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Women's concerns to be addressed in civil registration
Publishing date: 20 May 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Elections
PRISTINA, 20 May 2000-- The OSCE regular press briefing on civil and electoral registration will focus this week on women and the registration process. OSCE field staff are finding...
Fourth graduation for Kosovo Police Service School
Publishing date: 19 May 2000
PRISTINA, 19 May 2000-- The fourth class of recruits graduates from the OSCE\'s Kosovo Police Service School on Saturday, 20 May. The 218 cadets now go on patrol throughout the region;...
Municipal Election Commissions to be established
Publishing date: 19 May 2000
PRISTINA, 19 May 2000-- In building the framework for transparent and efficient elections, the Central Election Commission has approved the establishment of Municipal Election...
Bambiland brutality- Milosevic's family hurts the dignity of the citizens of Serbia
Publishing date: 16 May 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 16 May 2000-- Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, strongly condemns the recent series of repressive actions...
Deadline for party certification is 11 June for Kosovo municipal elections
Publishing date: 11 May 2000
PRISTINA, 11 May 2000-- Certification is an essential step on the road to municipal elections. Rules that will govern how political parties, coalitions,...
Getting the message out: OSCE briefing on civil and electoral registration
Publishing date: 8 May 2000
PRISTINA, 8 May 2000-- Civil and voter registration is in full gear across Kosovo. But people are still uncertain as to where or why they should participate....
Training the trainers in Kosovo: a project for NGO development
Publishing date: 5 May 2000
PRISTINA, 5 May 2000-- The OSCE Mission is providing assistance to NGOs in Kosovo with a comprehensive training programme aimed at \'training the trainers\'...
Election complaints procedure established in Kosovo
Publishing date: 5 May 2000
PRISTINA, 5 May 2000-- Severe sanctions have been drawn up for people and political parties who violate electoral rules in Kosovo. The second official meeting of the OSCE-organized...
Press release on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day
Publishing date: 3 May 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
Zagreb, 3 May 2000-- Since becoming an independent state, Croatia has committed itself to establish and uphold democratic standards regarding freedom of the media. Progress in...
Free journalism- the shield of democracy in periods of conflict
Publishing date: 3 May 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 3 May 2000- On the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day, 3 May, Abid Hussain, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression, Freimut Duve, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media...
OSCE presents media survey on the status of journalists' rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 3 May 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Media freedom and development
SARAJEVO, May 3, 2000- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina today presents a spot survey carried out among representatives of 50 media...
Registration sites open to the media
Publishing date: 3 May 2000
PRISTINA, 3 May 2000-- More than 70 civil and electoral registration sites are now open across Kosovo. In the two weeks since the Joint Registration Taskforce of the OSCE and the United Nations...
Help line to protect journalists' rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 28 April 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Media freedom and development
SARAJEVO, 28 April 2000-- In commemoration of the World Press Freedom Day on 3 May, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina will launch a help line campaign for the...
Civil and voter registration starts throughout Kosovo
Publishing date: 28 April 2000
PRISTINA, 28 April 2000-- Civil registration starts throughout Kosovo today. The doors have opened at 25 sites across the region; the four pilot projects which started last week...
Prize for Journalism and Democracy 2000 awarded to Russian reporter Andrei Babitsky
Publishing date: 28 April 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Media freedom and development
COPENHAGEN, 28 April 2000-- The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly has awarded the 2000 OSCE Prize for Journalism and Democracy to the Russian reporter Andrei...
May 31 deadline to register for future elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 27 April 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Elections
SARAJEVO, 27 April 2000-- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina encourages all citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina living abroad who have never registered...
The Kosovo Judicial Institute launches a new tailor-made education programme for Kosovo's judges and prosecutors
Publishing date: 27 April 2000
PRISTINA, 27 March 2000-- Fifty judges and prosecutors participated in an induction seminar organised by the Kosovo...
Deadlines near for elected officials in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 26 April 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Elections
SARAJEVO, 26 April 2000-- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina has announced that two significant deadlines face councillors and municipal assemblies in the two weeks...
Stability Pact Gender Task Force meeting to be held in Zagreb on April 26
Publishing date: 25 April 2000
ZAGREB, 25 April 2000-- On 25 to 26 April 2000, the Second Regional Meeting of the Stability Pact Gender Task Force will be held in Zagreb...
Third class graduates from Kosovo Police Service School
Publishing date: 25 April 2000
PRISTINA, 25 April 2000-- The OSCE Kosovo Police Service School graduated its third class on Saturday, 22 April. The 230 students have completed a nine-week course at the school...
Election Code of Conduct approved in Kosovo
Publishing date: 25 April 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Elections
PRISTINA, 25 April 2000-- As one of its first tasks, the newly established Central Election Commission has issued a Code of Conduct for candidates, coalitions, political parties and their...
Army to reduce weapons stocks in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 21 April 2000
Content type: Press release
SARAJEVO, 21 April 2000-- The Personal Representative's Office for Articles II and IV along with the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina welcome the decision by the Army of the...
OSCE to release certified municipal election results for Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 20 April 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Elections
SARAJEVO, 20 April 2000-- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Provisional Election Commission will announce the technically certified...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Helle Degn visits Georgia and Armenia
Publishing date: 19 April 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 19 April 2000-- On 23-28 April 2000, Mrs. Helle Degn, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, will visit Georgia and Armenia to gain further...
Complaint dismissed on counting procedures in Bosnia and Herzegovina elections
Publishing date: 19 April 2000
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Elections
SARAJEVO, 19 April 2000-- The Election Appeals Sub-Commission in Bosnia and Herzegovina dismissed a complaint by the Party of Democratic Action (SDA)...
