News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairman-in-Office calls on all communities in Kosovo to go and vote
Publishing date: 24 October 2002
LISBON, 24 October 2002- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO), Portuguese Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, has sent a strong message to all Kosovo voters to go out and cast their votes for the municipal elections on 26 October...
Open letter from OSCE Head of Mission to all voters in Kosovo
Publishing date: 23 October 2002
PRISTINA, 23 October 2002- Dear Voter, This Saturday, 26 October, you-- and all the other voters-- will have the right to go to the polls and cast your vote. Never before have so many different political entities run in a Kosovo...
OSCE Moldova Mission reports Gagauzia voting "calm" but serious concerns remain
Publishing date: 23 October 2002
CHISINAU, 23 October 2002- The OSCE Mission to Moldova considers that the repeated elections for the Bashkan (Governor) of Gagauzia, on 20 October, were generally held in a calm atmosphere, but noted a number of procedural irregularities and...
Twenty candidates removed from Kosovo electoral lists
Publishing date: 23 October 2002
PRISTINA, 23 October 2002- Twenty candidates have been removed from the electoral lists of 26 October municipal elections because their political entities violated the electoral Code of Conduct. The Election Complaints and...
Final voters' list for Kosovo elections certified by SRSG
Publishing date: 23 October 2002
PRISTINA, 23 October 2002- The United Nations' Special Representative (SRSG), Michael Steiner, has officially certified the voters list that will be used for the 26 October Municipal Elections in Kosovo. The Final Voters' List (FVL)...
International observers positively assess elections in Montenegro
Publishing date: 21 October 2002
PODGORICA, 21 October 2002- Yesterday's parliamentary elections in Montenegro were conducted generally in accordance with international standards, concluded the International Election Observation Mission in a...
Political entities fined for lack of financial disclosure in Kosovo
Publishing date: 21 October 2002
PRISTINA, 21 October 2002- Fifteen political entities have been fined for not disclosing information on their party finances. The decisions were taken by Kosovo's Election Complaints and Appeals sub-Commission. The fines for each entity...