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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
After successful presidential election in Montenegro, time is right to address remaining challenges
Publishing date: 12 May 2003
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
PODGORICA, 12 May 2003- Yesterday's presidential election in Montenegro was conducted generally in line with international standards, concluded the observation mission deployed by the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights...
OSCE Mission pledges to support Serbian Government's efforts to improve prison standards
Publishing date: 8 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
BELGRADE, 8 May 2003- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro pledged today to support the Serbian Government in its efforts to improve standards in prisons...
Hundreds of cyclists tour Montenegro, Albania and Italy to highlight scourge of trafficking
Publishing date: 6 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
TIRANA, 6 May 2003- Over 400 hundred people took part in a ten-day biking tour through Montenegro, Albania and Italy to raise awareness about human trafficking. The tour, which started in Podgorica, Montenegro, on 27 April finished in Durres...
Serbia and Kosovo media executives come together for first time in a decade
Publishing date: 6 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 6 May 2003- Leading editors-in-chief and media executives from Serbia and Kosovo will be gathering in Ohrid, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYROM), from 7 to 9 May. The conference, organized and financed by the OSCE Mission in...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office: no premature discussion about final status of Kosovo
Publishing date: 24 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Mission to Serbia
THE HAGUE, 24 April 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO), Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, does not support the idea of starting a discussion now about the final status of Kosovo. "I believe such a discussion is premature at...
OSCE Mission welcomes adoption of Serbian Public Information Act
Publishing date: 23 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development
BELGRADE, 23 April 2003- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Ambassador Maurizio Massari, today warmly congratulated both the Serbian Assembly and Government for the adoption of the Public Information Act. The new act is a...
OSCE-UNHCHR delegation visits Belgrade detainees
Publishing date: 15 April 2003
Content type: Press release
What we do: Human rights
BELGRADE, 15 April 2003- Human rights experts from the OSCE and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) have visited detainees in Belgrade who have been held since the assassination of Prime Minister Zoran...