News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Graduation of Macedonian police officers meets OSCE commitment within peace framework
Publishing date: 29 July 2002
LISBON, 29 July 2002- Over 600 police cadets have now finished basic training under an OSCE-supported programme aimed at increasing the number of police from ethnic minorities within the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia...
International organizations warn Tajik workers against dangers of employment abroad
Publishing date: 29 July 2002
DUSHANBE, 29 July 2002- The OSCE Mission to Tajikistan, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Country Offices in Tajikistan urge Tajik nationals wishing to travel abroad...
Weapons into water: OSCE repairs irrigation channel in exchange for handing in of small arms in Georgian conflict zone
Publishing date: 29 July 2002
TBILISI, 29 July 2002- Repair works on a 40-kilometre irrigation channel system that runs through Georgian and Ossetian villages in the conflict zone are well underway. The repairs are an unusual form of compensation for co-operation...
Deadline approaching for postal Voter Registration
Publishing date: 29 July 2002
PRISTINA, 29 July 2002- The deadline for all potential voters living outside Kosovo, Serbia and Montenegro to return by-mail voting applications for the 26 October municipal elections is now just over two weeks away- on August 11...
OSCE promotes fairer employment practices in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 29 July 2002
SARAJEVO, 29 July 2002- The municipality of Maglaj and the Natron Company from Maglaj have signed memoranda of understandings with the OSCE Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina that will promote fairer employment practices in this municipality...
Central Election Commission certifies thirty-four political entities for Kosovo's fall elections
Publishing date: 29 July 2002
PRISTINA, 29 July 2002- Kosovo's Central Election Commission has approved 34 political entities for the municipal elections in Kosovo scheduled for autumn this year...
Minister praises OSCE role in forthcoming Macedonian elections
Publishing date: 25 July 2002
VIENNA, 25 July 2002- The Foreign Minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Slobodan Casule, today praised the role of the OSCE and other partners from the international community in restoring confidence in democracy...
Kosovo newspaper Bota Sot to face new sanctions
Publishing date: 25 July 2002
PRISTINA, 25 July 2002- The newspaper Bota Sot is facing new sanctions after a decision taken by Kosovo's Media Hearing Board on Wednesday, 24 July, on a complaint originally brought forward by Xhavit Haliti, a Kosovo Assembly Presidency Member...
Outgoing OSCE Head in Tirana holds last meeting with Friends of Albania Group
Publishing date: 24 July 2002
TIRANA, 24 July 2002- In his capacity as Chairman of the local Friends of Albania Group, Ambassador Geert-Hinrich Ahrens, Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, called together a session of the Group yesterday in Tirana's German Embassy...
Registration of new Gorani party in Kosovo open for review
Publishing date: 23 July 2002
PRISTINA, 23 July 2002- The Gorani Citizens' Initiative (GIG) recently established as a political party by Ibisi Rustem in Kosovo has completed its registration requirements with the OSCE Mission in Kosovo's Political Party Registration Office...