Threats against journalists condemned in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 18 April 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Media freedom and development
SARAJEVO, 18 April 2000- The Office of the High Representative and the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina express their deepest concern over an abusive leaflet that...
109 officials resign from positions in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 18 April 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Elections
SARAJEVO, 18 April 2000-- The Organization for Seciurity and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina welcomes the recent decisions of 109 officials to...
Kosovo Central Election Commission holds first meeting
Publishing date: 18 April 2000
PRISTINA, 18 April 2000-- The body responsible for the conduct of elections in Kosovo, the Central Election Commission, met for the first time today. It is an essential dimension...
High-level representatives attended Forum to discuss international economic and environmental policy
Publishing date: 17 April 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
PRAGUE, 17 April 2000-- High-level representatives responsible for shaping international economic and environmental policy met in...
First official meeting of Kosovo Central Election Commission
Publishing date: 17 April 2000
PRISTINA, 17 April 2000- The body which will establish the procedures for elections in Kosovo, the Central Election Commission, meets for the first time officially on...
OSCE to reopen office for Assistance Group to Chechnya
Publishing date: 15 April 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
MOSCOW, 15 April 2000-- The Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE, Austrian Foreign Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner today concluded a visit to the Russian Federation...
Swiss contribution to Kosovo news agency
Publishing date: 14 April 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 14 April 2000-- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo is pleased to announce that the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs will contribute EUR 100,000 to the establishment of a news agency for Kosovo...
Process begins for Kosovo civil and voter registration
Publishing date: 14 April 2000
PRISTINA, 14 April 2000-- Next week sees the start of civil registration in Kosovo. This is the chance for every Kosovo resident to register, and will form the basis of the...
OSCE calls for proper conduct by Kosovo political parties
Publishing date: 14 April 2000
PRISTINA, 14 April 2000-- The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe has received reports of two political parties posting photos in their office windows of people...
Three elected officials removed for violating conflict of interest rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 14 April 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Elections
SARAJEVO, 14 April 2000- The Provisional Election Commission in Bosnia and Herzegovina has removed the elected mandates of Pero Markovic...
OSCE expands Georgia border monitoring mission
Publishing date: 13 April 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Border management
VIENNA, 13 April 2000-- The Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE, Austrian Foreign Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner, welcomes today's decision of the Permanent Council to strengthen the OSCE...
Freimut Duve: Onslaught against Serbian media continues
Publishing date: 12 April 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 12 April 2000-- On 12 April, Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, responded to a letter sent to him by the Yugoslav Ambassador to Austria, Rados Smiljkovic, who accused...
OSCE and CoE Hold High-Level Meeting in Vienna
Publishing date: 12 April 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
VIENNA, 12 April 2000-- The Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE, Foreign Minster Benita Ferrero-Waldner of Austria, the Secretary General of the OSCE, Jan Kubis, the Chairman of the...
Preliminary results released in Bosnia and Herzegovina elections
Publishing date: 11 April 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Elections
SARAJEVO, 11 April 2000- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina today released preliminary municipal election results for 33 additional municipalities. These...
Presidential elections in Georgia: OSCE statement on preliminary findings and conclusions
Publishing date: 10 April 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Elections
TBILISI, 10 April 2000- The OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission concluded that considerable progress is necessary for Georgia to fully meet...
Press briefing on civil and voter registration in Kosovo
Publishing date: 10 April 2000
PRISTINA, 10 April 2000-- Staff are getting ready to start the civil registration process in Kosovo. Hundreds of people are being trained to tackle...
Statement by the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on municipal elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 10 April 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Elections
VIENNA, 10 April 2000-- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Foreign Minister of Austria Benita Ferrero-Waldner, welcomes the peaceful and orderly...
OSCE satisfied with polling process in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 9 April 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Elections
SARAJEVO, 9 April 2000- Ambassador Robert Barry, Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, stated earlier today that the Mission was satisfied with the way in...
Report: Discrimination and exclusion are fundamental features of the Roma experience
Publishing date: 7 April 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Roma and Sinti
HAGUE, 7 April 2000- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Max van der Stoel, today issued a "Report on the Situation of Roma and...
Celebration of International Roma day
Publishing date: 7 April 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: National minority issues, Roma and Sinti
PRISTINA, 7 April 2000-- A Roma band from Norway will be the highlight of the celebration of the International Roma day in Prizren, Saturday 8 April. OSCE in co-operation with the Prizren-based NGO...
OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina confirms increased pressure on journalists
Publishing date: 6 April 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Media freedom and development
SARAJEVO, 6 April 2000- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina has analyzed the reports of threat and intimidation made in the past year against...
OSCE reminds out-of-country voters about their voting options in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 6 April 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Elections
SARAJEVO, 6 April 2000- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina reminds all out-of-country voters present in the country on election day that...
Elections integrity to be guaranteed by domestic and international observers in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 6 April 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Elections
SARAJEVO, 6 April 2000- With more than 6,600 domestic and international election observers, including 750 international supervisors,...
Environmental impact of conflicts and post-conflict rehabilitation to be discussed at 8th OSCE Economic Forum
Publishing date: 5 April 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
VIENNA, 5 April 2000-- The Eighth Economic Forum of the OSCE will take place in Prague from 11 to 14 April 2000. The Forum...
OSCE/ODIHR supports activities surrounding the International Roma Day
Publishing date: 5 April 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Roma and Sinti
Warsaw, 5 April 2000- The OSCE/ODIHR Contact Point for Roma and Sinti Issues supports a number of awareness-raising activities organized on the occasion of the...