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Temporary Media Commissioner implements Broadcast Code of Conduct
Publishing date: 15 September 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 15 September 2000- The Temporary Media Commissioner (TMC) has approved the Broadcast Code of Conduct, consistent with standard European democratic practice and as part of the licensing process for radio and television broadcasters...
OSCE/ODIHR will observe Kyrgyz presidential elections, concerned about candidate registration procedures
Publishing date: 14 September 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 14 September 2000- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) will establish an election observation mission in Kyrgyzstan to monitor the presidential election scheduled for 29 October...
OSCE urges better media access for small political parties in Albania
Publishing date: 14 September 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Elections, Media freedom and development
TIRANA, 14 September-- The OSCE Presence in Albania Press and Public Information Office has been receiving a number of complaints by junior parties of different political camps, regarding TV coverage reserved to their electoral initiatives...
OSCE Head of Mission supports relatives of detainees and missing persons in Kosovo
Publishing date: 14 September 2000
PRISTINA, 14 September 2000-- The OSCE Head of Mission, Ambassador Daan Everts, has received a delegation representing relatives of Kosovars detained by the authorities in Serbia and other missing persons in front of the OSCE headquarters in Pristina...
Transitional period for new Ombudsmen law in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 14 September 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Human rights
SARAJEVO, 14 September 2000- The OSCE and OHR would like to take this opportunity to recall the transitional provisions of the Organic Law on the Federation Ombudsmen...
OSCE calls for openness and accountability in Kosovo elections
Publishing date: 13 September 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Elections
PRISTINA, 13 September 2000-- OSCE Head of Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Daan Everts, has called on all those contesting the forthcoming municipal elections to be open with and accountable to the people...
OSCE condemns murder of Kosovo journalist
Publishing date: 13 September 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 13 September 2000-- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo expresses its deep concern over what seems to be increased attacks on journalistic work...
Pre-election campaign begins 27 September in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 13 September 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Elections
SARAJEVO, 13 September 2000- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina would like to announce that the pre-election campaign for the November general elections...
OSCE South-Eastern Europe Heads of Mission meet in Sarajevo
Publishing date: 12 September 2000
Content type: Press release
SARAJEVO, 11 September 2000- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina Ambassador Robert L. Barry together with the OSCE Secretary General Jan Kubis is hosting a meeting of the Heads of the OSCE missions and offices in South-Eastern Europe.
Albania voters should verify voters list eligibility
Publishing date: 12 September 2000
TIRANA, 12 September 2000-- The OSCE Presence in Albania adds support to the Central Election Commission (CEC) statement of 9 September concerning the final voter list for the forthcoming local government elections...
45-day municipal election campaign begins in Kosovo
Publishing date: 12 September 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Elections
PRISTINA, 12 September 2000-- The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General, Dr Bernhard Kouchner, and the Commander of KFOR, Lieutenant General Juan Ortuno...
BiH Election Appeal Sub-Commission upholds PEC decisions on eight candidates
Publishing date: 12 September 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Elections
SARAJEVO, 12 September 2000- The Election Appeals Sub-Commission (EASC) is issuing six decisions today...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office issues statement on local elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Publishing date: 12 September 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Elections
VIENNA, 12 September 2000-- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Austrian Foreign Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner, welcomes the holding of municipal elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on 10 September 2000...
OSCE condemns murder of Milan Levar in Croatia
Publishing date: 11 September 2000
ZAGREB, 11 September 2000- The OSCE Mission to Croatia strongly condemns the murder of Milan Levar, a potential witness for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia...
Municipal elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia fall short on a number of OSCE commitments
Publishing date: 11 September 2000
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
SKOPJE, 11 September 2000- The 10 September municipal elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia fell short on a number of OSCE Commitments for democratic elections
New Political Resource Center opens in Visegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 11 September 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization
SARAJEVO, 11 September 2000- Ambassador Dieter Woltman, Deputy Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Robert P. Jacobs, USAID Deputy Director will formally open the new OSCE Political Resource (PRC) in Visegrad...
Zagreb summit to focus on implementation of Stability Pact
Publishing date: 8 September 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
COPENHAGEN, 8 September 2000-- On Tuesday 12 September 2000 Mr. Adrian Severin, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly...
Officials participate in Market Democracy Program in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 8 September 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization
SARAJEVO, 7 September 2000- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina co-sponsored a high-level seminar with the U.S. European Command (EUCOM)...
OSCE clarifies position on elections in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Publishing date: 7 September 2000
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
SKOPJE, 7 September 2000-- Following repeated misinterpretations of its activities by a number of media, the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje would like to clarify the following:
OSCE Permanent Council calls on FRY to release detainees
Publishing date: 7 September 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights, Policing
VIENNA, 7 September 2000- The 54-member OSCE Permanent Council called on the authorities of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) today to speed up legal procedures and to rapidly release from detention in Belgrade the two British OMIK members...
First Round Table on elections held in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 7 September 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 7 September 2000-- The first Round Table on Elections was held in Astana recently, under the auspices of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (ODIHR, Parliamentary Assembly, Centre in Almaty)...
Daily reports issued on journalism and elections in Serbia
Publishing date: 6 September 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 6 September 2000-- Freimut Duve, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, has started issuing a regular bulletin on Journalism and Elections in Serbia...
Kosovo Central Election Commission attends conference in Sweden
Publishing date: 6 September 2000
PRISTINA, 5 September 2000-- Members of the Central Election Commission, the body responsible for the conduct of elections in Kosovo, are attending an important two-day seminar...
OSCE releases election budget figures for Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 6 September 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Elections
SARAJEVO, 5 September 2000- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina has released figures for its general election budget...
