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Transdniestrian authorities bar OSCE Mission staff from entering region, turn back food for orphans

Publishing date: 18 August 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues
CHISINAU, 18 August 2004- Authorities in Moldova's Transdniestria region have banned staff of the OSCE Mission in Moldova from entering the region and turned away a delivery of food for orphans attending one of the schools which is at the centre of...

OSCE Chairman concerned over Transdniestria schools issue in Moldova

Publishing date: 11 August 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues
SOFIA, 11 August 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Solomon Passy said today he is following with great concern the developments in Moldova, related to the settlement of the Transdniestrian conflict. "Finding a solution to the Moldovan Latin script...

OSCE Skopje Mission helps keep borders open but safe

Publishing date: 6 August 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
SKOPJE, 6 August 2004- A second generation of 279 Border Police Officers graduated today from the Idrizovo Police Academy, which is supported by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje. As former members of the Defence Ministry's Border Brigade...

UNHCR Office and OSCE Mission to Croatia concerned with postponed eviction in Vojnic

Publishing date: 3 August 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
ZAGREB, 3 August 2004- The UNHCR Office and OSCE Mission to Croatia expressed concern today at reports that the execution of a 2001 court verdict to vacate the home of an elderly Serb returnee in Central Croatian town of Vojnic has once again been...

Moldovan school crisis intensifies as Transdniestrian authorities force orphans onto street

Publishing date: 27 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues
CHISINAU, 27 July 2004- The crisis surrounding a number of Moldovan-language schools in the Transdniestrian region escalated further yesterday evening when local militia seized the Moldovan orphanage in Benderi. Around 60 children and students who...

OSCE Permanent Council condemns action against schools in Moldova's Transdniestria region

Publishing date: 22 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues
VIENNA, 22 July 2004- The OSCE Permanent Council today condemned as "irresponsible and provocative" actions by the authorities in Moldova's Transdniestria region to prevent schools which use Latin script from functioning properly. Ambassadors from 55...

OSCE Chairmanship urges Transdniestrian authorities to restore Moldovan schools

Publishing date: 22 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues
CHISINAU, 22 July 2004- Petko Draganov, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria, urged the Transdniestrian authorities today on behalf of the OSCE Chairmanship to reverse their actions taken against the schools in Tiraspol, Bender and Ribnita...