November elections have been delivered to political parties to assist them in their campaign activities...
Election Observation Mission established in Kyrgyzstan, concerns remain
Publishing date: 9 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Elections
BISHKEK, 9 October 2000-The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) has established an Election Observation Mission for the 29 October presidential election in Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE PA President Adrian Severin meets political leaders in Cyprus
Publishing date: 9 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
LIMASSOL, CYPRUS, 9 October 2000- During the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Seminar on Organized Crime and Corruption held from 4-5 October, 2000 in Cyprus, President Adrian Severin met with the President of the Republic of Cyprus Mr. Glafcos Clerides and o
Reports published on Kosovo election campaign media coverage
Publishing date: 9 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Elections, Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 9 October 2000- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo has published its first analyses of election campaign coverage by the media throughout Kosovo...
Experimental aerial observation flights in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 9 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
SARAJEVO, 9 October 2000- In co-operation with the two entity armed forces, the Office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson, the Czech Republic and Denmark, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina is organizing three simultaneous...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office welcomes the release of the British and Canadian detainees in Belgrade
Publishing date: 7 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights, Policing
VIENNA, 7 October 2000- The Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE, Austrian Foreign Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner has expressed her relief about the release of the three foreigners detained in Belgrade, two British members of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo
Voters list in Kosovo ready for checking
Publishing date: 6 October 2000
PRISTINA, 6 October 2000-- Everyone eligible to vote in the Kosovo municipal elections this month will be able to check their entries on the Final Voters List (FVL) from next Monday, 9 October 2000.
Decisions on breaches of electoral code of conduct in Kosovo
Publishing date: 6 October 2000
PRISTINA, 6 October 2000-- The Election Complaints and Appeals sub-Commission (ECAC) took several decisions and handed out its judgements to political entities for breaches of the Electoral Code of Conduct at a session on 5 October 2000.
OSCE welcomes release of two British mission members
Publishing date: 6 October 2000
PRISTINA, 6 October 2000-- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo has welcomed the reported decision by the new authorities in Belgrade to release two British police officers who have been detained in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia for the past two months.
Conference on women in politics in Kosovo
Publishing date: 6 October 2000
PRISTINA, 6 October 2000- A conference on women in public life in Kosovo will be held on Saturday, 7 October in Pristina. The session is entitled Women in Politics: An Agenda for Kosovo...
OSCE welcomes democratic change in Yugoslavia
Publishing date: 6 October 2000
VIENNA, 6 October 2000- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Austrian Foreign Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner, expressed her satisfaction with the democratic change which took place last night in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...
OSCE organizes political party tribunes in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 5 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Elections
SARAJEVO, 5 October 2000- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina will organize more than 70 public tribunes between the beginning of October and November 10th, covering all electoral districts of BiH...
Procedures set to ensure secure and secret voting in Kosovo
Publishing date: 5 October 2000
PRISTINA, 5 October 2000-- Comprehensive procedures are being put in place to ensure secure and secret voting at polling stations throughout Kosovo for the municipal elections...
OSCE organizes anti-corruption seminar in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 5 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization
SARAJEVO, 5 October 2000-- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina is organising an anti-corruption seminar to bring all the national organisations working on the nationwide OSCE anti-corruption campaign...
Election commission issues further rulings for regulation violations in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 5 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization
SARAJEVO, 5 October 2000-The Provisional Election Commission (PEC) has removed the mandates of the following councilors...
OSCE calls on Albanian Democratic Party leader to respect election results
Publishing date: 5 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Elections
VIENNA, 5 October 2000- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Austrian Foreign Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner, welcomed the...
Results of freedom of information consulting process announced in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 5 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Media freedom and development
SARAJEVO, 5 October 2000-- The Office of the High Representative (OHR) and the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, today forwarded four...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office urges Yugoslav authorities to avoid force
Publishing date: 5 October 2000
VIENNA, 5 October 2000- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Austrian Foreign Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner, today launched an appeal to the Yugoslav army and police not to use force against the demonstrators in Belgrade and other cities of Yugoslavia.
Political entities in Kosovo receive financial support
Publishing date: 4 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Elections
PRISTINA, 4 October 2000-- Four donor countries have made funds available to assist those political entities contesting the forthcoming municipal elections with their campaigns.