Parliamentary Assembly talks focus on OSCE and Belarus
Publishing date: 5 September 2000
COPENHAGEN, 5 September, 2000-- Mr. Adrian Severin, MP (Romania), President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, held a series of meetings and talks in Vienna...
Seminar on international humanitarian law
Publishing date: 5 September 2000
PRISTINA, 5 September 2000-- The OSCE-operated Kosovo Judicial Institute, in co-operation with the United Nations Joint Interim Administration Structure, is hosting an important two-day seminar...
30 Municipal Election Commissions start work in Kosovo
Publishing date: 4 September 2000
PRISTINA, 4 September 2000-- Municipal Election Commissions are an important part of the framework for ensuring transparent and efficient elections in Kosovo...
Election campaign workshop for women candidates
Publishing date: 4 September 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Elections
PRISTINA, 1 September 2000-- Up to 500 of the women candidates who will be contesting the forthcoming municipal elections are to receive training...
Kosovo voters list being updated
Publishing date: 1 September 2000
PRISTINA, 1 September 2000-- The process of updating and correcting the Kosovo Provisional Voters List for the 28 October municipal elections is now under way...
Kosovo Media Appeals Board finalizes rules of procedure
Publishing date: 1 September 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 1 September 2000-- The Media Appeals Board in Kosovo held its first meetings on 30-31 August 2000...
Rights of women to be included in police training in Albania
Publishing date: 1 September 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, Policing
TIRANA, 1 September 2000-- A new police training course will be added to the curricula of two police training programmes in Albania
Secretary General issues statement regarding tragic death
Publishing date: 1 September 2000
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 1 September 2000-- The following statement was issued by OSCE Secretary General Ján Kubis...
Yugoslav election laws do not meet international standards
Publishing date: 31 August 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 31 August 2000- The laws governing the forthcoming elections in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia are not in line with international standards...
OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje now Online
Publishing date: 31 August 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 31 August 2000-- With immediate effect, the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje starts to feature its own webpage...
Finalizing the voter's list in Kosovo
Publishing date: 31 August 2000
PRISTINA, 31 August 2000-- The process of correcting the Provisional Voters List for Kosovo municipal elections is now underway...
Technical Conference on Belarus adopts recommendations on parliamentary election process
Publishing date: 31 August 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Elections
VIENNA, 31 August 2000- Ambassador Hans-Georg Wieck, Chairman of the Technical Conference on Belarus, reported today...
Citizens urged to check candidate lists in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 31 August 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Elections
SARAJEVO, 31 August 2000-- As part of its effort to enforce Rule 108 of the Provisional Election Commission Rules and Regulations governing the November 2000 general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina...
Statement regarding the adoption of regulations implementing the Latvian State Language Law
Publishing date: 31 August 2000
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Democratization, National minority issues
THE HAGUE; 31 August 2000- The following statement was issued by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Max van der Stoel, today...
Procedures for election campaign advertising in Kosovo media
Publishing date: 29 August 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Elections, Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 29 August 2000-- The Central Election Commission has approved the Temporary Media Commissioner procedures governing media advertising...
Workshop examines rights of young offenders
Publishing date: 29 August 2000
PRISTINA, 29 August 2000-- A two-day workshop on protecting the rights of young offenders is being held 29-30 August in Pristina, Kosovo. The workshop is hosted by the OSCE-operated Kosovo...
OSCE rejects criticism from political party in Belarus
Publishing date: 28 August 2000
Content type: Press release
What we do: Democratization, Elections
MINSK, 26 August 2000-- The Conservative-Christian Party BPF continues its public campaign against the work of the OSCE Advisory and Monitoring Group in Belarus. On August 25, 2000,...
ODIHR sends observers to monitor local elections in Albania
Publishing date: 25 August 2000
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
TIRANA, 25 August 2000- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) today established an election observation mission in Albania...
Briefing / Campaign advertising rules for Kosovo elections
Publishing date: 25 August 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Elections, Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 25 August 2000-- Last month, the Central Elections Commission (CEC) adopted the rules governing the conduct of the media...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office condemns the bomb attack on the OSCE Kosovo Political Party Service Centre in Pristina
Publishing date: 24 August 2000
VIENNA, 24 August 2000- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Austrian Foreign Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner, condemns the violent attack on August 18...
Press Conference / Measures to counteract human trafficking in Kosovo
Publishing date: 23 August 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
PRISTINA, 23 August 2000-- The Co-ordinator of the Balkan Stability Pact Task Force on Trafficking in Human Beings visits Kosovo on a fact-finding mission this week...
Belgrade refuses to grant entry visa to OSCE election experts
Publishing date: 22 August 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 21 August 2000- The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia refuses to grant entry visas to experts of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR)...
Three decisions issued by Elections Appeals Sub-Commission in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 22 August 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Elections
SARAJEVO, 22 August 2000- The Election Appeals Sub-Commission in Bosnia and Herzegovina is issuing three decisions, all referrals from the Provisional...
Media Briefing / Elections preparations in Kosovo
Publishing date: 21 August 2000
PRISTINA, 21 August 2000-- The regular weekly background briefing for the media will consist in the presentation of an update on the progress of preparations for the municipal elections...
Kosovo institute for civil administration holds first seminar in own building
Publishing date: 21 August 2000
PRISTINA, 21 August 2000-- A seminar on \'Medium Term Training Programme for Senior Municipal Staff\', will be the first seminar held at the new facilities of the Kosovo Institute for Civil Administration...
OSCE rejects criticism of ballot printing tender for Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 21 August 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Elections
SARAJEVO, 18 August 2000- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina expresses its concern at an inaccurate news agency report on its procedures with regard to its request for tenders...