News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE seeks inclusive elections in Kosovo
Publishing date: 26 June 2001
PRISTINA, 26 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo wants to ensure that the upcoming Kosovo-wide elections will be inclusive. This means involving all Kosovo\'s ethnic groups and their political parties in the process...
Chairman-in-Office urges passing of election law in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 26 June 2001
BUCHAREST, 26 June 2001 (OSCE)- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, deplores the most recent failure of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Parliament to adopt the Election Law, an essential piece of legislation...
Albanian parliamentary elections mark progress towards international standards
Publishing date: 25 June 2001
TIRANA, 25 June 2001 (OSCE)-- Yesterday's parliamentary elections in Albania marked progress towards meeting international standards for democratic elections, concluded the International Election Observation Mission in a statement issued today...
OSCE deeply concerned about Bosnia and Herzegovina House of Representatives' vote
Publishing date: 22 June 2001
SARAJEVO, 22 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina is deeply concerned about the Parliament\'s failure to adopt the Election Law, an essential piece of legislation for Bosnia and Herzegovina...
OSCE/ODIHR welcomes Albanian election commission's initiative on independent candidates
Publishing date: 21 June 2001
WARSAW, 21 June 2001-- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) welcomes the initiative by the Albanian Central Election Commission on the issue of independent candidates...
OSCE calls on parties in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to put aside their differences
Publishing date: 21 June 2001
VIENNA, 21 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, today appealed to all parties in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to put aside their differences and make a real effort to compromise...
OSCE Ministerial Troika meets in Bucharest
Publishing date: 21 June 2001
BUCHAREST, 21 June 2001 (OSCE)- The OSCE Ministerial Troika, represented by the Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, the Secretary General of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, Albert Rohan, and the Portuguese Foreign Minister Jaime Gama, met...