News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairman-in-Office urges Russia and Georgia to prevent escalation in tension
Publishing date: 13 September 2002
NEW YORK, 13 September 2002-- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Portuguese Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, continues to be deeply disturbed by the increasing tension between Georgia and the Russian Federation...
OSCE/ODIHR sends observers to monitor parliamentary elections in Latvia
Publishing date: 12 September 2002
RIGA, 12 September 2002-- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has established an Election Observation Mission for the parliamentary elections in Latvia scheduled for 5 October...
Water for Life: OSCE supervises irrigation canal restoration in Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone
Publishing date: 12 September 2002
TBILISI, 12 September 2002- Repair work on a 30-kilometre irrigation canal system that runs through Georgian and Ossetian villages in the conflict zone has been successfully concluded. The canal has been handed over to Georgian and Ossetian...
OSCE Mission condemns killing of Macedonian policeman
Publishing date: 12 September 2002
SKOPJE, 12 September 2002-- The OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje strongly condemned the killing of a police officer in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia this morning...
Over 1.3 million voters registered for Kosovo's municipal elections
Publishing date: 11 September 2002
PRISTINA, 11 September 2002- The Provisional Voters' List (PVL) for this year's municipal elections in Kosovo has surpassed 1.3 million voters. This figure includes many who registered for the first time. In Kosovo the number of eligible...
OSCE Permanent Council marks September 11 with minute's silence
Publishing date: 11 September 2002
VIENNA, 11 September 2002-- The OSCE Permanent Council observed a minute's silence today in honour of the victims of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington one year ago. "We remember with respect the thousands of innocent victims...
OSCE commemorates September 11 terrorist attacks
Publishing date: 11 September 2002
VIENNA, 11 September 2002- The Portuguese OSCE Chairmanship today issued the following statement: "One year ago, terrorists launched the horrendous attacks against New York and Washington in which more than 3,000 innocent people died...
OSCE/ODIHR starts observation of general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 10 September 2002
SARAJEVO, 10 September 2002- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has established an Election Observation Mission to monitor the general elections scheduled for 5 October in Bosnia and Herzegovina...
Candidate lists of Kosovo political entities approved
Publishing date: 10 September 2002
PRISTINA, 10 September 2002- Approximately 5,500 candidates will be running for seats in Kosovo's municipal assemblies on 26 October. The Central Election Commission (CEC) at its latest meeting approved all 360 candidate lists for...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office calls for energetic and peaceful election campaign in Kosovo
Publishing date: 10 September 2002
LISBON, 10 September 2002- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Portuguese Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, welcomed the official start today of the 45-day election campaign period for the forthcoming Municipal Elections in Kosovo and called...