News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Belgian MP Pieter De Crem to lead OSCE observation of Bosnia and Herzegovina elections
Publishing date: 4 October 2002
COPENHAGEN, 4 October 2002 – The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Portuguese Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, has appointed Pieter De Crem, member of the Belgian Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly...
Serbian presidential elections largely in line with international standards, but shortcomings persist
Publishing date: 30 September 2002
BELGRADE, 30 September 2002- The first round of the presidential elections in the Republic of Serbia/Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was largely in line with international standards, but shortcomings persist, concluded the International Election...
Kosovo candidates' finances available for public scrutiny
Publishing date: 25 September 2002
PRISTINA, 25 September 2002- Elections in Kosovo are reaching a new level of transparency this year with strict financial reporting requirements for candidates. This information will be available through 24 October to political parties...
Slovak parliamentary elections in line with international standards
Publishing date: 23 September 2002
BRATISLAVA, 23 September 2002- The elections for the Slovak National Council on 20 and 21 September were in compliance with international commitments and standards for the conduct of democratic elections, the international Election...
OSCE human rights conference ends with call for redoubled efforts to eradicate human rights violations
Publishing date: 19 September 2002
WARSAW, 19 September 2002- The OSCE's annual human rights conference ended today with a strong call on governments to redouble efforts to eradicate human rights violations and push forward democratic reform in the OSCE area spanning...
OSCE Mission welcomes "victory for Macedonian democratic process"
Publishing date: 17 September 2002
SKOPJE, 17 September, 2002- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje has joined the leaders of the International Election Observation Mission, led by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, in congratulating the Macedonian authorities...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office applauds peaceful Macedonian elections
Publishing date: 17 September 2002
LISBON, 17 September 2002- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Portuguese Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, has welcomed the generally peaceful environment in which the parliamentary elections were held in the former Yugoslav Republic of...