News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Delays in Kosovo election preparations raise concerns
Publishing date: 26 October 2001
PRISTINA, 26 October 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo is deeply concerned- concerns which are fully shared by UNMIK- that FRY authorities have not yet authorized technical preparations for the Kosovo Assembly Election Day on 17 November
OSCE calls on Kosovo electorate to check polling station locations
Publishing date: 25 October 2001
PRISTINA, 25 October 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE is calling on all voters in Kosovo to make sure they know where their polling station is before election day in order to avoid long queues and confusion on 17 November...
OSCE Kosovo Mission strongly condemns 19 October Skenderaj murders
Publishing date: 22 October 2001
PRISTINA, 22 October 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo expresses its deep concern over the attack which took place last Friday night, 19 October, near Skenderaj, in which two people were killed and another seriously wounded...
High Representative and OSCE welcome progress made in Bosnia and Herzegovina, call for more reforms
Publishing date: 18 October 2001
VIENNA, 18 October 2001 (OSCE)- The High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Wolfgang Petritsch, and the Head of the OSCE Mission there, Robert M. Beecroft, have welcomed the progress made and called for more efforts
Kosovo Central Election Commission approves candidates' lists
Publishing date: 16 October 2001
PRISTINA, 16 October 2001 (OSCE)-- The Central Election Commission (CEC) has agreed to the lists of candidates submitted by political entities to contest Kosovo's election next month. In all, 1,282 candidates have been approved...
OSCE and US-based institute on ethnic relations organize roundtable in Kosovo
Publishing date: 16 October 2001
PRISTINA, 16 October 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the Project on Ethnic Relations are organizing a second round table to bring together Albanian, Serb and other ethnic community leaders. The Project on Ethnic Relations...
Kosovo political parties fined for breaking electoral rules
Publishing date: 15 October 2001
PRISTINA, 15 October 2001 (OSCE)-- Three political entities that broke Kosovo's election rules have been fined by the Election Complaints and Appeals sub Commission (ECAC)...