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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
International community urges release and peaceful end to Macedonian kidnapping
Publishing date: 30 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPE, 30 August, 2002-- The following is a Joint Statement by the EU Special Representative Alain Le Roy, Ambassador Ioannis Economou, the US Ambassador Lawrence Butler, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje, Craig Jenness...
Chairman of OSCE Permanent Council condemns killing of Macedonian police officers as "cowardly act of violence"
Publishing date: 29 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Skopje
VIENNA, 29 August 2002- The Chairman of the OSCE Permanent Council today condemned in the strongest terms the killing of two Macedonian police officers on 26 August in a drive-by shooting near the town of Gostivar. "We condemn in the strongest terms...
OSCE Mission condemns killing of two police reservists in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Publishing date: 26 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 26 August 2002- Ambassador Craig Jenness, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje, strongly condemned the killing of two police reservists Monday night in Gostivar. "We deeply regret this criminal act and express our sincere condolences...
OSCE Chairmanship deeply disturbed over Georgian bombing reports
Publishing date: 23 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
LISBON, 23 August 2002- The OSCE's Chairmanship is deeply disturbed by reports that targets in Georgia were subjected to aerial bombardment today and regrets the loss of life...
Negotiations process on Transdniestrian settlement restarts in Chisinau
Publishing date: 23 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
CHISINAU, 23 August 2002- Negotiations aimed at making progress towards a Transdniestrian settlement have restarted in the Moldovan capital Chisinau. Yesterday's meeting at the OSCE Mission to Moldova was the first of the "Chisinau Round"...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office expresses condolences on deaths of Russian servicemen
Publishing date: 21 August 2002
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Assistance Group to Chechnya (closed)
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
LISBON, 21 August 2002- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Portuguese Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, has expressed condolences to the Russian Foreign Minister, Igor Ivanov, over the deaths of Russian servicemen in Chechnya on Monday, 19 August...
OSCE-supervised melange project in Georgia successfully concluded
Publishing date: 16 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
TBILISI, 16 August 2002- The Melange project, an OSCE-supervised project aimed at producing fertilizer from highly explosive missile fuel in Georgia, has been successfully concluded. "The international co-operation of German experts with local...