News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE welcomes Croatia's refugee project, recalls compensation deadline for non-returned properties
Publishing date: 31 October 2002
ZAGREB, 31 October 2002- The OSCE Mission to Croatia welcomed on Thursday the Government's adoption of a refugee project that will facilitate the return of occupied properties to their owners. The Mission also recalls that as of...
Mission Head saddened by Croatian Serb official's death, urges condemnation of ethnic discrimination
Publishing date: 28 October 2002
ZAGREB, 28 October 2002- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Ambassador Peter Semneby, said on Monday that he was shocked and saddened to hear of the sudden death of Milos Vojnovic last Friday. In a letter of condolence...
Voting can help returns process in Kosovo
Publishing date: 25 October 2002
PRISTINA, 25 October 2002- OSCE's Head of Mission in Kosovo, Pascal Fieschi, strongly encouraged all Kosovo voters in Serbia and Montenegro to vote in the Kosovo Municipal Elections tomorrow, 26 October. "Participation...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office calls on all communities in Kosovo to go and vote
Publishing date: 24 October 2002
LISBON, 24 October 2002- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO), Portuguese Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, has sent a strong message to all Kosovo voters to go out and cast their votes for the municipal elections on 26 October...
OSCE Moldova Mission reports Gagauzia voting "calm" but serious concerns remain
Publishing date: 23 October 2002
CHISINAU, 23 October 2002- The OSCE Mission to Moldova considers that the repeated elections for the Bashkan (Governor) of Gagauzia, on 20 October, were generally held in a calm atmosphere, but noted a number of procedural irregularities and...
Final voters' list for Kosovo elections certified by SRSG
Publishing date: 23 October 2002
PRISTINA, 23 October 2002- The United Nations' Special Representative (SRSG), Michael Steiner, has officially certified the voters list that will be used for the 26 October Municipal Elections in Kosovo. The Final Voters' List (FVL)...
Banja Luka and Sanski Most firms join OSCE's Fair Employment Project
Publishing date: 17 October 2002
BANJA LUKA, 17 October 2002- Three firms today signed a memorandum of understanding with the OSCE to participate in the Fair Employment project. The firms pledge to adopt principles of equal possibilities for all, regardless...