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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairman calls Serbian Prime Minister Kostunica, urges restraint
Publishing date: 19 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Serbia
SOFIA, 19 March 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, renewed his condemnation of violence in Kosovo in a telephone conversation with Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica and both leaders agreed on...
Key to further social integration is dialogue, OSCE High Commissioner says after Estonia visit
Publishing date: 19 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
TALLINN, 19 March 2004- The key to further social integration in Estonia is dialogue, the OSCE's High Commissioner on National Minorities, Ambassador Rolf Ekeus, said after meetings with the country's Education Minister, Toivo Maimets...
OSCE Chairman strongly condemns violence in Kosovo
Publishing date: 18 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
SOFIA, 18 March 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, condemned the outbreak of violence in Kosovo in which many people were killed or injured. "I strongly deplore yesterday's and today's violence," he said...
OSCE Mission strongly condemns violence in Kosovo
Publishing date: 18 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
PRISTINA, 18 March 2004- The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Pascal Fieschi, has expressed extreme dismay at the numerous acts of violence throughout Kosovo yesterday, which has left a number of people dead and scores of others wounded...
OSCE High Commissioner visits the Russian Federation
Publishing date: 12 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 12 March 2004- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Ambassador Rolf Ekeus, visited the Russian Federation on 9-11 March as part of his ongoing dialogue with the Russian Government. During the visit...
New Georgian leadership welcomes activities of OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
Publishing date: 3 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
TBLISI, 3 March 2004- OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Rolf Ekeus, who is in the middle of a three-day visit to Georgia, has been meeting the country's new leadership as well as representatives of its minority communities...
OSCE Mission to Croatia report finds ethnic Serbs "disadvantaged" in war crime trials
Publishing date: 1 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
ZAGREB, 1 March 2004- The OSCE Mission to Croatia has prepared a report based on monitoring of some 75 war crime trials during 2002 which shows that defendants of Serb ethnicity are disadvantaged at all stages of judicial proceedings compared to...