News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Bosnia High Representative urges OSCE to take lead on education
Publishing date: 4 July 2002
VIENNA, 4 July 2002- Lord Ashdown, High Representative and European Union Special Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, described the crisis in education as the biggest long-term threat to the country's security and stability on...
OSCE Chair welcomes Macedonian elections date
Publishing date: 4 July 2002
VIENNA, 4 July 2002- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office expresses its satisfaction at today's official announcement that elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia will be held on September 15. With this announcement, the OSCE hopes...
Deadline reached for party certification for Kosovo municipal elections
Publishing date: 2 July 2002
PRISTINA, 2 July 2002- The four-week period for political party certification for Kosovo's forthcoming Municipal Elections ended on Monday, 1 July. By then, 58 applications from a wide cross-section of Kosovo's political society...
Political Entity Certification in Kosovo comes to a close
Publishing date: 2 July 2002
PRISTINA, 2 July 2002- Yesterday was the deadline for the Political Entity Certification process for the forthcoming Kosovo Municipal Elections. Early in the afternoon, representatives of political entities stood in line outside the...
Registration of two political parties in Kosovo open for review
Publishing date: 28 June 2002
PRISTINA, 28 June 2002- The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and the Kosovo Objective Party (KOS) had completed their registration requirements with the OSCE Political Party Registration Office. A final decision on their registration...
Certification period for political parties in Kosovo ends in four days
Publishing date: 27 June 2002
PRISTINA, 27 June 2002- Only four days remain before the political entity certification process ends in Kosovo. All political entities- parties, coalitions, citizens' initiatives, and independent candidates- are reminded that they must submit...
Multi-lingual website for Out of Kosovo By-Mail voter registration
Publishing date: 24 June 2002
PRISTINA, 24 June 2002- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo has launched a special website for all potential voters residing outside of Kosovo, to give people the opportunity to register and participate as a voter in the 26 October municipal elections...